Post by koishi on Apr 17, 2016 21:09:22 GMT -7
so i know that practically nobody uses this forum. i was afraid this would happen, so i came up with a few ideas
they may be kinda lame, but my goal here is to try to cut down on the drama in the MMD comunity and have a more tight-knit space where people can be positive and support each other.
so heres what i have in mind:
these are only ideas so far, i'd rather get some more input before acting on it. because of the poll issue, the final decision for the mascot is temporarily postponed until i can get some opinions on the matter.
please give me some input, or throw your own ideas at me! i'd love to hear them!
they may be kinda lame, but my goal here is to try to cut down on the drama in the MMD comunity and have a more tight-knit space where people can be positive and support each other.
so heres what i have in mind:
- i never wanted to do this in the first place, mainly because its a drama-filled place: im considering making a dA group for this forum. i was iffy on doing it because dA is where most of the drama happens, and there's no real way to regulate the behavior of members (no, im not trying to be some kind of dictator here; im more referring to arguments that can pop up in the comments of something. lord do we know how often that happens) i don't want any sort of negativity to get pulled to the group. but i do feel like there would be a bigger audience on dA; it's already a place most people go to anyway, the forum is likely not working out mainly because, like me, its hard to get used to checking a new location every single day. the main hub will still be the forum, a dA group would just be an extension. announcements will be made here and forwarded to the group. for forum-exclusive downloads to work with a group, i thought maybe we could come up with a catch-all password; the password would be posted in the forum exclusive downloads page and all you would have to do to make something exclusively downloadable form the forums would be to use that password. only members of the forum would be able to see it, and you can still post the download on dA where more people will see it and have the download available.
- instead of weekly themes only, i thought about having biweekly (once every two weeks) challenges. the themes will still be a thing (i'll have to start that up again) but the challenges may also provide a different kind of inspiration than themes will. challenges may consist of something like "make an image without using MME" or making a basic walking motion. unlike the themes, the challenges will be specific.
- the poll for the mascot had barely any votes! im pretty sad about that. to make matters a little worse, the poll has been acting strangely; i'm not sure if this behavior affects everyone, but not only can i not get to my own links that i provided for reference, but it seems that if i refresh the page and hover over one of the answers it'll count as me voting. this also seems to give me multiple votes, for whatever reason, which is strange because i specifically set the poll to one vote per user, and that limitation should also be extended to me, regardless of whether i'm an admin or not... i don't think it's really fair, so i may have to remake the poll on an external site to avoid something like this. the low amount of voters also bugs me a little, which brings me back to my first point: if we can get more people interested/involved by expanding to dA, that gives more chances for more voters and a better result for the poll. i loved all the entries, i really did! that's why i feel like more people should see them and cast a vote.
these are only ideas so far, i'd rather get some more input before acting on it. because of the poll issue, the final decision for the mascot is temporarily postponed until i can get some opinions on the matter.
please give me some input, or throw your own ideas at me! i'd love to hear them!