The ways to advertise the Private forums is a much needed requirement since I guess many members of IF are still not completely aware of this new addition. Plus the invite option don't give them red notifications to join a private forum (they may accept or reject it, that's their option, but at least a creator must know whether he/she had received and seen the invite or not). No doubt private forums is a great addition and feature in IF after Fanfiction section feature, and I love both of them. But please look after this matter which I had stated.
1. Private forums are actually meant for small groups. Members may feel that the Private forums are completely unmoderated but its not the case for the ones which will grow beyond a certain level. And once they grow a certain level we will consider upgrading it to Public Forum and put a DT in place to monitor the same. We are internally discussing how this can be shared with the current moderation team. Once public it gets more search traffic also.
2. We are working on ways to advertise the Private forums and make it easy for other members of the site to discover these forums. And also to bring back the joined members back to the forums for interesting discussions.
There are lot of things that cannot be shared on open forums so these stuff can remain in Private Forums.
BTW we have just started this journey and with time we will evolve and make it better with time. For example how FanFiction section has evolved with time.
We look forward to your suggestions and feedback.
Regards,
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