05-09-2019, 03:43 PM
Ok, so I gotta be honest... I love this forum, but I have had a fair number of people refusing to join on the grounds of getting intimidated/confused by the fact that they do not know what it is about. What the main goal is. And I can't say I blame them.
When someone asks me what the "theme" of this board is, I tend to tell them that this is the Colonial Forum, where we obey a bunch of Brits or else. I usually get blocked after that. Huh
But in all seriousness, I think that simple announcement (or better yet, a section on top a la Meet the Staff) explaining what this forum is about and what the contents are would go a long way towards gathering new members. This is about the nicest forum I have ever been on and it'd be a shame to have possible new voices fall silent because of a little lack of direction.
Now, I do not pretend to tell you how to run this place... you obviously need no help with that. I mean, look around. If more forums had this level of quality, content and activity Social Media would be out of business in a heartbeat, but my personal experience has led me to believe that what I'm presenting here IS, in fact, an issue.
Perphaps this is a stupid suggestion, but I felt that I needed to make it.
When someone asks me what the "theme" of this board is, I tend to tell them that this is the Colonial Forum, where we obey a bunch of Brits or else. I usually get blocked after that. Huh
But in all seriousness, I think that simple announcement (or better yet, a section on top a la Meet the Staff) explaining what this forum is about and what the contents are would go a long way towards gathering new members. This is about the nicest forum I have ever been on and it'd be a shame to have possible new voices fall silent because of a little lack of direction.
Now, I do not pretend to tell you how to run this place... you obviously need no help with that. I mean, look around. If more forums had this level of quality, content and activity Social Media would be out of business in a heartbeat, but my personal experience has led me to believe that what I'm presenting here IS, in fact, an issue.
Perphaps this is a stupid suggestion, but I felt that I needed to make it.
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