Reply #12 princeandnpg's post
I agree with Prince&NPG. Quality over quantity. We want to encourage intelligent participation.
I've been quite active posting this past week because I'm here in HKG now and I have reports to write about the girls I visited. Up until now I haven't had enough to say, so I've mostly kept my mouth shut. I figured that the last thing the community needed was another backseat driver with no "street cred" jumping in and commenting on the posts of the "big boys". I find the newbie one line "great report" posts irritating, and I'm not far from newbie status myself.
There has to be a balance between encouraging new members and soliciting quality content. I try to get pictures EVERY time I'm out there, I figure if I'm not reporting back the the community, who's going to be there when I need a report. I think this is reflected in what I've written so far, in that I try to provide information that will help our members rather than Penthouse style entertainment.
I think fear is what keeps people from writing. Fear of discovery, fear of appearing stupid, fear of getting slapped down by the senior participants.
If we want to encourage more participation we all need to act in a more mentoring manor. I saw a newbie post a reply to a report the other day that said something like, "Great report, she's smoking hot. I hope she's there when I come for a visit in May...". I read this and rolled my eyes, but what I should probably have done was explained that it was unlikely that she'd stay that long and that a shorter time horizon is more practical. Maybe shared a bit of background information on visas from the PRC, or something as a better explanation. Instead I, along with everyone else, just let it drop and ignored the post.
If we're better about sharing our experience we'll end up grooming the next generation of members. I don't mind doing a bit of this, it took a long time to learn the ropes, and only benefits us to educate our new members so as to turn them into new friends. | |
