Kokonutz,

What a great post... would give you reputation points if I could...

As someone who loves organization, I am not a fan of the "fragmentation" issue... I have yet to hear a good argument for why fragmentation is bad... or an issue for Flyertalk. If Flyertalk wants to be the premier place for information for the traveler, then it needs to be easy to find. The upgrade to the search feature helps... but it also helps to have things organized in such a way to make it easy to find.

I know, in my 7 years on FT, it has become much easier to find information as more forums have been created. It used to be that almost everything fell into "TravelBuzz" and a non-functioning search function did not help to find information quickly. However, past Talkboards and the moderators and Randy's team have worked hard to make the Flyertalk experience more enjoyable and efficient.

Again, not sure how "active" a forum needs to be in order to be useful.... The Travel Bidding forum is not very active... but very useful for those use utilize it. Same can be said for the Religious Travelers Forum. The Air Canada forum has become so much more informational as the moderators have cleaned up that forum over time.... and moved off topic subjects to their proper "fragmented" place...

While I am a numbers and data person, I cringe at the thought that decisions on what this community needs will come down to numbers. Not everything needs to be about numbers....

William