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Post by newboy on Aug 13, 2009 21:42:02 GMT 1
Sending out emails will only harm your forum, it makes you seen desperate, the best you can do is just delete the old accounts, if they like the forum there is no stopping them creating a new account. Keeping old accounts is a technique admins often use to make their forums seem more active, however, a lot of people look at the average posts per member when evaluating a forum, thats to say the total posts divided by the number of members. A forum with 1000 posts and 150 members is not as impressive as a forum with 1000 posts and 30 or so active members.
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Post by Sloane on Aug 13, 2009 22:01:03 GMT 1
good point
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Post by Fearless™ on Aug 14, 2009 0:19:55 GMT 1
well, the emails dont HAVE to come off as desperate. instead of the staff sending emails saying "no one is posting, the board is slow, come back on." , they could send an email saying "we want to welcome our newest member ______, and congrats to _______ for having the most posts this month. also, we have a bunch of new stuff going on, like member of the month, so make sure you come onto TD to check it out!"
like, the emails dont have to sound like/be a cry for help. it can sound something like a newsletter without sounding desperate.
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Post by Titanis on Aug 14, 2009 6:27:10 GMT 1
Exactly. We might as well just start a monthly newsletter, that will go out after the MOTM contest has finished. Just send it out to all members whether their active or not.
I agree with Fearless; I don't think a newsletter-type-deal will come off as desperate.
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Post by Sloane on Aug 14, 2009 15:50:14 GMT 1
i agree with fearless
GOOD POINT!!!
and i think we should replace mary
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Post by Titanis on Aug 14, 2009 16:25:29 GMT 1
Can't replace Mary.. She created the forum so she's stuck as the admin weather she likes it or not.
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Post by newboy on Aug 14, 2009 18:42:48 GMT 1
i agree with fearless GOOD POINT!!! and i think we should replace mary Who the hell do you think you are? Mary created the forum, no one cares what you think because you act like an immature 12 year old, who is probably so full of insecurities that he has to come on the internet and act like someone he is very clearly not, grow up.
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Post by Titanis on Aug 15, 2009 6:04:27 GMT 1
i agree with fearless GOOD POINT!!! and i think we should replace mary Who the hell do you think you are? Mary created the forum, no one cares what you think because you act like an immature 12 year old, who is probably so full of insecurities that he has to come on the internet and act like someone he is very clearly not, grow up. I understand your frustration, but I think that post was a little uncalled for... Besides, I already explained why Mary can't be changed from an admin.
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Post by newboy on Aug 15, 2009 9:51:28 GMT 1
It was not uncalled for, i come back after 4 weeks away, and i see a bunch of posts made by a self centered brat calling for the admin to be replaced, begging to be a staff member, or suggesting that other staff should be demoted, im very suprised you guys put up with him. He would do well to remember that mary is the admin, and not him. It is not up to him to tell her how to run the forum, especially not when he has nothing to suggest that he could do a better job.
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Post by Titanis on Aug 17, 2009 18:26:58 GMT 1
So now our most active members haven't posted in two days? What's going on?
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Post by Sloane on Aug 18, 2009 0:31:16 GMT 1
oh just STFU! ok? i don't need a cunt like you to tell me what to do so just fucking shut up ok i don't give a fucking shit about what you think
and i don't even care if mary bans me anyway
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Post by Titanis on Aug 18, 2009 1:18:37 GMT 1
lol I assume that wasn't directed at me?
Anyway, Newboy and Lucky, let's tone down on the commentary here. No need for hot heads here, because that too will kill a forum.
I don't care who started it, but both of you end it.
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Post by Sloane on Aug 18, 2009 17:23:32 GMT 1
k
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Post by gems on Aug 19, 2009 22:40:41 GMT 1
Moving on... Yeah a lot of times this happens to new(ish) forums... members just don't post or whatever. As for suggestions I think this forum definitely needs a contest. I know it's tough to start one when you have so few active members but perhaps you could do just a weekly contest or a contest with no eliminations? This forum seems based around a lot of threads just for chit chat/rants/debates etc which is cool and everything but isn't this a sims forum? I completely took it for granted that it is since I got linked to it through another sims forum. If it's not then just feel free to ignore this but if it is then you could have separate boards to talk about the game or post in game shots/edited ones/stories on the exchange, you know the usual kind of things. Another thing you could maybe do is to set up a roleplaying board? That's getting pretty popular lately
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Post by Rogue on Aug 22, 2009 17:16:42 GMT 1
just to let you all know: i just posted xD
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