My tuppence worth
1. Do not let people change their usernames - in a virtual world with virtual friends you need to build up a a picture of who you are dealing with. You get this in dribs and drabs from the information they post, sometimes maybe more personal insights on some posts.
For someone to disappear and reappear as someone else is confusing to simpletons like me.
2. Facebook - not quite sure how Facebook groups work but there is plenty of information that I do not want to share with virtual friends on here. I am very wary of Facebook as it is and I don't really like mixing work colleagues and friends/family. I wouldn't want to bore you lot with my daily life either!
3. I like the beauty of this place being anonymous - not for any secretive reasons (and it wouldn't take too long to find my identity, some already have it anyway) but by being virtual and not real, then I don't take things personal and I can dip in and out when I want.
4. I think it has been discussed before about opening up the information on profiles - on sites like Pistonheads you can click on profile for more info - again not wanting to make this info too personal but it would allow, for example, pictures of your car. Also being able to add photos to threads can be informative.
5. New memebers definitely needed - I have always looked on this as "your local", where you can drop in or out, share chat with friends, maybe have a bit of banter or argument, maybe learn something new, get advice etc but drink up at the end of the night and leave as friends. But how do you sell that to new members and how do you attract them in?
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