Declined Use Reddit instead of forums

I know a lot of people don't have Reddit, but I think it would make a lot more sense to use Reddit instead of this forums.
Instead of having different pages for different topics people could tag their posts, which would make sorting through the mountains of posts a lot easier. Also (in my opinion) Reddit is much cleaner than forums and is easier and more intuitive to navigate. I do understand that there are custom features of this thread that Reddit doesn't have by default, although you can design a bot to do most of the things this forums can do.
Mods would also be able to pin important messages, and while that is somewhat like the homepage, I think a pinned message is easier to notice than a massive home page. There are also a lot more options for the aesthetics of Reddit, and if you don't like how the pages are arranged you can use something like Apollo for Reddit (IOS) or Joey for Reddit (Android).
One of the major pros of Reddit is the fact that there is a decent mobile app, (I use Apollo for Reddit it's great) which would allow mods to check post on their phones with an app specifically designed for phones. Another pro which I have already mentioned is the fact that Reddit has much better navigation, and if tags on posts are required a bot can auto sort the posts to different pages.
The only con I can think of is there is a bit of a learning curve, but that applies to most things in life.

 

The forums has worked fine for 8 years, suddenly moving everything over to reddit would be so much more work than just learning how to use the forums.

No support.

 

That's fair, although in my opinion just because something works doesn't mean it can't be upgraded.

 

Use TapaTalk for forums.

No support, I agree with Laini, the forums has worked fine for 8 years I don't see why we should replace it with something else that isn't customizable.

 

Reddit is actually not easy to get into. It was confusing for me. The forums is way more straight forward and completely dedicated to just Skyblock. I think things are fine as they are.

 

I agree with Laini. There really is nothing wrong with forums. I also agree with Boss and Mai. Although I use reddit regularly myself, I did find it very difficult to learn my way around and it took me 6 months to discover what 'Reddit karma' was. A fan made Skyblock subreddit may be an okay idea, but I personally think it should stop at that. In addition to this, there is already an app called 'TapTalk' which can be used for many forums including this one. You could argue that app gives forums a more 'Reddit feel' although I personally do not use it myself. For the above reasons, I will not be supporting this suggestion.

 

I like forums personally, imagine how bad it would be for the people who bought premium for $50. also we have trophy points ect. here

 

No support.

Ignoring the "It's worked well this way for 8 years" argument, Reddit, while a good media platform, is an inferior way to organize a community like Skyblock has. The reason Minecraft servers for many years have used forums systems, is it fits the required functionality well. The forums is an organized platform for managing the server's community, and Reddit simply doesn't have the same capability and efficiency.

(Also, I use Reddit all the time, I'm not hating on Reddit.)

 

No Support.
You can use the tapatalk app for forums.

 

I don't use reddit, and never will. Its such a toxic community, unlike over here on forums.
No support

 

No support, it would be very difficult to switch over, and there is a community on here that's been here for ages and probably wouldn't switch.

 

Look at it this way, this forum currently has 60,302 members. It wouldn’t be wise to expect all of those people to navigate to reddit, which everyone has to get used to, and it’s far less customisable. (Before anyone points this out, yes I am aware that we don’t have 60k active user accounts)

I feel like it’s much easier for one person to learn how to use forums, than it is for 60,000 people to join a new subreddit that isn’t as easy to moderate for all the server mods.

 

No support. This will cause confusion IF another server decided to make a reddit too. Forums worked fine for me for the last 4 issues with minimal down time. Reddit is also sometimes a pain in the neck to use. and you have to "pay" for reactions (basically awards). Reddit can be a great place for alot of things - just not this server

 

I use Reddit to browse alot of different things. Reddit is amazing. But I have yet seen a Reddit minecraft community be successful as a simple forums.

 

No support. I’ve been using the forums on my phone via Safari since I was first promoted. It works fine on your phone and I don’t see the reason to switch platforms and create a whole new level of confusion for the staff and players.

 

No Support.

Changing to Reddit would be a struggle for most and probably only a few dedicated members and staff will actually transfer over from these forums. Most of the times changing something after a while is great but not when it comes to moving a whole community. This forum is mostly used for the skyblock server, so changing it will not work out.

 

It's not all toxic. r/memes, r/dankmemes, and r/okbuddyretard are the most toxic. r/teenagers and actual structured communities are fine, although I do love most of the toxic ones.

 

No support.
Reddit is confusing to some people including myself so if we switch to Reddit we will be more confused and lose members. Also, new players will find it hard to reach out and make a reddit account just to post in the skyblock reddit so theres really no need to complicate it more. The forums is simple and very easy to reach to.