Building a Community

[Valeoz]

So I've been here for about a year now, and I still feel distant from the "inner circle". I'm not bothered by it, nor am I trying to be part of it. I'll explain later. I only come here for the small things, making a senseful or senseless post here and there, then being on my jolly way. This is mostly a community of information, that's what I'm usually here for.

This "inner circle/favoritism" is not really much of a problem. It's very easy to become part of it, only requires good communication skills and a personality. The way to stand out is to just bring your own uniqueness to the board, examples: We love how we can't argue with Dante and his knowledge of Pac, we love Jokerman's logic, Illuminatille's and Amara's smartiness, Kami and Diaz's pissiness, Mack's senseless one-liners, Sigh's rationality. Just to name a few. But this is regular for any society or community. This is the Streethop inner-circle and I believe anybody can be apart of it.

The problem is this: The standard is too high or even sometimes silly. And it's just the little things too. I participate in several other huge and prosperous boards that range from business to web dev. and what makes them better than this board is just the little things. Little things such as post count. We judge a person more of how much they contribute than of what they contribute. We consider a person's comment with a post count of 1000 than with post count of 100. Matter of fact, we don't consider, we ignore it. It's only when that poster with 100 makes a comment of disturbance do they get the attention. There's nothing wrong with how much a person contributes, it's just we revolve around it alittle too much.

A small community has it's ups and downs. Downs including drama becoming bigger than it should be, pretty sure this is evident. Ups, just like a very small school, you are able to get the attention you need from the teacher, or in case of the board, the admin/mods. You are also able to get to know people alot better.

And to the people who said people on the board and/or the world over are inequal. There is no obligation to anyone to their place in any society. You have a choice to be equal with the wealthy or a choice to be equal with the poor. It's up to you.

 

[Amara]

Hmm Valeoz makes a good point. If you look at the bigger personalities on the board it's clear to see there is a community which does take new members a bit to crack and become a part of.

I think there certainly is a community but that if certain people contribute less than they once did or get a bit out of the loop it does make it seem as though there is a less of a community but it's not really so, it's just that it continues without them.

 

[_carmi]

With your track record, you dont have a leg to stand on, nor shit to say. You want to talk about favoritism? Let's welcome everybody to the bigmack/kami/diaz show, StreetHop's favorite set of triplets.

true

Well the people I'm thinking of I'm sure wouldn't get banned.. I'm talking about the people with OG under their name that think that makes them invincible. There are some people considered higher then others and that wont change.

also true

it has always been hard for outsiders to integrate this community. it was the same thing a years and a half ago when i joined the boards and still is. but at that time i think it was easier than now. because most of the people here are being really harsh towards newbies. we dont let them integrate our community. there is not as much newbies that stay here than before. they all leave at some point because we dont make them feel welcomed. when i first joined, i stayed in streethop because i didnt think i'd ever make it to thugz mansion that is now our block. and at the time it was way easier than now.

 

[Rukas]

So I've been here for about a year now, and I still feel distant from the "inner circle". I'm not bothered by it, nor am I trying to be part of it. I'll explain later. I only come here for the small things, making a senseful or senseless post here and there, then being on my jolly way. This is mostly a community of information, that's what I'm usually here for.

This "inner circle/favoritism" is not really much of a problem. It's very easy to become part of it, only requires good communication skills and a personality. The way to stand out is to just bring your own uniqueness to the board, examples: We love how we can't argue with Dante and his knowledge of Pac, we love Jokerman's logic, Illuminatille's and Amara's smartiness, Kami and Diaz's pissiness, Mack's senseless one-liners, Sigh's friendliness. Just to name a few. But this is regular for any society or community. This is the Streethop inner-circle and I believe anybody can be apart of it.

The problem is this: The standard is too high or even sometimes silly. And it's just the little things too. I participate in several other huge and prosperous boards that range from business to web dev. and what makes them better than this board is just the little things. Little things such as post count. We judge a person more of how much they contribute than of what they contribute. We consider a person's comment with a post count of 1000 than with post count of 100. Matter of fact, we don't consider, we ignore it. It's only when that poster with 100 makes a comment of disturbance do they get the attention. There's nothing wrong with how much a person contributes, it's just we revolve around it alittle too much.

A small community has it's ups and downs. Downs including drama becoming bigger than it should be, pretty sure this is evident. Ups, just like a very small school, you are able to get the attention you need from the teacher, or in case of the board, the admin/mods. You are also able to get to know people alot more.

