Feedback and follow-up

[Bouargh]

Hi,

 

I open this topic in order to get a small feed back and follow up on the visible impacts after the BLoggin' promotion Campaign and all associated actions launched.

 

As far as I see it there are a few obvious ones:

1. Number of bloggers has increased although it looks like eventually as a peak registration and not a continuous trend. But it is not based on data but much more on personnal feeling

 

2. Number of visits for published entries increases fast now: the increased and improved visibility has  adirect impact on number of people opening the entry and eventually looking at it  within the fisrt days of existence. I see some posts reaching 200 views in a few days whereas before it required weeks.

I feel like the number of viewer for a new blog entry now grow more or less at the same rate as a standard new topic opened in the subforum related to the blog. Which is a great move.

 

(And, NO, I do not think I have improved my quality which is also a way for catching more audience eventually)

 

3. Yet the comment section remains lowly used. Contributors are mostly the same, always - "members-on-a-mission", let's call them like that. Special mentions to @W.A.Rorie and @The Yncarne as non limiting or excluding examples.

 

Conclusion: IMHO, it looks like it works and it is up to us to see how to contribute maintaining the momentum.

 

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Edited September 12, 2025 by Bouargh
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[W.A.Rorie]

I concur. It feels like there may be more blogs but the comments remain on the low end. Getting blogs more visibility has been a focus and amongst all the other project the Admins are working on with the Moderation team. I think @Brother Tyler has the most single comments on a post.  

 

Adding blog links to signature, sharing links in posts all can help.

 

I know I comment to help keep everyone motivated.  I have a PM chain @GSCUprising discussing his stories that I really enjoy and seeing others go complete their various WIPs has motivated me to finish mine. 

[Brother Tyler]

Yes, we are still working to identify ways in which the non-Forums features, especially the Blogs and Clubs, can receive more visibility and engagement. We've already implemented a few things and are discussing additional options that we hope to implement soon. This represents a significant cultural shift within the community, however, so it is going to take time.

 

From a personal perspective, one of the things I'd like to do is spend more time in the Blogs to see the hobby projects that our members are working on. There is a lot of really great stuff in members' blogs and that content deserves recognition and engagement. I think that the biggest thing that we (bloggers) can do at the moment is engage with each other, much as @W.A.Rorie and others have been doing. This situation will change as the staff implements a few things and hopefully we'll see other members in the Blogs, both conducting their own and engaging with others.

[GSCUprising]

21 hours ago, W.A.Rorie said:

I know I comment to help keep everyone motivated.  I have a PM chain @GSCUprising discussing his stories that I really enjoy and seeing others go complete their various WIPs has motivated me to finish mine. 

Thank you, @W.A.Rorie. I appreciate the vote of confidence. I will get back to my stories soon, but have been a little unwell lately. I will collate the whole first Prawa V story and let you know when I am done.