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Originally Posted by Lasereth
BTW: in a nutshell, the reason TFP isn't doing as well as it used to is due to new members being bitch slapped anytime they create a new thread that's not 1,000 characters long or when their thread is closed when they didn't use the search feature to find the other similar thread from 2003 that is dead.
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Thanks for bringing this up. It's one of the things we hate enforcing, but we don't want to let the board turn into something resembling a neglected backroad.
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Originally Posted by JustDisGuy
Also, maybe send an email to members who've been absent for a lengthy time to tell them about the changes you're making - see if you can't entice a few more of the people back who left...?
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This is a good idea. I think I'll use your suggestion.
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Originally Posted by fresnelly
In other words, a handful of strained relationships isn't going to rot the core of this place. It's a much bigger board than that.
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Do you notice a difference in the board from how it was a couple years ago? If so, can you put your finger on the reason for the change?
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Originally Posted by Tigerlily
It's when you start taking things TOO seriously that the place goes to shit. Aren't general forums supposed to be a fun place to interact with other people.
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First of all, I gotta say that appealing to new users is what is going to pull us through this. However, one thing about the TFP is we've always tried to be fairly ... special. If you can say that for a general topic message board. That requires a delicate balance of meddling on my part and just letting people do their thing. I'll admit that it has limited our membership numbers, but that said nothing for the quality of experience.
In any case, I'm still dedicated to making this site the best it can be.