Recruiting New Languishites ?

[jamesww]

Worth the bother nowadays ?

I could invite a few of my friends, not because I think they'd take to it or fit in, but because I past caring who sees what and it would save me some breath in explaining to people what Languish is about.

The problem I foresee is, in its current state, it's probably not that immediately attractive a place for newcomers :gasp: 

Not that I've contributed much to its content, but in the early days and until a couple of years ago, there was a good range of subjects, some of the intellectual debates were genuinely interesting from an on lookers viewpoint.

Recently its got a bit narrower in the topics posted and the man, some peoples shtick is getting formulaic.


So is it worth inviting people, or better to accept for some of us it's no longer the place it was, not that there are any greener pastures out there.

[garbon]

I think you should go outside.

[Admiral Yi]

If the objective is to gain status by showing what a cool forum you belong to, probably not.

If the objective is to bring in people who will contribute to discussions, and they're the type of people who won't mind overly fending off trolls, why not?

[Malthus]

Hey, invite 'em in.

The relevance of this place goes up and down with the news cycle.

[Camerus]

Give it a try.  This place needs new blood.

[Admiral Yi]

DraftWar:  We're talking about Poms, right?  Prep them by saying it's Lord of the Flies without the physical violence.

[Malthus]

If the objective is to gain status by showing what a cool forum you belong to, probably not.

If the objective is to bring in people who will contribute to discussions, and they're the type of people who won't mind overly fending off trolls, why not?

Good grief not the first, couldn't give a toss about status, but you're right languish once was at times/ has been a cool forum.

Yep, you've got to the nub of the question, I don't think its easy to find people who'll be able to cope with some of the trolling/ the somewhat weird initial hostility.

Look at Lettow, that lad must have some metal, to put up with some of the early hostility, not at all helped by his own political position, but now hes a somewhat valued member of the community.

Its just I don't see many newbies making that sort of transition.

I guess "who the fuck are you?" as a traditional greeting doesn't exactly roll out the welcome mat now, does it. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Hey, all the friction keeps you sharp. Some people just don't want to deal with that, and that's fine. But it's not everybody. I see no reason why there aren't large populations of people out there who would fit in. It's not like we've saturated the market.

[The Brain]

Hostility???

[Admiral Yi]

Largely, 50-50 men-women, a couple of ex-military, not a bad description.

I think, a few, more commas, are, in order.

What are the lurking rules of engagement these days?

[garbon]

I think you should go outside.

see above post:

some peoples shtick is getting formulaic.

You'll be happy to know, I've said similar to people at work.

[Ed Anger]

Largely, 50-50 men-women, a couple of ex-military, not a bad description.

I think, a few, more commas, are, in order.

What are the lurking rules of engagement these days?

If they are female and decloak, I lock the sex photons on them.

[citizen k]

The relevance of this place goes up and down with the news cycle.

Would new blood change that?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Between the racist shtick, the outright hostility and the occasional Siegy attack I can't imagine anyone new would stay. Which is kind of a problem.

[CountDeMoney]

Worth the bother nowadays ?

No.  There's enough assholes here as it is, we don't need more.