Is ILF too cliquey? Are we pushing people away? BST question

[BetterOffShred]

Using ILF as a platform to "build your brand"

Hmm. This one is a little more nuanced for me.
I think I know what you're talking about. But the
builder forums and the Shark Tank are about 85%
of what I interact with here. And that seems like
people "building their brand". But I guess the diff
is that those people are actively paying into the
site as well as paying in metaphorically and
spiritually into the boners of this place.

I think this was more aimed at things like *renaCorner and things like that. The shark tank and featured builders are tits.

[jrfox92]

But I guess the diff
is that those people are actively paying into the
site as well as paying in metaphorically and
spiritually into the boners of this place.

Yeah, this.
I'd say there's a notable difference between spamming your videos/website/products, making a new thread for each one, and getting a Shark Tank where you can have all the stuff you want people to see at one location on ILF that doesn't fuck up the General Gear Discussion.

[Chankgeez]

... that doesn't fuck up the General Gear Discussion.

Oh, is that what's fucking up the General Gear Discussion?

[coldbrightsunlight]

[odontophobia]

Using ILF as a platform to "build your brand"

Hmm. This one is a little more nuanced for me.
I think I know what you're talking about. But the
builder forums and the Shark Tank are about 85%
of what I interact with here. And that seems like
people "building their brand". But I guess the diff
is that those people are actively paying into the
site as well as paying in metaphorically and
spiritually into the boners of this place.

I think this was more aimed at things like *renaCorner and things like that. The shark tank and featured builders are tits.

plenty of posters out here building their brand, too...

[lordgalvar]

My brand is ring mod!


Or are we talking fcknoise?

[$harkToootth]

My brand is

[BetterOffShred]

Mmm yodels.. I also enjoy a good bag of gummi bears. For real.

[lordgalvar]

We only have hostess, bimbo, little Debbie an 7-11 brand out here in the wild west.

Is this going to go to Slurpees again? I hope not.

[J.Rawls]

So the ILF answer to making the board more inclusive and less elitist is to lock down the BST only for established members. Classic.

[jrfox92]

I was waiting for the eventual Witt response to show up.

[goroth]

Using ILF as a platform to "build your brand"

Hmm. This one is a little more nuanced for me.
I think I know what you're talking about. But the
builder forums and the Shark Tank are about 85%
of what I interact with here. And that seems like
people "building their brand". But I guess the diff
is that those people are actively paying into the
site as well as paying in metaphorically and
spiritually into the boners of this place.

I think this was more aimed at things like *renaCorner and things like that. The shark tank and featured builders are tits.

plenty of posters out here building their brand, too...

Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't be sad if someone got into my band based on what shit I post here, that's not what I mean at all by brand building. I mean posters where the majority of their post count relates to their own content. Posters who post so little outside of their own context that they don't even get what makes ILF different to Offset or TGP or whatever. Where ILF is an arena for driving clicks to somewhere else. That is just total vampirism and I don't think it is good for the forum.
Forums are fucking archaic. They aren't a good way to chat, or to post quickly, or to generate likes or whatever. There are other media that are better for that. What a forum wins over other media is just in creating and maintaining a sense of community.

Shark tank is rad.

Builders like Alexander dropping in and commenting on their gear is cool too - I don't feel it waters down anything, it contributes to discussions started by members, and ILF has always had an interaction with builders.

People going "hey I built this" or "check out my new record", that's cool.

Not that I'm an arbiter of what is ok/cool or anything, and I'm not pretending to be. I'm just elaborating a little on what I meant, right wrong or indifferent. It's hard for me to articulate some sort of clean-cut definition of what "brand building" is, but yeah. Jacobellis v. Ohio and all that.

[coldbrightsunlight]

So the ILF answer to making the board more inclusive and less elitist is to lock down the BST only for established members. Classic.

I feel like these are two separate issues that have ended up being discussed in the same thread.

[comesect2.0]

[odontophobia]

Using ILF as a platform to "build your brand"

Hmm. This one is a little more nuanced for me.
I think I know what you're talking about. But the
builder forums and the Shark Tank are about 85%
of what I interact with here. And that seems like
people "building their brand". But I guess the diff
is that those people are actively paying into the
site as well as paying in metaphorically and
spiritually into the boners of this place.

I think this was more aimed at things like *renaCorner and things like that. The shark tank and featured builders are tits.

plenty of posters out here building their brand, too...

Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't be sad if someone got into my band based on what shit I post here, that's not what I mean at all by brand building. I mean posters where the majority of their post count relates to their own content. Posters who post so little outside of their own context that they don't even get what makes ILF different to Offset or TGP or whatever. Where ILF is an arena for driving clicks to somewhere else. That is just total vampirism and I don't think it is good for the forum.
Forums are fucking archaic. They aren't a good way to chat, or to post quickly, or to generate likes or whatever. There are other media that are better for that. What a forum wins over other media is just in creating and maintaining a sense of community.

Shark tank is rad.

Builders like Alexander dropping in and commenting on their gear is cool too - I don't feel it waters down anything, it contributes to discussions started by members, and ILF has always had an interaction with builders.

People going "hey I built this" or "check out my new record", that's cool.

Not that I'm an arbiter of what is ok/cool or anything, and I'm not pretending to be. I'm just elaborating a little on what I meant, right wrong or indifferent. It's hard for me to articulate some sort of clean-cut definition of what "brand building" is, but yeah. Jacobellis v. Ohio and all that.

agreed on the forums are archaic piece. between discord, imessage and whatsapp there has definitely been a slowdown, ya know.