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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
I think there should be a helluva lot less trivial pet forum posts masquerading as legitimate pet threads. Nickel and diming the mods with dozens of pet threads is NOT the way to do this. It IS a good way to piss them off, though, and ensure that we'll never get one.
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Well, it doesn't piss us off, but it doesn't give us a real read on the potential success of a new forum.
For all your consideration:
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The main issue is that a dead forum causes problems.
None of the 9 TFP Pet threads created (all simultaneously) lasted more than 4 days, and the only two to last more than 2 days did so only because the last post in each came two days after it'd already died on day two. Also, all nine were created by one person, and no one else has made even one other pet thread in the whole week since the 9 came up together.
How long the nine threads lasted:
1. thirty minutes, with the 3 posts being 2 from one person, and 1 from the thread starter.
2. one whole hour, with 2 posts.
3. six hours, 7 posts
4. not quite a whole day, 6 posts.
5. day and a half, 8 posts
6. day and a half, 13 posts
7. day and a half, 15 posts
8. two days, then 1 resurrection post 2 days later, 24 posts- the one where it seems there was actual back-and-forth discussion.
9. two days, then 1 resurrection post 2 days later, 13 posts.
Bearing those numbers in mind, know that the average post count for a thread in General Discussion is 43, and Tilted Parenting (not including the disproportionately huge thong thread, because that skewed the hell out of the result) is 35.
If Tilted Parenting can average 35 posts, and the above is the example you're giving us all on how much you actually "need" this forum, it puts us in a difficult position to understand why you think there will be even close to an average amount of traffic for a forum. I mean, if this is the participation we see while you all insist you have an active, fervent interest in it, what would happen if it were made a reality? It'd die off in two seconds.
Nine threads with a variety of pet topics to choose from, not to mention that anyone could have made more if they wanted to, with this kind of low performance... it's difficult to understand where all the "need" is.
And the only reason polls don't help all that much is because a poll is a button press... and a poll doesn't reflect the low performance of the vast majority of pet-specific threads. *shrug*
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Originally Posted by Martian
Hell, as a guy who grew up in a kennel I may even have something of value to contribute.
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You were crated??? lol