Mozart
G-League
Greetings, Kings fans,
I just signed up recently (about 10/23 or so) and have a few questions about the structure of the forum and the threading patterns. I'll be posing the questions as this thread unfolds. The questions do not involve posting etiquette--as it is well-described in the "Tips" part of the sticky thingy on top of every forum--the questions revolve around the structure and function of these forums.
I have belonged to a number of fan groups and have observed the kinds of structures that forums use, some of which are terribly-designed and others that are very user-friendly with high levels of fan interaction in their shared passions about their chosen teams. Some are messy and hard to interact with; others are very functional and enjoyable--it all depends on the design of the boards, the nature of the people on the board and the level of balanced, attentive moderation that the forums receive.
Based on my experiences on several boards, I have a pretty good idea of what kinds of forums' designs that maximize the fan's enjoyment of their teams' game-time performances and the attendant discussions. I look carefully to try to find forums that are not only well-designed, but have high levels of politely passionate fans who are able to articulate (via keyboard, at least) their views in entertaining ways. I can see that this Kingsfans forum has a pretty large, active and entertaining group of Kings fans and that is a good thing to see.
Some forums allow one to sort of customize their forum interface so that they could maximize their enjoyment of the forum with minimal hassles and I am wondering what kind of customization is most popular on these Kingsfans forums?
And pardon me for my using this forum for this not-neccessarily-on-topic thread--there was no other forum that would have been suitable for this kind of thread; I chose this "Rap" forum because it is the most-heavily read forum for the better exposure to this particular thread.
So to sum up the starting-point question: "what kind of minor customization options do most members in this forum use as it is structured now?".
~Mozart
I just signed up recently (about 10/23 or so) and have a few questions about the structure of the forum and the threading patterns. I'll be posing the questions as this thread unfolds. The questions do not involve posting etiquette--as it is well-described in the "Tips" part of the sticky thingy on top of every forum--the questions revolve around the structure and function of these forums.
I have belonged to a number of fan groups and have observed the kinds of structures that forums use, some of which are terribly-designed and others that are very user-friendly with high levels of fan interaction in their shared passions about their chosen teams. Some are messy and hard to interact with; others are very functional and enjoyable--it all depends on the design of the boards, the nature of the people on the board and the level of balanced, attentive moderation that the forums receive.
Based on my experiences on several boards, I have a pretty good idea of what kinds of forums' designs that maximize the fan's enjoyment of their teams' game-time performances and the attendant discussions. I look carefully to try to find forums that are not only well-designed, but have high levels of politely passionate fans who are able to articulate (via keyboard, at least) their views in entertaining ways. I can see that this Kingsfans forum has a pretty large, active and entertaining group of Kings fans and that is a good thing to see.
Some forums allow one to sort of customize their forum interface so that they could maximize their enjoyment of the forum with minimal hassles and I am wondering what kind of customization is most popular on these Kingsfans forums?
And pardon me for my using this forum for this not-neccessarily-on-topic thread--there was no other forum that would have been suitable for this kind of thread; I chose this "Rap" forum because it is the most-heavily read forum for the better exposure to this particular thread.
So to sum up the starting-point question: "what kind of minor customization options do most members in this forum use as it is structured now?".
~Mozart
