Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 One would think that being in a club with like-minded persons, members would be as gabby as little girls. No soap, some of the clubs have been quiet fro about 4 months and most of the activity that I see in the open clubs is new members signing up. And some of these clubs have over 30 members Link to comment
Wannatripbaby Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I'm not a part of any clubs. Mainly because I didn't feel like any of them fit me. I'm not an AB; not exactly a DL; and while I want to be, I've never been a Caregiver. But even aside from that I didn't see much of a point. We already have public forums devoted to specific groups, so it's not hard to find like-minded people. And since all you have to do to join a club is click "Join" It's really not much of an accomplishment to be a part of one. Part of the appeal of a club is Exclusivity. Most clubs make it hard to join, not because they don't want new members, but because they want membership to mean something. Having a club that anyone can join is no different than having no club at all. That's just my 2 cents anyway. Link to comment
rusty pins Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I used to belong to several clubs. Flying clubs, train clubs, hunting clubs. There may be a roster of over 200 members in a club, but come meeting night you are lucky to see 35 or 40. Som you never see and haven't seen in 10 years! They send in their dues each year and that's that. Some for hunting may figure out if they belong to the club, they can use the rifle range once a year to sight in their gun before hunting, and that's all they need. Train club people don't ever show except for the few die hard ones. There is a model airplane club in Ohio who has a large membership but limits the members. They all are required to work several of the club functions including the nation wide 3 day event in Toledo each year. If they don't fulfill their requirements, they are out and a new member from their waiting list is added to the club. Who knows? Some may just like saying they belong to such and such a club when that's all they do..... belong. Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 It seems the more things change the more they stay the same. In my Jr. and Sr. year in high school. I was in both the Science club and the Radio-Electronics club. In both years, there were about 15 showing up for the sign-up and first 2 meetings then it was 4 of us, and the same for in both years. But when the yearboook pictures were taken, all 15 would show up Link to comment
Wannatripbaby Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 So you see? That's the problem. In real life, even when a club membership doesn't cost you anything, you still get the benefit of being able to claim you're a member. Here you've got no cost, but also no benefits. Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Clubs have their own forum and blogs so that you are not really clogging up the main forum with specializeddiscussions. I do not know if theyhave their own phot albums as there is no real description of what is in the club package Link to comment
Wannatripbaby Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I don't see the appeal of "Specialized discussion forums" when this is already a niche community. If a person is that worried about whi will see their post they'll simply message specific people. We're already a small group of closely knit members who all share a common interest. Isn't that the same as a club? What good is it to have clubs within clubs? Link to comment
Rockies Fan in Diapers Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 25 minutes ago, Wannatripbaby said: I don't see the appeal of "Specialized discussion forums" when this is already a niche community. If a person is that worried about whi will see their post they'll simply message specific people. We're already a small group of closely knit members who all share a common interest. Isn't that the same as a club? What good is it to have clubs within clubs? None in my opinion, "Clubs within Clubs" tend to become "cliques" which I don't like, because then in my experience it makes it even harder to engage with others & make new friends because the "clique" is like: "Well you're not in our clique, so you're not included." 1 Link to comment
Missy Q Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rockies Fan in Diapers said: None in my opinion, "Clubs within Clubs" tend to become "cliques" which I don't like, because then in my experience it makes it even harder to engage with others & make new friends because the "clique" is like: "Well you're not in our clique, so you're not included." I 2nd this. In my experience such things turn toxic very quickly. Link to comment
WillDL Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Saw your post about 'clubs' in the sidebar. Puzzled about what you were talking about, clicked on it. Didn't even notice the 'clubs' tab until I read this thread! I agree with many of the others. This board is a 'club' already, although the posts are public. I suppose that's the difference. Public posts vs. not. Link to comment
vvp39 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I'm another one who didn't know what 'clubs' were under discussion.... Link to comment
Babyqtboy Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Same, had no clue there were clubs lol Link to comment
LittleAmytheil Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 I think it would help if most of us knew the purpose/advantages of clubs. Can anyone start one? What precisely is it, just a series of additional forums or chats? Or is it similar to 'liking' a page on Facebook with like minded people. Link to comment
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