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Need more Forum activity !
Topic Started: Feb 12 2009, 03:03 PM (1,402 Views)
Maxx_75
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Worst Gallstones Ever !

I think that the forums are failing to grow in usersor at least posters which I think is important to the long term growth of the site. I know that at this stage we are interested in keeping this place close knit and friendly but the trick is to not allow stagnation. Perhaps we could find a way to bring over some people from the other forums. HDD is an obvoius choice but there are others that Nate has contacts with such as Blu-ray.com etc. I am sure that a tasteful way to do this can be found.

Just my .02 cents....... :D
"Prohibition...attempts to control a mans appitite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law stikes a blow at the very principle upon which our government was founded."
----Abraham Lincoln

Marijuana, Prostitution, Gambling. all illegal, why ?
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Nate
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See the avatar. Trust the avatar. Fuck Best Buy.

maxx, i agree. i have been trying to figure some way to grow the forums, as close knit is neat, but bigger is better, obviously.

we do what we can within the rules at hdd. at the other site mentioned, one cannot even mention this site there. i had just the word's project-blu in my sig and was asked to remove. it's their site, so it's their rules, i'm not complaining. but yeah.....growth would be better. our site is growing in viewership, but the forum isn't yet.
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Randell
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

Like Nate said, we do what we can. I've had problems at BR.com, which I won't go into detail about. So I just stay away from there for the most part.

If you guys know a way that can help us grow, please let us know. If it's something you can do feel free to do it, as long as it won't get you in trouble.

for those of you that are regular visitors, thanks for all of your support. For those not-so-regular visitors, ummmm come more :p
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Nate
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See the avatar. Trust the avatar. Fuck Best Buy.

on the bright side, though, we have more comments on reviews than quite a few sites. the forum set up makes it easy as hell, convenient and whatnot.
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Advertisement? I don't know what Project Blu's budget is for that. PB can advertise themselves on other websites, and vice versa.



IMO
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I would say go over on AVS, but the guys over there tend to be know it alls. I like discussing a movie not whether the blacks are appearing well on my 150" screen. I really don't know how to help us out with getting more people because it's just tough to get people to post on sites when no one is really communicating. I think it's just going to take some time. Does anyone know how the early days at HDD were???
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

I'm like so not going to AVS, for the very reason you stated.

Cheez, we have no budget for that, but we plan on getting the Google ads on here to help raise money to help pay for the give-aways. If it works out and we get enough money through it, I guess we can also use it to pay for ads as well.

Right now we only have the links in our sigs at HDD to help promote our site, if you can call it that, but we do infact need to get more stuff out there.
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You know this might sound stupid but whatever works lol

On AVS I remember this one guy getting shit for talking about his site which had porno blu reviews. His gf was the porn star Teagan Presley and they were calling bullshit. He got into it with them but I do remember laughing at the fact they were reviewing porno blus.

This got me thinking to possibly having porno blus reviewed by someone? And also after seeing a few various chick flicks this past week, it got me thinking if any of the boards we all frequent had a female reviewer. I see a title like Nights In Rodanthe get smashed by reviewers and am just wondering if its because simply it is a chick flick. So yeah porn reviews and maybe a female reviewer??
Edited by Clear, Feb 15 2009, 02:17 PM.
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Nate
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we can't for one reason: hosting. the webhost we use does not allow pornographic content, and reviewing a porn is close enough to get us pulled. why even go into the grey area that can cost us, ya know?

rondanthe....funny you mention.....(review should be up tonite). a female reviewer, we could have Samantha (Princess) do a spot here and there, but she doesn't have the discerning eye or ear for blu-ray quality. so she'd just have to be movie portion only, just as erin and iggy collaborated on a review.

i know of ONE female blu reviewer, and i will withhold comment on that particular situation, as i would have nothing but unkind words, and that's not what this site (UNLIKE OTHERS) is about. that and i'd appear sexist, just as cartoonists and comedians are having problems making fun of obama, due to the such exclusivity.
Edited by Nate, Feb 15 2009, 02:58 PM.
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Randell
Feb 14 2009, 10:41 PM
I'm like so not going to AVS, for the very reason you stated.

