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[Waser Lave]

Can someone not spend an hour or two on hootsuite a week and set up a whole week's worth of posts for social media outlets?

A proper social media presence needs regular and sustained activity though which is what we've been unable to achieve, it could perhaps be something for a team of members like the e-zine team previously mentioned though.

[Frizzle]

We know. You leave an amazing amount of information open to the public on there

[Waser Lave]

We know. You leave an amazing amount of information open to the public on there

 

I don't. I suspect I know what you're referring to though.

[Elindoril]

Exactly what Kate said. Thanks for bringing that to mention. I just always was under the impression it was reserved for the elite/programmers only.

Private? Elite? I'm certainly not "elite" material.

I didn't even take my application seriously.

[NapisaurusRex]

A proper social media presence needs regular and sustained activity though which is what we've been unable to achieve, it could perhaps be something for a team of members like the e-zine team previously mentioned though.

Right... but spending a couple hours building content that it posted throughout the week is still better than nothing, which is what's going on now.

[Frizzle]

I do?
I thought I handled my permissions quite well. Oops.

Edit: I don't know what you are talking about.. I just checked and there's not much to look at unless you're on my friend list.

I have found out what you look like, your husbands details, his work details, your kids, where you all live, your former work details etc

Imagine if I was a stalker type person?

I see you've now changed it though. Good girl.

I don't. I suspect I know what you're referring to though.

We all know you're a northern badger with a taste for pies. Unforunately that narrows it down to about 3.2 million badgers.

[Waser Lave]

We all know you're a northern badger with a taste for pies. Unforunately that narrows it down to about 3.2 million badgers.

 

I think I've revealed too much...nobody should have known about my pie fetish.

[Ali]

I think I've revealed too much...nobody should have known about my pie fetish.

Pretty sure I know enough that I could find you if I really needed to.

[Waser Lave]

Pretty sure I know enough that I could find you if I really needed to.

 

I guess I'm (un?)fortunate that you'll probably never want/need to do that then.

[Frizzle]

Pretty sure I know enough that I could find you if I really needed to.

I've already narrowed down your location to about 3/4 streets

[Waser Lave]

I've already narrowed down your location to about 3/4 streets

 

You have access to an entire police database!! They should at least have record of her arrest for public indecency...

[Frizzle]

You have access to an entire police database!! They should at least have record of her arrest for public indecency...

Haha no that's illegal, but you'd be surprised what you can find if you're willing to pay...

[Waser Lave]

Haha no that's illegal, but you'd be surprised what you can find if you're willing to pay...

 

You know she grows pot, right?

[Ali]

I've already narrowed down your location to about 3/4 streets

The fact that we live in Kentish Town isn't a particularly closely guarded secret.

[Romy]

We need to establish an active "advertising team".

 

Edit: Sorry if it's been mentioned already. I don't wanna read through 5 pages  

[Keil]

Contests, programming updates, general site overview, new applications, changes etc...

It would take very little time to implement and even less to run at no cost to the site. The benefits would be huge though.
It'd also give some members a chance to contribute to the site it they joined the e-zine team if they wish.

 

Can you elaborate about what expectations you have for contests and general site overview and "changes", please? Any thought out ideas would be great. Even if some ideas may not be feasible, at least we have a direction to consider.

 

Also when you say new applications, do you mean applications pertaining to programs or applications pertaining to the ones you fill up for private/hidden FR subforum?

[Cass]

I've been considering programming when I subscribed on here, but I was kinda discouraged by the fact that #1; nearly everything has been done before/not sure what I could make and #2; I've just never did these specific programming skills. Only games, y'know. Never tried crawling info from webpages and letting fancy algorithms run through them. I guess a guide section/tutorial would be helpful to encourage programming activity, but I'm not sure if the effort in making a guide would be in proportion to the effect?

 

Also, I've modded a Harry Potter forum for years. I know some (many) won't probably apply/be very much different to this forum, but I'll leave a list of what I found in my modding time:

 

• people hate e-mail newsletters
• we had houses. (Friendly) team competition was the shit. We had very big events every once in a while in which you had to prove your house was the best in whichever way possible. It included site theme overhauls, fanfictions, graphics, even games (I for example made a couple of Slytherin-themed platformers).
• RPGing was really big at that forum. They all once started off as Harry Potter themed RPGs, but in the busy days none of them were even remotely related to HP anymore.
• We had quizzes and live "scavenge hunts" (I lack knowledge of a better word), also in team settings. During the scavenge hunt (Quidditch in our case) members would have to find quaffles and bludgers and the snitch, which were simply hidden images (hidden by the staff right before the start of the game) around the forum.

TL;DR: team spirit is what kept the HP forum alive long after the last movie had come out. Plus I think you guys should give RPGing a go. I love RPGs (although I'm aware nobody will probably ever participate in them )

Gawd so sorry for my Denglish. It sounds so good in my head and then I reread it, ugh. I'm such a shitty dutchwoman

[KaibaSama]

I've been considering programming when I subscribed on here, but I was kinda discouraged by the fact that #1; nearly everything has been done before/not sure what I could make and #2; I've just never did these specific programming skills. Only games, y'know. Never tried crawling info from webpages and letting fancy algorithms run through them. I guess a guide section/tutorial would be helpful to encourage programming activity, but I'm not sure if the effort in making a guide would be in proportion to the effect?

 

Also, I've modded a Harry Potter forum for years. I know some (many) won't probably apply/be very much different to this forum, but I'll leave a list of what I found in my modding time:

 

• people hate e-mail newsletters
• we had houses. (Friendly) team competition was the shit. We had very big events every once in a while in which you had to prove your house was the best in whichever way possible. It included site theme overhauls, fanfictions, graphics, even games (I for example made a couple of Slytherin-themed platformers).
• RPGing was really big at that forum. They all once started off as Harry Potter themed RPGs, but in the busy days none of them were even remotely related to HP anymore.
• We had quizzes and live "scavenge hunts" (I lack knowledge of a better word), also in team settings. During the scavenge hunt (Quidditch in our case) members would have to find quaffles and bludgers and the snitch, which were simply hidden images (hidden by the staff right before the start of the game) around the forum.

TL;DR: team spirit is what kept the HP forum alive long after the last movie had come out. Plus I think you guys should give RPGing a go. I love RPGs (although I'm aware nobody will probably ever participate in them )

I agree with the newsletters. As soon as I see one, it gets deleted. If you have news post it, instead of putting another email into my clogged inbox. RPG's would be nice, I've always enjoyed that.

[Cass]

Oh, and obviously it's important to listen to the members and not disregard ideas easily. Not accusing you all of that (haven't been here long enough to effectively see that) but the old HP forum staff never listened to the members "because they werent qualified to think for the entire forum", which is absolute bullshit. The members are what keeps the place alive.

[Dan]

I agree with the newsletters. As soon as I see one, it gets deleted. If you have news post it, instead of putting another email into my clogged inbox. RPG's would be nice, I've always enjoyed that.

 

It's a minor annoyance, and we could target it to the people who hadn't visited the website in X days.

[Katya]

i'm slightly worried with the monthly private members application. for this month there has been only 2 applications and only a single application accepted. there are lots of eligible applicants but no one dares to apply. what happens if no one applies next month?

 

BECAUSE IT'S A SCARY THING TO DO.