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[Non-Expert!]

Good insights people.

Hey maybe tagging the heck out of threads would help.

It could be that being the holiday season, people aren't interested in trannies and sexual deviants.

Maybe the search "toxic families" is where it is.

Compare this year's stats with this time last year.

I can't believe I am suggesting this, but based on what a poster said about the site depending on drama, try tags and topics in Deep Thoughts for example:

Gay Muslims
Jewish trannies
Pedophilia
Dump Trump
Racist liberals

Again, focus on what the site is about and drawing attention to it.

Some people might not be flame at all.

Trump controversy
Judaism transgender

Etc.

 

[Fareal]

I don't want to put words in the boss' mouth, but given the extraordinary expense of keeping the site up and hosted at all, buying ads (even if somewhere was prepared to take the money for the ad placement) on top of that is going to require a lot more users to open their bitcoin wallets quite a bit wider.

 

[Null]

I'm also not too sure that the simple explanation of "it's Christmas" or "the site's just irrelevant" considering I see people talking more about the site than ever before. More people use the site than ever before.

This time last year we were significantly up on all search related metrics.

 

[AnOminous]

As a center-left winger, I wholeheartedly agree with the board being boring with the same NPC and Clown World jokes 24/7.

Clown World is a meme, but it isn't a joke.

 

[Non-Expert!]

I'm also not too sure that the simple explanation of "it's Christmas" or "the site's just irrelevant" considering I see people talking more about the site than ever before. More people use the site than ever before.

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This time last year we were significantly up on all search related metrics.

Right .....

You might want to open a thread asking people what attracted them to Kiwi Farms, to begin with.

Without discussing your concerns about site ratings.

I will tell you a boring but marginally relevant anecdote...

I discovered it when I was reading about Anorexia and did an image search, and Ashley Isaacs showed up. Then I googled her name, and you guys showed up.

I rediscovered it when somebody on some other random site discussed "the Hartley girls" or I was reading about odd genetic disorders, or I saw something on Jackson Strong and their cases came up.

Then as I read the threads I was like "dafaq is this?"

Then I got interested in the site, and researched what all this is about.

All this happened over months though.

Then I read this stuff about how it is linked with stalking, harassment suicides etc. And how Joshua Moon aka Null is the essence of evil.

Then finally I signed up to see what all the hype is about.

But my point here, is that in my case, people like Amberlynn, or the Fit Vegan ginger were unknown to me until I signed up.

Topics like Anancephaly, Autism, fundamentalism, sexual deviance, trannies, animal abuse, etc. generate a lot of interest. Point is, both Kiwifarmers aand lurkers click on your pages for a reason, and some of the reasons might deviate from the board's core, or base.

If cases come up that are in the news, they might attract the curiosity and clicks of people reading about the topic.

More people read the Guardian and the Washington post, and about Star Wars and anime, then jokes about Tommy Tooter or Amberlynn or Sonchu.

One issue is longevity ... topics are born, nurtured, fizzle out, and die, like everything else. Much like the Hartley Gremlins. So keeping current through sections like A&H might actually be the site's lifeline.

Sorry for the mini-lecture. Just happened to study this topic, in getting an MLIS, that's all.

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE]

I came here from referral. Your best bet is spreading kiwi cancer to other forums and start recruiting other shitlords.

 

[Twinkie]

This is probably a stupid question but I'm stupid so

Would it help if we named the images we upload to "relevant thing" instead of just "screenshot ks2038948eusd"

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE]

I'm also not too sure that the simple explanation of "it's Christmas" or "the site's just irrelevant" considering I see people talking more about the site than ever before. More people use the site than ever before.

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This time last year we were significantly up on all search related metrics.

Your clicks r up tho

 

[Non-Expert!]

Another thing, is that a lot of threads lose MY interest, because they get redundant and it gets to be a bunch of insults and rants.

A broader audience will tolerate a couple of posts advocating euthanizing the disabled, comments poking fun of obese individuals, blaming the Jews, liberals, queers, Republicans, etc for all the world's evils ... But chances are they would get bored and depressed and lose interest in the site when people advocate genocide en masse, etc.