And to the people who said people on the board and/or the world over are inequal. There is no obligation to anyone to their place in any society. You have a choice to be equal with the wealthy or a choice to be equal with the poor. It's up to you.

That is a very good post. How would you recommend we over come the post count dilema?

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I think its alright at the moment for the majority of people they are welcoming to new members, but then sometimes some members will cut them down somehow and it can for some reason ruin that persons stay here. Like they're name will get tagged with Loser or something, they wont get respected my other members if they act out. Like I'm suprised Lil Shortie stuck around with all the shit that happened, just new members gotta have alot more strength these days to stay lol.

 

[_carmi]

That is a very good post. How would you recommend we over come the post count dilema?

you cant unless the people here change their mind.. or you can always take off post counts if thats possible.

it was the same things with the reps until you took them off. people were like: "i have more reps than you so i'm cooler than" until you took them off.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Add join date and Location to the list then.

 

[_carmi]

Add join date and Location to the list then.

might as well take off the OG under the names of the OGs. but i dont think location is much of a problems . its only a problem in the "i hate canadians" threads.

 

[S O F I]

There is no post count dilemma. All a postcount does is makes you feel as if you've accomplished something. It's strictly for personal fulfillment. I don't think there's members here that value one person over the other because of the amount of posts. The so-called problem is the "join date", in my opinion. However, it's not a problem to me. I believe in seniority and I respect it, to some degree.

 

[_carmi]

There is no post count dilemma. All a postcount does is makes you feel as if you've accomplished something. It's strictly for personal fulfillment. I don't think there's members here that value one person over the other because of the amount of posts. The so-called problem is the "join date", in my opinion. However, it's not a problem to me. I believe in seniority and I respect it, to some degree.

i think both at some point are a probelm. people associate posts counts with join date. if you have a huge post count, you're usually an old member which is not always true. bereal has fairly the same amount of posts than me, but i'm a younger member than him.

it's a stupid mentality, but still it's there.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I think they're will always be something that puts people apart, someones going to find out something and use it against a member, I mean rep points were done with good intentions and look at what happened there. All that can happen is for large amount of members stick up for one another when something wrong happens.

 

[Amara]

There is no post count dilemma. All a postcount does is makes you feel as if you've accomplished something. It's strictly for personal fulfillment. I don't think there's members here that value one person over the other because of the amount of posts. The so-called problem is the "join date", in my opinion. However, it's not a problem to me. I believe in seniority and I respect it, to some degree.

I dunno that its either, I mean people ignore members coz they dont know them or they dont have a strong name for themselves on here, post count or join date may or may not be indicative of that but those things arent the cause. After all, people who havent been here forever or have a huge post count still can get noticed and respected (or hated too lol).

 

[_carmi]

yeah.. thats discrimination.

 

[S O F I]

I dunno that its either, I mean people ignore members coz they dont know them or they dont have a strong name for themselves on here, post count or join date may or may not be indicative of that but those things arent the cause. After all, people who havent been here forever or have a huge post count still can get noticed and respected (or hated too lol).

What cause? I don't see a problem either. I'm just giving a possible reason to why there's "inequality".

In my opinion, some people stand out and some don't. That does not mean some people have more personality and some less; does not mean it's because they're a newb; does not mean because their post count is not in the thousands. It's just that some people put more effort in participating on this board and some don't. I reckon every person with half a brain, some sense of humor, and an internet connection can be noticed on this board and can make "friends". However, it's no secret that those with jokes in Our Block will stand out more than those with essay-long posts about democracy in WoW.

 

[Amara]

However, it's no secret that those with jokes in Our Block will stand out more than those with essay-long posts about democracy in WoW.

Not at all, you might pay more attention to them but others dont. The people who stand out more to me have always been the latter...

 

[ArtsyGirl]

But as far as the majority of members they do pay more attention to Our Block jokers than WOW ppl, atleast thats what it seems.

 

[_carmi]

^yeah. if we'd make a poll, our block jokers get way more attention than wow people. you can see that in the number of views that our block gets compared to wow.

 

[Diaz]

lol, it's funny to me how everyone groups everyone into forums, I post the most in Our Block because it's the most active, but I post in a lot of other forums too.

 

[_carmi]

^yeah but admit that your posts in our block stand out more than the ones in other forums.

 

[S O F I]

However, there's nothing wrong with that, really. It's a norm. We've witnessed it all of our life, from the playground in kindergarden, to classes in highschool. There are "class clowns" everywhere. Personally, the fact that we have a mix of jokers and a mix of serious WoW posters is what makes this place so great.