◆ [Date updated: 2022/05/05(Thu) 11:27:19]
　■I wonder if it's a problem specific to Heyuri to gather new users, or
　│it is simply because of the way internet is nowadays
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　└■A little of both (;^Д^)
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　　│To get people to visit a site like this in the age of the corporate and 
　　│censored web, you can't just sit on your hands and expect the masses to 
　　│get lucky with a search engine and find you (I challenge anyone to find 
　　│Heyuri on a search engine without typing "Heyuri" nor anything that 
　　│only Heyuri users would be familiar with!)
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　　│Both the site owner and the users need to be proactive in promoting it - 
　　│not in a shill-like fashion where it comes across as someone clearly 
　　│trying to gain fame/fortune by luring people into their site, but in an 
　　│earnest way that is mutually beneficial to all parties
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　　│For example:
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　　│- putting up links in places where potential users might be found 
　　│  (reciprocal links, link collections, SNS posts/profiles, description 
　　│  sections of uploads, forum signatures...)
　　│- recommending the site to friends and users of other places you fre-
　　│  quent whenever it's relevant to the conversation (e.g. someone expli-
　　│  citly asks for links to fun websites/imageboards, someone is reminis-
　　│  cing about the old days and asks if anything like that still exists, 
　　│  etc.)
　　│- making strong friendships with other site owners (users of other 
　　│  sites are more likely to visit if the owners are on good terms)
　　│
　　│...etc!
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　　│Now getting visitors is one thing, but turning them into fully-fledged 
　　│users requires giving visitors a reason to keep coming back. If nothing 
　　│of interest has happened since they last checked the site (or the site 
　　│is clearly abandoned/neglected) then they'll wait a little longer 
　　│before returning next time - or simply not return at all! (;´Д`)
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　　│So the site owner and users have to be proactively using their own site 
　　│as well. If every time someone visits they come across some fresh OC, a 
　　│funny/interesting thread, some fun admin/mod shenanigans, new features, 
　　│etc., then they're more likely to come back for MOAR ヽ(´ー｀)ノ
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　　├■User: kaguya
　　││Thank you for the well-thought post ヽ(´∇`)ノ
　　││I will never neglect Heyuri, and agree those are what needs to get done but
　　││I don't like seeing my efforts being all talk - so I've been thinking about what
　　││I can personally do on the matter both as the admin and as a user. ( ´ω`)
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　　││I told this before but I think at Heyuri's scale, a user can have nearly as much
　　││effect on the site as its admin does, and much of the effort I put into Heyuri
　　││wouldn't necessarily require me having admin access in the first place (´Д`)
　　││This may change in the future/You probably know I don't do 0 administration,
　　││but I can't bring myself to believe few active users would magically start sharing
　　││Heyuri on other places just because I am maintaining it, so it leaves me with
　　││some moar responsibilities to see Heyuri RISE (´ー`)
　　││................(;´Д`)
　　││
　　│└■If you ever need inspiration for things to work on, I still have that 
　　│　│big townhall list ヽ(´ー｀)ノ (although some of it is now outdated...)
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　　│　└■User: kaguya
　　│　　│I do, I need!! (´Д`)
　　│　　│I will be busy until weekend, so I don't really want to start doing something big
　　│　　│until then but feel free to tell your ideas in the meanwhile ( ´ω`)
　　│　　│I also don't know when can I hold the next townhall for reasons i stated on /q/
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　　│　　└■It is done. May kamisama have mercy on ur soul... ヽ(´ー｀)ノ
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　　│　　　└■User: kaguya
　　│　　　　│A lot of the points require kuz's help or straight out developing work (´Д`)
　　│　　　　│I will look into and respond to it, but give me few days plz
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　　│　　　　└■Most of the "needs doing" and "optional" items are easy fixes/mods 
　　│　　　　　│that only require some minor wrangling at most - other users and I can 
　　│　　　　　│help and there's no hurry, so don't give up so easily! ヽ(´ー｀)ノ
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　　│　　　　　└■User: kaguya
　　│　　　　　　　understood (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ
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　　└■User: lg
　　　│How I ended up on Strange World and Heyuri was trying to find a place to post AA's. I did not know what Heyuri was at the time or anything else about it. I just found Strange World through a balls-deep web search （ ’～’）
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　　　└■You landed on the one place where 2ch-style AA doesn't work... <(;^Д^)
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　　　　└■User: lg
　　　　　　I was able to found my way through that, by the hard way (;´Д`)
　　　　　　
　　　　　　
　　　　　　by the hard way I mean that once I posted an MS Gothic AA on a MS PGothic formatted page. (hint: its /lounge/)