Why has searching been disabled?

[Nick]

In what way? Maybe it can be fixed.

[dave is ok]

There are just too many forums in my opinion.

Gaming/Sound Off/Fight Club is all we need, or Gaming/Sound-Off/Fight Club/Skull and Bones

I think we took a vote on this a while back and people wanted a million subforums for some reason though.

[Nick]

The funny thing about running a forum is that whatever you do to it, about half the users will think your latest decision is a mess, and they will be convinced beyond any doubt in their minds that because they like something a certain way, it is the correct way and clear-as-day common sense.

Then if you undo the change, about half the users will be convinced beyond any doubt in their minds that you made a terrible mistake and because they like something a certain way, it is the correct way and clear-as-day common sense.

So we have alternatives. As you mentioned, a lot of folks want more forums. My thought on it is that having only two forums for a new reader to see makes the index page too bland, and having a handful of forums puts more links to threads on the index page, so you are more likely to have a click-through because something caught the readers eye.

Those that hate that set-up can use "What's New" for one-stop browsing. Alternatives, not a mess. The page that shows new posts isn't even one of the top fifty pages in the site.

[Josh]

New Posts is legit. The amount of forums is fine. All haters must exit.

[Nick]

But I want Dave to stay.

[Josh]

He's not going anywhere.

[dave is ok]

As long as the New Posts button is there for me to click on, I'll be around.

[Josh]

Does it have to work?

[dave is ok]

No

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

If you were to merge the Communities in with Sound Off, a lot of threads that are SSJN free (and happy to be so) would most likely get shit upon by me.