Senior Member forum?
 

A forum where you have to be a member for X amount of time before you can view it. I'm not sure what purpose it would serve or anything like that, it was just a random idea. Maybe it would keep new members around just because of the secrecy factor, humans are curious creatures.

They can make it so that you ahve to have x amount of posts before you view one, but why would you want to do that?

That would just encourage new people to spam. I really have no reason for this idea, it was just a random idea.

Of course, by that logic, your idea would encourage them to join and check back. You need to base it off of memberlevel; that's pretty much flawless. :p.

That's the point, it would keep them around.

What would be in this forum? Just another chat forum for older members without the spam of the newer ones, or some special kind of thing and discussions?

Hopefully a forum without the insane spam of the forums we have now. Even in Gen Con threads get spammed and it's been driving me nuts. I don't mind spam as long as it stays where it belongs.

I have a feeling this would just lead to most of the members using mainly that section... leading to even more of the "this forum is inactive" vibe that new members get... since they can't see what's being posted.

Maybe, then, make some of the current forums accessible to only the members who have been here for some time.

For example the forums that don't want a lot of spam - Flame Forum, Life Discussion Forum, Forum Discussion.

That way the forums stay active, and you don't get spam from new members where you don't want it.

I don't know if I like this idea. While being able to access special areas would be cool, do we really want to split up the somewhat low amount of activity we have even further?

You're giving this new forum too much credit. I don't think it would get much activity at all.

I just want a place where good serious topics don't get plagued by chat forum material. Gen Con is supposed to be that place but right now it isn't.

A lot of the people that post off topic are senior members. Longevitity has nothing to do with respect for the board imho.

Ah, but how would they know that they can't access some things if they can't access said things?

Hearing by word of mouth from senior members who have access perhaps? Perhaps a topic would be created over it in the general discussion forums? This isn't a "black bag" project :P. It'd get around!

I fully agree with that. I feel that new members arn't staying very long because they feel that we arn't an active forum. They just come, make five posts, then leave. Some do stay, but a lot leave.

we need to keep them arounbd longer so theu can tell tjier froends

I'd post more if my threads didnt get spammed up.

So post more, then.

Post more in General Conversation where it's not allowed to be spammed up?