WANTED: PnQ Development and Improvement

I remember Hellon, that was fun, I would do it again in a heartbeat

I remember that too but i still think if you don't belong to a club, you are invisible. It is even difficult to see your own poems if they aren't rated. But that doesn't happen if you are in a club.

[ sneaks in the conversations)

My opinion, the easiest way to give poems attention is to go and give other poem's authors some attention... by commenting and rating poems... and then the other authors, may go check out our poems. ( Though not in all cases, the majority of the times, the authors may comment when the other authors/readers left a detail comment ) and that may put the poems in the front page to be seen.... regardless if one is in a club or not.

Only one of the winners on the front page this week is actually a club member. However, if you feel your poems are being overlooked because you are not in a club..why not just join one Karla?

Nah.i'm not saying that and i don't want to be in any club. i have already belonged to 4 clubs here and i loved all of them specially phoenix risng and the kite runners. besides i am not talking about myself but if you don't belong to any club, it's impossible to see those poems that weren't rated and commented and it is a fact.

You have to make people feel that they are a part of the overall process, make the site a community again, without exclusion and alienation, bring back the fun , the rap battles, the hot topics, even the heated debates as long as it can be done civilly .......some things never change though, people still worrying about ratings and comments, write for the love of the written word, write for expression, write to share your feelings and experiences, write to heal, write because you can, and others will notice, but in the end, you'll accomplish more if you don't do it for the approval of others......

^ I agree. Thank you for your words.

Well said bob!lovely words.

For me, it is a matter of time and energy (rather large concepts). If I have say, 15 minutes a day to spend on P&Q as a general example and I want to post a thread to discuss something I am far more likely to post it in my club. I know the people there are not gonna respond to my thread is a way that would detract from the actual issues. This cannot be said for the main boards.

Put simply, our clubs are basically smaller versions of the larger website, split into little friend groups. Why would I bother with the main forums when I have forums here I can chat and share information with like minded people? It doesn't make any sense.

This is one major contributer towards why the website has become quiet. I don't think it is as quiet as it appears but we're all tucked away neatly in our little gangs.

If all the energy and time spent in our clubs had no where else on this website to go, it would pour back into the main forums.

To add to everything else that has been said:
There was more conflict back in the day, which led to stronger friendships and bitterer enemies. There was also a lot more flirtation. Crushes, love triangles, flirting, sauciness all around. Our PnQ home has become too platonic and safe, no?

Yes Jane...back in the days before the pm system was introduced.

For the record I think Jane is really hot, like I'd love to wrestle with her platonically and then beat her at Ping Pong. Just, old fashioned romance.

Sibby is the woman I'd marry from P&Q...just the best of us, and daaaaamn she don't half know how to sauce it up in pictures!

Abby is my soulmate.

I wish I knew more of you enough to feel comfortable being weird.

^^^^^^^ write for the love of the written word, write for expression, write to share your feelings and experiences, write to heal, write because you can
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Well said. Welcome back Bob.

New members would be encouraged to stay if their work was read more. Each and every established member should make a point of picking out a new member every so often and reading their work. Too often you will see someone has registered, posted a few poems which aren't read/commented on and just don't seem to come back. If all of us did this more, new members would instantly feel encouraged and part of the community. I genuinely think this would help massively

Holy shit, it's Bob.
Post one of your threads on how ladies should keep their legs closed and let the P&Q Development games begin!

Haha, Kevin! You're absurdly self aware and have grown into yourself, physically and emotionally, beautifully. The picture of hotness. That's you!

My whole club is smokin' hot. Woo.

Abby!!!! Hahaha!

Hellon, how do you think pm's eliminated the sauciness?

I will post weekly contest results when I'm off work :)