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mariatherese · 10-19-2006, 01:32 AM

So, question to the Administrator:

Is the purpose of this forum...
A. just to serve as a place where a few City-Data members can come?
B. serve as an alternative to City-Data, hoping to attract new members who are roaming the web, looking for relocation info?

I'm all for a forum that promotes a more free environment! But the reason why I ask is, people find the City-Data forum by first following a link on the City-Data website (where there is tons of information on cities and states in the US). How do you expect this forum to compete with that? Where and how would a person find this forum? It would be nice to see this forum take off, but I'm afraid it won't unless you have a plan. Basically, if I want to get info on a location, I'm going to go where all the people are so I can talk to them, and if it is easy to find City-Data.com, there will probably always be lots of people there. Obviously we can't just keep PMing people from City-Data forever!

Any thoughts?

10-19-2006, 01:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
mariatherese Junior Member Join Date: Oct 19th, 2006 Location: Detroit Posts: 34	Purpose/future of this forum So, question to the Administrator: Is the purpose of this forum... A. just to serve as a place where a few City-Data members can come? B. serve as an alternative to City-Data, hoping to attract new members who are roaming the web, looking for relocation info? I'm all for a forum that promotes a more free environment! But the reason why I ask is, people find the City-Data forum by first following a link on the City-Data website (where there is tons of information on cities and states in the US). How do you expect this forum to compete with that? Where and how would a person find this forum? It would be nice to see this forum take off, but I'm afraid it won't unless you have a plan. Basically, if I want to get info on a location, I'm going to go where all the people are so I can talk to them, and if it is easy to find City-Data.com, there will probably always be lots of people there. Obviously we can't just keep PMing people from City-Data forever! Any thoughts?