[RandomTiger]

Perhaps we should try to boost our community size.
Are we getting bigger or smaller?

How did everyone find themselves here?

[an0n]

HLP keeps getting new members regardless of action or inaction. No-one really gives a flying monkeys testicle about member numbers anyway, as long as everything doesn't go stagnant there is no need to infuse new blood..........in a metaphorical sense.

I came here after I was banned from the VBB and WS for the......1st time (?).

[RandomTiger]

Well, yes but as time goes on and new games come out we are going to be at risk as I see it. The more members we have the more powerful we are.

I found this place when I was looking for the freespace 2 code to fix a bug on my geforce 4.

[Fury]

Number of members does not really give you right picture.
There is always "members" that have been registered but never posted. Another type is member is who came here, registered but is just lurking.

How many percent of member are actually active?

[RandomTiger]

52% (495) or less are active, even more of a reason to boose our numbers

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,9740.0.html

[CP5670]

An interesting point, but how would we go about make the community bigger?

[an0n]

Originally posted by CP5670
An interesting point, but how would we go about make the community bigger?

Make me an admin. My fame and popularity will cause people to register in droves.

[01010]

Originally posted by an0n

My fame and popularity will cause people to register in droves.

The only reason i'm here

[Stealth]

i like it the way it is

[Darkage]

Originally posted by an0n

Make me an admin. My fame and popularity will cause people to register in droves.

If you get to be a admin, the forum won't live long enough to see hordes of people register:p

[Blue Lion]

Get more people involved in FS and to a lesser extent IW, or find a new game. If you get people here "just for the hell of it" you're going to see an increase in spam becuase not many are going to have even heard of FS

[Stryke 9]

I could adopt several new handles and personalities, thus inflating the number of active members...

But any other way just ain't gonna happen, unless you include more games. Not only is FS OLD, it's now REALLY OLD, game time, and even if it were bought with any frequency (FS1 is still sold quite a bit, so I assume THAT is) people have no way to find us. Get Volition to put up a link on their page, or get one of those search engine registration programs and take the top of the list on Google and Yahoo for "FreeSpace". It won't be worth it, I can guarantee, unless we give out free FS2s to everyone who joins, but it's another way.

That, or make ME an admin and gimme my own forum. Since I come free to all who wish to bask in my glory, it won't work that well for attracting people, but it might appease the E-Gods to have one of Their messengers in an admin capacity.

[Galemp]

I think we're just fine! New members who become active and noticed in the community, like me or Tiara, should be more welcome than those who just lurk and spam and make things unpleasant. I like who and what we have--we shouldn't try to artificially inflate numbers.

[Kamikaze]

communities that are too big are bad too, I'd rather keep HLP somewhat nice and small

[Knight Templar]

I think we're just fine! New members who become active and noticed in the community, like me or Tiara, should be more welcome than those who just lurk and spam and make things unpleasant

You: have a campaign or 3 going

Tiara: Hardlights' chick.. besides my gurl Borealis (Where are you, you are never on)

Some of us lowly members don't know how to mod and try to make up for it with healthy conversations and making people giggle like tickled school girls. Is that so bad?

[an0n]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Some of us lowly members don't know how to mod and try to make up for it with healthy conversations and making people giggle like tickled school girls. Is that so bad?

No. But the way you phrased it it certainly is.

[an0n]

And speak of the devi........er.......angel.

[Knight Templar]

No. But the way you phrased it it certainly is.

   Forgive me

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Tiara: Hardlights' chick.. besides my gurl Borealis (Where are you, you are never on)

She's currently underneath a hurricane, as of this morning.

[an0n]

*reads KT's sig*

You're forgiven.

*goes to find a fifth way to skin a cat*