Glum: General-Purpose Forum

[Ken]

Aug 20, 2023 12:29:33 GMT -8 Kami said:

For your intro: I would just remove that first line + take out the promises of what you'll do for the forum. You're introducing yourself, not trying to sell a product, so you don't need disclaimers and guarantees. Just be you.

For the help thread: Currently, you state, "If you need assistance for ProBoards" - I would specify this to "If you need technical assistance with ProBoards". I also would take out that last line -- the help desk is very clearly part of the "forum operations" type content of the forum, so people will intuitively understand that you're not offering help for other topics. As a general rule, members are smart, but like convenience. You don't need to hold their hands quite this much :)

So, something like this?

Hello, my name is Ken. I'm the forum's administrator. I don't mind any pronouns or how you address me.

I love music, film, and board and video games and don't mind most genres. I play the bass guitar and I'm learning how to produce music. I am fascinated by computers and casually program stuff. I want to be an educator or school teacher, and I plan on going to college as an Education major (with a music production, filmmaking, or computer science minor.)

Some achievements I have is: being top of my after-school computer science class and currently in the last grade at the time of writing this and beating Game Dev Tycoon's pirate mode.

Do you have a question about Glum or need help? Ask here.

The moderators and I will do our best to help you.

If you need technical assistance for ProBoards, please go to their official support forum and ask there.

[Kami]

Yep, looks great!

[Ken]

Aug 20, 2023 12:43:50 GMT -8 Kami said:

Yep, looks great!

Thanks! May you please check my forum and see if there's anything else to fix or add?

[Kami]

Aug 20, 2023 12:44:48 GMT -8 Ken said:

Aug 20, 2023 12:43:50 GMT -8 Kami said:

Yep, looks great!

Thanks! May you please check my forum and see if there's anything else to fix or add?

Honestly I think it's fine as-is! That said, I do want to stress to not be overly reliant on the feedback you may receive, whether from myself or anyone else. At the end of the day, it is, in fact, your forum. If you try to please everyone, it's gonna be a jumbled mess -- a form of the "too many cooks in the kitchen" saying. By all means, we are here to help out whenever you need or want, but I do encourage you to use the feedback and help as learning tools in order to build your knowledge base so you can feel confident in your own choices and instincts :) It'll take some time, but I did want to make sure I mentioned it

[Ken]

Aug 20, 2023 18:06:57 GMT -8 Kami said:

Aug 20, 2023 12:44:48 GMT -8 Ken said:

Thanks! May you please check my forum and see if there's anything else to fix or add?

Honestly I think it's fine as-is! That said, I do want to stress to not be overly reliant on the feedback you may receive, whether from myself or anyone else. At the end of the day, it is, in fact, your forum. If you try to please everyone, it's gonna be a jumbled mess -- a form of the "too many cooks in the kitchen" saying. By all means, we are here to help out whenever you need or want, but I do encourage you to use the feedback and help as learning tools in order to build your knowledge base so you can feel confident in your own choices and instincts :) It'll take some time, but I did want to make sure I mentioned it

Thank you, and you're right.