A new direction for news!

Some gaming news gets moved from here to the forum above
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A new direction for news!

Post by mbaxter » Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:35 pm

We're moving in a new direction (or old direction) for our news. We're aiming to actually post news about gaming, as we're a gaming community.

However, it's great to still post stuff in here, as we've been using it for a long time to discuss current events :)
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by a1dan » Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:47 pm

Well if this post is here do we really need that large wall of text under the 'News' subforum header?
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Post by stabbyclaus » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:30 pm

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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Magnus » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:47 pm

Wait. So, why specifically has this new direction been chosen? Other than, "this being a gaming community".
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by isybub » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:06 pm

Gaming news, instead of general, world news.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Magnus » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:20 pm

I suppose people would be more interested in reading gaming news on the front page, though, I don't know why someone would go to the front page.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by a1dan » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:23 pm

Seriously. What's the number of unique page impressions per month for the home page?

Why not just retitle the 'News' forum 'Gaming News'? Then you could drop that wall of text and people would still get the point.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Magnus » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:27 pm

I seriously believed that the front page was a community joke.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Nightwolf » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:01 pm

a1dan wrote:Seriously. What's the number of unique page impressions per month for the home page?

Why not just retitle the 'News' forum 'Gaming News'? Then you could drop that wall of text and people would still get the point.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by isybub » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:18 am

a1dan wrote: Why not just retitle the 'News' forum 'Gaming News'? Then you could drop that wall of text and people would still get the point.
This, and, you really hate that description, don't you?
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by mbaxter » Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:59 pm

The wall o' text is temporary.

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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Nightwolf » Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:52 pm

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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Avvatar » Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:26 am

The front page can actually be useful. And some of us would like it to be.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by nightmare 101 » Sun Dec 25, 2011 11:48 pm

I would like it to be community gaming news. Not cats on roomba's.
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Re: A new direction for news!

Post by Magnus » Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:24 am

I would like it to be worthwhile multidisciplinary news.
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