Forum:Update to Discussions in the Hunger Games community app

Hey Hunger Games fans,

I know you’re busy reliving and maybe rewatching Mockingjay Part 2, or else counting the days until you can go see it! I'm here to give you an update on the Discussions feature in the Hunger Games community app. Hopefully some of you have already had a chance to check out the conversations in the app. They have really blown up over the past weeks -- we’ve seen over 1,500 users create a Wikia account in the Hunger Games app, most of them doing that so they could participate in Discussions!

That’s a pretty impressive number of people, and quite a few are making return visits in the app. These are new members of your community, reading the articles you’ve written and talking about every aspect of the movies and books that you love.

Discussions are available to read on the web as well. Check it out at http://thehungergames.wikia.com/d/f/35171/. This web version isn’t "discoverable" right now, except via URLs shared from the app. You won't find it linked anywhere else. You'll soon be able to contribute via the web interface too, both on desktop and mobile browsers. So you can participate easily even without using the app.

The Wikia Community team has been handling moderation duties so far, and for the most part we’ve been impressed by the civility of the users conversing via the app. In early December, we’ll release some basic moderation options for the admin and moderator user groups, in both the app and web versions. That means, the admins and moderators here on Hunger Games will be able to moderate the threads. More robust moderation options are coming in the new year, along with plenty of other additions.

Even if some of you don’t wish to moderate Discussions yourselves, it’s important to find discussion participants who might want to to take on that role. Admins will be able to assign those users to the moderator group. Those new community managers, and others, may well become article editors in the future! This new gathering place is an exciting way to help your community grow and opens up new ways to get readers involved and keep them coming back for more.

I’m happy to answer any questions that you might have. Please do check out all of the activity happening now in Discussions! :) Mira Laime (talk) 19:45, November 25, 2015 (UTC)