What is going on here?

[WrongPython]

Thanks for the clarification and your input, mlededee! It's always nice to have admins weigh in on stuff like this.

I don't necessarily think that changing the name/URL of a well established, 17 year old forum is a great idea. Our slogan is "The friendliest online community for ALL your herping needs." I understand that it is clear that the focus appears to be ball pythons, and that is because it is. But we do also pride ourselves in providing information on all species, which is also pretty clear if you come and take a look around.

If were aren't BP.Net, then what would we be? We could do something like a second domain name that redirects to the same forum and tweak the graphics. But I am not sure we want to do a full rebrand.

This is actually a really good point. It sounds like we really need to put our status as "the friendliest online community for ALL your herping needs!" out there better and show that we're not just a group of BP people over here, the same way Kingsnake isn't just for kingsnake people. So, what Hugsplox and Zincubus were talking about earlier. The only real idea I have on this front is public outreach/advertisement -- ie. getting one or some of the popular podcasts to mention us and what it's really like here.

As far as generating more content/posts/activity: perhaps we could start some sort of special weekly discussion thread series? Maybe they could focus on aspects of things such as hobby ethics, hobby history, applying things they've learned caring for one species to another, etc. Alternatively, we could start holding some sort of weekly or weekly-ish "book club" or "podcast club" where people could discuss new herp literature or podcast episodes. I feel like Reddit groups have weekly "mega-threads" like this that are fairly active; maybe something similar could work here?

[mlededee]

As far as generating more content/posts/activity: perhaps we could start some sort of special weekly discussion thread series? Maybe they could focus on aspects of things such as hobby ethics, hobby history, applying things they've learned caring for one species to another, etc. Alternatively, we could start holding some sort of weekly or weekly-ish "book club" or "podcast club" where people could discuss new herp literature or podcast episodes. I feel like Reddit groups have weekly "mega-threads" like this that are fairly active; maybe something similar could work here?

Do it! I can supply tons of media type sources. Podcasts, YouTube channels, etc. If you want to talk about this stuff, start the discussion!

I can make a new forum/section for this type of discussion if it is warranted.

[Zincubus]

Thanks for the clarification and your input, mlededee! It's always nice to have admins weigh in on stuff like this.



This is actually a really good point. It sounds like we really need to put our status as "the friendliest online community for ALL your herping needs!" out there better and show that we're not just a group of BP people over here, the same way Kingsnake isn't just for kingsnake people. So, what Hugsplox and Zincubus were talking about earlier. The only real idea I have on this front is public outreach/advertisement -- ie. getting one or some of the popular podcasts to mention us and what it's really like here.

As far as generating more content/posts/activity: perhaps we could start some sort of special weekly discussion thread series? Maybe they could focus on aspects of things such as hobby ethics, hobby history, applying things they've learned caring for one species to another, etc. Alternatively, we could start holding some sort of weekly or weekly-ish "book club" or "podcast club" where people could discuss new herp literature or podcast episodes. I feel like Reddit groups have weekly "mega-threads" like this that are fairly active; maybe something similar could work here?

Sorry to keep harping back to RFUK but it has got a bit of life back into it by being a bit more community based .. with threads titled ‘how are you feeling today?’ ‘Coronavirus daily update / thoughts thread’ , ‘ What are you listening to these days’ ‘the what made you smile thread’ where you can upload a funny news story/ funny image from the internet/ funny thing that happened to you / cute photo of your dawg asleep or whatever ..

Anything but get people talking/ reading / replying but it doesn’t HAVE to be snake based .. just encourages more forum traffic

Edit
One I may try here is the Random photo thread ... where you can just show your silly or creative side .... or the ‘What the hell is this’ thread where you post a photo of something interesting but unusual ..

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[Bogertophis]

Sorry to keep harping back to RFUK but it has got a bit of life back into it by being a bit more community based .. with threads titled ‘how are you feeling today?’ ‘Coronavirus daily update / thoughts thread’ , ‘ What are you listening to these days’ ‘the what made you smile thread’ where you can upload a funny news story/ funny image from the internet/ funny thing that happened to you / cute photo of your dawg asleep or whatever ..

Anything but get people talking/ reading / replying but it doesn’t HAVE to be snake based .. just encourages more forum traffic

Edit
One I may try here is the Random photo thread ... where you can just show your silly or creative side .... or the ‘What the hell is this’ thread where you post a photo of something interesting but unusual ..

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I agree- some forums I've previously experienced also had a thread for shared humor...& who needs that, right?