GeckoTalk Member Drive Contest?

[Josh2]

What do you all think about having a member drive contest?? Positive and negative aspects?

 

[Gopherhockey03]

Explain more a contest?... But positive effects would be... helping more people, maybe getting some more gecko experts that can expand our knowledge in geckos, making new friends! Negatives... Trolls, Trolls, Trolls!!! rude people!!! arrogant people!!! know it all's!!! Idk I think it would be good to get some more new people. I tell people about the site all the time!!

 

[Josh2]

Maybe you're right Tanner... if we encourage people to just invite everyone they know, we may end up with more than our share of trolls. I like the way it is right now, a great core group of gecko keepers who want to help others and the hobby

 

[Gopherhockey03]

Yes and it seems like we get one straggler a week that stays and contributes. I mean the site is only what less than 3 months old? And we already have a pretty active site! I think we are growing at a good rate and people will see it's welcoming and a place to establish good husbandry skills and good friendships.

 

[Sammerz1990]

ya i dont think it would be good just to invite whoever everyone knows then we would just have alot of spam and trolling... right now its nice everyone helps each other and its great.

 

[Leporard Geko Keeper]

Yes and it seems like we get one straggler a week that stays and contributes. I mean the site is only what less than 3 months old? And we already have a pretty active site! I think we are growing at a good rate and people will see it's welcoming and a place to establish good husbandry skills and good friendships.

I agree with all you guys have said and i have been telling EVERYONE ABOUT THIS SITE and ill know they wont troll but we need to watch that also but i love the site and we need to be friend but watch people that wil try to get rid of our good enviroment.

 

[SusieLou]

I didn't realize the site was so new. I did observe, however, that there wasn't as much activity as there is on other forums (i.e. Tortoiseforum.org) I really like the closeness of everything, everyone recognizes everyone and it's not like thirty people are commenting/messaging one day and 40 different ones another day.

 

[Gopherhockey03]

Ya it literally started in November its really really new!!! Tortoiseforums has over 10,000 members i think we have under 150 here. We do kind of have the same vibe as TF... But it seems like Tom, EmyEmys, and them run the show. Haha I would like to think of myself as the EmysEmys of this site Christian and Susie should understand that reference!!! HAHA

 

[Gopherhockey03]

And Josh should know it too!

 

[SusieLou]

Haha yea Tanner. You are the EmysEmys of Gecko Talk.
That should be a trophy point right thurr HAHA.

 

[Gopherhockey03]

score... wait I'd rather be Tom tho!!!

 

[SusieLou]

Josh seems like the Tom.

 

[Gopherhockey03]

dang...

 

[SusieLou]

I'm sorry friend.

 

[Leporard Geko Keeper]

Ya it literally started in November its really really new!!! Tortoiseforums has over 10,000 members i think we have under 150 here. We do kind of have the same vibe as TF... But it seems like Tom, EmyEmys, and them run the show. Haha I would like to think of myself as the EmysEmys of this site Christian and Susie should understand that reference!!! HAHA

I heard that and Im Tom then lol and we help everyone lol man but yea great refernece Tanner that made laugh hard lol hahahahahahhaha

 

[jaizei]

Speaking of Tortoise Forum; out of 11,356 registered members, less than 2000 have more than 10 posts. Around half of the registered members haven't made a single post. So numbers don't tell the whole story. The important thing to realize is that tortoise forum isn't busy because of the number of members but because of the activity of a few members. I think Yvonne's pretend chat has kept some around longer than they would have stayed otherwise. There's only so much that can be said about any subject. An active off-topic section usually keeps people around longer than the actual on-topic forums.

I think natural growth would be better than 'forced' growth.

 

[Leporard Geko Keeper]

You got to remember that there is a lot that is on there posting always and I have over 1000 posts on there and there a good bit of traffic on there from what ive been on there. But i think this is the best place though Thank the LORD for this site

 

[Gopherhockey03]

That's what I would like is a natural growth of members! I'm here to stay haha!!!

 

[Leporard Geko Keeper]

That's what I would like is a natural growth of members! I'm here to stay haha!!!

IM always going to be on here too