[basementbugs]

Dunno how possible it is, or what others would think, but what about a subforum within the INFP forum for "game-like" and longer-running threads? A place where you could find all the things like the music thread, the confessions thread, the "What are you listening to?", "What are you feeling?", "What song represents you at this moment?", the book thread, photos threads, the random thoughts and ideas one... blah, blah, blah, etc. I know a few of these are stickies already, but what if there was actually a subforum for threads of that type? Within that, the especially popular ones could still be stickied just as they are now, if people wanted that. Then the rest of the forum could be used primarily for all the other one-off/personal threads, ones about more in-depth topics, those that are likely to die after a short while, etc.

Just a thought. Possibly I'm being too neurotic about it, haha. I just know that another site where I used to be a moderator had something like that within another forum and it was a godsend. Made finding things so much easier.

 

[basementbugs]

Hm. I doubt that's really a good idea. xNFx, sure, but not INFP.

Why not an INFP? I understand why one would want someone who was an xNFx, and I don't have a problem with it being someone who's not an INFP... but why avoid an INFP specifically? Anyone who knows anything about both INFPs and has a decent knowledge of how forums run would be just fine for the job, whether they were an INFP or something else.

 

[basementbugs]

Well ^^

1) INFP's tend to decide through personal values (Fi). In the case of situations when 'unpopular' decisions need to be made, I doubt INFP's can/dare/will make a decision that is just, in a neutral, socially validated sense.
2) INFP's will be able to relate so well to other INFP's, to the point of being torn up between possibilities considering modding a forum. This makes decision making difficult and not a fun job. In general, anyone who performs a job they don't like will get tired of it. It's a turn off, rather than a stimulant.

Yeah, those are certainly good points. I guess, nonetheless, I kind of still like the idea of an INFP modding the forum. Maybe it's just because I think INFPs are such awesome people, haha. I'd want to have faith that one of us would do a good job of it.

But yes, decent points.

 

[basementbugs]

Woohoo, feel the INFP love! Hahaha. I've honestly never met such an awesome bunch of individuals -- all in one place -- who I can relate to so much before. Not to sound horribly narcissistic or anything, haha.

Anyway, thread derailing done.

 

[basementbugs]

I dunno, I've modded another form for several years and if I do say so myself I'm pretty good, I tend to look at it from everyone's side even if the perpetrator(s) are people I like, and then I make my decisions; and I'm great at sensing and diffusing potentially tense situations.

Yeah, I don't think I have too hard of a time being fair in such situations, either. Surprisingly, haha. I moderated a forum full of other people with whom I had/have a particular trait/issue/whatever-you-want-to-call-it in common, and I didn't encounter any major problems. One of the other members was my boyfriend (now husband) and several times I sided with the moderating team over him, haha. Makes for an interesting situation, to say the least... but I never had any serious difficulties doing my job. Sometimes I surprise myself with my ability to "stick to my guns", so to speak. Despite being an emotional person, I'm usually pretty good at being fair as well -- which includes both taking into account the feelings of others and doing what's right.

Anyway, ramble ramble ramble. I do think there are a number of INFP members here who'd do just as good a job as anyone else.

 

[basementbugs]

@basementbugs and @ethylester mentioned the idea of creating subsections of the subforum. I'm not sure that's possible with the software, but it might help quite a bit, so I'll ask Happy if it's possible.

Sounds good. I hope it's a possibility, because I imagine it would make certain types of threads so much easier to find. *fingers crossed*

 

[basementbugs]

I like the idea of thread merging better than subforums. Reasons being:
-Sometimes posts for Sub-sub forums are just a little bit too hard to categorize, and you'd end up having people posting in the wrong ones and put things where they didn't belong. A LOT. Nothing against the people it's just sometimes threads are a hybrid and you just don't know where to stick them (I see this again and again at my other modding "job.").
- Either that or these sub-sub forums would be hard to find and you'd have people posting them in the general area and you'd be right back to where you started.

It's easier to merge and redirect, in my experience.

I guess that's why my suggestion was for only one subforum -- a sort of "games/long-running threads" one. And within that subforum, I'd still support the merging of threads, of course. No need to have tons of similar threads floating about just because they're in their own subforum. The ultimate objective is to do as much as possible to make the place easy for members to navigate.

I do agree that tons of different subforums could likely be more confusing than helpful, yes. I don't see the INFP forum as so overwhelmingly out of control that it needs any more than just a separate section for the types of threads I mentioned above.