It's already starting to look like the last time, where there was a huge initial flurry of activity, and then everyone got bored and stopped coming over.

It's going to be hard getting a new site going from scratch, since we can't rely on a lot of promotion from an existing site.  WhatFreaks hasn't got much audience right now either. 

If you like the idea of this site, you need to help spread the word around a bit.


if I thought things looked bad in September, check the stats and ask yourself if you think it looks better or worse now...

I guess the problem is that there isn't a tight focus on something in particular.  The messageboard doesn't have to be strictly about sex or your own personal sex life.  Maybe that's why people aren't stopping by?  I'm not really interested in discussing my own personal sex life, but that doesn't mean I don't like to discuss dirty shit either.  I thought stuff would gravitate towards posting links to filthy stuff on other sites and discussing it. Dirty jokes, posts to places to find porn, etc.

There's no easy way to attract new members for it either.  Communities that can't recruit new members, eventually die off as the existing members get bored.

I do stop in almost everyday to see if there is anything new. And usually there is nothing.  :'( :'(

Where is everyone??


Cat

I've posted quite a bit less in the last month than I normally do. I found that what I did post didn't get much in the way of replies, so in turn I didn't look for many new topics.

Dare I say that in the last few months I've become less freaky? Well, that still leaves a lot of freak.  ;)

As inactive as this board is right now, I know of three other boards that are lucky to get 10 posts a month.

I'll see if I can't find other dirty stuff (jokes, stories) instead of just sex talk.

jerkoff, I do hope there is no thought of axing this board: the SMF 2.0 needs to be kept, if for nothing else, to improve the other site when it is switched over.

The hardest thing is finding new members. I talk dirty shit with people all the time, but getting them here is an entirely different matter.

Ant


I know I need to look into the software side of things, but a switch for the other board is a long way off anyways.  this software is still too new for a big board like that. It can always be setup on a regular server alongside the other one, so it's not really a requirement to have a live board to work against.

the problem is what both you and Cat mentioned... people drop in, see nothing new, or no responses to their topics, get bored and stop coming.

I'm willing to bet if we found five or ten people who would make a commitment for maybe two months to start a new topic every other day and respond to at least two or three topics, it would help kick start things again. 

  So, this board is, primarily, a test area for the other board..?

  All the sex topics?  One could come away with the impression, from the title of the board itself among other things, that topics of a carnal nature are what's expected...

  Revamp the whole "dirty" image of the board, you might see more members.  Or not...

  Do that, though, and what do you have?  The other board with salty language.  Maybe that's not enough to draw in new members.  The other board is pretty comprehensive in it's topics of discussion.  Myself?  I'd just stick with the real deal...

  So, this board is, primarily, a test area for the other board..?

  All the sex topics?  One could come away with the impression, from the title of the board itself among other things, that topics of a carnal nature are what's expected...

  Revamp the whole "dirty" image of the board, you might see more members.  Or not...

  Do that, though, and what do you have?  The other board with salty language.  Maybe that's not enough to draw in new members.  The other board is pretty comprehensive in it's topics of discussion.  Myself?  I'd just stick with the real deal...


test board is one of the reasons for it's existence.  another would be as a support board for whatfreaks.com

I'm thinking more along the lines of just leaving the sex talk in one section and maybe having other areas.  Or more focus on adult topics that aren't strictly about ones own sex life?

just spitballing here... trying to figure out if there's something I should be doing differently.