07-27-2021, 09:14 PM
Personally, I'm just happy that the forum is still alive and gets some good posts. I think activity has been decent lately. Sometimes, I think some people should start looking at the bright side! Just be happy with what you have! At least the forums aren't totally dead and taken down!
I think having a quiet forum has its advantages. As @Vert pointed out, a bigger community is more likely to have some mean ol' bullies and nobody likes that! That's not to say that the forums shouldn't get more active -- in fact, I'd always like to see a little more of it! As long as our staff members are good (in which they are), the bad people can be blocked off and a lot of good people can come in! I think people should realize that if there's something you can do to get activity going, usually you can do that right away! When we didn't have an Isometric Collaboration for a long time, I went up and suggested we do one, and look what happened! We got one going and ended up with a beautiful work of art: https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=2522 We could do the same thing again if we wanted to! Likewise, if there's a different, but fun event you have in mind, start it, or suggest it to see if people are interested! You could discuss it in private with the staff if you want to! In another example, if there's a cool new game you want to discuss but there's no topic for it, go start one!
I've been thinking of sharing this for a while, and I think I found the perfect opportunity for it! There are many reasons why it might be better to abandon Discord and go back to either IRC or good ol' forums and this article explains those reasons:
https://stallman.org/discord.html
Who knows, maybe that link alone will give the forums a huge boost in activity!
I think having a quiet forum has its advantages. As @Vert pointed out, a bigger community is more likely to have some mean ol' bullies and nobody likes that! That's not to say that the forums shouldn't get more active -- in fact, I'd always like to see a little more of it! As long as our staff members are good (in which they are), the bad people can be blocked off and a lot of good people can come in! I think people should realize that if there's something you can do to get activity going, usually you can do that right away! When we didn't have an Isometric Collaboration for a long time, I went up and suggested we do one, and look what happened! We got one going and ended up with a beautiful work of art: https://forums.mfgg.net/showthread.php?tid=2522 We could do the same thing again if we wanted to! Likewise, if there's a different, but fun event you have in mind, start it, or suggest it to see if people are interested! You could discuss it in private with the staff if you want to! In another example, if there's a cool new game you want to discuss but there's no topic for it, go start one!
I've been thinking of sharing this for a while, and I think I found the perfect opportunity for it! There are many reasons why it might be better to abandon Discord and go back to either IRC or good ol' forums and this article explains those reasons:
https://stallman.org/discord.html
Who knows, maybe that link alone will give the forums a huge boost in activity!
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