ORG, TWC, and the Official Forum - what would the ORG specialize in?

[Peasant Phill]

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Correct me if I am wrong, but this can be reduced to a problem of manpower, right? Provided that content-branch get enough manpower, are you and I still going to have difference in opinions here? Roughly speaking?
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@Axalon

I've been thinking this over for a few days. Adding manpower is the quick and easy(?) way to root out and spotlight as much content as possible. I'm just not convinced this is the right way.
Simply adding more staff takes away the spontanity of the community (say what you will but representing something makes you think twice before saying/posting something). Staff shouldn't be what keeps this forum going, the community is. The staff should be here to support the community. Which has been done to a degree, adding the ability to post on the front page for example.
I come to the same coclusion as before. We should be going for emancipation of the Org community rather than what with some flair for the dramatic can be seen as a benevolent despotism.

...Just suggesting that a small reply like "thank you for the contribution" in a guide thread which has received no response so far would mean a lot to the original poster and could encourage further responses.

You are right and we've been thinking of a way to encourage showing appreciation for contributions. That was the reason for adding the 'Thanks'-button. I'm not quite sure how to encourage members to show more appreciation towards for content other than leading by example.