I Need Help Growing SXN80

Started by Slyk, Dec 13, 2019, in Announcements Add to Reading List

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  1. lil uzi vert stan
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  2. lil uzi vert stan
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    Disagree. Reddit is doing quite well and down voting is a feature. Moreover, if there’s any take away from fb etc - engagement is name of the game. Give people tools don’t be such a Nancy lol.

    Agreed- posters will a lot of favorite/like clout should be vetted, there should maybe be alternative ways to get vetted too imo. Maybe a vet lounge forum again idk
     
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  3. Antman
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    Dec 14, 2019
    I think we have to put more emphasis on user friendly discussion and places for discussion. I think more staff need to contribute to the content as well. We do need a total rebranding as someone said as wel
     
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  4. Antman
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  5. Antman
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    I think we should be taking a step over from being just a forum. We could be a launching platform like reddit with enough time. This site has been hot for a long while with a lot of people knowing this board.
     
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  6. Base Reality
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    Base Reality AKA Chewie

    Dec 14, 2019
    I thought artists specific sections worked much better, as someone new can easily see where to go for an artist they like. Even if some of the sections were dead at times, it still makes things easier to find threads you might be interested.

    Also as Cy mentioned, the notifications for 3.0 are broken. I shouldn’t have to clear all.
     
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  7. Boos
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    Dec 15, 2019
    Shoutout to you for being real about it
     
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  8. Boos
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    To be real, I started posting on SL as an em stan and I was only there for the legendary Koolo leaks. But the last couple months SL was a thing is when I went to the Yeezus tour and became a Kanye stan. What a time. I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy music the same I did at that time. Oh well I’m drunk so yea tbh
     
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  9. 1999
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    Ktt2 seems to be doing pretty well
     
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  10. 1999
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    Dislikes, rep system and custom user groups would improve the site imo
     
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  11. DKC
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    downvoting isn't the same as a dislike button though—reddit works in a much different way than a forum because upvoting and downvoting works to push things to the top or bottom of a subreddit whereas a forum is strictly chronological. Like I said in my other post I'm OK with adding a dislike option if we do an overhaul like on fb/leakthis where when you click the 'like' button you can choose from a handful of different "emotions" such as like, dislike, laugh, anger, etc.

    As for Plus a long time ago I proposed that that we have a bunch of different criteria that combine objective (number of total posts, total number of total likes, number of posts in certain sections, a certain number of posts that get 50+ likes, etc) and more subjective things (voted in by existing Plus members, kept a successful thread updated like the LifeSXN thread of rate this album thread for example, helped run a social media account, etc) so there's multiple ways to become a Plus member.

    And we should def have the Plus board return.
     
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  12. DKC
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    I'd be down to test it for a couple weeks like we did with the anon forum like three years ago
     
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  13. DKC
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    oh and we should definitely do another event like the kanye madness...that's the most active we've been by far since the dead period began if I recall correctly. Something that gets people to check the forum every day (cuz with KM new polls went up every day and + a prize).
     
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  14. Michael Myers
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    Events is a good point.. it had lots of activity. Same as the member awards (but only when there are more active members I guess).

    Plus is a gr8 idea imo as well.
     
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  15. DKC
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    And to be honest...I really do miss the traditional forum view. One thing I loved about that was when we added temp featured sections for artists when albums dropped. It always made the forum feel fresh and new when you'd come and you'd see a section for Vince Staples or Frank Ocean or some s---.
     
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  16. RetiredAccount
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    Dec 15, 2019
    Maybe standardize posting guidelines
    Like a word count, certain formats for certain types of threads, less shitposting outside of OT.

    To drive engagement we need to drive discussion. One problem is half of the threads created are pointless or half-assed. Leading less people to reply, and those that do less likely to reply meaningfully.

    We will get people here to read the posts if we can start being more meaningful with discussion. From there you’ll get more people joining, and then interacting.

    most people come here looking for either information or discussion on certain rap topics. When the discussions not there they leave.
     
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  18. RetiredAccount
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    What it really comes down to is what type of community we want to grow.

    something sustainable with active discussion but less goofy
    Or something that is full time goofy with minimal meaningful discussion to pick out in between fraternizing.

    Because the main problem this forum has had was trying to walk the line between being SL 2.0 and something more meaningful.
     
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  19. RetiredAccount
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    Is @joeyp363 or @JMG even funny anymore? The same old gimmicks and we all know they are trolling. Unless they want to put more effort into their trolls and actually discuss stuff instead of one liners than they should not be allowed to troll in threads either. We need a higher quality standard on the main boards.

    Also we should build up the creative section. Yes, not everyone is gonna want to be involved with amateur musicians and creatives, but a lot of people became members here by sharing music first. Featuring Creative songs and s--- weekly will bring more people here too, if not to listen than to look for publicity and once here they are likely to stick around
     
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    No offense to @joeyp363 though
     
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