Great! Thanks for your support! Even though you were already one before! XD We could always use the help!Nnoitra Hushimo wrote:I'll mentor.
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So you're suggesting we drop the mentoring idea and just try to befriend everyone?*ShiningStar* wrote:Or we could just get to know the members that join instead of assigning older members to mentor them. After all if the new members are to become regulars, we might as well make friends with them first. Usually you can sort of see what a member might be like from their intro thread.
I also would like to suggest that we try and befriend all new members instead of just a few. That way more members have the potential of becoming regulars. What I tend to do, is introduce myself to every new member (I use the same intro because either way I'll end up saying the same thing). I would also wait for them to come into the chat box to discuss things they like and to get to know them better. That was they will be more frequent when visiting the site. Don't just talk to a new member once, get to know them and become their friends. Let them know that you are someone to trust.
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Well not necessarily, but I suppose so. Think about all the new members you've met recently. Do any of them seem like the type to need to be spoon-fed everything? I don't think they need someone to hold their hand. What they need most is a friend. And not just someone who will post once on their intro thread and then never talk to them again (which is what the majority of us do anyway). They need a real friend, someone who they can talk to and laugh with. Someone they can always hang with and depend on.Nuva wrote:So you're suggesting we drop the mentoring idea and just try to befriend everyone?*ShiningStar* wrote:Or we could just get to know the members that join instead of assigning older members to mentor them. After all if the new members are to become regulars, we might as well make friends with them first. Usually you can sort of see what a member might be like from their intro thread.
I also would like to suggest that we try and befriend all new members instead of just a few. That way more members have the potential of becoming regulars. What I tend to do, is introduce myself to every new member (I use the same intro because either way I'll end up saying the same thing). I would also wait for them to come into the chat box to discuss things they like and to get to know them better. That was they will be more frequent when visiting the site. Don't just talk to a new member once, get to know them and become their friends. Let them know that you are someone to trust.
We want to give them a reason to come back. Most of come here to communicate with our friends. We like to post on the forum, but we prefer to just spend the day chatting away with the friends we made on the forum. That is why we come back everyday. That is what the new members need. That is what I am here to give them.
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The way I see it, the mentoring program is for members who need the help, and quite often they don't. I wouldn't say kill the program, just remember when to use it.
*ShiningStar*
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I agree with this.The Freedom Fighter wrote:The way I see it, the mentoring program is for members who need the help, and quite often they don't. I wouldn't say kill the program, just remember when to use it.
Schnickelfritz
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That's what I was getting at. Just five or so older members who would send new members PMs saying basically "Hi, ask me if you need any help." That was my vision for it when I restarted it, since obviously the previous ideas didn't last long. So now we have Me, Star, Nnoitra, and Zezzy.
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Looks like this died again.
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Maybe if someone wrote a list of users who are in need of mentorship.
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