Do we want a site that is used as a wiki and no one ever visits the forums?
If we had to pick, a wiki OR a forum, which would we pick? A wiki isn't much fun. We don't all contribute to that daily.
The forum is the point of the site. You can read FE theories anywhere online. People come here specifically because they can interact with flat earthers. Its our only selling point. So why would you hide the forum further down the list of things to see than the wiki? If the wiki hits search terms and drives traffic (its purpose and exactly what it does), and that traffic winds up on the forum ... that's the same as putting your best products in the front of the shop window. If we encourage people to read the wiki and they never post ... so what? That's like a tree falling in a forest. I don't really care if it made a sound or not.
The question is whether the forum link and the wiki link should be swapped on the home page. That's, like, less than an inch of movement. Nothing's being hidden. What kind of nonsense fatalism are you pulling out of your ass here?
Also, that "tree falling in a forest" makes no sense in this context. I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
So why swap it?
when you build a web site it takes the following form.
Home About Us Products/Services Testimonials/Blog/Portfolio Contact
Its called a 5 page website. They aren't necessarily 5 pages. But they take you on a journey.
The home page is the tl;dr version of the website. It is a landing page, with the summary of everything else in order. And you can scroll down with your mobile and click into the bit you care about.
The rest takes the following form.
Who we are
What we do
Proof we are good at it
Here's how to contact us.
Its very standard. You'll see it everywhere. About/Company is next to home. Next is services/products. Then some kind of proof. An artist might have a gallery, a web designer might have a portfolio, a vegan evangelist might have a blog, and contact is always on the far right.
So for our site
Who we are - well you meet us on the forum
What we do/believe - read the wiki
Proof we are good at it/know what we are talking about - library with sources
Shop - meh (its extra)
And if we ever get a press section going it should live on the right as how to contact us.
No one planned it. Its intuitive. Its how most websites work. And by subliminal indoctrination the people here set it up in the right order.
Forum is where it should be and where you'd expect to find it if you had never visited before. Thus spake Baby Thork.