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What can be done?
Views are down (a lot) but not down as far as they were in December 2019 and January 2020. A lot of folks assumed/stated that it was possibly the holidays. We had a rise in February of views a little, but honestly, views have slid from February to now. I suspect part of that is the change that was made by the site reducing the number of and ways we could earn virils overall. I watch between 5-10 authors to see what is happening to their posts. The number of authors attended depends wholly on my time. I limit my time on this site and other writing sites to no more than two hours in the morning now. I do log in at lunch to share and see what comments I have, but I am trying to cut my time not to increase it.
People ask me all the time, how can we increase views. I don’t have one answer to that question today, so I thought I would include several ideas (not all of them are mine).
- Set a goal and comment on 20 posts a day.
- Start at least one conversation on your post. (more than three comments in-depth with only two authors involved)
- Start at least one conversation on another author’s post (more than three comments profound).
- Share posts via social media (5 per day)
These are quick, easy, and for the most part, not hard. I struggle with getting to 20 but have been able to do that with my time limits. I promise you are leaving comments for other authors that will help you in the long run! The first thing is more people will comment on your post. The only way to make a decent number of virils per day is to have those conversations. If you start one on your posts and one on another author’s posts, you will benefit both of you!
As a community, we all have to help each other to move things forward! We can succeed if we all work together! Remember every comment you leave is a gift for the author, thank you from all of us for doing that!
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Question of
Social media style blocking
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Yes
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Question of
edit button back
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Yes
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No
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Question of
more communication
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Yes
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Question of
reporting PM’s and comments multiple reports results in the user not be allowed to pm or comment
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Yes
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Question of
we’ve had compliments on the site for a long time, let’s start using them again!
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Yes
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Question of
Remove WTF from the emojis going forward
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Yes
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No
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When I can work on this site I will. Very tired after a full day…You are right though Doc
do what you can do! Thank you as well Pam!!!
Q: SOCIAL MEDIA STYLE BLOCKING
Yes (3 votes) – 100%
Q: EDIT BUTTON BACK
Yes (4 votes) – 80%
No (1 votes) – 20%
Q: MORE COMMUNICATION
Yes (4 votes) – 100%
Q: REPORTING PM’S AND COMMENTS MULTIPLE REPORTS RESULTS IN THE USER NOT BE ALLOWED TO PM OR COMMENT
Yes (3 votes) – 100%
Q: WE’VE HAD COMPLIMENTS ON THE SITE FOR A LONG TIME, LET’S START USING THEM AGAIN!
Yes (3 votes) – 100%
Q: REMOVE WTF FROM THE EMOJIS GOING FORWARD
Yes (4 votes) – 80%
No (1 votes) – 20%
Yes to all of the above Doc. Good luck!
i am doing one more today and then off to happy topics.
so far crickets from the admin team and none of the requested changes have occurred…
These are great ideas. I hope users will consider them. I just need to be more diligent just by sharing posts on social media.
i suspect you already hit the 20 comments a day. I wonder if it would be easier to just do one and then add the others over time.
they are just thoughts at this point, which one do you think might help?
I made up my mind today and counted my comments. I came up with 20 comments.
you are amazing – that will help everyone on the site!!!
Thank you. I help as much as I can.
you help so much more than you know!
Thank you very much for your kind words. I am very happy to be able to help the community at least a little.
i think in fairness you help a lot. I know you help me!
I have one more comment, I put up a post over a week ago and it is still not approved. Why does it take so long to get posts up on the site?
i am so sorry I forgot the moderation SLA (time to approve) comment. I left two really important points off the poll.
It shouldn’t take that long, our site is driven by new content!
These are good tips on how to increase the communication between users.
i am trying to help people move forward in the new world order!
All those ideas proposed in your text are good ones, though they will vary in practicability between users. All of the suggestions you make for admin actions in the poll questions are clearly good ones.
From my POV, the ability to save drafts and preview posts is more important than being able to edit after posting. Also, last time I tried to send someone a compliment, I couldn’t find the option. Are you sure it still exists?
i had that one written down but forgot to include it. Sorry about that!