m1thr0s
12-17-2006, 04:45 PM
It's funny the things you can overlook sometimes or just take for granted. This came up in the office a few days ago so it occurs to me I should clarify it for everybody...
Inviting your friends into this community is not only ok...it is very much encouraged. We haven't jumped through all kinds of marketing hoops to make this site some sort of megalithic monster forum or anything for a very good reason...by in large the people that find their own way here through word-of-mouth seem to be the kinds of people we really want here anyway.
Having an intelligent forum that feels personal is a hard thing to find and so far we've been pretty lucky this way. At the same time, we are on a great server and we all like diversity I think. It's very frustrating to log into a board and make a post and then have to wait for several days for anybody to respond. I don't know about anybody else, but I eventually lose interest in those forums.
It's also nice when conversations aren't all about the same damn thing. I obviously love my favorite subjects but I also crave topics I know nothing about...it's just really hard (and a little ridiculous) for me to start such topics myself. So diversity is a good thing and a reasonably engaging turnaround is a good thing and in general, the more people you have involved the more interesting it all becomes...
So yeah...invite your friends...cuz if YOU like them there's a real good chance the rest of us will too and that's really the very best way to build communities of this kind anyway...
all done...that didn't hurt too bad did it?
m1thr0s
Inviting your friends into this community is not only ok...it is very much encouraged. We haven't jumped through all kinds of marketing hoops to make this site some sort of megalithic monster forum or anything for a very good reason...by in large the people that find their own way here through word-of-mouth seem to be the kinds of people we really want here anyway.
Having an intelligent forum that feels personal is a hard thing to find and so far we've been pretty lucky this way. At the same time, we are on a great server and we all like diversity I think. It's very frustrating to log into a board and make a post and then have to wait for several days for anybody to respond. I don't know about anybody else, but I eventually lose interest in those forums.
It's also nice when conversations aren't all about the same damn thing. I obviously love my favorite subjects but I also crave topics I know nothing about...it's just really hard (and a little ridiculous) for me to start such topics myself. So diversity is a good thing and a reasonably engaging turnaround is a good thing and in general, the more people you have involved the more interesting it all becomes...
So yeah...invite your friends...cuz if YOU like them there's a real good chance the rest of us will too and that's really the very best way to build communities of this kind anyway...
all done...that didn't hurt too bad did it?
m1thr0s