Quote: (01-31-2014 04:22 AM)jasond Wrote:
Thinking about how Roosh got deleted from Facebook, and how much the RooshVForum has grown recently, I believe that this Forum could potentially become a social-networking giant, with a few tweaks.
There are already many thousands of active members here, and a big number of anonymous readers.
Here are a few changes that I think would great expand the forum:
1) Massive overhaul of user profile pages, in particular letting users add pictures. Essentially, make the user profile page like Facebook. Let people post pictures of their travels, girls they've banged, etc. Most won't put up pictures of themselves personally, but that's ok. Let users update their daily status on a sort of "Facebook wall".
2) Create an instant messaging system, for users to contact each other. An upgrade from the existing PM/email system.
3) Let users add other users as "friends". Within a trusted "friend" circle, even more info could be shared.
Obviously, these changes would require a big investment in resources, but I think the potential is there. Facebook succeeded when other social-networking sites failed, by creating a good user-interface, and letting people upload photos.
Interesting idea. Not so sure I would want it to replace the forum. Facebook is organized completely around ME and the experience is MY experience. My friends are my friends. My wall is my wall.
The Forum - using an old school message board format - focuses more on the conversation, the debates, the news. Moderators ensure topics are not duplicated, so all discussion around a topic goes to one area. Other advantages of the current approach:
- community is more important than the individuals
- conversations are inclusive of the entire group
- there are rules of behavior within the group that enforce certain kinds of interaction, certain values
- promotes longer form content, writing. posts here are longer than anything I ever see on Facebook
- anonymity allows a certain frankness; FB is predicated on actual public identity
What you describe would be fun as a kind of boys club, posting conquests etc. Thing is all it takes is what nut job to turn to out all that information and try to ruin you, claim you fucked a 1000 women, etc.
The Internet was a much more interesting (and less oppressive) place before Facebook.
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