why are some forums "hidden"?

[Druid03]

pretty much what the subject says.......i was wondering why the Support, Class Discussion and Server Community forums are "hidden"? These sections have alot of potential and are not beeing used nearly as much as they should, and i think this is one of the reasons whyif you dont have everything bookmarked, cruising through these forums on the lookout for good info is a nightmarethe amount of useful posts on these forums decline, and the ones that are up there are mostly out of datei lookd on my profile window for a way to hide The Tavern, which has little to do with the game and open up the class and server ones but there was no optionis there a reason behind this? other than the fact that it would take up too much "room"?extreme moderation is a huge factor for ppl not using these boards, but like i said i think this doesnt help at all

[Echgar]

<cite>Druid03 wrote:</cite><blockquote>pretty much what the subject says.......i was wondering why the Support, Class Discussion and Server Community forums are "hidden"? These sections have alot of potential and are not beeing used nearly as much as they should, and i think this is one of the reasons whyif you dont have everything bookmarked, cruising through these forums on the lookout for good info is a nightmarethe amount of useful posts on these forums decline, and the ones that are up there are mostly out of datei lookd on my profile window for a way to hide The Tavern, which has little to do with the game and open up the class and server ones but there was no optionis there a reason behind this? other than the fact that it would take up too much "room"?</blockquote>Not counting the international forums, there are around 80 subforums here.  For the new player, it can be rather intimidating particularly with so many forums that will not apply to him/her (servers he doesn't play on, classes he doesn't play, etc.) and they get lost figuring out where to post.Which sections are collapsed and which are not are often a matter of personal taste.  "The Tavern", for example, is a section some really enjoy but you don't (and there's nothing wrong with that).It might be nice if the forum software supported the ability to collapse/hide on an individual basis but it does not appear to at this time, unfortunately.  Maybe even subscribing/floating individual forums would be neat.  *shrugs*Bookmarks can certainly help.  Personally, I also rely a lot on tabs in my browser for my favorite forums as well. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Druid03]

<cite>Echgar wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Druid03 wrote:</cite><blockquote>pretty much what the subject says.......i was wondering why the Support, Class Discussion and Server Community forums are "hidden"? These sections have alot of potential and are not beeing used nearly as much as they should, and i think this is one of the reasons whyif you dont have everything bookmarked, cruising through these forums on the lookout for good info is a nightmarethe amount of useful posts on these forums decline, and the ones that are up there are mostly out of datei lookd on my profile window for a way to hide The Tavern, which has little to do with the game and open up the class and server ones but there was no optionis there a reason behind this? other than the fact that it would take up too much "room"?</blockquote>Not counting the international forums, there are around 80 subforums here.  For the new player, it can be rather intimidating particularly with so many forums that will not apply to him/her (servers he doesn't play on, classes he doesn't play, etc.) and they get lost figuring out where to post.Which sections are collapsed and which are not are often a matter of personal taste.  "The Tavern", for example, is a section some really enjoy but you don't (and there's nothing wrong with that).It might be nice if the forum software supported the ability to collapse/hide on an individual basis but it does not appear to at this time, unfortunately.  Maybe even subscribing/floating individual forums would be neat.  *shrugs*Bookmarks can certainly help.  Personally, I also rely a lot on tabs in my browser for my favorite forums as well. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>i never said i didnt enjoy The Tavern, i used to post daily on the NGP forums back in the Moorgard/Blackguard era.....there's still some cool stuff posted there but it has little to do with the game most of the timesi was only suggesting that the class forums (for example) were collapsed as default to maybe spark some more activity there....maybe itll bring back some ppl that left to other forumsi bet 1/4 of the ppl that visit these forums dont even know these subforums exist :/