Is forum losing members? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

piosenniel · 04-30-2005, 11:21 AM

Everyone please come to this year's celebration of the Barrow-Downs' birthday.

See HERE.

~*~ Pio

*Varda* · 05-01-2005, 07:53 AM

I confess to being one of those members that just kind of...drifted away. I can't even remember why I did so. But now I'm back, most likely, even if on a kind of on/off basis and hoping that most of the faces who were here when I was are still around!

I don't really understand how marriages will help, although I do remember them being the big thing in the chatroom a few years ago.

But I agree that members will be falling away because the movies have finished - the surge of fangirls will have eased off a bit (which I personally consider a very good thing.) As for new members that have joined and you want to keep here, I don't really know how to go about that...just be friendly and chatty and make them WANT to be here.

~ Varda

Alkanoonion · 05-02-2005, 10:15 PM

I once made an obituary list of all the members, who ever joined the Downs well over 5000. the great number was due to many members having more than one username having lost, forgotten or wanting to use a new pseudonym.

I think that with the arrival of the movies that many younger people discovered the great world of ME but as with many young adults attention is quickly diverted to new areas.

starkat · 05-14-2005, 11:54 AM

Unfortunately I'm one of the members who are not arround very much. I'm a moderator on a discussion board for the Chronicles of Narnia movie and things are picking up, so something had to give. I did enjoy hanging around here even though I didn't post much.

Mithalwen · 05-14-2005, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by *Varda*

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As for new members that have joined and you want to keep here, I don't really know how to go about that...just be friendly and chatty and make them WANT to be here.

~ Varda

Chattiness is rather frowned on alas.............

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-14-2005, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Chattiness is rather frowned on alas.............

I often find myself wishing that there were a section on the BD where random off topic chattiness was welcome, other than a chatroom, that is. There are some of of us who tend to like mulling over an answer before posting. And chatroom is no place for ents.

The garden theme that was flourishing in the Coming of Age thread was a nice read for me. Sometimes it is a pleasure to socialize with other 'Tolkienites' about every day things, and to realize that we have an common appreciation for other things as well.

04-30-2005, 11:21 AM	#1
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Everyone please come to this year's celebration of the Barrow-Downs' birthday. See HERE. ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-01-2005, 07:53 AM	#2
Varda Maiden of Tears Join Date: May 2002 Location: Valinor. Posts: 571	Returning I confess to being one of those members that just kind of...drifted away. I can't even remember why I did so. But now I'm back, most likely, even if on a kind of on/off basis and hoping that most of the faces who were here when I was are still around! I don't really understand how marriages will help, although I do remember them being the big thing in the chatroom a few years ago. But I agree that members will be falling away because the movies have finished - the surge of fangirls will have eased off a bit (which I personally consider a very good thing.) As for new members that have joined and you want to keep here, I don't really know how to go about that...just be friendly and chatty and make them WANT to be here. ~ Varda __________________ 'It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them' ~Frodo "Life is hard. After all, it kills you." - Katharine Hepburn

05-02-2005, 10:15 PM	#3
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	I once made an obituary list of all the members, who ever joined the Downs well over 5000. the great number was due to many members having more than one username having lost, forgotten or wanting to use a new pseudonym. I think that with the arrival of the movies that many younger people discovered the great world of ME but as with many young adults attention is quickly diverted to new areas. __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

05-14-2005, 11:54 AM	#4
starkat Wight Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cair Paravel during the Golden Age of Narnia Posts: 146	Unfortunately I'm one of the members who are not arround very much. I'm a moderator on a discussion board for the Chronicles of Narnia movie and things are picking up, so something had to give. I did enjoy hanging around here even though I didn't post much. __________________ "Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, ... And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again. ~ The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Narnia Movie Info