are group threads not really a thing on akp?

You mean something like this?

K-POP Artist Threads

Guilds

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I’m aware that they exist, but they don’t really have many consistent updaters etc. kinda surprising to me as another forum refugee lol

We have guilds. So group threads are not active.

Visit us in our guilds then you'll know

I used to have the biggest SHINee Content thread on akp

It was like 5k pages or so

Then revamped and got deleted

So not worth compiling anymore

Quote from doki-doki

intriguing! how do I make a new jeans one?

You need to find at least more 4 people who want to be in the Guild along with you to make It official.

Actually I quite liking a specialized thread just to post an update there, kinda like a bulletin board. Rather than a one for all thread to updates and discuss.

But yeah seems like a guild (like the megacurch, blinks, neocity) could handle that, I just didn't know at which point it could be upgraded

Quote from ripia

I'm also of that opinion, I think these guilds are killing activity on the main forum.

Yeah I've also heard people say they would straight up leave if it wasn't for the guilds. They are kind of a safe space from the toxicity that is on the main forum sometimes (that's how they perceive the main anyways. You or others might feel differently).

I'm not providing a solution or anything, I'm just saying that some of those people don't really want to post on the main to begin with if you feel.

i just post 2 or 3 days ago on Blinks Guild, and it is huge.

Can`t understand why you are saying no one is posting. Maybe other groups guilds

Quote from ripia

And that's exactly where the problem lies that Guild's have taken users away in general from the main traffic bringer.

When we first started the forum guilds weren't as active so we had a huge post count in kpop section. But now users have 'safe space' to spam and not contribute to the website.

And it hurts the website overall.

Users have always complained about toxicity and said they're leaving etc you can't change that. But guest count and new users has dropped dramatically in the past 6 months. And the post count a day here is around equal with guilds.

So one could argue that .

But ofc I get that we love guilds hence why I wish we could come to a compromise but it's difficult cause users whine so much.

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You're missing the point though. Is it really taking away traffic if people don't want to post in the main? I don't think some would want to post regardless if guilds existed or not.

Quote from ripia

I'm also of that opinion, I think these guilds are killing activity on the main forum.

I would agree with you in some respects to that

tbh a group's update in main is quite useful to me, mainly for a groups or acts that I didn't know of. It makes me aware of that groups or acts' updates, like that one time a user creating a thread asking do people know J-Hope is releasing JITB. I wouldn't know if there were no updates almost everyday in main

Or when bartkun making a thread about updates for many kind of ggs. Or Kard's cb.
But yeah it may be scattered though

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but I think it can kind of because an echo chamber of the fandoms you follow, it’s nice to have a space to converse with people of different fandoms in a peaceful way, which is why I love forums.

same, that's why I'm staying here