What keeps me around is the free speech. However people don't need to be offended to be bored. Hundreds of pages of rants about fat women or malingerers is not particularly funny for the majority.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I'm also not too sure that the simple explanation of "it's Christmas" or "the site's just irrelevant" considering I see people talking more about the site than ever before. More people use the site than ever before.

From experience, I must say that regaining SEO is harder and slower than losing it. I'd only worry if you're still ranking poorly a month from now.

 

[Non-Expert!]

I know that this opinion might be unpopular ....

But your ratings might benefit from breaking up megathreads.

700 pages is a lot to read for anybody and if guests come on with a naive opinion, they are often shouted down and insulted and run off the road. Of course they GTFO, and take their negative opinion with them.

In the real world, that amounts to a shit-ass reputation, and people will avoid the site when it comes up in their Google searches.

The assholes aside, they might lose interest when they see 600 pages of reading.

Well-tagged, briefer threads might be the way to go.

If you are looking to increase page-views and clicks, fostering a culture run by an exclusive "in-group" of shitposters won't be competitive for your site, moving forward.

 

[AnOminous]

I know that this opinion might be unpopular ....

But your ratings might benefit from breaking up megathreads.

The opposite is true and we used to do that and made it worse.

 

[Non-Expert!]

The opposite is true and we used to do that and made it worse.

By "That" you mean breaking up threads, right? And "it" meaning site ratings?

Null has one hell of a job here.

All I can do is offer suggestions, people can take them, leave them, or scrap them for parts.

I actually wish I could be more helpful. This is it ...

There are probably many facets to this problem, and one way of analysing it is to brainstorm what your goals are for the site, in relationship to where it is now. Make a list of variables that you think are causing the state of affairs and then rank them. Do the research, test the theories and give it time. Solicit feedback, make a small change and test the results.

Normally this is teamwork.

My well has run pretty dry as far as this topic goes. Best luck and best wishes.

❤

 

[Null]

Paragraphs frequently contain more than one sentence.

 

[Suburban Bastard]

5 sentences minimum, at least that's what they beat into us in grade school.

 

[Otterly]

I like the megathreads. I read the entire greta/la zorra one when I first joined and it was an absolute joy. The middle part had me howling with laughter; it was like binge watching a really good series over a weekend. If nobody ever picks that up and makes a sitcom out of it I’ll be disappointed, because it’s comedy gold.
There’s plenty of small threads, but the long ones are their own ecosystem and they’re great.

 

[Strange Looking Dog]

This would be a big undertaking perhaps, but I think that an index of some sort would greatly benefit megathreads. While I can certainly see the advantage of aggregating all posts on a particular topic, the result is frequently unreadable as interesting developments are drowned under waves of shitposts. Having a post on the first page linking to all of the major developments in the thread would make megathreads much less daunting for new readers.

 

[Non-Expert!]

Paragraphs frequently contain more than one sentence.

Is that some sort of koan? Your point is beautifully stated. Like symbolic of the larger picture, which may not necessitate fragmentation.

 

[AltisticRight]

Good, only registered autists have access to the cwcnostate containment chamber.
In all honestly, A&H is the dumping ground for political and/or racial sperging, along with autistic cvetching on DA JOOOOOZ. I'm as guilty as the next guy of course.

 

[Non-Expert!]

This would be a big undertaking perhaps, but I think that an index of some sort would greatly benefit megathreads. While I can certainly see the advantage of aggregating all posts on a particular topic, the result is frequently unreadable as interesting developments are drowned under waves of shitposts. Having a post on the first page linking to all of the major developments in the thread would make megathreads much less daunting for new readers.

That might add to the density and complexity of the whole thing.

All I know, is that this forum is one of the last places, or spaces, in which somebody can express unpopular views without getting the butthurt/censor button. Any solution I can muster up, such as making shitposts or redundant posts invisible to guests/the casual user, should not be implemented lightly.

Merry Christmas everybody. And thank you Null, for your hard work and dedication.

❤