Membership Drive for DRTV

[PegLeg45]

I expect most forums are at about the same percentage if you crunch the numbers. I think most have a core group of posters and a group that follows closely and regularly, but don't post a lot. If the average participation runs around 10% on the different forums, the the active members will be larger on the ones with 20,000 members versus one like us with 5000.

Like most forums, we have flat-spots from time to time. Do we need more participation? It's not vital, but I would like to see more input.... particularly from many of the members who have been here for years, but don't post.

I also agree with Jay, I try to stay informed, current and abreast of politics....but it can get downright mind-numbing at times. I'd like to see more gun-related discussion.

And yes, we need pie. 

[BAC]

I expect most forums are at about the same percentage if you crunch the numbers. I think most have a core group of posters and a group that follows closely and regularly, but don't post a lot. If the average participation runs around 10% on the different forums, the the active members will be larger on the ones with 20,000 members versus one like us with 5000.

Like most forums, we have flat-spots from time to time. Do we need more participation? It's not vital, but I would like to see more input.... particularly from many of the members who have been here for years, but don't post.

I also agree with Jay, I try to stay informed, current and abreast of politics....but it can get downright mind-numbing at times. I'd like to see more gun-related discussion.

And yes, we need pie. 

Don't forget the punch.

[jaybet]

Mmnnn...gun talk!

[m25operator]

This is meant as a jibe to other forums. There have been some changes that make navigation a little harder, for us less educated , in computer science. As to politics, well there is a lot going on, sometimes daily, and I am glad that I seem to find out a day or 2 in advance.

You wanna talk guns, then lets talk, but it is harder as every manufacturer has a new gun of the week.

[jaybet]

As always you are spot-on Benn-ster...I'm proud to say that I hear about most things HERE, even before other folks I know or the BBC...that's pretty good reporting.

You are also right that there's a gun flavor of the month, and I don't think it's untoward to say that the folks in the industry, our own esteemed compadres here included, tend to push those themes. We are now in the .22 revolution because of PR.

Still, it's nice to hear about all the new stuff.  Tough to comment on all of it though, because it's expensive to keep up.

[Sponsor]

[santahog]

I mentioned the fee based thing because it takes money to operate the site, and have enough server space to make it run, and to give folks a reason to participate.
That was all..
I really don't know that "giveaways"work, but to the degree that they do, they cost money..
Sorry.. As much as I waste on cigarettes or a beer, I'm conscious that things cost money..
I'm out of money, and by the Grace of God, I'm out of debt.. I'll call it good and be thankful, at least for today..
I don't mind Tom jabbing a stick in my eye as long as I can return the favor. But I'm used to pissing people off, too.. 
I was just trying to convey what I saw that worked. USCCA was a marvel for a few years. Admin acting like telemarketers is what killed it.
I'm a member of Warrior Talk forum too. I don't post there, because it's a different kind of board, and this group just isn't that kind of group. Theirs is an active forum, though. I guess AR15.com is probably the most active that I've seen.

Let me point out, while I'm thinking about it, something that this forum is, that any other I've seen isn't.. This place is RELAXED!!
You can post an article without admin clipping it off after the first half a paragraph. You can speak your mind here without condemnation from on high.. I appreciate that.. And to be candid, I wouldn't hang around if I couldn't speak my mind. (Sorry you guys have to suffer through it..  )

I think things like evaluations of the flavor of the month would be a good thing, and there are a few here that I've seen, too. That's helpful content for a newbie.
Carry holsters, techniques, accessibility and drawbacks of each would be helpful content, again for the newbie.
I carry in a way that nobody does. I use a shoulder holster. I do something that nobody else has that I've seen. I paint it white, (so it won't show up against the background of a white T-Shirt..) I know, it sounds stupid, but it works well for me.. Gun guys don't notice it hanging there. It works.
Keeping a current list of "good" gunsmiths would be exceptional content. If that came in the form of some sort of blind test or non-compensated endorsement, or maybe just members posting good and bad in our own areas. That's great content!
Know what I mean?

