Question: Difference(s) Between Pokemon Groups, Social Groups, and Other Clubs

[fenyx4]

Hello. I was wondering if there's any distinction between Pokemon Groups , Other Clubs, and Social Groups...?

Pokemon Groups appears limited only to Pokemon-related clubs/groups; Other Clubs is pretty much for anything else (non-Pokemon-related), but Social Groups appears to be a mixture of both Pokemon groups and non-Pokemon groups...
If so, wouldn't one of these three sections be redundant, then...? Thanks for clarification in advance.

 

[Sydian]

Social groups seem to be the redundant ones, but I think they're more organized and such. Plus there are some things that wouldn't do very well as a normal club (like the Gay/Straight Alliance). And it's easier to have a Social Group dedicated to one Pokemon rather than a thread about it (Vote For Seed bby). Just what I think though. I don't pay attention to any of them, tbh.

 

[Nick]

Heh. We're actually in the midst of talking about this...

But yes, all three of them running at the same time are redundant and we've been discussing possible solutions to this for a few weeks now.

 

[fenyx4]

Thanks for the info, everyone. Nice to see that it's already being discussed. :)
One of the main reason I'm asking this is because I've noticed most of the Pokemon Groups and Other Clubs have userbars. I realized that if I were to join a Pokemon Group (which I'm contemplating), I don't have space in my signature to show support via userbars, as I'm already at the 500 x 300 image limit (actually 480 x 300, but userbars are bigger than the 20 pixels I have left).
Later on, I went to my profile and noticed the "Hoenn Fan Club" icon, which still shows my support in my profile without the need to use up signature space for userbars...

As for my own input, I would say that the Social Groups have/would retain the most functionality, as not only do you have your standard threads; you have room for other items as well. Pictures and member lists seem to be kept separate so they don't clutter the thread, and there are still introductory/master threads and discussion threads that are also utilized.

 

[Melody]

I'd think the forum threads are more redundant than the Social Groups are personally. We could easily assign the remaining moderators to purely moderate Social Groups and make sure that the pointless groups are pruned and the good ones remain. I feel like the social groups are lot more flexible anyways, compared to a single thread where it's essentially a big chatroom with no real topicality being enforced.

 

[Kura]

Social groups seem to be the redundant ones, but I think they're more organized and such. Plus there are some things that wouldn't do very well as a normal club (like the Gay/Straight Alliance). And it's easier to have a Social Group dedicated to one Pokemon rather than a thread about it (Vote For Seed bby). Just what I think though. I don't pay attention to any of them, tbh.

Why do you think the Gay/Straight Alliance wouldn't do well as a normal club? What other groups do you think wouldn't fair well as a normal club?

As for me, I think the whole social groups thing is less organized. If I wanted, I could have a group revering the use of breasts in historical art.. it is legitimate, but ridiculous- yet we have groups like these.

 

[Sydian]

Why do you think the Gay/Straight Alliance wouldn't do well as a normal club? What other groups do you think wouldn't fair well as a normal club?

Because in a club, from what I remember when I used to be active in them, changes topics all the time, and with the social groups, the same topics stick around, like a thread. Erik explained it better than I did when this was brought up so idk, go ask him. And I don't really pay attention to social groups anyway, so I wouldn't be able to tell you what else wouldn't work.

 

[Kura]

Because in a club, from what I remember when I used to be active in them, changes topics all the time, and with the social groups, the same topics stick around, like a thread. Erik explained it better than I did when this was brought up so idk, go ask him. And I don't really pay attention to social groups anyway, so I wouldn't be able to tell you what else wouldn't work.

Understandable.. but at the same time, it's not like talk or topics about the gay/straight alliance would stray out all that much. If you're a supporter I would think you'd have something to say about every aspect.
This is what I believe, but you bring up an understandable point. However, I don't think you should base your entire decision on groups on this club's existence.. which I doubt would happen, but I am just telling you my thoughts, as it could be a deciding factor since you might (and others might) hold the group dear/ personal to you.