Introductions Subforum

[Nya-chan Production]

I support this in principle, but you have to wonder whether that's gonna be tricky to actually keep on topic...

The topic of thread will pretty much be about the person that started it. If the person says they like cupcakes, then some people may actually talk about cupcakes in that intro thread. That's why there should be a limit of some sort on the thread. I'm thinking of a one week limit before the thread is locked to minimize spam and such. I'm assuming that everyone that comes to this site likes anime, music, and AMVs and would like to talk about those or themselves as creators or viewers. It wouldnt hurt to try it out and see how it goes.

This intro section can also have a sticky which FallChild and I can write up that welcomes members and features quicklinks to important topics or FAQs for new members.

I remember cupcakes - you visit those forums too? :>

I am for this idea - I think it's important to greet and help new members and those few cases in Announcement forums are kind of rare...

[Nya-chan Production]

I really don't care much for this idea for the following reasons:

1) Don't fix what isn't broken. To my knowledge, in the few years I've been here, the lack of an introductions board hasn't caused any major problems. It also forced users to get their names out there the good ol' fashioned way: by making good AMVs.
2) For new users it might be great to get some pointers, but people already do that in General AMV and the various Tech Help branches.
3) We already get enough people who don't read the rules posting "Hey guise I maek AMVs heers my utube channel k? ^_^~~~~~". Do you really want to make a forum section that pretty much begs for shit posts like that?

Edit: Sure is Groupthink in here...

1) We are facing decrease in membership AND videos though - that's what's broken.
2) If they have a few questions, though, it's better to ask them in one thread at start. If it gets out of hand, lock it.
3) Rules for a section? No linking anywhere and you've practically dealt with these, in case they post a link you just delete/lock the thread...

[Kazemon15]

I really don't care much for this idea for the following reasons:

1) Don't fix what isn't broken. To my knowledge, in the few years I've been here, the lack of an introductions board hasn't caused any major problems. It also forced users to get their names out there the good ol' fashioned way: by making good AMVs.
2) For new users it might be great to get some pointers, but people already do that in General AMV and the various Tech Help branches.
3) We already get enough people who don't read the rules posting "Hey guise I maek AMVs heers my utube channel k? ^_^~~~~~". Do you really want to make a forum section that pretty much begs for shit posts like that?

Edit: Sure is Groupthink in here...

1) We are facing decrease in membership AND videos though - that's what's broken.
2) If they have a few questions, though, it's better to ask them in one thread at start. If it gets out of hand, lock it.
3) Rules for a section? No linking anywhere and you've practically dealt with these, in case they post a link you just delete/lock the thread...

To add to this post:

Most of the time, newbies rarely have a chance to "get their names" out there because they are always overshadowed by the "Elitist" on the org's posts. Newbies barely get a page worth of replies or even have people check out their vids while the elitist get like 6-10 pages worth. How are they supposed to get their names out there if no one will even look at them?

Not to mention, it'll be a thread talking about the poster themselves to get to know the person better. In most cases here, we don't even know who is male or female unless you talk to the person regularly. << I swear, if I see one more post saying "I never knew Rider was a chick!" ....

[Nya-chan Production]

Wait, Rider was a chick? O.o

[gotegenks]

To add to this post:

Most of the time, newbies rarely have a chance to "get their names" out there because they are always overshadowed by the "Elitist" on the org's posts. Newbies barely get a page worth of replies or even have people check out their vids while the elitist get like 6-10 pages worth. How are they supposed to get their names out there if no one will even look at them?

Not to mention, it'll be a thread talking about the poster themselves to get to know the person better. In most cases here, we don't even know who is male or female unless you talk to the person regularly. << I swear, if I see one more post saying "I never knew Rider was a chick!" ....

i suppose i'm an extreme case since i'm kind of awesome, but when i first came here i wasn't ignored at all, i didn't get 6-10 pages but in my 2-3 months frequenting the announcements i've seen maybe 1 or 2 threads with 6 pages, but i got around 2, and my next video i got around 3 pages, but then again i'm just a fantastic editor.

It also forced users to get their names out there the good ol' fashioned way: by making good AMVs.

this SOUNDS good, but it also adds to the elitism of the Org, like we won't talk to you unless you're a good editor. sounds like we're very exclusive i guess. This is where youtube fills the whole. They encourage total newbies by telling them they're awesome! that's how it happened for me anyway. i imagine i'd be a lot more conformist-y if i'd have started out here.

i support this, but people aren't always ignored unless they post a yt link or just paste 3 mins of naruto episode 34 onto their favorite song,

so an intro forum isn't necessary for that reason, but it would be nice to be a bit more welcoming in one department, then we can call their shit in the announcements and they'll still think we like em and they'll stay!

[Enigma]

To add to this post:

Most of the time, newbies rarely have a chance to "get their names" out there because they are always overshadowed by the "Elitist" on the org's posts. Newbies barely get a page worth of replies or even have people check out their vids while the elitist get like 6-10 pages worth. How are they supposed to get their names out there if no one will even look at them?

Not to mention, it'll be a thread talking about the poster themselves to get to know the person better. In most cases here, we don't even know who is male or female unless you talk to the person regularly. << I swear, if I see one more post saying "I never knew Rider was a chick!" ....

i suppose i'm an extreme case since i'm kind of awesome, but when i first came here i wasn't ignored at all, i didn't get 6-10 pages but in my 2-3 months frequenting the announcements i've seen maybe 1 or 2 threads with 6 pages, but i got around 2, and my next video i got around 3 pages, but then again i'm just a fantastic editor.

It also forced users to get their names out there the good ol' fashioned way: by making good AMVs.

this SOUNDS good, but it also adds to the elitism of the Org, like we won't talk to you unless you're a good editor. sounds like we're very exclusive i guess. This is where youtube fills the whole. They encourage total newbies by telling them they're awesome! that's how it happened for me anyway. i imagine i'd be a lot more conformist-y if i'd have started out here.

i support this, but people aren't always ignored unless they post a yt link or just paste 3 mins of naruto episode 34 onto their favorite song,

so an intro forum isn't necessary for that reason, but it would be nice to be a bit more welcoming in one department, then we can call their shit in the announcements and they'll still think we like em and they'll stay!

Way2Douch.

[CodeZTM]

Who exactly are you gotegenks?

Meanwhile Gote and Kaze have excellent points. And considering how tight-knit we all are, I don't see how we'd ever NOT want something similar to this.

If the fear of Youtube spamming, make them have a form, like the VidID function they MUST fill out in the forum.

Anyway, I still believe that this forum could foster a lot more creativity and great AMV's if we were just a *TAD* more friendly to new users.

[gotegenks]

Who exactly are you gotegenks?

wat?

If the fear of Youtube spamming, make them have a form, like the VidID function they MUST fill out in the forum.

this, this would fix tons of potential problems, and it's a great method for people that don't like writing about themselves, usually the people that don't have anything in their profile descriptions.

and with this i think it would further beg for an archive like godix suggested.

[Mkid]

If the fear of Youtube spamming, make them have a form, like the VidID function they MUST fill out in the forum.

Seems like a great idea... perfect idea

[Kitsuner]

Most of the time, newbies rarely have a chance to "get their names" out there because they are always overshadowed by the "Elitist" on the org's posts. Newbies barely get a page worth of replies or even have people check out their vids while the elitist get like 6-10 pages worth. How are they supposed to get their names out there if no one will even look at them?

The solution to that is for new users to post in other people's threads to spread their name. If they put forth some effort to participate, then they're more likely to be rewarded by being welcomed into the community.