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Post by coherentsheaf on Apr 24, 2013 15:51:24 GMT -5
Hey, I am writing this since I have noticed that several animal forums have a policy of not making advertisement to other forums. I think on the whole this behavior is stifling the whole community since it makes the forums insular and not interconnected. On the other hand any individual forum owner has a reason not to allow this, since it may direct the little viewers he has away from the board, while he would profit from the views that other naive forums that link to them.
How could we circumvent this apparent dilemma? I propose adopting the following strategy:
Allow advertisement to all forums where exactly the same strategy is in place, but do not allow advertisement to forums that do not allow advertisement or forums that allow advertisement to forums that do not allow advertisement or forums that allow advertisement to forums that do not allow etc..
This leads to the situation that all forums adopting this strategy gain viewers from the other forums making the pool of forums more attractive because of faster interconnection and quicker access to interesting content, which would increase viewer count in total. On the other hand forums who do not adopt the strategy can not profit from you because you dont link to them, and you have the advantage that you offer more content in practice since people can access a lot of interesting forums through you.
If at least one forum adopts this strategy I will maintain a list of the forums adopting this strategy, so as to give everybody oversight.
Hope this gets responded to soon.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Apr 24, 2013 17:47:18 GMT -5
Its been awhile hasnt it.
The problem is the forums would have to agree to it and trust that the other forums they have no control over would keep to such an agreement.
Its a good Idea but I just dont see it as possible execpt for forums like AE and FFO who have fairly close ties between staff and founding members.
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Post by coherentsheaf on Apr 24, 2013 18:22:37 GMT -5
Its been awhile hasnt it. The problem is the forums would have to agree to it and trust that the other forums they have no control over would keep to such an agreement. Its a good Idea but I just dont see it as possible except for forums like AE and FFO who have fairly close ties between staff and founding members. If forums don't agree they are removed from the list and are not to be linked to. If they agree they come on the list and are linked to. The only thing it costs you is to say yes and to make it this strategy forum policy in the rules section. You can only gain! the community can only gain! Besides I know at least one additional forum interested. See this as oportunity to make ties closer and to break certain positions in the overall community that could be considered monopolistic. I really hope for an affirmative response in the next post; I have seen too many small forums die, while unity could have saved these communities. |
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Post by Reticulatus on Apr 24, 2013 18:52:48 GMT -5
Who is the other interested party?
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Post by coherentsheaf on Apr 24, 2013 19:05:19 GMT -5
Who is the other interested party? At the the moment theworldofanimals.proboards.com/However I will advertise this strategy on every forum that I see fit accordig to the criteria that: They have ethical administrators. They are interesting for people with a broad interest in wild and captive animals both extant and extinct. I will further try to convince other people to propose this strategy to other forums that meat these two criteria. In short I will try to get every interesting forum whose administration I deem fit on this list. |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Apr 24, 2013 19:05:56 GMT -5
Its been awhile hasnt it. The problem is the forums would have to agree to it and trust that the other forums they have no control over would keep to such an agreement. Its a good Idea but I just dont see it as possible except for forums like AE and FFO who have fairly close ties between staff and founding members. If forums don't agree they are removed from the list and are not to be linked to. If they agree they come on the list and are linked to. The only thing it costs you is to say yes and to make it this strategy forum policy in the rules section. You can only gain! the community can only gain! Besides I know at least one additional forum interested. See this as oportunity to make ties closer and to break certain positions in the overall community that could be considered monopolistic. I really hope for an affirmative response in the next post; I have seen too many small forums die, while unity could have saved these communities. I may have helped bulid this place but its still commie's forum, I cant make such a decision. I am attached to this place and I would hate to see it die but its just not up to me. |
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Post by coherentsheaf on Apr 24, 2013 19:12:36 GMT -5
If forums don't agree they are removed from the list and are not to be linked to. If they agree they come on the list and are linked to. The only thing it costs you is to say yes and to make it this strategy forum policy in the rules section. You can only gain! the community can only gain! Besides I know at least one additional forum interested. See this as oportunity to make ties closer and to break certain positions in the overall community that could be considered monopolistic. I really hope for an affirmative response in the next post; I have seen too many small forums die, while unity could have saved these communities. I may have helped bulid this place but its still commie's forum, I cant make such a decision. I am attached to this place and I would hate to see it die but its just not up to me. Sure, I know that. I hope that he is on soon. |
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Post by Reticulatus on Apr 24, 2013 19:45:22 GMT -5
We are a pretty tight group VD, even if we did do this I doubt we would loose anyone. Not deeming it necessary either...
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Apr 24, 2013 19:47:02 GMT -5
We are a pretty tight group VD, even if we did do this I doubt we would loose anyone. Not deeming it necessary either... I have no problem with it. |
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Post by Super Communist on Apr 24, 2013 19:56:18 GMT -5
^Neither do I.
Not that we have anything to lose anyway....Its kind of obvious that if we keep going along this path the forum's going to die.
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Post by coherentsheaf on Apr 24, 2013 20:09:13 GMT -5
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Post by Super Communist on Apr 24, 2013 20:14:57 GMT -5
^Sure no problem.
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Post by coherentsheaf on Apr 24, 2013 20:27:53 GMT -5
Hey that's great! Thanks! |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Apr 24, 2013 20:36:47 GMT -5
Hey that's great! Thanks! Actually if I recall because of our relationship with FFO our rules already state all you need to advertise here is admin permission. |
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Post by Super Communist on Apr 24, 2013 20:40:59 GMT -5
...Yeah now that I rechecked the rules it already did. It's been a while I guess...
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