Cheez, we have no budget for that, but we plan on getting the Google ads on here to help raise money to help pay for the give-aways. If it works out and we get enough money through it, I guess we can also use it to pay for ads as well.

Right now we only have the links in our sigs at HDD to help promote our site, if you can call it that, but we do infact need to get more stuff out there.
Which is why I'm doing all of my pre-order shopping through Project Blu.



What about a Paypal donate button? I'd throw in a few dollars fo sho!


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Nate
Feb 15 2009, 02:56 PM
we can't for one reason: hosting. the webhost we use does not allow pornographic content, and reviewing a porn is close enough to get us pulled. why even go into the grey area that can cost us, ya know?

rondanthe....funny you mention.....(review should be up tonite). a female reviewer, we could have Samantha (Princess) do a spot here and there, but she doesn't have the discerning eye or ear for blu-ray quality. so she'd just have to be movie portion only, just as erin and iggy collaborated on a review.

i know of ONE female blu reviewer, and i will withhold comment on that particular situation, as i would have nothing but unkind words, and that's not what this site (UNLIKE OTHERS) is about. that and i'd appear sexist, just as cartoonists and comedians are having problems making fun of obama, due to the such exclusivity.
Ahh okay. Did not know how server hosts and what not works. I just figured it was a you pay us and do whatever ya like type deal.

As for the female reviewers, I was just thinking how some of the sites seem so male dominated that it pushes alot of females away. We end up only getting cases like your fav bootylicious krissy lol.
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See the avatar. Trust the avatar. Fuck Best Buy.

DO NOT INVOKE THAT NAME!




seriously, though, Gerard, donations aren't needed. When we have members contribute their time with guest reviews, or buying through the links, that is what I feel helps us the most, one with a community feel, the other to support the contests (and the next one, which is one i'm running, is already planned out, in hand, and waiting for the start date!). The best way to help out is to let people know we're here.


Our crew has had a weird month, with a move, a family issue, jury duty (UGH), a marriage, and a wild cat attack (lol at Randell), and when things settle back down to normality, we'll be having more reviews more often, and more time to try to branch out and get more publicity.


And perhaps I may talk Sam into doing a Twighlight review when it comes out. She's a fan of the series (God help me), and I could help her on the presentation, as a guest spot. I do hear you, though, the male dominated coverage does give an unfair feel, and some movies get hurt from it, as the intended audience aren't the ones reviewing.
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Randell
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

You forgot to mention that my receiver went out :'(
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cheez avenger
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Nate
Feb 15 2009, 05:48 PM
DO NOT INVOKE THAT NAME!




seriously, though, Gerard, donations aren't needed. When we have members contribute their time with guest reviews, or buying through the links, that is what I feel helps us the most, one with a community feel, the other to support the contests (and the next one, which is one i'm running, is already planned out, in hand, and waiting for the start date!). The best way to help out is to let people know we're here.


Our crew has had a weird month, with a move, a family issue, jury duty (UGH), a marriage, and a wild cat attack (lol at Randell), and when things settle back down to normality, we'll be having more reviews more often, and more time to try to branch out and get more publicity.


And perhaps I may talk Sam into doing a Twighlight review when it comes out. She's a fan of the series (God help me), and I could help her on the presentation, as a guest spot. I do hear you, though, the male dominated coverage does give an unfair feel, and some movies get hurt from it, as the intended audience aren't the ones reviewing.
Sounds great!

I'll be knocking out some reveiws this week, school starts next week, so.........





Do we have a wiki page for Project Blu????




Oh, and LOL at Randell! "Here kitty, kitty, ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH!, my face!!!!!!!!!! :D
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Scan it, nope it's not midget porn. I promise.

As far as I know we don't.... I don't dare make one, I suck at typing.

cheez, you just jealous cause you can't get a face full of pussy :p
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