User blog comment:Nduke/Ideas to Promote the Wiki/@comment-5915880-20121114014328/@comment-4353921-20121114060205

1) I used to be a lot more engaged in this community, but when vulgarity became commonplace on our Chat and I tried to tone it down as a Chat Mod, I simply stopped coming to Chat as often when so many folks thought the vulgarity should be allowed.  Also, there are few comments on the stories I read, which leads to the impression that few folks are reading them.

2) Sadly, QOS sockpuppets have made me wary of newcomers, which Manatee and I discussed with regrets one time on Chat, since he felt the same.  Also, unless there is a Survivor or Total Drama series being discussed, I understand that newcomers might feel lost.  But that's to be expected, imo, since we have lives outside of TDI.  xD  Also, I agree about the "socks" issue, since that can really turn off any newcomers.  I used to welcome anyone I didn't already know, and made a lot of new friends here that way.

3) Talking about Survivor should be close enough to TDI, and anyone interested in it and our related stories should be interested in generally the same things that everyone else here is interested in.

4) I'm not tired of anyone here.  In fact, I really kind of miss you all, but I don't miss hearing many of you defending your right to be as vulgar as possible on Chat, and then getting mad at Jake and me for trying to keep Chat clean and friendly.