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Originally Posted by tore
Here I've mentioned a blog part of the site, a chatroom, an internet radio station that members can do shows on. I'm sure we could think of other things as well.
I think that creating the right environment is crucial to creating the sort of community you want. Let's say you want to encourage people writing to writing band articles, album reviews or doing album clubs. You should make the environment so that it rewards these things. Right now, in order to find out what's written in a journal, you have to find the journal. Instead of members writings being actively promoted by the site, it is hidden. What if it was presented someplace else where it was easier to see?
Basically, a new site gives possibility of new features and increases the possibility to mold the MB environment into a place that rewards the things we like. The community should change over time in response, making it easier to get involved with other members . A new site could make the MB experience more rewarding overall, especially for those who contribute the most like moderators (who would have more control over the site), those who like to write longer pieces and those who actively try to involve the community, f.ex by album clubs or members compilations. My feeling about present day MB is that if you invest a lot in it, you don't get much back and sooner or later, you may feel disillusioned as a result. I would like for that to change so that the more you put in, the more you feel rewarded.
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Everything I bolded can easily be done here. The only thing with the blog section is that it doesn't have it's own separate area to showcase people on a front page but Trollheart took up having a weekly feature section for the journals. All it takes is initiative. At one point in time, I had the idea of doing the internet radio station with MB members but I didn't follow through with it properly. When I first came out with the idea, I was pretty new at the time and I would have probably gotten my thread deleted. I recruited a few people behind the scenes through PMs but they weren't as interested as they claimed and when I set them up with all the details for the stream that I had they never showed up for their scheduled slots.
I remember you going through this idea before but it's just not going to work imo. Also you seem to be focusing on the wrong thing. If you are passionate about something you will do it regardless if you get rewarded or not. Your main focus on being rewarded seems misguided. I know that's why you stopped writing a journal and made an exodus at one point in time. You didn't feel rewarded for all the hard work and contributions you were making to MB just to have the admin turn a blind eye to minor features that could easily be activated.