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Cynthetiq · 11-02-2010, 06:26 PM

MM, I think the staff gets that, it's just hard to remember all the time, especially when we're trying to dispel the myth.

I was talking to someone tonight about not being social, a few years ago we met in the rooms and she didn't really feel like she belonged there. People talked as if they knew each other, there were similar threads and stories being told. After time, she eventually did. She left that room and came back recently only to have that same feeling again since new people came and old people left. As she described it to me, I could only think of how it was so similar to this situation. It's not endemic to forums, it's endemic to human beings interacting. I likened it to coming into a conversation midstream and until you had some of the lay of the land, you generally didn't participate unless you forced yourself.

Oliver, I've been enjoying your soundtracks posts. I just don't know how to leverage that into discussions, in some ways some of the videos is a little easier since the title of the video is searchable and comes up with a relatively relevant title. I'd like to figure out how to do that with some of the image threads. I think I have a manner of doing it and it will take some work from either staff or a community member.

We're due for looking at our subforums and paring them down again. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	MM, I think the staff gets that, it's just hard to remember all the time, especially when we're trying to dispel the myth. I was talking to someone tonight about not being social, a few years ago we met in the rooms and she didn't really feel like she belonged there. People talked as if they knew each other, there were similar threads and stories being told. After time, she eventually did. She left that room and came back recently only to have that same feeling again since new people came and old people left. As she described it to me, I could only think of how it was so similar to this situation. It's not endemic to forums, it's endemic to human beings interacting. I likened it to coming into a conversation midstream and until you had some of the lay of the land, you generally didn't participate unless you forced yourself. Oliver, I've been enjoying your soundtracks posts. I just don't know how to leverage that into discussions, in some ways some of the videos is a little easier since the title of the video is searchable and comes up with a relatively relevant title. I'd like to figure out how to do that with some of the image threads. I think I have a manner of doing it and it will take some work from either staff or a community member. We're due for looking at our subforums and paring them down again. Thanks for the suggestion. ---------- Post added at 10:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ---------- http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/general...2-30-30-a.html something I whipped up... __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!