How to make poly more fun.

[Dinner]

I would like to kick around a few ideas and see what people think would make poly more fun and more active. Here's a few ideas which are worth debating and maybe even considering.

1) Introducing arcade games.

2) Having more democracy games for the on topic section.

3) Improving the uploads and downloads sections so that people can actually find what they're looking for.

4) Updating the front page more often (maybe even writing a script so that popular topics automatically get posted on the front page).

5) Having a porn forum. That will draw them in.

6) Maybe links to social media as that might draw people cross platforms (from things like facebook to poly).

7) Get people to post more game reviews in the other games section for new games they've bought.

8) Maybe introduce a reputation system of some sort or at least modify the existing "I agree" system so that people can agree with more posts per day. Display the amount of reputation each poster has some where below their avatar.

9) Introduce more DLs so that the place looks busier than it really is.

10) Eliminate sub forums which aren't getting much activity so that new posts are concentrated in more successful forums thus making them busier.

11) We could consider letting people upload songs so that there was a music player where the play list was picked by posters.

Does anyone else have any more ideas?

[DaShi]

Let's be nicer to each other.

[ZEE]

One-starring this Oerdin-Thrade™ has changed my life!

[Lorizael]

Let's be nicer to each other.

What an idiotic suggestion.

[Colon™]

9) Introduce more DLs so that the place looks busier than it really is.

I repeat my idea to allow multiple logins for every email adress. Lowering the hurdles.

[TCO]

hate sub forums

[Aeson]

Good ideas Oerdin

So far I've only had time to deal with technical issues. I'll have an office set up out at the new house within a few weeks and can be more active then.

5) Having a porn forum. That will draw them in.

This is probably the closest one we have to being realized ...

I noticed in Google Webmaster Tools that we get the most clicks from any search for image searches for "Lisa An". (Sara Palin softcore porn thread) We also get decent image traffic from "Cindy Fulsum" on the Helium Breast Implants page.

However this isn't the direction I was hoping to take with the site. The ad server for one would protest.

[Dinner]

So... Soft core then?

[Aeson]

The front page will be getting a big makeover in the next couple months. I had a pre-built widget for latest activity, but it ended up only showing off-topic threads so I dropped it for now

I agree on subforums. The Sports Forum is the only one that gets enough traffic to warrant keeping separate and that might be better as it's own main forum anyways. (Whatever the participants in the Sports Forum prefer.) Several of the on-topic forums should be merged.

The downloads definitely need to be changed. It's a big project so might take a few months. The upload system will be harder to change.

The biggest thing Poly needs is more on-topic content. More demo games (if publicly active) would help that a lot. If they're private, then all the activity basically goes to waste as far as attracting new users or new players.

[Egbert]

I repeat my idea to allow multiple logins for every email adress. Lowering the hurdles.

This is an excellent idea.

I felt a very deep sense of disappointment when I tried to register a DL on my email account and was spurned.

[Egbert]

Let's be nicer to each other.

Why?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

12) start actively supporting some other games as Civ franchise is dead? (until a good Civ gets released, and the site my just as well be truly dead by that time) Basically - diversify.

[MrFun]

Let's be nicer to each other.

fuck you

[Dinner]

12) start actively supporting some other games as Civ franchise is dead? (until a good Civ gets released, and the site my just as well be truly dead by that time) Basically - diversify.

This is a good idea. Maybe something in the Total War franchise or something?

[The Mad Monk]

I would like to kick around a few ideas and see what people think would make poly more fun and more active. Here's a few ideas which are worth debating and maybe even considering.

1) Introducing arcade games.

2) Having more democracy games for the on topic section.

3) Improving the uploads and downloads sections so that people can actually find what they're looking for.

4) Updating the front page more often (maybe even writing a script so that popular topics automatically get posted on the front page).

5) Having a porn forum. That will draw them in.

6) Maybe links to social media as that might draw people cross platforms (from things like facebook to poly).

7) Get people to post more game reviews in the other games section for new games they've bought.

8) Maybe introduce a reputation system of some sort or at least modify the existing "I agree" system so that people can agree with more posts per day. Display the amount of reputation each poster has some where below their avatar.

9) Introduce more DLs so that the place looks busier than it really is.

10) Eliminate sub forums which aren't getting much activity so that new posts are concentrated in more successful forums thus making them busier.

11) We could consider letting people upload songs so that there was a music player where the play list was picked by posters.

Does anyone else have any more ideas?

Really missing Speakeasy, eh?