What happened to the Social Groups?

[TGO David]

You may have noticed that the social groups tab at the top of the TGO forums is now gone and are wondering what happened to them.

 

During the focus group meeting that we had with some of the Benefactor members this morning, I asked about several things to help guide improvements on the TGO site.  When we got around to talking about the social groups, it turned out no one used them.  So that inspired me to come back home and take a closer look at them and how they were being used and by whom.

 

What I discovered was that a lot of social groups had been created by members but had no posts inside.  Other social groups had a few posts but most of them were from 2013.  The most recent post in any social group was earlier this month, but previous to that the group in question hadn't seen any activity since June of 2014.  Clearly people weren't really using them.

 

When you couple that lack of activity with the fact that the social groups add-on wasn't visible with the native mobile version of the TGO software let alone Tapatalk, it was obvious to me that this feature just didn't pan out.

 

So I removed it.

 

 

Frankly this will bode well for us as we move ahead.  A new version of the forum software is coming sometime this year and add-ons like the social groups make it very difficult to upgrade.  By removing them now, we're a bit ahead of the curve.

 

I hope this makes sense and doesn't cause anyone too much heartburn.  If there was a social group that you miss particularly, let me know.  We can always consider adding the firearms-related ones to the lineup of forums.

[NoBanStan]

I'll miss the gaming social group. Though somewhat limited, it was active from time to time.

 

However, if its departure makes way for additional forum improvements, all I can say is:

 

[TGO David]

Roger that.  It'll make it easier to do some upgrades, for sure.