Does anybody read the Announcements?

[Promaginy]

I was reviewing the past 5 months of posts to the announcements board and the average number of views per topic is like 8, 15, etc. Yet there were 100s of topic viewings in Dec 2006.

Has there been a change in the board membership? Or are people just so hard at work that they are not reading the announcements?

[electronicStar]

I think there is a problem in the way the topic views are counted anyway. I've notice the number of views is always very low but it is inaccurate.
I once noticed a thread marked with 0 views but I knew I had read it once already, so there must be some sort of problem.

[soniCron]

There's no problem -- the pages are being cached for enhanced server performance. Thus, it doesn't count every time a viewer reads a thread, because it's just using static data. It only counts replies and the original post because it has to regenerate the page under such circumstances.
(I am bolding and coloring my response because it appears most people are skipping past it and making inane posts. I mean no offense by either the text formatting or my comments herewith, just trying to save you trouble. )

[James C. Smith]

Of all the sections of the forums, the “Indie Ads” is the section I read the least. I hardly ever look at the help wanted or portfolios. And I usually skin the titles of the announcement and only read the ones from the people I know from other posts on the forums.

[TeeGee]

Well, I try to read the announcements every time I visit this boards. Good way of learning what's going on in the indie world.

[oNyx]

I think there is a problem in the way the topic views are counted anyway. I've notice the number of views is always very low but it is inaccurate.
I once noticed a thread marked with 0 views but I knew I had read it once already, so there must be some sort of problem.

views=replies+1 (new threads only)

It has been like that for a few months now. Pretty pointless really. That column could be removed altogether.

[Sol_HSA]

I only read this board called "New Posts" =)

[rioka]

If the title is interesting enough, I'll check it out. If it's a demo, feedback request or similar post, I usually don't have time to try/check them out. :|

[Promaginy]

Okay, but did every one of you collude to stop reading that forum as of Jan 2007? It just seems strange. We're talking hundreds of less views...

[WaveRider]

There are announcements?

[Qitsune]

I read them, actually I have a small look at all the sections but the sound one because I'm in no position to hire a sound person anytime soon.

[gummikana]

I used to read them. It was actually the reason why I registered. But these days there seems to be too much clutter. Less then half of the announcements are actually games, and most of those games seem to be clones.

[PoV]

Yeah, I just glance at all the subjects now. If one catches my eye, I go in for a closer look.

[Bad Sector]

But these days there seems to be too much clutter. Less then half of the announcements are actually games, and most of those games seem to be clones.

The forum is called "News, Announcements & Feedback Requests", so it's not like that it's unexpected to see other stuff.

It would be nice if people posting there added one or two words describing what the topic is all about, such as:

[GAME FB] Please check Lalala and tell me what you think...
[GAME ANN] Lalala is released today!
[TOOL FB] Lalalengine is gonna be released soon and i need your opinions...
[TOOL ANN] Lalalengine and Lalaleditor are released, make your own games!
[SITE] What do you think about our new Chimpchomp Studios site?
[NEWS] Chimpchomp Studios announced MyChomp Games Console!

etc