Issue: This forum is too crowded.

[emoBill™]

I agree with pretty much everyone here.
You decided to join this forum. Oh no, it's got a lot of members.
Do you want us to start closing the forum to new users?
That's a pretty stupid thing to do, imho.
o3o

 

[Kirbychu]

I feel for you.

I came from one of those smaller forums where everyone was friends. Community forums are nice. The problem was that once Platinum was released everyone started hating Pokemon, so I left. ._.

I love the activity here though, keeps me from getting bored... :/

kthxbai

 

[VCaliber]

Agreed. I mean, if you have too few people then the forums just die. This isn't to many in any large sense here. You are going to find its the same way everywhere. I hope you don't go to Smogon, they have like three times the members we do.

 

[helix]

A large active forum population only means more circulation of ideas, excitement, and a reason to come back.

Also, taking timezones and RL into account, not everybody's active all the time, and some members only visit specific boards on the forum.. Thanks to good management and a generally awesome population, the forum has yet to be 'polluted' imho.

Now that the Pokecommunity is as 'huge' as it is, I don't see how its size is a quickly reversible thing. So if this large community doesn't suit you, the best thing I could recommend is that you find a smaller one.

 

[Sweet Candace]

The more active members, the more "friends" you can make. That'll make you feel better.

And why are you here if you're complaining about the forum crowding.

 

[.Gamer]

You know...........................nobody is forcing you to stay at PC. You cold always try Mysidia (rofl).

 

[emoBill™]

You know...........................nobody is forcing you to stay at PC. You cold always try Mysidia (rofl).

True. Mysidia has like less than 100 active users.
If you don't want tons of members, try searching smaller forums.

 

[NiKaNoRoU]

2 cents:

1. A forum with little members only makes you able to recognise each one of them, you may not even befriend them, as there are a lot of factors around that matter. In PokéCommunity, it takes a while to even remember the names of the staff members (unless you look at forum leaders' for a while).
2. This forum leans towards Pokémon gaming, which will naturally attract a lot of members. Also, considering the features, new members join at an even more rapid rate. But still, 10k active members (though I doubt the number) isn't 'big', with forums like offtopic.com reaching 210K+ of active members. How would you feel like if you posted this on their forums?
3. Topic-wise, the more the members on a forum, the bigger the benefits:
   1. You get more opinions about a subject, as more people post in it.
   2. Your contributions become more popular, faster.
   3. It's bigger of a challenge, if you take the path of the 'constructive poster'.
   4. There are more, but I decided to make a small parenthesis, after all.
4. Last time I checked, there are a lot of people to choose from in real life, but only a few become 'your friends'. The same happens on the internet.

I guess that you need no further explanation, after 25 posts of critique against you. Case rest.
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[RelentlessRamenRaider]

Haha! This is the stupidest complain i've heard on ANY forum.

The purpose of an internet, KEYWORD: INTERNET, forum is for a multitude of people to gather and discuss things. Of course, there are some that place you under a wait to be approved. Otherwise anyone can register and join.

What you call "crowded", I call plentiful.

Such a ridiculous rant. Get off you computer and go sit in a corner somewhere.

 

[The Doctor]

^^ I Lolzed, Good Comeback Dude. He is right, if u dont want a good forum then go play with yourself or something xD

 

[Rukario]

/me adds 1000 new users to Charizard632's threads, replies and VM,s so that he is WAY OVER CROWDED out even more.

 

[Amore]

Yeah, don't complain, it's good the forum is active.

Certain people go in certain areas, depending on what interests them, for example, I like the manga, trading, and battling, so I go to:
1.Trade Corner
2.Pokespec fan club
3.S & MYeah, well, those mods hate me, so I avoid there in order to stop fighting.

But seriously, have you seen smogon?They have 100s of active threads in every section.

 

[Percy Thrillington]

The main reason I hang out on over-crowded forums is because of the wonderful reiteration you get to see in Community Questions & Feedback threads. Pretty much the only valid reason for being on a forum anymore.

 

[Ivysaur]

And I think we already hit the point where all the possible new replies are going to be a copy of a previous one, soo...