Negrek
Lost but Seeking
So for the past couple of months the Discord server's been in kind of a weird limbo where it exists and people hang out on it, but it's no longer connected with the forums. If you didn't already know it was there, you probably wouldn't even suspect the fanfic section even had its own chat channel.
I don't think this is a great situation to be in, since it means stagnation for the server as a result of fewer new members joining, and also, I think, more insularity, since it really is its own little bubble now that people can only get into if someone on the server actually invites them or they search it up. Personally, I think it makes more sense to have the server publicly available the way it used to be, so people can know it's there and join or not as they choose. Or, if people don't like the server and think the forum would be better off without it, I think it would be better to dissolve it entirely rather than leave it hanging. The semi-private status it's at right now seems like the worst of both worlds to me.
So yeah. Don't know if this has been bothering anybody else, but I figured I'd create a thread to see if anybody else had any thoughts on the matter. Or if you think there's other options here, I'd love to hear them!
I don't think this is a great situation to be in, since it means stagnation for the server as a result of fewer new members joining, and also, I think, more insularity, since it really is its own little bubble now that people can only get into if someone on the server actually invites them or they search it up. Personally, I think it makes more sense to have the server publicly available the way it used to be, so people can know it's there and join or not as they choose. Or, if people don't like the server and think the forum would be better off without it, I think it would be better to dissolve it entirely rather than leave it hanging. The semi-private status it's at right now seems like the worst of both worlds to me.
So yeah. Don't know if this has been bothering anybody else, but I figured I'd create a thread to see if anybody else had any thoughts on the matter. Or if you think there's other options here, I'd love to hear them!