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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?
I honestly don't know how I found this site but I'm glad I did. It may have been a link to another forum of which I am a member. I just registered and posted a bit on some subjects to which I felt I could actually add some wisdom.
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?
The porn doesn't bother me a bit - I go thru phases and am a member of some obcure sex sites - I think it's safe to say that I've just about seen it all and a lot of it intrigues me. I'm a little hesitant to post too much yet until I find out if there are people on here that I may be wary of - people that might know me and might use my posts against me in my personal life. There are a few that are members of other forums to which I belong that have tried to cause turmoil in my life, but I'm a big girl and I have handled it well.
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?)
I'm guessing I'm going to be one of the oldest, or as I prefer to say "more experienced" member here so I hope to be able to add advice posts - I've pretty much BTDT where most topics are concerned. The only topics I can think of that would be considered "female" that I might need to talk about is how to handle my husband's ex-wife who seems to hate both of us and takes it out on their son.
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?
Members old and new will stay with a forum if they get that "family" feeling. I've joined a few forums and have left one because of being attacked for being a n00b. Cliques are common on every forum, but when you get the clique that tends to pick and choose who they want to stay, it gets old after awhile. I've frequent 2 other forums daily because I have "made friends" with several members and see that they really do care about each other even tho' I haven't met many of them in person yet.
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