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Originally Posted by Halx
shakran, that was awesome. I'm definitely looking into your points. One thing I have to say is that to a new visitor, there is only one place on the site that even mentions the porn, which is the rules and guidelines. Do you really think new users know there is porn to be had?
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If they read the user guidelines they do, no?
And if it's by word of mouth that they come by, they would probably know as well.
When I first ventured over, I didn't know about the porn or EX, etc. I was told one thing: "As you contribute, more things will open up to you". If the guidelines said that alone, it 'might' keep those that came, interested. If you see, say, 20 forums and don't know that 10 more will open with your particpation, your first impressions are not going to change.
If you have those same 20 and someone knows that there's porn to be had if they stick around, will they stay after once they get the 'good stuff'? There's a lot of posters in those forums that rarely, if ever, post elsewhere.
But if you take things like post counts, contributions, etc., they're on par with the folks that put in thought-provoking, intelligent content. Maybe it's time to take the porn stuff(outside of EX, of course) and make it a seperate entity altogether....*shrug*