Maybe it's just because the board it's a little "dead"!
Maybe the new members thinks that it's too late to talk about TOD or Fallen because they see that the threads are "stoped" and the olders knows that has no new greatest things to do here... I don't know, I just try to expose an opinion and don't knew how...
If someone disagree...


(Sorry by my english)

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@ Original topic post: Why don't n00bs post? As one I'll tell you.

I've been around forums for years, ranging from fansites, hobby discussion, community boards to game clans.

It's easy to post on hobby discussion boards because there's one thing we enjoy very much. If for example you're registered on a forum that are for guitarists, it's easy to straight away click onto the topic like tips on how to shred, pinch, etc. etc. Clan boards are also easy to post at because it's not 100% forum, there can be also events and IRC.

It's quite common to have fansites die for a bit. As an upper management staff elsewhere, I discovered that a way to get people to post more often is to have a "Member of the Month" [MOTM] award. I'm not sure if there's such thing here. MOTM awards are given to members that are most active not only on forums but also on events and IRC, but since EvBoard is after all, only a board, it can be changed to be awarded to the member with most Rep points or whatever they are called. [That green bar somewhere with a + and - sign.]

I'm a staff on a game clan that has 120 active members and 500 registered members on it, when a typical clan only has 50-75 members and about 200 registered members. We have a famous player as the clan leader, so tonnes of members join thinking that it's a fansite. We face the same phases most fansites go through - Members register, log on once, post on the first topic they see and disappear forever. And the forum's posts per day keeps dropping but yet the amount of members registering goes up.

There's already things done, like the Welcoming Comittee - which was great. But for n00bs like me who logs in every few months, there's not much that can be done except to give us a reason to check back often. The only way to members to post is to get them to login in the first place! It can be anything, like a monthly contest that would interest most people [Meaning, no I-look-Gother-than-you-do contests.] or maybe an interesting section that no other Ev fansites have.

As for people who lurk, it's very intimidating at times to post in an unfamiliar environment where you don't know anyone and you don't know what the unwritten rules are. These unwritten rules range from "Don't talk back to that mod or they'll eat your soul!" to "Read the 50-odd pages of replies before posting because we've had idiots ask the same questions already!".

I see that theres lots of people lurking and none posting - is that the problem? The only way to make lurkers more confident in posting, in my opinion, is to make the topic more postable. Many times I look at a topic, read the replies, and never post. Because the topic replies are hardly ever related to the topic, and they're more like a reply to a reply. And then the original purpose of the topic gets flushed away. It's hard to post on topics like that.

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Lacrimosa dies illa, Qua resurget ex favilla, Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce, Deus: Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen.
Tearful that day, on which will rise from ashes, guilty man for judgment. So have mercy, O Lord, on this man. Compassionate Lord Jesus, grant them rest. Amen.

^ WOW, you really put alot of thought into that but I'm pretty sure many n00bs don't post because they register, they put off posting, and eventually they forget they registered after many years.

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There was a point to what she posted. I'm sure if there were more incentives to keep people around, it would encourage people to post more. I can't imagine how an off-topic discussion could hinder someone's desire to post though. I've walked into threads where things have gotten off-topic, and I just respond to the original comment in the first place. Who cares? Really, it seems like people just need to take that leap and actually TRY to get involved. If you're too worried about fitting in, you're not going to fit in, because you'll be too scared to make that jump. But you don't know if you don't try.

Just noticed member activity has increased, since this thread was posted, by more than 30%! Maybe we've recently been doing something right. :P

The Scavenger Hunt helped. And having former regulars (Llywelyn, the gabe, Machinehead, etc) who've logged in probably have contributed, too. This place must have some magic deep down somewhere...

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chaos magick.

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hmmm...
Or it could have something to do with the really dedicated/underappreciated staff.

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— Marilyn Monroe

i really think the scavenger hunt helped, there was more a community feel to which was nice. it was a goal and some fun there needs to be some more of that only i don't know what.
oooooooh i don't think you are underappreciated

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