Where is everybody?

Mar 30, 2015 16:24:02 GMT -5 jengurl1987 said:

You can't force someone to join and if they do, you can't force them to post. Some join and then just leave. Heather, Cher, and I are holding down the fort, but the reinforcements have arrived (you).

Thanks Jen.

I guess I mean this is such a great idea.

But I thought there would be soo many people here, like on FB.

So the same people are posting.

Nothing wrong with that.

But, I feel so limited.

Not able to trash some guy for sending me a naked pic of himself, which prob. wasn't him anyway.

LLOL!

I guess it's so new.

IDK!

Mar 30, 2015 16:43:39 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

The old wof ran for quite a few years and from when I joined, just over 1 year ago, mostly there was just really Jen, Heather and I, as frequent regulars. Another handful would wander in regularly but less frequently.

The only thing missing here are the one offs who turn up with an issue, discuss it, and listen to feedback before departing, never to be seen again lol

Occasionaly we also had someone explode into life for a week and then just as quickly disappear.

I see.

But, what is the plan to increase membership?

I mean, a nucleus is all we have.

Mar 30, 2015 16:52:52 GMT -5 heatherly said:

This isn't really a business. It was actually our safe haven away from an old forum that got overrun. The main plan/goal was to have a place for the old members to regroup. We accomplished that at least =p Now we just welcome anyone else who wishes to join.

So far, I promote the forum where I am allowed, and I follow Proboard's rules, as that is who hosts the forum.

Honestly, I prefer quality over quantity. I wouldn't mind more people joining, but I'm not sure I'd want it to be super busy either.

Hmmm!

Not sure about the quality/quantity thing, but I do get the drift.

The point is to attract the intellectual spectrum.

Sometimes the 99 IQ girl makes more sense than the 136 gal with her MBA.

I just like to see more variables.

Initially, I would not exclude anyone.

Let your members do some defining.

I recognize you're smart Heather.

So is almost everyone else on here.

So what!

I like to hear from those that may not be able to compete on the same level as we do.

Don't we want to teach them, and learn from them?

Don't we want to include them all?

Or do we want to remain elitist, with the same 6 members commenting and recommenting, complimenting one another to the point of ad Nauseum.

I think we are scaring good people away.

I don't think we mean to.

But, we do.

People that sign up, and disappear, are for a reason.

We need an exit interview, at minimum.

Apr 1, 2015 19:06:23 GMT -5 heatherly said:

We are not excluding anyone. We are welcoming to everyone! As long as someone is friendly and respectful that is all it takes to be a member :-)

Are we giving off a vibe that one must be highly intelligent to take part in this forum?

That isn't what we're trying to do, but I do see that we have a lot of bright women on here. It makes me think along the lines of "great minds think alike", we all searched for a similar place and found one another here. Even still, we're all teaching and learning from one another. I learn something new from the women on here often.

I agree to do what I can, to improve the site.

That may include constructive criticism, and outright WTF.

As far is me joining to form a MAS (mutual admiration society), no. I just refuse to swallow my opinion, or composition, to be polite.

I admit for me, I am typically shy in person.

So here I let loose my sheltered side, that I am too afraid to show in person.

Yes, it can be therapeutic for me.

And, I am extremely passionate about some things.

Apr 2, 2015 3:07:26 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I have often considered the exit thread for people who decide it is not for them.

I used to be an auditor, and you do learn far more from your mistakes than from your positives.

When I get a spare minute, I will add one.

There are plenty of contradictors on the site, but it is not a site for soap boxers or the unreasonable. I am in complete disagreement with the fundamentals of the pot party, and have said so more than once. Without Priss the political thread would be us arguing over who was the most left wing radical. Where is the fun in that. I wish she would bring her sister.

Good thinking!

I thrive on some dissent.

I like to see you guys take a go at one another sometimes.

That's when I learn the most, when people speak up, but don't lose the love.

Boxers kiss each other after thrashing one another in a match.

They understand.