@ChrystieV I think the idea of segregating Instructors by any criteria - especially one based on enrollment numbers - is antisocial and could turn the Forum from a barley used amplifier of frustration into virtual extinction. I certainly would cease to contribute on principal. In my opinion, the team should be concentrating on expanding exclusivity, not implementing exclusivity. Furthermore, are there really enough high enrollment Instructors here to populate this exclusive section? The fact remains that questions often go unanswered on this Forum, while instructors consistently express dissatisfaction with the same issues, particularly the lack of connection between the Forum and the official Udemy support team. Meanwhile, a depressingly low percentage of Instructors take part. Surely that is where your attention should be. And if you really must create a new section of the Forum, then create one where Instructors can communicate with support staff to get definitive responses to the issues obstructing their progress. The time spent asking us questions, and conceiving of further sections to add, could be spent responding more substantively to the questions we are asking you. Over and over again, Instructors come here with an issue, only to be told that the Forum is not a Support Escalation channel. Yet, sometimes, a Community Manager will 'escalate' an issue, and forward it on for attention. Other times, a Community Manager will offer to investigate an issue, but then never actually return with an answer. Meanwhile, repeatedly, Instructors complain at the template-based responses received from support and Trust and Safety. Meanwhile, a tiny few successful instructors, like @LawrenceMMiller, @MichaelPog and @SharonRamel have given significant amounts of time to posting responses. Take those people away and the Forum would be one big - or rather small - echo chamber. @AHardinis right when he says: With over 74k Udemy instructors, I'd say that easily less than 1% actively engage in the Udemy Instructor Community on a regular basis. I don't think adding more sub-groups will increase participation, unless Udemy is actively and regularly engaging instructors outside of the community to entice them to check it out and participate in the discussions.
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