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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 8:34 am
OK, how do you get people to come here? It seems like every Net friend I have that I try to have come here says, "I'll check it out" but they never do. How do you describe the phenomena of this community? If you came here as a recruit from another member, what did they say to inspire you to check it out?
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Ryn
Moderator
08-11-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 9:30 am
IMHO you can't - I have never recruited someone and I have told several people. Actually check that - I have recruted a couple of lurkers in my office who like to read the BB updates but thats about it - they have never "joined" they just like to keep up to date. People are fickle and like what they like - and often like to discover it for themselves - this place is a community you almost have to fall into on your own - or be invited by a total stranger (like folks that find this place during BB when others post the links all over the place).
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 9:35 am
Prisonerno6 posted about these boards on the official Starting Over message boards. As she said, there is soooo much negativity over there. I checked out TVCH and found "home".
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 9:36 am
second what color said- i started coming here when the Staring Over Boards banned Jan's spoilers.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:28 am
A net community that started with BBfans discussing their fave reality show and eventually turned into something much bigger thanks to its initiator, mods and members. An endless source of information about anything and everything, a support group for whatever problem you are dealing with, a place that never misses to give you at the very least one daily chuckle. A great place to hang out with many different ppl without having to leave the house.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:33 am
Tell them its a 'clean' place to come. If profanity and nastiness were allowed I'd be gone in a flash.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:42 am
tell them we don't want them; they will come! just kidding. cathie told me about it. i have been here ever since. i was kind of envious that so many people were here before me, and i had missed out on so much of the sharing 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:46 am
p.s. i think what cathie first told me about it was when she and i were maybe playing an internet game for big brother or something. once i went to whatever topic first interested me, i ventured out over the entire board. well, to be honest, i don't visit the news and views and political topics too much! but every place else is great.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 11:20 am
Whoami, I think people need to be missing something before they can come here and really appreciate the board. Most of the old timers here came because of Big Brother. We saw the first comercials or the first episodes on tv and we went to the website. We went to the CBS chat rooms. ~groan~ We didn't enjoy talking to the people there, but we NEEDED to talk to other people that liked the show because most of us had friends and family that didn't understand our obsession with the 24 hour feeds. We did web searches or we were guided here by kind souls who braved the CBS chat room to show people the way over here. We had a need and when we found this place it filled the need. It seems to be the same with the new Starting Over people that have come in recently. They had a need for a better place to talk about their show. Once they are here they look around and find all the other things that our community has to offer and they plunker down and become part of the family. You can tell people all day how wonderful our board and the people that post here are, but unless those people are missing something, most are not even going to come look in the first place and if they do look, they think we look like a nice bunch of lunatics and they move on.
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 11:27 am
In the beginning it seemed like we were the only people in the universe who liked Big Brother, so we had to commiserate, and that first season everyone (everyone else, that is) was embarrassed to say they liked it out loud. I still can't believe I am still coming here so long after that first BB.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 11:55 am
I've discribed this board as the best board to get information on BB, or to just dish about the show. I also let them know there are many other areas to the site, but that it is often hard to get into some of the convos because people on the board have been together for so long and know how each other think that they often over look newcomers posts. I also let them know that there is a chat most every evening if they want to try to get to know the other posters better.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 11:57 am
O.I., I'm glad that you are still coming here. And you know that I don't participate in the threads that you play in, it's just that it's a comfort for me to see your name around the board "Ocean_islands". I would miss you if you were to leave. Plus, one time I was playing an "Erica" game and I was given your name to try and convince to post a nursery rhyme in my folder and I was so pleased that you really did it!!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 1:00 pm
I started here because of Big Brother, but this has become so much more to me. Every aspect of this board. I really just read and did not post much, until my Cat Mitzi got cancer and was dying. I could not talk without become hysterical, so I typed, and I found the most loving people here who understand and helped. I told people this, but not many came. I continued to come here and venture all over - into the "Hot Topics" (now News and Views) and got myself all worked up from time to time. I found the people here so intelligent and kind. Then I met some people last June and I was impressed by the caliber of the people that come here. Which brings me to January 17th. As you all know my home burned and I lost almost everything. One of my thoughts after safety and breaking down, was that I had to share this with my TVCH friends. It made me feel better, I felt that I had to let people know that I was okay in case they saw the news. I had no thoughts of anything except receiving emotional support as I always have. But no, the people at TVCH (most of whom I have never met) took it upon themselves to do the most wonderful things. Money, gift cards, Knitting afghans, planning shopping trips. Writing me wonderful supportive emails and messages. It was overwhelming. I again told people about this, and they are all in disbelief. I would like to see if any of them come here now. If not, they are weird is all can say.
