Subforum organization recommendations.

[Lobster]

Greetings.

Currently the BackerClub forum sections that I see are:

• Introductions
  Kickstarter Discussion
  BackerClub Discussion
  Private Lounges
  Off Topic

I was thinking about the possibility of subforums added within the Kickstarter Discussion area that could be added based on Kickstarter's own project categories. phpBB does support subforums. Below is a list of Kickstarter's main categories.

• Art
  Comics
  Crafts
  Dance
  Design
  Fashion
  Film & Video
  Food
  Games
  Journalism
  Music
  Photography
  Publishing
  Technology
  Theater

That may be more convenient for BackerClub users than having to add tags such as "[Music]" or "[Games]" to their thread titles for others to know what category a project is related to. It also means not having to scroll past projects for categories I don't participate in like Dance to find new projects in categories I do pledge in.

What are others' opinions?
Should some categories like Games be split into subcategories like Tabletop and Video Games?
Any alternate category lists?
Would it be good to have something like an Ending Soon category for projects that are really close to reaching 100% in their final hours on Kickstarter and need all the help they can get?

[Longeye]

I'm a big fan of subdivision, but I'd say only to the "arts, comics" level. As of yet there's no need to divide into types of arts/comic... YET. Maybe when we pick up a bit and there are enough projects it'll be useful, but it might make things look a bit sparse too early.
~Longeye~

[TashaTurner]

I like the idea of having subforums based on Kickstarter categories. Having run forums in the past I've found if you build the basic structure in early it makes it easier on everyone than people needing to readjust later. I agree that keeping it to the Main categories at this point is probably good enough. If/when those categories get overrun breaking them into smaller categories can be done without too much readjustment.

[markalanbaker]

Great suggestion! Done.
Mark