Something that we come across a lot on the forums, particularly in the Don Bradman Cricket section, is the 'off topic' discussion of cricket.
Because some of the posts you get like this are often really good discussions, it's something we try to avoid moderating, because instead of the discussion moving to a more appropriate thread after a mod would point them towards another discussion in the cricket discussion forum, it'd just stop and the thread might go back to its original topic, but the good 'off topic' discussion usually just stops.
Perhaps one explanation is simply that the new members we've gotten (or more active older members) are directly because of the interest in the Bradman game, so it's just the only section of the site they visit.
Otherwise, perhaps the correct places to discuss cricket seem too fractured - attempts to create distinct categories of discussion like the Your Cricket forum and the separations between domestic/international cricket might just make it too confusing to find the right spot to post.
I know that things like general threads for each country have come up as ideas in previous discussion of the section - for example - instead of discussion being split across a 'Australian Domestic' thread in one forum, a 'Big Bash' thread in another one and several other ones in the main discussion section based on particular news stories, would discussing all aspects of Australian cricket in one thread be better or be too hard to hold a conversation?
I'd like to hear your opinions...
Because some of the posts you get like this are often really good discussions, it's something we try to avoid moderating, because instead of the discussion moving to a more appropriate thread after a mod would point them towards another discussion in the cricket discussion forum, it'd just stop and the thread might go back to its original topic, but the good 'off topic' discussion usually just stops.
Perhaps one explanation is simply that the new members we've gotten (or more active older members) are directly because of the interest in the Bradman game, so it's just the only section of the site they visit.
Otherwise, perhaps the correct places to discuss cricket seem too fractured - attempts to create distinct categories of discussion like the Your Cricket forum and the separations between domestic/international cricket might just make it too confusing to find the right spot to post.
I know that things like general threads for each country have come up as ideas in previous discussion of the section - for example - instead of discussion being split across a 'Australian Domestic' thread in one forum, a 'Big Bash' thread in another one and several other ones in the main discussion section based on particular news stories, would discussing all aspects of Australian cricket in one thread be better or be too hard to hold a conversation?
I'd like to hear your opinions...