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:00 pm
I was one of the people who used to brave the CBS chatrooms to send people this way for live feed info. With people I knew in RL I was at first reluctant to share this place with them. It was "my" place. I think my brother has lurked here a time or two, but if he ever posted he's never said so. I only really began to share more about this site with family and friends after I met some wonderful people in New York City in June. I needed them to understand whey I would be crazy enough to meet people I only knew from the internet. There have been a few times when I have mentioned this board while having a conversation about reality tv shows with somebody. Like the two young guys Marm and I met at the CBS window the day Sandra was there. I wish I had a business card with the clubhouse web address on it so that they could have found us.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:02 pm
Oh Ginger...I am so sorry about your house (and your cat). That is heartbreaking. I just wanted you to know that I am thinking good thoughts for you and hope all the best for you. I am sure things are very hard and sad now. I hope everyone is doing at least ok a little bit. I agree, TVCH is a wonderful community. Supportive and fun. Other than research, I go almost nowhere else on the net. Even for some research, this is a good source because one receives honest opinions from real people. I also stumbled upon this board looking for BB info. I lurked for a long time. I also didn't branch out much past BB area for quite awhile. It's grown so much, partly because of the other reality tv shows out now. Back at the beginning of BB, there just wasn't much reality tv to watch. I do talk about this board with my friends who are interested in reality tv. I don't know if I've ever mentioned it to those who aren't. I do agree that there is so much more to this than reality tv. I agree with Ryn that it's hard to get people to come here, they like what they like, they are fickle.
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:07 pm
I blame Reiki. I was one of those recruited out of the nasty CBS chatrooms.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:14 pm
I "stumbled" upon TVCH with BB2...and even if I don't post much, I LOVE reading and hearing others' opinions. Here's a funny view though...this board and one other that I'm part of (very much like this one...wonderful people, variety of interests, only we're bound by a series of books on that board) are about the only places I come online. And I'm rather hesitant to share this with people I know. It's rather "freeing" to be able to say what I want, and not worry that it might get back to a student, parent, etc. (not that I say anything all that exciting...but just in case! LOL) So...anyone else keeping TVCH their own little secret?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 5:13 pm
i don't want to share with my RL friends. this is MY place. i can be open and free with how i speak, and i don't have to hear about what i may say about my boss, or my daughter or anyone like that. i tell people "you should see what was said on my board today..." or something like that. but invite them here... noooooo. when i'm here... i'm not chuck's wife, or holly's mom. i'm ME. no airs here. but i have 2 special friends that would understand but neither one is interested in any kind of reality television. i don't know if they'd want to come here just to talk.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 5:28 pm
uhhh the united arms forces of tvch?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 8:22 pm
I also came from a CBS chatroom. SOmeone there told me about TVCH, I wish I could remember who it was!!!! Then 9-11 happened and my Dh was deployed, this became my support and entertainment for the next 7 mo. Now it is home!! I have met people from here, that are just as great in person!! I plan to meet many more in Vegas in July, I can't wait! I have met people here I consider some of my closest friends. I have recruited 3 people here, 2 post, 1 still lurks!!!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 8:36 pm
I have no desire to get my "real life" friends to come here either. And I don't have any other net people that I know. I like having it to myself for pretty much the same reasons as Landi- only I call this my little cult. LOL
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:40 am
I started for most of the same reasons lots others did... it was a "safe" place to talk about BB and not get laughed at during that first season. I didn't stick around much after that first season, but (obviously) came back during S2. And then... well, and then, I've stayed and you can't get me to leave. This is a great community. We share info. We help each other (Ginger's story is a prime example -- before she even had a new home in which to live, we were already sending her money to help her get by). We have lots of passionate discussions about lots of different topics. We laugh. We cry. We hold each other up. We donate to each others' favorite charities. We scream and yell and whine when our favorite players in a reality show don't win. We exalt when they do. We come from all walks of life and lots of other countries. We learn and we teach. We enourage each other... to grow, to succeed, to survive. We mourn. We celebrate. To many of us, this community is a second family. A far-flung network of people who you may never meet in real life but who you feel as if you've known forever.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 1:44 pm
It bothers me every time I see someone saying that they feel left out. I only want to say just jump in and pretend you have always been here! Although I've been here a long time, there are days when hardly anyone talks to me, too, but maybe that's because someone else is needing a shoulder, a hug, a smile, a smack on the back of the head or just the facts! There have been a lot of occasions where I've mentioned 'my' clubhouse to others, but if they don't ask I don't tell where it is! My family and friends, with one exception my DIL, has never come here that I know of. My DIL has posted as Vernie, but the last time was probably over a year ago. She was only interested in the game threads!
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