As someone who's PR department, how might we improve and keep users from leaving?

Yanderemenhera

@Raven said in As someone who's PR department, how might we improve and keep users from leaving?:

Apps are expensive

are you familiar with F droid? just an idea but it might be cheeper than hosting it on google

Raven

That would be a @pwsincd and @vgmoose thing.. that's not my cup of tea

Yanderemenhera

@Raven ok, i remember i used f droid to download a music downloader on a really old phone that google wasnt supported on. i believe all of the files were akp downloaded so it'd only work on android anyway

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@Yanderemenhera I brought this up and I'M staff

VGMoose

We do have an apps in the works! Actually push notifications is the difficult part, but we should be able to get there eventually. It's important to make the site easier to use for mobile users.

On the users that have left though, I generally agree with Raven's take that it's natural / their decision to make. People will come and go over time. Obviously, we don't want to make this feel like an isolating place either.

sweetpuddin

add downvotes back?
im on another site which allows downvotes and people over there seem to manage pretty well (as in you rarely see spam downvotes etc)

KiwiFarmsArkavel

@ladiesman217 said in As someone who's PR department, how might we improve and keep users from leaving?:

add downvotes back?
im on another site which allows downvotes and people over there seem to manage pretty well (as in you rarely see spam downvotes etc)

I rarely see anybody spam downvotes there except for my joyous riot cat

W joyous riot

sweetpuddin

@KiwiFarmsArkavel see kiwi gets it

Raven

No downvotes.

sweetpuddin

@Raven pretty please?

KiwiFarmsArkavel

@ladiesman217 said in As someone who's PR department, how might we improve and keep users from leaving?:

@Raven pretty please?

with the sprinkles and cherry on top?

Raven

No means no and this isn't up for negotiation, sorry.

sweetpuddin

@Raven sigh

pwsincd

what was gleened from this thread ?

sweetpuddin

@pwsincd i sadly couldnt tell you what we gleened

Yanderemenhera

@VGMoose ok, where is it gonna be available at? an akp file might be less expensive than google

BBQboi-_-

@VGMoose it’s great to see effort put into this site ,ts so disappointing to see its users slowly dwindle

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@ladiesman217 i feel like downvotes might mean less actual engagement, bc instead of replying ppl can just push a button, which makes things boring for everyone and will probably only lead to less engagement. just my opinion tho:P

Raven

@_Izzy_ said in As someone who's PR department, how might we improve and keep users from leaving?:

@ladiesman217 i feel like downvotes might mean less actual engagement, bc instead of replying ppl can just push a button, which makes things boring for everyone and will probably only lead to less engagement. just my opinion tho:P

Then yall downvote people you don't like... its happened before and made people leave because they feel unwelcomed.. which is why it will not be a Added back until we see a more mature audience at least