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1) How did you find out about TFP, when you first joined? Did you lurk for a while, or jump right in with posting? What helped you open up and start posting?
An ex-boyfriend of mine introduced me to TFP. He's long gone now but I'm still here. And no, I didn't lurk for a while. I looked over his shoulder a couple times while he browsed, and decided I wanted to say my piece, so I joined and began contributing. What encouraged me to continue to contribute was the community that welcomed and responded to my posts and opinions.
2) From the beginning, how did you feel about the porn aspect of the board? (And the fact that as a result, there are far more male than female members here)? Has that ever made you hesitant to post more often here?
I don't mind the porn, to be honest. I pop in there and look at it myself from time to time.
3) What kind of "female" board topics/forums might encourage you to post more often, if you could vote for something? (E.g. a "wedding" forum, or something for parenting, or any other topic that might be interesting to you?)
Erm...nothing. I prefer to stay away from that kind of stuff.
4) Can you think of anything we might be able to change on the boards, to make it more appealing to potential new members? What is it about TFP that has made you stick around this long?
I really don't like when members of the community jump all over new people for starting new threads without using the search function or are otherwise discouraging to new members. The best way to get new members to meet our community standards is via modeling those community standards. Generally, I think we all need to be open and welcoming to new people, new information, and new opinions, while bitching and moaning less about how TFP has changed (life is dynamic, not static, and TFP is the same--nothing operates in a vacuum). A lot of the membership gets sidetracked into "what TFP was" instead of focusing on what TFP is and could be, if people would contribute. That last little part is key--the TFP is what people make of it, via their contributions. If nobody contributes and everybody lurks, of course this board is not going to be what you want it to be. Duh.
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