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I remember when I used this space to put cool looking links to my chapters back in the day. I don't even know why I'm using it now. Why are you even reading this? You must be interested in me. Still reading?
I do realize that each board added here on B.net cost money. With that said...
Ideas from community members drive these forums, the Septagon in particular. I have seen many great idea threads sprout up all over the place, receive a great bit of replies including suggestions, disagrees, and and plenty of "I love this idea!" replies. Many of these ideas are simple ideas. many are completely necessary and not so much a luxury. Some are.
Another main point I want to make is the fact that a lot of these ideas repeat and resurface. I feel like a lot of these ideas are ignored. Achronos has made it clear that every idea is "acknowledged" but that seems like the farthest they ever go.
My idea would be a nice addition but certainly not required: an approved idea sub-forum.
I've seen other communities with a similar feature but there was one forum in particular that caught my attention. The site included a forum, much like the Septagon, where members could gather and make suggestions, bring up ideas, and discuss them. Additionally, the moderation team and web team could approve an idea thread and recommend it to be moved onto a higher "level" of discussion being an "Approved Idea" subforum.
In this subforum, a moderator or admin would repost the idea thread, credit the idea to the creator, and implement a poll:
-Great Idea!
-Good but unecessary
-Needs some work
-Useless
Now, the ideas added to the subforum weren't to approved as in immediate implication to the site, it simply offered a set-in-stone place to discuss a popular idea and to avoid multiple idea threads from repeatedly sprouting up. Many of the approved idea threads had thousands of replies and over the span of time the thread stood for discussion in the subforum, the ideas improved and changed over time.
I love this feature in the other community and would love to see something similar to be implemented here. Obviously, onyx moderators and admins would have the ability to post threads but everyone would have the ability to reply to threads. This could also lead to a possible "Idea Commitee" or something along those lines to select and approve ideas for more community involvement. It would also put an end to pesky repeated idea threads that seem to be ignored,
[Edited on 01.02.2012 1:22 PM PST]