Hi all

Hello Angie,
I just popped in here to say hi.
As for your question about what to do to make this site a vibrant community once again.
I would have to say that you may need to look at why meaningful participation went away to begin with.
You may need to look back in the archives and read through a few threads to see why the participation went away.
I hope you find your answer and be able to somehow turn this horse around.
Good luck.
This site really was a fun place to be at one time.

 

I think content is key but I would think that requires a certain level of commitment.

 

Sure. By content, I mean you need to treat it more like a magazine and post articles, event coverage, do product reviews, and perhaps spotlight certain threads that are more interesting than most. I know at one time, there was a photo of the month contest in which a lot of folks participated, but it just kind of went away. Forums without content are really kind of a dime a dozen. What is going to set TFC apart? What will compel the casual surfer (flier) to stop here? Preferably daily?

 

Exactly, + you need to make it an INTERESTING and FUN place to come to, expecting members to maintain things being "interesting" and "fun" just has never worked out in the long run.

 

Hi Angie. Glad you are here.
As Mr. Wilson said you should look at the archives and I would recommend looking at the photo of the month threads to see.
First and foremost we need a Home Page. A list of forum titles is not a Home Page.
I pushed pretty hard for the photo of the month to be put on the home page, when we had one, a number of times with no success.
Obviously we need content to have a good forum and there are a few of us that still post here and support this site but I believe it MUST start with a Home Page since that is what is first seen when you come here.

 

I think all of the above is a contributing factor as to why this forum has diminished. Lack of a home page, lack of articles discussing shop tips, flight techniques, product reviews, monthly photo contests, site giveaways, events, etc. are all reasons why a forum would die off. Giant Scale is as popular as ever with low priced options for even the most budget conscious pilot but the main forum they flock to is the infamous one with the blue and white logo because they do all of that stuff there. Even another giant scale related forum is struggling with doing all of that but they aren't really ontop of it like the blue and white forum. Plus, they do mass advertising which I'm sure brings in cash to support all of the fun stuff.

 

What's FB?

 

What's facebook?

 

It sounds good to me. The group vote seems good we just need enough of us here to supply the photos.
I am as guilty as anyone when it comes to providing content of photos.
I haven’t been flying enough lately.
So create a new thread for November Angie and let’s go from there.