Speaking of which, im not sure if it got over looked or I just didnt see the response. But I made a suggestion earlier about, during session, moving the Laws and Bills section of this forum to the top so that it is the first thing you see on here when you sign in. I get on and you cant even see Laws and Bills when you open the forums page without scrolling down. I think it would just help people remember to read this stuff and be active if it was the first thing they saw when they logged in. What do yall think?
It's hard to say what works on this site. I can tell you that of 6 boards in the Hogs&Dogs section, I only visit 3, the other 3 I have not even opened in months. Same for 2 of the 3 boards on the bottom of the page. I don't think board placement really effects participation, but that's just my personal experience. For the most part, the people that are "involved" will look at the boards they are interested in, regardless of placement.
Same deal with Stickys. they get some attention when first placed as a sticky, but after a couple of visits, they get ignored.
I don't know the answer, but I am willing to try with some duplicate posts to see which ones get more views/ replies. Heck, we can possibly even experiment with duplicate boards, with one at the top of the page and another in the original position.
All that said, this site has 3277 members. TDHA and LSWDA probably don't have 500 combined, and less than 50 regulars. The real ticket, as you touched on earlier, is to get the larger organizations involved.
