Post by G on Aug 16, 2008 21:43:31 GMT -5
I'm sure no one wants to listen to me whine about things and I hate doing stuff like that too. But no matter how I think of bringing this up, I'm pretty sure it's going to sound like whining.
I have to start by saying that roughly 2 months ago, I felt my board had finally started showing real signs of life. I had the handful of posters I always had showing up daily and posting rather often. Conversation was flowing rather freely. And I had the occasional posters Ive seemed to have had (the once a month types) coming by with a post here and there and even a new member or 2 joined the boards going into early summer. It felt like maybe this board was finally taking a step at becoming more self sufficient which has always been my ultimate goal. Although I still knew it was an incredible long ways away from that, it did feel like people were coming and posting and contributing and there was some back and forth discussions going on.
Now however, I feel at the opposite end of that. Now I feel like I did a year ago when I first started this thing. The stragglers who showed up every now and then stopped straggling in and making their once in awhile posts. The 2 new people I picked up also stopped posting. And I wont dig up any of the details but cfs quitting represented single-handedly well over 50% of the postings from someone else around here besides me. I personally like cfs anyway, but I also really hate one person being able to affect my board like that too. I have never and I never want to rely on just one poster who can negatively impact my board overnight by walking away. I want the board to be bigger and much better than that. I want the sum of the parts to be much more valuable than the individual pieces.
Nowadays I'm pretty much only seeing the same 3 people here. Comic Kings, Azbatx and Brother J. Let me start by saying I'm very glad you're all here and that goes for anyone else who may be reading this too. Otherwise there would be nobody here. Secondly I'm at the point where I need to ask for help in one form or another because the board has taken a big downward spiral and it needs some new life infused in it. I'm at the point of asking for help if possible in some way, shape or form to keep the board going. It can take the form of posts, recommendations, recruiting, contributions...whatever. I'm at the point where I need to ask what is it I can do to make this board work and be better than what it currently is and has been.
I could let it go on as it is and hopefully see the names at the bottom appear each day (thank-you) and hopefully continue to get those posts that are always appreciated. But I'm sure I need more to get even you guys to want to continue to show up here too. I've pretty much posted every topic Ive thought of over the last year, if it entered my mind I posted it, but the well is running low these days. It's hard for me to keep it fresh and come up with new ideas and new threads that I hope will get others to join in.
I've even recently let thoughts of quitting and shutting the board down creep into my head a few times, but I assure you I take pride in telling myself I'm not a quitter for one and two, I love my board personally and I know I have put a lot of effort into this and I just cannot decide one day to walk away from it and not wish I had it back almost immediately. I know if I ever left it, I would want it back. If I thought it was hard this time to make it work, it would be 10 times harder the next time because my credibility for sticking with it would be gone. I know deep down I need to make this board work and it has to be with this effort here. Let me also say that Ive told myself if everyone did leave, I think I would just continue trying to make it work and post to no one if I had to and learn more about getting traffic to a site (something I am currently starting to study actually by other personal projects I have made myself involved in). I would just keep at it because I still have visions of what I would like to see happen to this board. I would just go on hoping that this is just some of the leanest times I have to go through and just keep at it. The lean times make me appreciate the good times.
I cannot put a gun to anyone's head and say post or try to make people feel sorry for me and my board. I don't want to do any of that at all. I really hate making this post. But, I am at the point where I realize my board has had a bad month or two and I think I need to ask for ideas and help if anyone is willing. I cannot promise that I will go for every idea and jump right on things. But, I am at the point where I could use some fresh ideas and/or contributions or insights to try and get this board where it was only 2 months ago and needs to get back to being. Because as it is right now, this is about the slowest this board has been in about 9-12 months. And I'd really like to see it rebound from this obvious bad point.
Anyway, Thanks in advance for reading and listening and anything you can do, I must say that I sincerely appreciate it.
Tommy
-gowaltrip
I have to start by saying that roughly 2 months ago, I felt my board had finally started showing real signs of life. I had the handful of posters I always had showing up daily and posting rather often. Conversation was flowing rather freely. And I had the occasional posters Ive seemed to have had (the once a month types) coming by with a post here and there and even a new member or 2 joined the boards going into early summer. It felt like maybe this board was finally taking a step at becoming more self sufficient which has always been my ultimate goal. Although I still knew it was an incredible long ways away from that, it did feel like people were coming and posting and contributing and there was some back and forth discussions going on.
Now however, I feel at the opposite end of that. Now I feel like I did a year ago when I first started this thing. The stragglers who showed up every now and then stopped straggling in and making their once in awhile posts. The 2 new people I picked up also stopped posting. And I wont dig up any of the details but cfs quitting represented single-handedly well over 50% of the postings from someone else around here besides me. I personally like cfs anyway, but I also really hate one person being able to affect my board like that too. I have never and I never want to rely on just one poster who can negatively impact my board overnight by walking away. I want the board to be bigger and much better than that. I want the sum of the parts to be much more valuable than the individual pieces.
Nowadays I'm pretty much only seeing the same 3 people here. Comic Kings, Azbatx and Brother J. Let me start by saying I'm very glad you're all here and that goes for anyone else who may be reading this too. Otherwise there would be nobody here. Secondly I'm at the point where I need to ask for help in one form or another because the board has taken a big downward spiral and it needs some new life infused in it. I'm at the point of asking for help if possible in some way, shape or form to keep the board going. It can take the form of posts, recommendations, recruiting, contributions...whatever. I'm at the point where I need to ask what is it I can do to make this board work and be better than what it currently is and has been.
I could let it go on as it is and hopefully see the names at the bottom appear each day (thank-you) and hopefully continue to get those posts that are always appreciated. But I'm sure I need more to get even you guys to want to continue to show up here too. I've pretty much posted every topic Ive thought of over the last year, if it entered my mind I posted it, but the well is running low these days. It's hard for me to keep it fresh and come up with new ideas and new threads that I hope will get others to join in.
I've even recently let thoughts of quitting and shutting the board down creep into my head a few times, but I assure you I take pride in telling myself I'm not a quitter for one and two, I love my board personally and I know I have put a lot of effort into this and I just cannot decide one day to walk away from it and not wish I had it back almost immediately. I know if I ever left it, I would want it back. If I thought it was hard this time to make it work, it would be 10 times harder the next time because my credibility for sticking with it would be gone. I know deep down I need to make this board work and it has to be with this effort here. Let me also say that Ive told myself if everyone did leave, I think I would just continue trying to make it work and post to no one if I had to and learn more about getting traffic to a site (something I am currently starting to study actually by other personal projects I have made myself involved in). I would just keep at it because I still have visions of what I would like to see happen to this board. I would just go on hoping that this is just some of the leanest times I have to go through and just keep at it. The lean times make me appreciate the good times.
I cannot put a gun to anyone's head and say post or try to make people feel sorry for me and my board. I don't want to do any of that at all. I really hate making this post. But, I am at the point where I realize my board has had a bad month or two and I think I need to ask for ideas and help if anyone is willing. I cannot promise that I will go for every idea and jump right on things. But, I am at the point where I could use some fresh ideas and/or contributions or insights to try and get this board where it was only 2 months ago and needs to get back to being. Because as it is right now, this is about the slowest this board has been in about 9-12 months. And I'd really like to see it rebound from this obvious bad point.
Anyway, Thanks in advance for reading and listening and anything you can do, I must say that I sincerely appreciate it.
Tommy
-gowaltrip
