I'm essentially having conversations with myself this morning.   For gosh sakes, come back.

Your need reparations for them to come back. Nobody likes to get antifad.

We've talked about this endlessly.  Go to the front page and you'll see almost 50 per day avatar listed as here logged on and reading.  You can't make people post.    Guys like Pale or some others just quit and I've sent emails to them and asked.  Nope.

We have over 10 on right now.  Either our topics don't inspire any conversation and are too limited in scope to not cover couple which spawn posts, or we have posters who like to just read and not interact.  There are many who have been coming here daily since our inception in 2019 and have never made a post.  Where is ROBBERBOB?  He left the day I asked his opinion on Trump.

it really is interesting.....we've added dozens just in the last couple months, but none that post. I wish they would, but maybe my ease in putting my opinion out there is just because I've done it for 20 years now.....maybe not everyone is comfortable putting an opinion out for it to be challenged. TBH, I've grown thru doing it.

(08-14-2020, 09:49 AM)Alabuckeye Wrote: it really is interesting.....we've added dozens just in the last couple months, but none that post.  I wish they would, but maybe my ease in putting my opinion out there is just because I've done it for 20 years now.....maybe not everyone is comfortable putting an opinion out for it to be challenged.  TBH, I've grown thru doing it.

You hit a big component of this and that is does your post make sense, do you want it challenged?  Will you respond?  Will you feel inadequate?  Is the topic that much of interest to you?  I know this for sure in talking with some I know personally who come here.

not everyone is comfortable having their worldview challenged. I was much less so once upon a time. This board(over 6 iterations of it) has beaten that desire for comfort out of me. Which I find is not a bad thing.

Are they logged in because they are not logged by. Is there a hard time out in this platform? I am never logged out by the system.

(08-14-2020, 09:54 AM)Alabuckeye Wrote: not everyone is comfortable having their worldview challenged.  I was much less so once upon a time.  This board(over 6 iterations of it) has beaten that desire for comfort out of me.  Which I find is not a bad thing.

It's a great thing.  You and many here make this site interesting and your membership is very much appreciated.

You guys beat the crap out of lamb chop

(08-14-2020, 09:59 AM)BigDroppa Wrote: You guys beat the crap out of lamb chop

We did.  I confess to my role in that.  I would feel bad from time to time, and typically when I did, he would instigate something, and my shame would melt away.

I also confess that I'm the one that started the Honkey the Clown(Ben Carson) thing with him.  That thing blew up.......

(08-14-2020, 10:11 AM)Alabuckeye Wrote:

(08-14-2020, 09:59 AM)BigDroppa Wrote: You guys beat the crap out of lamb chop

We did.  I confess to my role in that.  I would feel bad from time to time, and typically when I did, he would instigate something, and my shame would melt away.

I also confess that I'm the one that started the Honkey the Clown(Ben Carson) thing with him.  That thing blew up.......

I knew him on Hineygate and ventured over to NH to take a peek. I wanted nothing to do with that nor word association threads that were 80 pages long. Ghey

I think that everyone who come here knows it's a conservative board.

Suggestion: Haver separate "topics" set-up for different items like a separate booze topic, a separate sports topic, I know we have music trivia topic, but some aren't on here long enough to participate, so have a separate music where you can post your favorite music video, joke section, etc., etc.

I know it's going to give it a different look, but if we want to get more participants, expanding topics could be it. Maybe some don't want to talk politics 24/7 and just want a break for it and listen/see a good music video. Maybe after being on here for a while and they do other stuff, they might feel more comfortable posting on the main sight!!

(08-14-2020, 10:20 AM)BWT30 Wrote: I think that everyone who come here knows it's a conservative board.

Suggestion: Haver separate "topics" set-up for different items like a separate booze topic, a separate sports topic, I know we have music trivia topic, but some aren't on here long enough to participate, so have a separate music where you can post your favorite music video, joke section, etc., etc.

I know it's going to give it a different look, but if we want to get more participants, expanding topics could be it. Maybe some don't want to talk politics 24/7 and just want a break for it and listen/see a good music video. Maybe after being on here for a while and they do other stuff, they might feel more comfortable posting on the main sight!!

Are you suggesting separate forums?  I already got some complaints for doing this for OSU sports with Bonebuck.

I don't know if forums would be the right word but something that would be something for all to participate and not just politics.

Separate important threads or whatever, but have a choice outside of politics. Area51 is just a sub-board of CFB51...they have maybe a dozen or so dedicated members posting every day. If that all they had, I don't think it could be supported with just area51.