Veteran Forum

A forum for people who have been here over a year or so... would be a good insentive for people to stay around.

But wouldn't some younger members (I am ) feel a little ostracized because they couldn't participate...
It may be a good idea and may agree with it (at least for the 'veterans', who could talk there as they used to before the rising of members last summer). But does the forum really need to try to keep its member ?

PS : I don't know if I am the right member to give my opinion here. I'm still a newbie, after all...

Well it would give you something to look forward too, plus i know several veteran members who would love it for sure. It would be something of a reward to those who have stuck with it.

GP is right, people really do feel ostracised by such things and then we get into all sorts of hassle with people trying to become veterans and then compalining of bias when we do not see them as such.

The areas for the mods and JC members are the closest you get, and they are a necessity.

hmmmm, tricky business, BF...
with that some members would feel like outcasts, a section where they are like ... prohibited to visit while the ones who can are also "just" members.

though I do think I know what feeling you have to get this forum through

dont know if veterans the right word. cos you would all say I'm a pretty active member, and most people know me, but I've only been here six months. and everyone loves lindsy and silver_tears, and theyve only been here a coupla months, and theyve posted more than me

well, I like you phoe 🙂
just a few more months and you're off the newbie-list 😉

Originally posted by Phoenix
dont know if veterans the right word. cos you would all say I'm a pretty active member, and most people know me, but I've only been here six months. and everyone loves lindsy and silver_tears, and theyve only been here a coupla months, and theyve posted more than me

as has been discussed before, post cound does not equate to credibility.

And i guess you're right us, never thought of the hassle it would induce. oh well 😛

oh, no hassle intended huh 😉

nah, i just know many of the old veterans dont come around as much because of how hectic the forum is, i thought it would be nice to give them a place that would be the way the forum used to be.

well, perhaps some, but some because of having equired a real life

nah 😛

well, to throw in a thought - the gdf doesn't seem so overwhelming as it did for awhile before the otf was created. perhaps avoiding the super high-paced, less coherent areas would be all that is necessary. while i post there a little, i find the gdf, and various other areas of the site calmer and more welcoming. make sense?

yeah, thats very true, the gdf is very calm these days, with the otf taking all the traffic.

Yes, I agree...

I guess this idea has already been discussed but I personally have neutral feelings on it. I'm a newbie so my opinion may not be the best but I really think that your member status should start to be decided by your socialization on KMC.

I personally feel that I am not a newbie, even though to all of the vet members I really am. I have made tons and tons of friends from here and even if I have never talked to the member before, I usually almost always know who that person is.

Just because I have only been a member since June, doesn't mean I haven't put in as much time and effort as the vet members to get to know people on KMC better, and also get to know how KMC works.

People change and forums change, things can't stay the same forever. I think that the vet members should stop trying to draw a line imbetween all of us because it just makes people feel more animosity towards each other.

Yes, but these veteran members, who have been here for years i think would enjoy a little forum for themselves, i feel they earned it, but again, the newer members would get upset that their was a forum that they couldnt view, so i guess it wouldnt work.

The purpose of the OTF was to create a calmer GDF, of course, so if that is the effect then it is working just fine.

And we know forums evolve, Lindsay- I have seen it plenty of times- but on the other hand no-one has the right to come along and say that the established members who have made it what it is now have to be in a place that is run like the new people want it. Besides, the people who say that the oldies should change to like how the new people have made it now are normally the first to complain when a subsequent wave of posters wants to change it again. I've seen THAT several times as well...

Also, no offence, Lindsay, but you barely leave the OTF, so you can't really say you know how this place 'works'. You know how one section works- sure. But not the whole place.

However, I think this all demonstrates the big problems that would be caused by trying to tie down who is and who isn't a 'veteran' member. It really would cause resentment.

linds, you seem to feel personally attacked judging your reply 😖
I assure you, that was not the intention of anyone

It was just an idea, a way to give something to the poster who have been here the longest and contributed the most.

Linds, i agree, you are'nt a newbie, but i wouldnt consider you a veteran, just something in between. And in Linds' defense, i have started seeing her in forums other then the OTF lately, so thats good 🙂

Again, it was just an idea.