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 Originally Posted by Galapogos
Have a landing page that isn't the forum.
I'm going to look more into how to do this effectively and strongly consider doing this. For now, I'm working with what I've got.
Originally Posted by Galapogos
Don't make people log in to learn about what the hell your site does.
You don't need to log in to do anything. You don't even need to necessarily log in to post. But if the site makes you think that you have to, then I suppose that's the exact same as them having to (perception is everything, etc). I'll definitely keep that in consideration.
Originally Posted by Galapogos
Spend a few bucks to buy a template online so your site doesn't look so plain.
Okay, so I might lose you here, but I'm trying to make the site as community-run as possible. If I'm going to change the template, I'd like to throw it out to the community in the form of a contest so that the community itself decides the look and feel and so that the community itself reaps the profits, the credit, the thing to put on their resume, etc. I posted a contest to build a template for the site, but then deleted it because I thought it was too optimistic for the site in its current state.
Anyway, thanks a ton for the feedback, even if it seems all I did was defend myself. I'll definitely discuss all of this stuff with all of my cohorts and see if I can't implement, if not the ideas themselves, alternative solutions to the problems addressed.
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