GryffinSong
I find that I feel most engaged with this (or any) forum when I feel personally involved. It could be a swap thread where people get to know each other a little bit and then actually swap things in real life. Cards, art, junk oracles, gifts ... it's fun and lets us get to know some personal things about people and chat together. That's perhaps a bit cliqueish, but temporary. Fun while it lasts.
I feel that deck and book and concept studies could be similar. If some of us felt like going through a book together, or a deck. So far I've never been in on a popular study group. Either the active ones don't interest me at that time, or whatever I'm interested in has no (or few) takers.
I bounce around. There are some forums I rarely visit. Some I visit a lot. I use the "New Posts" button all the time to see what's coming down the pike. If I happen to notice a thread that has no posts I see if I have anything to contribute, not wanting anyone to feel left out. If a thread is humongous (like the pub trains) I stay away. I simply can't keep up.
I'm not sure that I do feel the forum has stagnated. I can almost always find something to interest me. Right now the topics on prosely ... oh heck I can never remember how to spell that ... evangelizing ... has brought up many interesting concepts, as has the thread about maiden/mother/crone labels. Just to name a few that interest me.
I do not feel that we should limit participation in Talking Tarot until a certain number of posts. Many people come to this forum with loads of experience, or lots of good ideas, already under their belt. It would be very frustrating for them to be excluded. We've already got areas only available to subscribers. I wouldn't like to see us limit things further. I think there are certain things where limits make sense. For instance I think certain swap areas require 25 posts. This makes sense because we need to know that people are real and at least somewhat likely to stick around to hold up their end of the commitment.
I feel that deck and book and concept studies could be similar. If some of us felt like going through a book together, or a deck. So far I've never been in on a popular study group. Either the active ones don't interest me at that time, or whatever I'm interested in has no (or few) takers.
I bounce around. There are some forums I rarely visit. Some I visit a lot. I use the "New Posts" button all the time to see what's coming down the pike. If I happen to notice a thread that has no posts I see if I have anything to contribute, not wanting anyone to feel left out. If a thread is humongous (like the pub trains) I stay away. I simply can't keep up.
I'm not sure that I do feel the forum has stagnated. I can almost always find something to interest me. Right now the topics on prosely ... oh heck I can never remember how to spell that ... evangelizing ... has brought up many interesting concepts, as has the thread about maiden/mother/crone labels. Just to name a few that interest me.
I do not feel that we should limit participation in Talking Tarot until a certain number of posts. Many people come to this forum with loads of experience, or lots of good ideas, already under their belt. It would be very frustrating for them to be excluded. We've already got areas only available to subscribers. I wouldn't like to see us limit things further. I think there are certain things where limits make sense. For instance I think certain swap areas require 25 posts. This makes sense because we need to know that people are real and at least somewhat likely to stick around to hold up their end of the commitment.