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« on: Monday, February 22, 2010, 21:13:21 PM »
None of my ideas (or better said, words of opinion) implied restriction. It was nowhere in my intention to pass that feeling onto others. The way I see it, HsC! is just floating on the vacuum --I don't mean it badly!--; which, as a consequence, may inflict the sense of doubt to newly and/or yet to register users.
"Hm, interesting. What should I post? Oh, I don't know. They all know so much about so many things. I am not sure I know as much, and I don't want to look like a clown. There's this interesting discussion about religion, but no one ever seems to be talking about it anymore? Should I, as a new member, bump it? Oh. I don't think that'd make them think good of me either. I'm really unsure as to what I should post about. Ehm. I'll look into it some other time, I guess."
This is a familiar scenario for new users; even the more when they lack of trust or confidence on themselves/their opinions/their thoughts. It takes a lot of guts to come out of the blank and put your words out there, you know? Especially when you, not after too long from doing so, find yourself defending them with bone and flesh.
My point is; if things have an higher sense of direction, it often helps to smooth out this illusion of being inadequate/incapable. Direction is, in no way, a synonym of restriction and exclusivity. At least that's what I believe. Things are connected in chains. You go from point A to point B. You do something to achieve something else; you provoke something to get something else in return.
In a forum, you post to be replied to, or for others to read. In a friendly community, you often find yourself posting about your own life adventures, which I am sure many of us enjoy reading about (Personally, I always do!). But; ---but we all have a background. We all know each other from way back. New users don't. We need to account for that.
A last words in regards to direction or focus; ---The same way you see no point in being active in a restricted forum, would you see a point in visiting a forum with no point at all? Obviously, HsC! does have a point in its existence. For all I know, presently, it stands for and about the community. However, that aside, what is it that HsC (the forum itself, not its members) has to offer? There needs to be a key somewhere, to open up those pad-lockers that guard people's interest, aye? At least that's how I think forums should do. Be there to more than just chatting. Chatting was a pump in the 90s and everyone wanted to log onto IRC. That's not that case anymore, I'm afraid. Chatting is as much part of our lives nowadays, as pissing is.
Sorry for the long post.
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