do people really pay real money for this crap ?
by TARATK you dont have to change anything. This would keep the annoying troll threads all in one section.
You are very fucking naive if you think trolls will stay only in one section and not expand to all of the others.
If Luna starts creating sections, I'm going to start creating trolls just to destroy those sections, then we'll see how great you think this idea is then. Not only that, I will invite a whole of bunch of outsiders to this forum and encourage them to troll here as well.
This whole site will be destroyed by trolls in no time. If not, then I will keep going until it is.
Note to Luna and Jay: A. if Wilful and Circe can make the therapy threads work. Like even making a game to "vote" on the puppets or the best dramatic/comedic threads for points. this could be marketable. I'm willing to help Wilful if he like this, but you and he and the others should share ownership. Not me or it causes conflict of interest, this level of mediation is sensitive and has to be free or it fails. I'd have to stay neutral or it imposes too much on the creative process by the other members. I could facilitate but only as unpaid volunteer not owner or moderator. I think this is gold.
B. TK and the storylines could be produced professionally so a "members only" paid section could be focused on that: creating movies/books videos TV shows based on this creative/thriller story/dialogue/rap etc from the group. TK you would be grandfathered as a senior member, so no fees. But any new members who want to join the Writers/producer group, why not make that a special paid section? if enough ppl pay, then pro directors/producers could be hired to do guest workshops to edit the members work into produceable form for professional use.
by G0Dand to be frank you have a distinct opportunity here.
1. you have a community, a place where people come in order to feel like they fit in, it is a niche catagory of people it's something people WANT to belong to. and to have a special group within that community that could potentially help them... people pay for that.
2. by giving special access you incentivise your forum, you give something special to the community: exclusivity... for a price, people pay for that.
3. by creating this exclusive culture, you build buzz, and people wander what the fuck is going on, this increases traffic.
these are time tested marketing tactics... and i'm sharing this all for free... because you have the potential to make something great, that could be win win for everyone... fund your forum first, then have a little money for yourself. i could aid in generating content.
we could build a whole subculture... just imagine, your very own skull and bones, your very own cult, the influence you could have...
Nice to meet you Jay. Finally some wisdom from God!
I voluntarily pay a support fee of 10-15 to support the usmessageboard site because it's needed to hash out politics.
This could be marketed the same way. it's all in the marketing and if Luna is a clever enough gamer, an SP related game could be set up online in one section. And draw traffic and hits to the whole site. people could pay 5 bucks for 50 points to play online games, liek worth1000 charges for contests or "likes" tokens members can place on each other's posts.
winners of games can win points. it can be done. And the forums etc. go on as is, but the site is paid for using games.