Eyes on Final Fantasy: Posting Activity History

[Rye]

Paul and I were discussing the newbie welcome thing and we think that though BoB's automated message is good, it might be very much helpful to have an obviously non-automated message from someone just explaining how it can be hard to join a new forum with a big developed community, but to go to them if they need help or have questions, and point out some things to the newbie, like perhaps, current competitions going on or a few places of possible interest if you know the newbie mentioned their interests in their nub thread. =O I'd be willing to do this.

[Flying Mullet]

Perhaps get a list of those that are sincerely interested in helping newbies out and they can be assigned to a new member on a rotating basis. Kind of like Big Brother/Big Sister.

Adopt a Newbie! :mog:

[Tama2]

One of my thoughts too. I think it would be a nice way to start, among others. >>

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[Baloki]

Want to help with the front site? Well then just go to the following forum:
http://forums.eyesonff.com/site-volunteers/

Any and all information is welcome, just no nicking it off other people

[rubah]

actually, a lot of people don't seem to realize b0b's message is automated.

[Tavrobel]

actually, a lot of people don't seem to realize b0b's message is automated.

Perhaps we should change the greeting message to someone else? Or add a "don't reply" clause and direct to the newbie volunteer committee? Fencing Cactuar? Frankly, that'd be pretty awesome to see an account with illegal characters and like, 2039750497 different colored titles sending you something. Especially one that is twice banned.

But that's just me.

[Marshall Banana]

How about a mascot? =O

[Flying Mullet]

We have a mascot:

[Marshall Banana]

What kind of mascot isn't even a member? =(

[Flying Mullet]

Ahh, like the mascot that runs around at sporting events and does goofy stuff?

[Del Murder]

I thought RSL was our mascot.

[Rye]

I've always thought that Quina was the mascot!

[XxSephirothxX]

Del, if you are actually interested, read some of the old Site Staff threads from the time periods right after Cid sold and spdude sold. Cid being gone is absolutely the main reason the site has degraded. This is partially for practical reasons: we no longer have the access/control we once did, they interfere with the design for the sake of money through ads and such, etc. But it's also largely a spirit issue. It no longer feels like we own our stake of the site. We aren't contributing as a group, we're contributing to someone's moneymaking venture.

It's not like I'm mad Sean sold the site. He needed the money. But it changed the dynamic of the community, and not for the better. It's not like he was "running" site staff--that was largely the SSS, but they lost the control they once had. If Sean was still the owner, I guarantee you the site staff would be far more active. I'd probably still be doing news posts, and we'd have a lot more content. People like Spatvark would still have an interest in the site. And the site wouldn't have ads that are deliberately designed to be intrusive to the visitor experience just so you'll click on them. And a better frontsite would draw way more traffic. And that's more people on the forum.

[Marshall Banana]

Ahh, like the mascot that runs around at sporting events and does goofy stuff?

Yep.

Award Girl and Award Guy are like mascots, but they're used only for the Ciddies.

[Tavrobel]

Whatever happened to Election Booth?