Posted by Dr. Bob on August 1, 2010, at 1:12:44
In reply to Re: The Question Remains: Why Is Babble Not Babbling?, posted by Willful on July 31, 2010, at 16:17:39
> I'm not very funny. I don't think there's much I can personally do attract more people here.
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> pcIt's not just funny posts that attract people. I think being supportive is doing a lot, but if someone wants to do more, they could. As Dinah suggested, they could also be positive about the site and me. They could tell others about the site. They could allow their posts to be shared/tweeted as links to this site. They could share/tweet links themselves.
> Other boards have so many functions that people like, that this board doesn't have. You can look up posts from other posters, look up their profiles-- where people are actually likely to put a little information about themselves-- and you get to know them a little-- people have avatars (not necessarily sort of babyish ones like some places)-- and can modify posts after they're written (not necessarily something we would want to adopt-- I'm just saying that is common).
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> WillfulI've thought about bringing back the old search engine. And profiles are on my to-do list. Which do you think would make more of a difference? Avatars and the ability to modify posts have both been opposed by posters.
Thanks for your ideas!
Bob
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