Hey all
Some time ago, one of my favourite Rebel Alliance buds, Devil's Advocate, had asked me about Google bots etc, and the potential they have to get this forum more hits/lurkers/members
I told him that I had disabled all the bots, didn't like them and said I'd prefer to grow this place on its own merits.
This reply apparently was enough for him to split. (though he did so respectfully, said the place is awesome/good luck etc).
Is he right? Am I being foolish to have cleaned out the bots? Is it really futile to think we can grow naturally?
Are bots really that helpful? I always assumed they were more in Google's best interests not mine...
Let me know your thoughts... DA was a most valued member, I was happy to see the place growing but this threw me a curve
Whaddya think, ladies and gents?
thanks
DA will be missed :(
We lost Devil's Advocate
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Canuckster
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I don't get it
People say they all want the truth, but when they are confronted with a truth that disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse come to destroy civilization.
What are google bots and how do they effect somones forum experience positively or negatively? Is DA a psyop trying to add your site to Google Skynet? DA is cool tho, alledgedly.
excerpt from his PM:
"I'm not going to put time into decent threads though, if no one is going to read them."
Fair enough I suppose... perhaps DA is on a mission to spread truth/info, in which case I understand how this place does not (yet) have an audience of significant size. I think he was suggesting that without the google bots I am hindering the forum's chances to grow. I am not informed enough about bots etc to know or not.
On the other hand, I am also on a sort of mission to spread truth/shift consciousness and have chosen to do it here rather than spam the big zoo-forums. Yes you get more views on those places, but they get lost in the current imo. No personal relevance. Every new member here has been really smart and super cool, and the daily views/lurkers is growing for sure, I see it clearly.
DA is super cool, I was so happy when he started posting here. I just see this place growing so well - slow but steady; - quality over quantity - I prefer real community to a crowd, have always preferred to hang out with a few good friends than go to a massive club of strangers
To each their own.
RIP DA - hope he changes his mind one day when this place is the greatest forum eva :D
"I'm not going to put time into decent threads though, if no one is going to read them."
Fair enough I suppose... perhaps DA is on a mission to spread truth/info, in which case I understand how this place does not (yet) have an audience of significant size. I think he was suggesting that without the google bots I am hindering the forum's chances to grow. I am not informed enough about bots etc to know or not.
On the other hand, I am also on a sort of mission to spread truth/shift consciousness and have chosen to do it here rather than spam the big zoo-forums. Yes you get more views on those places, but they get lost in the current imo. No personal relevance. Every new member here has been really smart and super cool, and the daily views/lurkers is growing for sure, I see it clearly.
DA is super cool, I was so happy when he started posting here. I just see this place growing so well - slow but steady; - quality over quantity - I prefer real community to a crowd, have always preferred to hang out with a few good friends than go to a massive club of strangers
To each their own.
RIP DA - hope he changes his mind one day when this place is the greatest forum eva :D
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Canuckster
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he was on today at 6:52 pm,
dont be such a goddamn pussy DA, we still appreciate talking to you. if one of my friends was all like hey dudes, im not going to talk to you anymore unless we can talk in the mall and i get to stand on a soapbox and make sure everyone in the mall gets to see my brilliance, i'd be all like, fuck you man.
but seriously
dont be such a pussy, good posters will only help.
dont be such a goddamn pussy DA, we still appreciate talking to you. if one of my friends was all like hey dudes, im not going to talk to you anymore unless we can talk in the mall and i get to stand on a soapbox and make sure everyone in the mall gets to see my brilliance, i'd be all like, fuck you man.
but seriously
dont be such a pussy, good posters will only help.
People say they all want the truth, but when they are confronted with a truth that disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse come to destroy civilization.
FUCK Google Bots...
Come back DA!!!!!
You are welcome to come chill here anytime after a had day's truth-telling :D
Come back DA!!!!!
You are welcome to come chill here anytime after a had day's truth-telling :D
He just wants google sex bots to rub his devil's anuz.
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Devil's Advocate
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You guys are missing my point.
I really like this forum and think it has huge potential. However I see cool threads that go unanswered for several days, or never answered at all, and I get the impression that there's only like 5 of us here, and those 5 aren't even all that interested in posting here anyway. If the thread topics showed up in Google searches, and we kept open registration, I think we'd attract quite a few new members who might help to increase the popularity of the forum, in turn making it a busier forum with more replies and shit. I like this place but it's boring the shit out of me because its so slow.
If you build it, they will come, as long as they know about it.
I really like this forum and think it has huge potential. However I see cool threads that go unanswered for several days, or never answered at all, and I get the impression that there's only like 5 of us here, and those 5 aren't even all that interested in posting here anyway. If the thread topics showed up in Google searches, and we kept open registration, I think we'd attract quite a few new members who might help to increase the popularity of the forum, in turn making it a busier forum with more replies and shit. I like this place but it's boring the shit out of me because its so slow.
If you build it, they will come, as long as they know about it.
Thanks for you reply DA! Was hoping you came to clarify
I hear ya.
So what is your suggestion? Try to re-activate the Google Bots? Surely there must be more to it than that... Are not google search results based mostly on hits/views?
Admittedly I really hate doing any kind of marketing for this place but at the same time I would also like to see it grow, and perhaps I am hindering that potential. Benwahwah and I have a book coming out, I am hoping that draws some more traffic.
Truthfully I don't want this place to get too big but obviously a little busier would be nice
Please let me know your advice DA, and thanks again for continuing the discussion
And just too keep up morale, :) - I do keep somewhat of an eye on views; we are getting steady lurkers, and they are growing daily. I think a lot of people browse here more and more, lack of posts does not mean lack of eyes/ears/minds. In some ways a smaller forum is more potent because it doesn't have the same % of worthless posts to swim through in order to find the good stuff
Thanks for the support everyone... - Any and all assistance or suggestions for improvement are always welcome
I hear ya.
So what is your suggestion? Try to re-activate the Google Bots? Surely there must be more to it than that... Are not google search results based mostly on hits/views?
Admittedly I really hate doing any kind of marketing for this place but at the same time I would also like to see it grow, and perhaps I am hindering that potential. Benwahwah and I have a book coming out, I am hoping that draws some more traffic.
Truthfully I don't want this place to get too big but obviously a little busier would be nice
Please let me know your advice DA, and thanks again for continuing the discussion
And just too keep up morale, :) - I do keep somewhat of an eye on views; we are getting steady lurkers, and they are growing daily. I think a lot of people browse here more and more, lack of posts does not mean lack of eyes/ears/minds. In some ways a smaller forum is more potent because it doesn't have the same % of worthless posts to swim through in order to find the good stuff
Thanks for the support everyone... - Any and all assistance or suggestions for improvement are always welcome
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Canuckster
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He's got a point ya know
People say they all want the truth, but when they are confronted with a truth that disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse come to destroy civilization.
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