[Crevan]

Originally Posted by Illusion

That would be true if you bluntly go around on forums asking random people to join. This is why I said friends, and not random people. Do you really think your friends will report you for asking them to come talk to you on another site?

See that's the whole joy of forums and profiles. Everything is public and it can be reported by anyone. It's one thing to do it in Private messages but it's a different story when you do it in a public place where everyone can see it.

And I'm sorry but making friends to just bother them in a private message to join another site is also on off way to me. It's one thing for it to come up in normal conversation or if you are leaving the site for another. But just harassing friends in a private message to join a site is one way to lose those "new friends" because than it just makes it seem like you just wanted to be friends with them to Advertise another website. And to answer your question, some friends might because they want to follow the rules of the site they are on.

Don't get me wrong, I'm good about the "trying to get your friends here". While I don't have many friends I do try to direct the conversation's I have with these friends to some-how get it to the point where the "advertising" part is taken out and it's just a normal none advertising post or comment. But the minute you say "Hey join here" that is advertising.

Also while I see the point of advertising and trying to get more people here. The whole thing is, if there is nothing to keep them here, they wont stay. To be quite truthful, if it wasn't for the item guide showing poses and the fact I can make little animals to help me get those items, I have no clue how interested I would be in trisphee because I'm not a huge poster or a roleplaying person. However since starting a thread for help and moving about the site, I have a new home. But some people may not have the same kind of luck.

One last part. You said something about your referrals and while I do agree with you, 32 referrals is quite a bit of people, but how many have stayed if you know and are active or semi-active posters? I mean it's one thing to get people to join but that's not what you are asking for, you want people to be active or semi-active. So while I do see your referrals it just makes me wonder..

Also Illusion, I am in no way picking on you or anything. I hope it doesn't look that way. I just want to get a better understanding and it also helps with the thread and the site when it comes to this topic.