This is what you get for ever posting march 2006 or before Options

[Herizon Action]

I was reading old topics I made and I realized that a lot of cbers had interesting characters. What gave me this idea was a very old thread I posted. Then I began reading certain people's posts - more notably Seon Ho.When I was reading some things he posted in some of my topics - most of which were schoolyard insults or comments about my effeminate hairstyle. It was interesting, seeing as how I never got along with him, and we hardly talked, though the way he acted towards me, despite how trivial it was, made a subconscious impact on me. I didn't remember much, though when I read his posts, I was overcome with nostalgia of my first visit here. I have this picture in my head of him being a very assiduous, yet brusque individual striving to perfect his career, yet venting his anger out on strangers - almost as if he were xenophobic and rather prejudice.

I need more, though. I'm feeding off the kinds of people you are, and I want to know more - so even if you're relatively new or joined after 2006, I'd like to know about you. I'll mostly be reading your posts, though, not what you have to say about yourself here - in other words I'm going to be observing how you react to the people around you in the createblog virtual community. Though, I do wish to know how you want yourself to be portrayed in the event that you might actually end up as a character in this amateur novel.

[superstitious]

Ok, first off, I don't know your name and I hate referring to people by username.

So, hello, I'm Rebecca.

And yes. I have chatted informally to a few people (usually by PM) about the less than ideal status of cB and the demographic, or lack of one. There's a lot going into that. Much of the reasoning is the idea that people have "moved on." I totally understand that, but it's a forum and it doesn't need to be an all (super active) or nothing type of deal. I treasure the periodic "come backs" because it brings in fresh conversation and usually something cool comes out of it. I'm wordy (heh) and I love the banter.

Tumblr is fantastic (and yes, the forum was set up some time ago, but sadly the enthusiasm reached its peak in Feedback) but I think that reaching out to a more broad "audience" is really the way to go. I'm biased, certainly, because of my age. At 33, I'm older than anyone that posts on a regular basis - something that I'm not at all ashamed of. I'm grateful for many of the online "cB" friendships I've made over the past few years and wouldn't trade it in at all for a group closer to my age. However, I do wish that there was a broader age group, with some additional mature players. I've suggested this place before, only to have friends my age log on and ask why the hell would I interact with such mean people (LOL, you know who you are). It's a double edged sword. You want people to have fun but at the same time, that same fun alienates people sometimes.

Man, I don't even remember my point, if I had a point. Again, I'm miserably verbose. Welcome back and thank you for posting thoughtfully. It is, indeed, a breath of fresh air.

[Herizon Action]

Ok, first off, I don't know your name and I hate referring to people by username.

So, hello, I'm Rebecca.

And yes. I have chatted informally to a few people (usually by PM) about the less than ideal status of cB and the demographic, or lack of one. There's a lot going into that. Much of the reasoning is the idea that people have "moved on." I totally understand that, but it's a forum and it doesn't need to be an all (super active) or nothing type of deal. I treasure the periodic "come backs" because it brings in fresh conversation and usually something cool comes out of it. I'm wordy (heh) and I love the banter.

Tumblr is fantastic (and yes, the forum was set up some time ago, but sadly the enthusiasm reached its peak in Feedback) but I think that reaching out to a more broad "audience" is really the way to go. I'm biased, certainly, because of my age. At 33, I'm older than anyone that posts on a regular basis - something that I'm not at all ashamed of. I'm grateful for many of the online "cB" friendships I've made over the past few years and wouldn't trade it in at all for a group closer to my age. However, I do wish that there was a broader age group, with some additional mature players. I've suggested this place before, only to have friends my age log on and ask why the hell would I interact with such mean people (LOL, you know who you are). It's a double edged sword. You want people to have fun but at the same time, that same fun alienates people sometimes.

Man, I don't even remember my point, if I had a point. Again, I'm miserably verbose. Welcome back and thank you for posting thoughtfully. It is, indeed, a breath of fresh air.

Hi Rebecca (Zatanna, right?)
It would be nice to get a broader demographic, but as you mentioned, many find it difficult to interact here because certain users are a bit hostile.
I was thinking/hoping that createblog could evolve beyond layout design. I've checked tumblr's hits compared to the bigger networking sites/blogs, and to say the least it's lacking.
What we need is something revolutionary - something to mature the site as a whole. Not just a new look, but a new ideology
We need something that can appeal to everyone.
The question is, what?
And it doesn't have to just be one thing. Tumblr is just a stepping stone.
As I was reading the createblog city thread, I stumbled upon an idea of more fully utilizing already existing threads - such as creating subforums for popular television shows, or shows that interest createbloggers (like Buffy, or Twilight, or David Lynch).
This has to be carefully planned, well articulated, and appealing.
LOL, now I'm just rambling. But do you get what I mean?
In short, Createblog needs to grow up

[hypnotique]

Hi Rebecca (Zatanna, right?)
It would be nice to get a broader demographic, but as you mentioned, many find it difficult to interact here because certain users are a bit hostile.
I was thinking/hoping that createblog could evolve beyond layout design. I've checked tumblr's hits compared to the bigger networking sites/blogs, and to say the least it's lacking.
What we need is something revolutionary - something to mature the site as a whole. Not just a new look, but a new ideology
We need something that can appeal to everyone.
The question is, what?
And it doesn't have to just be one thing. Tumblr is just a stepping stone.
As I was reading the createblog city thread, I stumbled upon an idea of more fully utilizing already existing threads - such as creating subforums for popular television shows, or shows that interest createbloggers (like Buffy, or Twilight, or David Lynch).
This has to be carefully planned, well articulated, and appealing.
LOL, now I'm just rambling. But do you get what I mean?
In short, Createblog needs to grow up

As awesome as that sounds.
The risk you run with that is alienating potential users who are younger and less mature.

If we raise the bar then it will become too easy for one to attack someone else because they fail to be at the same level as the rest of the forums (actually thats kind of where we are at right now)

[Herizon Action]

As rebecca said, we need a balance. Diana, I think in order to raise the bar, the mentality of the users must change first - so if there were a time that the general concensus begins to alienate a younger age group (but I'm thinking really young), then that's what's to come. Besides, I'm not looking for the quantity of users, rather the quality of their ideas and what they can bring to this site to make it entertaining again, and not a shootoff of 4chan (seriously guys, i'm tired of the memes).