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Post by charo on Sept 9, 2016 8:34:25 GMT -5
I'm against Weight Watchers or WW in the name or url. Why should we publicize their lousy brand?
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Post by lilybbb on Sept 9, 2016 8:38:50 GMT -5
WE HAVE CHOICES, FOLKS!
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Post by charo on Sept 9, 2016 8:42:48 GMT -5
What does that mean, Begonia?
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Post by becca on Sept 9, 2016 8:45:24 GMT -5
What does that mean, Begonia? It references MagicalWanda's 3rd party candidate thread, I think.
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Post by suby on Sept 9, 2016 8:51:28 GMT -5
Wait Washers -- the best place to come to loose wait.
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Post by lilybbb on Sept 9, 2016 8:54:31 GMT -5
charo and becca Yes. I voted that I didn't care and then didn't know if that was throwing away my vote.
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Post by charo on Sept 9, 2016 8:58:24 GMT -5
Got it.
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Post by cbf on Sept 9, 2016 9:06:05 GMT -5
If we use US GDT but want to attract new participants, who is going to know what GDT is? I'm not so sure we necessarily want to "attract" new participants so much as just if they happen upon us, great! I don't speak for everyone, but that was sort of the vibe I got in the early days and the decision to go private or stay public. I'm fine with US GDT or whatever.
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Post by Admin on Sept 9, 2016 9:07:30 GMT -5
First of all, I will apologize for my hyphen laden lame-o board name that I typed in under pressure!
I would also like short, somewhat related but something that new non-wwery people would also want to look at.
We can include GDT, WW, etc in the board 'explanation' so people can find it but we don't have to be that tied to the name if we don't want.
I like generaldailythread.com or newdaily.com or even just generaldaily.com.
Although this has come from the US GDT, my preference is to not include US in the name, we already have a number of people that aren't in the US here and I think we have the potential for more international people to join. I like the different perspectives.
ETA: It isn't necessarily to 'attract' people but if people do find us, they feel welcome to join in, IMO.
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Post by canajun on Sept 9, 2016 9:10:34 GMT -5
It won't let me vote. I don't care if the name stays or changes. The current name makes us sound an old gang of mercenaries (which is actually kinda cool). I'm strongly opposed to including WW in the name because fuck 'em. I would venture to say most of the people here aren't doing WW anyway.
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Post by charo on Sept 9, 2016 9:15:55 GMT -5
Although this has come from the US GDT, my preference is to not include US in the name, we already have a number of people that aren't in the US here and I think we have the potential for more international people to join. I like the different perspectives. Agreed, Hols.
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Post by lindasb12 on Sept 9, 2016 9:36:57 GMT -5
I think a shorter name is a good idea. I also like Admin Holand's suggestion of putting WW into the description so people can find us. Admittedly, WW has let us down in many ways but WW is what brought me to the board originally. And even though I attend meetings, like some others, I am not following their current program, but I am following an older program. As for attracting new members, I think that is important. I am active mostly on the 50+ lbs to loose board, which the admins of this site were kind enough to offer a place for us here. I've seen people come and go and sometimes return on the old WW board. Unfortunately we lost a lot of people when WW closed their board. But I keep thinking about how the active members kept changing in the past and it's likely that will continue to happen. I don't want our "little board" (50+ lbs to lose board I mean) to dwindle down to just a few with no possibility of new members finding us.
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Post by francesdances on Sept 9, 2016 10:06:48 GMT -5
I like generaldaily.com and no US. Both great ideas, Admin
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Post by jeepers1117 on Sept 9, 2016 10:50:50 GMT -5
I don't really care either way, but wouldn't mind something easier to type. I wouldn't use Weight Watchers, mostly because of the legal thing, but if we could get away with WW (maybe even with the disclaimer), maybe "WW-GDT"? I kind of think it needs some connection in order for new people to find us. Or even oldbies who haven't connected yet.
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Post by phonefantable on Sept 9, 2016 11:27:22 GMT -5
I'm puzzled about why anyone is having to type it after the first time? I use a bookmark and don't even remember what it's called. Here's a slightly shorter URL then that gets you here today: tinyurl.com/gdt9876(I tried a few alternatives that were shorter than that but tinyurl didn't let me use them.)
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Post by becca on Sept 9, 2016 11:31:10 GMT -5
Here's a slightly shorter URL then that gets you here today: tinyurl.com/gdt9876(I tried a few alternatives that were shorter than that but tinyurl didn't let me use them.) There already is one, I made it back in June: tinyurl.com/thenewgdtI type it because I get a new phone or a new computer or a new browser or I am somewhere else. I use a lot of devices between homes and work. I am counting in my head right now and there are eight that I can think of.
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Post by Cyn on Sept 9, 2016 11:51:46 GMT -5
I had trouble using the tinyurl new gdt address when I was accessing this on my new Kindle, but that's not really surprising given my lack of techiness.
I would be asking myself 'general daily' what? But I'm not sure if that would intrigue me enough to actually look.
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Post by gemster on Sept 9, 2016 11:53:05 GMT -5
I'm in favour of shorter too, for the reasons Becca mentioned.
I like generaldaily.com that Holand suggested.
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Post by canajun on Sept 9, 2016 12:30:42 GMT -5
I'm puzzled about why anyone is having to type it after the first time? I use a bookmark and don't even remember what it's called. Yeah, I have about a bazillion devices to link to it. I might have a slight problem.
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Post by phonefantable on Sept 9, 2016 12:43:27 GMT -5
There already is one, I made it back in June: tinyurl.com/thenewgdtI type it because I get a new phone or a new computer or a new browser or I am somewhere else. I use a lot of devices between homes and work. I am counting in my head right now and there are eight that I can think of. Oh, I see. For me there are only 2 - my work laptop (which comes back and forth with me so I use it at home too) and my smartphone. Dealing with 8 devices regularly would be tough.
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Post by francesdances on Sept 9, 2016 12:43:37 GMT -5
I go to proboards.com. I can access it there from my proboards dashboard.
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Post by ludakristen on Sept 9, 2016 13:49:09 GMT -5
Wait, are we going to buy a new domain or will it still be a subdomain of freeforums.net?
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Post by squiggle37 on Sept 9, 2016 13:59:57 GMT -5
Here's my 2 cents worth. If you have ever did a search of the ProBoards and tried to find this forum, it is extremely hard to find if you don't know the url or anything about it. Naming it something with a letter starting lower in the alphabet would help a lot. US is near the end of the alphabet and there are thousands of boards here.
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Post by ludakristen on Sept 9, 2016 14:19:56 GMT -5
We should be strategic in the name choice to attract the right kind of traffic. A few ideas: - The Official Furry Fandom Forum
- Sarah Palin Impersonators Unite!
- The Pumpkin Spice Revolt
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Post by becca on Sept 9, 2016 14:23:15 GMT -5
Wait, are we going to buy a new domain or will it still be a subdomain of freeforums.net? Both are being considered.
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