A site not living up to it's potential

[Roconza]

Have you ever been a member of a site for several years that's more then 3-8 years old yet it seem to hardly make any head way? A site that has a TON of potential yet is not living up to it. You feel like the site should really hire more staff instead of just existing. I mean I can understand if you don't have a lot off staff but when you go a year between major update and all the other updates are just art it seems like you need really rethink how you are running your site. If you don't have programmers hire some, not enough artists hire some. If you don't have enough money find some way of making it. If your just existing it's not much better then being dead.

I dunno a certain site I love could be so much more but just.... ugh

[Dyl]

That's how i feel about a site I use to love playing on. But all the updates were only art, so I kind of steered away from it although their art is beautiful.

[Kiara]

This happens a lot, I think. I'll join a lot of sites and not really get into it, then a year or two later I think "well maybe they did something cool..." only to log in and find out NOTHING'S changed or it's just the same old, same old.

[Joy]

I dunno a certain site I love could be so much more but just.... ugh

Which site?

[Gabby]

I relate. Unfortunately, I don't relate to the "needing more staff." The site I'm thinking with the problem had too many administrators and staff for the amount of members they had. The overstaff left innocent members charged with several offenses all because they were being watched by 16 different people. 16 different opinions.

It reminds me of Office Space, how the main character had several bosses and heard his job read to him several times by each and every one of them on a daily basis.

Here's the clip..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8sNNm-s#t=504s

[Roconza]

I relate. Unfortunately, I don't relate to the "needing more staff." The site I'm thinking with the problem had too many administrators and staff for the amount of members they had. The overstaff left innocent members charged with several offenses all because they were being watched by 16 different people. 16 different opinions.

It reminds me of Office Space, how the main character had several bosses and heard his job read to him several times by each and every one of them on a daily basis.

Here's the clip..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8sNNm-s#t=504s

Wow, I can't see how to many staff can be a issue unless the staff is woefully unorganized.


@Joy

Really I'm not going to name the site. One of the staff is a member here and I A: don't want to hear excuses and B: don't want this thread to become either a bash thread or a long winded argument with the members and staff who want to fight because I have a opinion that's not to their liking. Ending in me losing my account because I "broke the rules". Pretty much like every thread about a certain site we all know ever. I'm not stupid I have been a member on this site long enough to know better.

[kami]

There are a few sites I can easily name that are like this, but like Corsair said, this isn't really a bashing thread so I'll keep them to myself as well. Owning and managing a website can be tough. One just has to be really compassionate and have the time (and often money) to dedicate to be able to run it and update it as often as they can.

[Gabby]

@Corsair It doesn't seem organized. I don't know if it is or if it isn't..

Did you look at the Youtube video? Like that guy says, it's not even motivation to talk on the forums, it's motivation to not speak at all. To just avoid being hassled.

[Haseshi]

I may know which site you are talking about and if I'm correct I can guarantee you that the site is not popular simply because there are not much things to do in-site. It doesn't care how amazing the art and the community are, if there's no fun there are no users.

[Roconza]

I may know which site you are talking about and if I'm correct I can guarantee you that the site is not popular simply because there are not much things to do in-site. It doesn't care how amazing the art and the community are, if there's no fun there are no users.

You would be correct. They have a good concept but it needs to be regind and expanded on.