As most of you have noticed this place is almost dead. If you've been posting here for more than 4 years you know this place used to be very active. I think it's time to turn things around. How can the remaining few of us turn this place around and make it the best DMB message board around? What can we do?
The site has been going downhill since 2005, ever since DMB released Stand Up. Roi's death almost put a nail in AMI's coffin. It'll pick up a tiny bit when the tour start up, as it always does, but this place will never be like it was years ago. People have moved on musically, married, gone to college/university/war, post on boards which have always been more active, etc. Life rolls ahead.
I know typing this changes nothing and offers no solution. AMI has become like the local hangout in a dying town. You see some of the familiar faces once in a while and you have your few stalwarts. Cozy environment. Bittersweet. And one day, like Nancies, this place will go, too. Fun while it lasted.
"Now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied with knowing I got no one left to blame." ~ Gordon Lightfoot, "Carefree Highway".
"What's the use in religion if you're any good?" ~ U2, "Mercy".
"But perhaps the dream is dreaming us?" ~ Sting, "When the Angels Fall".
---outsidEternity---
Also, AmI was never one of the big DMB boards. We got a few new people over the years and still occasionally do, but the regulars have all moved on which really made the site slow down.
Not sure what can be done. Personally, I get on the site a few times a week but only comment when I feel like I can actually contribute to a conversation. I'm just not a teenager/college student anymore posting away for no reason...
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giveaways.
free stuff. maybe a contest, whoever wins wins a sticker or something
Originally Posted by fudddudd
A sticker? How about front row seats to a dmb show or a vip package to a dmb show. Maybe all the Live Traxs to date.
am i the only one who finds beauty in this?
George
"A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings."
- Olin Miller
Almost?
come on people!
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Would it be wrong to start Pming former posters here? Does this forum send out e-mails letting people know they have a PM waiting for them at this forum? Just a simple PM telling them this forum still exists.
step 1: reset the forum
step 2: advertise it in other places as a new dmb forum
step 3: ????
step 4: profit
this is the technique lovingly known as "going back to the well" and/or "resetting the series"
see: the new Star Trec movie
I think I have mine set up that when I get a PM I get an e-mail, but you can probably turn that off.
Julie
Yeah, I turned that feature off. It just ends up cluttering up my e-mail.
Oh well. We need to attract people here. I don't know how to do it. Maybe flood the Crack House with Porn?
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Wow,I haven't been around in a long time. This place use to be so busy..kinda sad.
Hi everyone!
Kamy
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Originally posted by Poppa Thug
and like you never had a big piece of meat in your mouth before...
Yes, porn is always the answer
I know I have been very neglectful of being here - I will do better on that.
It's quality, not necessarily quantity that can make this a great community to be in.
wow, crazy I havent posted on here in forever...whats goin on guys??
- Jon B.
"We are where we are and it’s gorgeous no matter what. No matter the state of our nation. No matter the destruction caused by extreme weather conditions. No matter the smell of our laundry. You have to admit. Life is gorgeous."
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i am a pinball machine
i always forget to check here. work has been crazy and so when i get home, i dont want to sit in front of a computer.
-Brian
Apparently all you needed to do to get old posters to come back is start asking how you can get old posters to come back.
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