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Upcoming Plans

Nate · 2004-11-18T00:31:56Z

For now, my immediate goal is to add at least three members a day for the next month. So far, this is going very well (an average of about seven members are joining every day). We haven't even been open a week, and we already have 20 registered members, which is awesome. So that gets me into the question, how do we keep these people? I really do not want to see this forum becoming a vacant wasteland with 1,000 registered members like so many others. I also want to keep this forum personal; meaning I do not want to get to the point where new users feel completely overwhelmed and have no idea on where to start. Plus, I think the administration of a site should be done from the bottom-up, rather than from top to bottom (e.g., writing.com). Anyways, I plan on creating a number of things to keep people coming, such as a monthly/quarterly newsletter with things like member's birthdays, columns, featured stories/poems, and even a writer's market. That won't be happening until we reach somewhere between 70 and 100 active members. Before that, though, I'd like to start having contests. Won't be giving anything away, but the winner will have the satisfaction of knowing they won :D Besides all that though, I want to know what will keep everyone coming back in terms of features (sense of community stuff goes without saying).