Revisiting this as I crystalize the idea of a softer implementation of this.
It may surprise many of you to know that the structure and setup of this is already in place. If you look under the HOME menu, there is "recent activity" and "New Posts" and under the Forums menu there is "Watched Threads", "New Posts" and "Spy"
All of this works much like social media sites in surfacing information that you may be interested in.
What I am talking about doing is first Keeping the forums intact. You will still be able to post and interact with the forums exactly as you do now, that view won't go away.
Then I am planning on taking all of the above and moving them to a single page and formatting it in a way that is similar to the way you might see posts on Facebook, so that you can read the post and comment inline. I would then further enhance that page by building out specific algorithms that let you configure and personalise that page, so for instance you might choose to follow someone and therefore when that person makes a reply to a thread, a new thread etc, it will be bumped to the top of your "Feed" page.
The idea is that it make posting easier, and personalizes your experience. Overall it should enhance the experience for many without taking away the current experience for others who prefer traditional forums.
Additionally I am planning on removing the front page as it now stands in place of a feed page and encouraging people to post the link to articles as they do on Facebook and allow rapid discussion of that.
So for most of you there will be no difference, but for new users and for those who prefer that it should majorly enhance the way in which you interact with Silvertails.
