I think the no downvote unless spam culture is pretty well ingrained at this point.
I think what you really have to worry about is turning into an echo chamber, which is what all small social forums on the internet have to worry about.
Although this forum seems to be doing pretty well so far.
I keep fighting that and keep trying to encourage outside opinions and other view points. Its an uphill battle though.
So, I keep on thinking there is an expiration date on these sort of forums.
The earlier adopters are usually the original ones, the ones with original thoughts, the people who make content for the sake of creating something new.
Then, people from an older forum find out what is happening, come over, contribute to content, and, for awhile, everything is fine and dandy.
Memes get generated. People start to accumulate a culture. People start agreeing with each other. Outside opinions are treated with suspicion.
Outsiders are told to go back to the previous forum. The group always agrees.
The old people get tired. The old people migrate to a new forum.
And the cycle begins again.
I don't see poal becoming lame in the near future. But it could happen.
My question to you is, if Poal grows more, what do you think you could do to stop this place from becoming a circle-jerk?
I've been doing that, I encourage people to adopt the culture. I don't do nothing when people come try to brigade users. If it got lots and lots more people I'd have continue the same. What else is there to do. I don't want to see what has happened to previous sites happen here.
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