We need an investment forum

[Charu]

Oh boy, here we go again. Is this going to be like how you got that fitness forum up?

Because my goodness.

[PhantomPuppy]

that sounds pretty cool, but seeing as how im a broke 17 year old ive got nothing to invest lol. good luck on all this though.

[.Gazelle.]

i'd be really interested in seeing more stuff like this

[Reincarnate]

Added a thread here http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...d.php?t=141052

[TC_Halogen]

I think the reasoning behind not adding it is simply because there isn't going to be a huge amount of discussion given that very few have the expertise/knowledge to really discuss anything about it. With regards to the community base, it would fit better as Chit Chat discussion. I could be incorrect, but that's how I see it.

I personally don't disagree with adding this section either. I think anyone could use and would welcome investing tips, despite how out of place it might be. People thought (myself included) that the fitness forums were not going to do well, and they're relatively active with occasional input from people other than the regulars. It didn't flop.

I'm alright with this addition personally, but it is up to administration to change their mind.

[Arch0wl]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

I think the reasoning behind not adding it is simply because there isn't going to be a huge amount of discussion given that very few have the expertise/knowledge to really discuss anything about it

This is really the most valuable thing about the fitness forum -- a few knowledgeable people have helped others learn to discuss it.

It's been really unclear why "but it won't get many posts" is a good reason to not have a forum. There is no physical idea of space here; there is no kind of limitation on how many forums you can have. You aren't somehow limiting the activity of one forum because another less active forum exists, and I suspect that's the mentality involved in dismissing a new forum's creation.

[s1rnight]

admin-derived topical forums feel pretty outdated now that the reddit/8chan-type "create yr own space" model is so popular. a thing like that only tied to the site might be very special

[choof]

Originally Posted by Arch0wl

This is really the most valuable thing about the fitness forum -- a few knowledgeable people have helped others learn to discuss it.

It's been really unclear why "but it won't get many posts" is a good reason to not have a forum. There is no physical idea of space here; there is no kind of limitation on how many forums you can have. You aren't somehow limiting the activity of one forum because another less active forum exists, and I suspect that's the mentality involved in dismissing a new forum's creation.

how do you think a database works

[choof]

just given how badly ffr seems to be ran in the backend an investment forum may inadvertently cause a bunch of backups of NULL topics that aren't being posted by the 7 other people that post on the forums

[s1rnight]

http://8ch.net/boards.html somethin like this only you'd need an ffr account to make/manage one, hehe

(and maybe not an imageboard. i like the vbulletin format we got goin)

[Arch0wl]

Originally Posted by choof

how do you think a database works

Unless FFR is at some equilibrium point where it's teetering on the edge of functionality, a new forum is not going to bring it down. I've ran vBulletin forums before, including FFR. Unless there is some precarious situation we're not told about, adding a new forum is not going to affect the website's functionality. It never has on any vB forum I've been an administrator of.

[choof]

afaik we're still running on an 8 year old server that hasn't been upgraded so really i'm just afraid that trying to put all those numbers into the db would cause some kind of overflow

[Arch0wl]

If you think that's a legitimate concern, I'll trust your judgment because you'd know better than me.

[choof]

hahahaha oh man