Activity on non-VN portion of AN

[Deadshot]

Have you guys had a look at vbulletin? (yes I am aware of the associated costs)

It is however one of the best demonstrations of how a forum layout should be. Clean, customizable and easy to navigate. (Something I feel this site should improve on.)

Membership issue...

Advertise EVERYWHERE. So many people at my school had no idea that this site even existed! 

They are now seeing improvement in their marks and are finding that they can deal with the stress better.

This site is incredible, don't get me wrong, However it does need to improve in area's if we are to see an increase not only in membership numbers, but returning and contributing members as well.

[iNerd]

Advertise EVERYWHERE. So many people at my school had no idea that this site even existed!  

That's because people are innately selfish and they realise the value of this site and hence don't spread it (basic psych).

An influx of members will cause the practice exams currently available to lose its value if everyone has access.

An example:

can you guys change it to next year?
More atar notes users = more people accessing resources(exams) = more competitive vce

+1 Not really the spirit of AN, but still ....

[taiga]

Advertise EVERYWHERE. So many people at my school had no idea that this site even existed! 

That's because people are innately selfish and they realise the value of this site and hence don't spread it.

An influx of members will cause the practice exams currently available to lose its value if everyone has access.

An example:

can you guys change it to next year?
More atar notes users = more people accessing resources(exams) = more competitive vce

+1 Not really the spirit of AN, but still ....

Losers

[Deadshot]

It is sad, is it not?  Selfish people like this are awful! :0

But the point of the site is to help people. Not just the ones that are lucky enough to ponder on to the site.

[Water]

It is sad, is it not?  Selfish people like this are awful! :0

But the point of the site is to help people. Not just the ones that are lucky enough to ponder on to the site.

Or, after you complete VCE, you can spread it around. Killing two birds with one stone.

a)You have a competitive edge with ATARNotes.

b) You Can Advertise it, after you "pwn" Or " got owned" by VCE .


Muahahahah! Though, I"m not an endorser of this idea, cause I like to encourage my friends to go on to this website. To no avail ):

[Deadshot]

I get this to I told about 30 people about the site and only about 4-5 people came back to tell me how much the love the site.

[taiga]

The majority of my selfish selective school mates joined up but only took praccy exams etc hahah, the only two that I think went on to post/contribute were Burbs and Teewreck.

[iNerd]

The majority of my selfish selective school mates joined up but only took praccy exams etc hahah, the only two that I think went on to post/contribute were Burbs and Teewreck.

Do I not exist?

[mystikal]

hrmm that is true... however, the problem i think is just that we do not have a dedicated posters/helpers/staff in the other state forums... i mean VN had BoS ditchers who already were helpful and stuff plus ... not saying we arent familiar but like... the structure of other states is kinda different and i think that the communal feeling that we are in this together isnt there for the other forums whereas it is in here.. I mean like u dont see us posting in BoS NSW forum like subject wise... medstudentsonline do quite well coz they all have common goals/are in similar situations as in its quite universal(UMAT/GAMSAT)..

If u think about it the creator of VN (great enwiabe) did vce so he had knowledge on how to help us and stuff when it first started.... plus he had like a handful of helpful vce students posters from the BoS revolt =P and we spread the word to other students since we were all in melbourne.

All im saying is...when AN was launch... it didnt have a starting sample of staff/members their to spraed the word or help the forum for other states. I rkn we shud do what taiga said since he is on the right track about streamlining...however ill add by saying that it shud only be for particular subjects ... like languages or other subjects which do not have such a big input in the forum we alraedy have to test things out. Just start by basic transitions. We could also have a national.. maths forum, english forum, business forum etc...  for general enquriies to start things off.and once there is enough of a market you can split it...

[burbs]

The majority of my selfish selective school mates joined up but only took praccy exams etc hahah, the only two that I think went on to post/contribute were Burbs and Teewreck.

Do I not exist?

He didn't refer you?

[iNerd]

The majority of my selfish selective school mates joined up but only took praccy exams etc hahah, the only two that I think went on to post/contribute were Burbs and Teewreck.

Do I not exist?

He didn't refer you?

Oh I get it. Ah yeah haha I found VN through other means -.-

[lynt.br]

I think the problem is you need an initial community already in place to get the ball rolling. Individuals aren't going to join the site unless there is a pre-existing community. I like Taiga's idea the best. It would be a good way to build up a community form other states, then once the numbers are high enough we can think about subdividing the forums into each state.

At the moment, unless you can organise a bunch of people to simultaneous join and use the other boards, nothing is going to happen...

[m@tty]

Yeah at the moment people from other states aren't going to stay; the forums are empty, there are no notes..

taiga's idea will work to start forming a user base

I say it should be organised by subject THEN state, as was suggested earlier. I remember how crap the Victorian section of BoS was, and that was because it was completely segregated from everything else - as AN is now.

[binders]

Would it be possible to get ahold of the subject outlines and course requirements for other states as you can with VCAA study designs, then abstract the portions of notes for VCE that fit and post them as notes in the other state forums? this would create content to draw people in.

with a bit of digging, you can find them for HSC here, usually under the 'syllabus' item on the left of each study's page:
http://arc.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/go/hsc/std-packs/

So all the parts of maths, chem or italian VCE units which apply to the HSC ones could be put up as notes.  A lot of work in some cases, not so much in others.

[m@tty]

Going with the subject -> state idea

I think that on the forum home page you have recent notes uploads, then on each subject section (which is national) you have recent notes for that specific section. Notes can be used interstate - for science subjects the underlying concepts are the same; essays and notes for english/languages are useful no matter how closely they are related to the specific tasks they are preparing for, etc.
They may be less relevant for humanities subjects..

Pulling out the relevant bits would be too much work xD