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Originally Posted by jc666
Abac123, as far as I can see there are two easy ways not to labeled a lurker in the first place:
01 - Click the "thanks" button when you like or have downloaded something. It's called good manners and it bugs me a little that so many people here don't bother. EG: in the ENF section you're lucky if you get 1 "thank you" for every 20-25 viewing of a picture.
02 - If you like something post an encouraging comment. All it has to say is "Nice one" or "LOL" or "Thanks for that" or can be a link to other relevant content on the board. Again it's good manners.
But as Dognheat says above, the site owners are re-evaluating how this brilliant and FREE site is run, and IMO if that means getting a little stricter with those who don't contribute then so be it.
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As someone who found this forum less than a week ago, but who has been a (contributing) member of many forums over the years and Usenet before that, I have a couple thoughts.
1. "Nice one" replies often get annoying. One celebrity forum I frequent is almost unusable because of replies that simply say thanks (it has other particular features that make up for that failing). The new posts list is about 80% older posts that have been bumped. This is why the thanks button exists. It's better to reserve posting for when you have content, or a useful or thoughtful comment.
2. My impression is that it's generally considered polite to lurk for a while before posting too much. That way you avoid being disruptive. This seems especially important given this board's apparent dislike of duplication (which I about learned by lurking). I could start posting today but I have no idea what's already here.
3. The thanks button is better, but it's meaningless if people just click it everytime they see or even save a picture. I don't click thanks enough myself, but I'd like for it to mean a little more than "I looked at this post and it was nice". That's what the views counter is for.
4. I contributed at another non-nude forum for years. It and a sister site eventually instituted a credit system. On the nonude site, this led to a lot of posts for credits. I had to leave the sister site because I had nothing to post. It looks like its doing OK, but it's very quiet since it's almost impossible to break in without original material to post.
5. Obviously, a site like this is expensive to run. I don't know what you've done in the past to raise money (see point 2), but wouldn't it be possible to raise money through smaller donations? The membership is too much for my limited budget, and I'm too new to commit that kind of money. I have no doubt that many are in a similar place.
Those are my thoughts.