I do enjoy jousting with Tom, and I don't mind challenging FQ on his ideas. I don't want to get into it if I'm gonna be dealing with somebody who is gonna be hurt so bad that I can't talk about anything else with them. That sucks.. I'm a little thin skinned, myself sometimes, but that's my problem, isn't it..
I don't make sense to myself half the time, but I try to consider the points somebody is trying to make. I wold like the same consideration.
This NDAA thing is something that I consider to be a nation ending problem. I differ with Tom and Jnevis on it because they read the law while I read the nature of people who would interpret/enforce it.
That's the nub of the difference. I think you guys must think that I listen to Prison Planet. (I don't, btw.. I listened to the guy there one evening and came here and talked about it. I think he's nuts, but I'm not sure he's all wrong, kinda like Ron Paul..)

Where politics intersects with keeping my/our guns is where politics is relevant here. I think it's worthy of discussion, and in fact imperative here..

Well, I'm getting up off the toilet and watching Restaurant Impossible with the wife..

I've rambled enough on this..
FQ, I hope you get your way!! I think newbies is a better group to target. Too many know-it-alls and the self-important are a drag..
God bless!!

[jaybet]

SANTA  (and I capitalize it and lean on it heavily, AS IN "where the hell is my AR?"), this site is sponsored. So.. there are some corporate sponsors who provide fuel for this machine, and we know who they are....AND we know that our core staff must entertain, if not, cater to  those sponsors.

Having said that, they do a great job of walking that line, and the best part of it is, they don't OVERMODULATE). I am on some other places where they're WAITING for you to say something out of whack so they can censor you.

Forums are discussion, and they need some caressing.  We should tread lightly  and encourage fun and entertaining  posts, because  lets face it, we don't come here to be beat up, brow beat, or informed of our ignorance.

[Magoo541]

... because  lets face it, we don't come here to be beat up, brow beat, or informed of our ignorance.[/color]

Actually I do hope to be informed of my ignorance because I can't know everything, that would be Tom  ,  and I have work/kids/wife with MS/UsPSA that take considerable amounts of my time as well.  Correction here is rarely with anything other than humor or sincerity, which keeps me here.  Besides, I've looked at other sights when it got slow after I finished school and there isn't anything like this I've found.

[santahog]

SANTA  (and I capitalize it and lean on it heavily, AS IN "where the hell is my AR?"), this site is sponsored. So.. there are some corporate sponsors who provide fuel for this machine, and we know who they are....AND we know that our core staff must entertain, if not, cater to  those sponsors.

Having said that, they do a great job of walking that line, and the best part of it is, they don't OVERMODULATE). I am on some other places where they're WAITING for you to say something out of whack so they can censor you.

Forums are discussion, and they need some caressing.  We should tread lightly  and encourage fun and entertaining  posts, because  lets face it, we don't come here to be beat up, brow beat, or informed of our ignorance.

You're from Jersey.. You're talking to the wrong guy. You're not allowed such things.. You'll shoot your eye out!
I wouldn't cross that way at all were it not for a load of coal I've got to take to Mass..

I like this forum! I'm not addressing anything to admin here.. I'm talking to the question/FQ in the OP. I don't need any enticements, myself..
I've been on more than my share of those sites too. Those guys who are all holier than you or I? Yeah, those guys..
There's a guy I'll call Mike, on one called "Guntoters". (What a name..) I've encountered him on tow forums and FB over the years and the guy is an insufferable prig.. I won't elaborate beyond that. He's just an example of the kind of thing you mention. There's a guy in Ohio is almost as bad, but at least I like that guy..
We're, for the most part, on our own here, practically speaking.. We all seem fine, more or less.. Don't you think?

I think we come here to enjoy the company and have a good time. I'm trying to figure out if you're yelling at me for something or not..
WHO THE HELL AM I YELLING AT, ANYWAY!!!!
Do I need to schedule a reindeer piss stop down your chimney?.. 

[alfsauve]

The site provides revenue to the owner by the ads, but it also provides a place to discuss the DR TV shows and hopefully drives up viewership, which hopefully, drives up ratings and then fuels its ad revenue.   

I like DRTV forum precisely because it's a mid-volume site.   AR-15, Glock, S&W, Accuratereloading and others have way too much traffic for me to keep up with.  I go there when I have specific questions or if I want to show off something to a very specific audience. 

Not opposed to DRTV growing, just enjoying a comfortable level, for me, of posts at the present.  Would like to see more gun posts.  Now that my summer house renovations are completed, I'll be catching up on posting new guns and projects.