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It seems like we've experienced a serious slowdown in posts here. Sure, some of it is that Tribe has had a series of Cyber-strokes and crashes often, and we've had a few of the previously active people hook up and flirt less here, and then I have tried to recruit more people to inject some life in here and it hasn't caused a skyrocket in activity.
One thing I have found is that if there is an overtone of dating/rejection it does discourage some geeks from putting themselves out there. So would anyone want to consider repackaging this tribe to encourage more activity? I have made quite a few friends here and would love to keep things going. How can we make it a more 'social' tribe without the limitation of 'dating' as the smaller box it is contained in now, yet make room for that potential romantic connection for those who -are- looking?
One thing I have found is that if there is an overtone of dating/rejection it does discourage some geeks from putting themselves out there. So would anyone want to consider repackaging this tribe to encourage more activity? I have made quite a few friends here and would love to keep things going. How can we make it a more 'social' tribe without the limitation of 'dating' as the smaller box it is contained in now, yet make room for that potential romantic connection for those who -are- looking?
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Re: Do We Want to Rethink the Container?
Wed, November 12, 2008 - 4:23 PMI'm too far away to participate, but I thought the idea of group get togethers was great. Without the pressure of calling it a date it seems more geeks and geekettes would come out of our basements to socialize. Sounds like fun to me.
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Re: Do We Want to Rethink the Container?
Wed, November 12, 2008 - 7:17 PMTrue. We never seemed to have trouble getting geeks together for a premier or a con or something, and I've loved meeting the people that I have from this Tribe. I don't know what to suggest re: taking off the dating pressure while not having this turn into just another "talking about geek stuff" Tribe, though. Maybe you can make it a Geek Get Together kind of thing, assuming that getting people into the same physical space might create more dating opportunities in an organic way? A tough thing is the male/female ratio...it always seems like about 5-1.
Amy, if there are geeks from this Tribe in your area, what has seemed to work here is to suggest an event that you want to attend, and then announce it as a gathering. That way, you can still do something that you want to do, even if there aren't many others that show, but if they do, you have a fun focus for the get together. I hope that some St. Louis folks chime in : )!!
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