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Post by CRAMBAM on Feb 10, 2012 13:05:15 GMT -5
Don't forget to try your best to recruit people to start posting here. While a 3-5 person conversation is fine, and works, why not try to get more people involved?
It starts with the few we have. Send emails, especially to people who posted on AOL.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Feb 23, 2012 18:40:03 GMT -5
So with the AOL boards gone--how can we grow this thing?
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Post by captainbasil on Feb 24, 2012 20:39:36 GMT -5
You have done yourself proud, Cram. It's a nice board. I will send a link to a few people I work with who might join. In some ways the board's "Intimate Setting" is a drawing point. Some boards are too big and have no personality.
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Post by Wahrheit on Feb 24, 2012 22:13:36 GMT -5
I'm surprised there aren't more here from the R&S board
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Post by CRAMBAM on Feb 25, 2012 9:33:11 GMT -5
Definitely help out. Plus, this can evolve. I think we were off to a great start 3 years ago, but when AOL came back, it made sense to go back there.
It doesn't look like that will happen this time, but unfortunately, like 20 of the 25 people we have didn't return yet.
So emailing people from the AOL board will help. Word of mouth as well.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Apr 16, 2012 15:01:02 GMT -5
Well, it took awhile, but this board is over 1000 posts. Let's see it get better.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Apr 17, 2012 12:27:39 GMT -5
Well, it took awhile, but this board is over 1000 posts. Let's see it get better. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Apr 18, 2012 13:02:15 GMT -5
It is, but it's our island. I'd love to see it expand a bit, but I feel as if we're at the same level as before, if not a little higher because of more to do.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Apr 18, 2012 14:34:01 GMT -5
It is, but it's our island. I'd love to see it expand a bit, but I feel as if we're at the same level as before, if not a little higher because of more to do. |
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Post by luvhomescl on May 28, 2012 12:09:53 GMT -5
Hey Crambam! Remember me? I found LBatista on another board not trek related, and asked her if she was the one from the AOL Trek boards- she was. She asked if I knew where you were these days and I googled you. It led me here.  So is anyone here posting under a different name than they did when they were on the AOL trek boards? I'm still in touch with MSPOTE, Drew1365, and Kahvis via facebook. -Monica aka Luvhomescl aka STFC Luv from the AOL Ron Moore board! |
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Post by Mel on May 28, 2012 22:42:51 GMT -5
I started out with a few other names, but they all had Mel in them. I have pretty much the same name I had for the last few years on AOL. I'm in touch with Kahvis on Facebook, too. I didn't realize Drew is there.
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Post by CRAMBAM on May 29, 2012 6:23:40 GMT -5
The AOL boards basically continued on until earlier this year. About 3 years ago, they had threatened to shut the boards down, and we prepared for that by creating this board. AOL changed their minds, so we went back until about February, when they shut them down for good.
Relatively seemless transition, and in many ways, this is better. Feel free to grab others from the old boards. The more the better.
Star Trek of course is the main theme here, but given that it's not exactly an ongoing thing, there's plenty besides Star Trek to talk about.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on May 29, 2012 18:58:48 GMT -5
I miss the days of a single board to post to frankly --it was a lot easier to follow just what was going on without having to hop around from place to place.
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Post by TrekBeatTK on May 29, 2012 21:28:37 GMT -5
I use the "10 recent posts" link on the main page. It keep me abreast of stuff going on in each folders as long as I check it once or twice a day.
I understand not liking to hop around though. I used to like the AOL "search all topics" folder in the old-school Trek boards, and hated when they got rid of it.
-TK
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Post by Mel on May 30, 2012 0:23:56 GMT -5
Lately, I've been using the "New Topics" icon, next to Home (both are under the board title). It pulls up new topics, and new posts added to existing topics.
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Post by luvhomescl on May 30, 2012 22:22:29 GMT -5
I wasn't aware the old AOL trek boards were around until recently. I'd gone to AOL and couldn't find them- I figured they were long gone. If I'd known I'd have checked back in. Ah well. Its nice to find you folks... I'll pass the word along.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jun 6, 2012 14:19:47 GMT -5
Either way, we're here. Pretty much the same crowd. All are welcome.
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Post by Mel on Jun 6, 2012 17:40:32 GMT -5
Wait. The Trek boards are back at AOL? Again?? Circa 2012?? I got rid of all my links! 
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jun 7, 2012 0:20:44 GMT -5
Wait. The Trek boards are back at AOL? Again?? Circa 2012?? I got rid of all my links!
