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Not sure if this has been brought up before but what if you guys made it possible to friend people? I mean I know people that use websites just for friends and stuff. I think it might make the site more popular. I know its not a social site but I am just saying.

I mean I have friends that use facebook for two things. 1. Farmville. 2. To see how many friends they can get.

True. But when people look at a site before joining and at the moment we have 19 guests. They might or might not like the idea. And we are a little more than just a writing site.

Getting more active members would definately be cool, but we don't want to attract them for the wrong reasons. I mean, think about it, if this site becomes like a social network, we will be getting the social network members, not the writing members. Would like a good number of quality stories, or just a whole lot of average to mediocre stories?

Plus, the current community is small enough for everyone to know the basics of what memberA thinks of memberB, so we wouldn't actually need a friend feature for people you've never met before.

Would you like*

Well some people on this site do know each other and I wasn't suggesting adding a like button, games, and something where you could post and comment on someones profile. I don't want it to be a social networking site I just want the place to be better knowing and more attractive to other users.

Lol "I don't want it to be a networking site, I just want it to be like a networking site."

No just one little fix. I am not talking about groups and all that other stuff.

Hmm, I guess I did rip a page out of the 3J book.

It would take to long to explain ever bit of reasoning. Forget I meantioned it.

I mean its like that conversation we had in that robin hood morality thread. It goes on and on when we say the same things.

Lol it barely went on at all.

Probably because I don't feel like keeping this can of worms open

Naw delete it. It's fine. You guys didn't like the idea so if by some miracle it actually happens I don't want it to be my fault.

It's annoying? I am just saying I am not going to defend it anymore because you guys clearly don't like the idea.

I am not superior in no way to you guys its just that I can't really find anything strong enough that would change your mind.

Anyway*

Lol, I've been there before, congrats on the double negative btw, I'm now insulted.

Back on the topic, I don't think it would be a good idea. Aside from the vague explaination for how it would attract recurring visitors, social networks also have a way of isolating the population into peer groups, another way of rephrasing it, High School. I don't want CYOA to end up with one section goths, one nerds, and one one jocks. Why this would be a problem? Story ratings. If you have enough friends, everyone will be voting for you not because your story is good or has quality, but only because you're popular, which in this case will probably be JJJ. ;p

Secondly, this is a story game site, not a social networking webpage. If intermingling story games and social networking was so instrumental to success, the most popular thing on facebook would be your friends and story games. However, it isn't because they don't mix. It is like cross breeding a male horse and a mouse, and not in the test tube way.

Third, it may begin with a friend list, but before you know it, there will be a forum ignore list or however it would be implemented. There will be group trash talks, and petitions to take someone's story off the site just because your group doesn't like him/her.

Fourth, I would like to think this is a midly professional site made for people who have hobbies or writing careers, not high school. Ganging up and forming a country only invites prejudice, not harmony.

Hmm, I largly agree with Erudite.