What got you thinking that?
No, they're not there. |
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Post by Mel on Jun 7, 2012 0:55:33 GMT -5
My bad. I misread Luv's post. Seeing what I want to see I guess. 
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jul 5, 2012 8:00:45 GMT -5
Not sure how many people will find us this way, but we're now listed in the pro-boards forum directory: www.proboards.com/forum-directoryYou can find us by typing Star Trek. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jul 5, 2012 23:34:00 GMT -5
Not sure how many people will find us this way, but we're now listed in the pro-boards forum directory: www.proboards.com/forum-directoryYou can find us by typing Star Trek. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jul 6, 2012 7:35:28 GMT -5
There's a bunch. But I think you can find that anywhere.
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Post by Mel on Jul 9, 2012 16:59:40 GMT -5
I've found this board on Yahoo by searching "Cram AOL Proboard." It pulls up some of your posts here. That's great, because I've lost the link before, and sometimes I use other computers where I don't have the link.
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 7, 2013 13:15:12 GMT -5
I've noticed we have more than our share of guests on this board. I think we had 69 in the last 24 hours.
I wonder why they don't join in. They're welcome.
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 8, 2013 3:17:17 GMT -5
I've noticed we have more than our share of guests on this board. I think we had 69 in the last 24 hours. I wonder why they don't join in. They're welcome. It's just us, periodically checking the forum throughout the day while not signed in. I've also noticed regularly that there are two or three people listed as being here viewing one of the two top sections, without seeing anything posted. It's as if we have phantoms popping in and out of this forum at random, as though they're not really here and are just echoes. I wish we could find a board like the old AOL R&S Folder. I miss that format. It was a lot easier to work with, and there was only one folder to visit and check. I don't like the way topics are scattered all over the place here by comparison, and posting articles requires a lot more effort. |
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Post by CRAMBAM on Jan 8, 2013 7:48:21 GMT -5
It may not be just us. But if it is, so be it. This board is serving its purpose. I still don't get why the AOL boards were shut down. I realize in many cases, social media changed things, but not for what we do.
DC Comics did something similar. They shut down all their boards, ending all ways for people to talk about DC Comics--at least there.
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Post by captainbasil on Jan 8, 2013 8:03:16 GMT -5
I am bored by Social Media. I still prefer boards with topics. Facebook and Twitter just don't interest me in the slightest. ;D
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 8, 2013 11:23:28 GMT -5
I am bored by Social Media. I still prefer boards with topics. Facebook and Twitter just don't interest me in the slightest. ;D I don't believe in either, haven't created an account for other, and have no intention of doing so. I wish Blastr would increase their services roster for posters though. Ever since they changed so that people have to have a Facebook or Twitter account just to post there, I've been annoyed, because I sometimes posted to their article Pages. Douchebags. |
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Post by StarFuryG7 on Jan 8, 2013 11:45:22 GMT -5
It may not be just us. But if it is, so be it. This board is serving its purpose. I still don't get why the AOL boards were shut down. I realize in many cases, social media changed things, but not for what we do. I still go hunting for a message board format similar to the old AOL boards on occasion. I suppose we can use the old Yahoo boards too, but even they don't function exactly like the old AOL boards, and I hate the way my screen name shows up there, even though some people would find that trivial. I hate that I can't change the way it appears though, so it bugs me. That was my mistake though from when I first created an account there. I didn't realize I would be stuck with it afterward. The old CompuServe boards were okay. I think the format of those is superior to this one, and they were easier to work with because they had a better interface, but unfortunately they had to go and merge the SF Media forum with the SF Lit forum just months before the AOL boards were shut down, and one of the moderators who stayed in the Lit forum pretty much exclusively prior to the merge proved to be too goddamn overbearing once the two forums were combined into one. I tried ignoring him until I was fed up after he deleted an entire thread without so much as a warning to the participants in advance. It was a contentious thread about gay marriage after one of the major Comic Books decided to have a same-sex wedding. Things had gotten rather nasty, but pulling an entire thread without so much as a warning was going too far, so I finally said the hell with that place. They lost scores of members through the years, not just because of social media sites, but becsuse of bullshit like that, and they never reconsidered their own policy concerning moderation, so it was also their own fault. Anyway, one of these days I hope to stumble onto a format like the old AOL boards. Honestly, I don't like the functionality of this forum. It does serve it's purpose, but it still sucks IMO. And I wonder why a few others from the R&S board didn't follow us here. They just disappeared, without even telling us they wouldn't be coming over before the AOL boards shut down. |
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