O_O Do you think we'll be seeing an influx of EP refugees after AM's big update?

I kind of doubt it, based on the last influx. In like a lion and out like a lamb.

I'm thinking the same thing :/ I'm still hopeful regardless. xp

THANK YOU ...... LIKE.....

I don't think we'll get a massive wave, but I know a lot of people hold dual memberships and there's always chatter between the sites. Just like we have people here who talk about SW, there are people there who talk about us. So, I think word will carry. Plus, many of them still have memberships here, so they're mostly getting my emails saying that the changes are coming. I'll be sending another message out right before the Mug goes dark and another right after we come up with the swankier Mug.

I also think a lot of the activity will depend on how well we all adapt to the revised Mug and how active the site looks after the refresh. It's super intuitive and our beta testers beat the tar out of it to refine it, but not one person had trouble navigating it, and a couple members of the beta team are not tech-savvy, so I feel really good about it from that aspect. But, yeah, I'd sure like to see our regular active member base jump right in and do their thing, because that will signal to any lookie-loos that we're still a happening place to be. Put on your game faces, guys. Grr... :) With regular activity from our normal peeps, we should start to see a slow trickle back. Not a deluge like we had in March/ April, but they'll poke their heads in and check. We just need to tie them up and keep them here. So, game faces, rope, and duct tape. ;)

Helloooooo Fri!! I just read your comments on my last blog. Thanks so much! I am grateful for people like you who care. That sounds so cheesy, but there it is. And I would be happy to see some more familiar people. 

You won't recognise me because I was pretty quiet on EP but I remember seeing you around.

You might see an influx of EPers curious to see what's going on - a few aren't very happy with how SW is turning out so I bet they're curious to see how the new site would feel.

That's my prediction, anyway :)

we might, you never know

Nah I remember seeing your username on occasion. I want to say you had a profile picture with a purple background. :o

I think that's a fair prediction. Now, with yours and JA's responses I'm a little more hopeful than before. I really do hope that this big change is the start of a big wave of newcomers, not just EP refugees, but people in general. This place is a rare gem, I'd like to see the community grow.

I'll put on my best game face and do my best overly friendly neighbour impression...
Hey there neighbourino! I baked you cookies made from flour that I ground from wheat I grew in my backyard especially for you. Welcome to the neighbourhood, friend. OuO' Enjoy your fresh baked friendship cookies. *smiles huge with a bit of an eye twitch*
If for some reason that sort of routine creeps people out, then I guess we'll have to resort to the rope and duct tape. Just gotta make'em stay long enough to see what a fun site this is. :D
I'm kidding.(Mostly :3)Making an effort to talk to new members (like, beyond "hello and welcome here", which is a good start) seems to be what keeps people's initial interest long enough for them to get a good feel of the site and see if it's something they want to be a part of. So, I'll be on my best most welcoming and non creepy behaviour. u_u Scouts honour.

Forget welcoming, you were on the right page with those cookies. We just need to figure out what to lace them with. ;)

Seriously, though, I appreciate your sincerity. I love that people like you are here. :)

Hey there Lemon. You don't want to be thanking me for my rambling. You'd just be inviting more of it. o_o I've been known to reply to a 2 sentence message with a response that is (no exaggeration here) the length of a short story. But thanks for saying thanks ^-^/
I like cheese, and I quite worrying so much about using it excessively a long time ago. It's all good as long as it's not those over processed "slices" of "cheese". That stuff looks and tastes like it came out of a 3D printer.

ha, I don't even remember what avatar I used with this name... I was active using the username VioletVivid.

But yeah I do like this place and thought it was a shame that a lot of my favourite people left. I would like to see the community grow (and hopefully the non-political questions would increase as well :/ )

I haven't seen you active around here in a while, so it's nice to see that some people do come back :)

I'm with you on the political questions. I wouldn't mind seeing more diversity and variety.

Maybe, but I think some will leave once Answerbag is back up and running. 

Oh dear, I didn't know that was going to be happening. Some people will probably have dual-membership. o-o Regardless, I think Answer Mug still has a chance though. We have our positive atmosphere going in our favour, and that might be enough for some to stay even if the active AM population isn't huge yet.

Hello.

I don't expect a huge wave of EPeeps coming back. It's been too long for them to return now. They are spread around. A lot on Similar Worlds. I don't miss all the crap that went on on EP and I feel great here.

The AnswerBag'ers who talk about moving over there when it is restarted under new management have what they look for here already. They seem to have a lot among them, but they might take off. Time will tell. 

This place is what we make it. Waiting won't change a thing. We define it by our activities, posts, comments and interaction with each others.

It might be, but some die hard Baggers will probably rejoin there and will be less active here. Not everyone is having a positive experience on this site. It will be sad to lose them, but I have a feeling we will.

:-)

Looking for what once was will very rarely be the answer for the future. The has a tendency to be recalled way better than it was in reality. :-)

I agree, but AB was a lot of peoples first home. The way it closed was a shock, new management may be a wonderful thing. 

Maybe, maybe not. Some like it at Similar Worlds which is an EP with new management, some doesn't. What I hear though is, it's not the same. And I don't think AB will ever be the same no matter how much you wish for it. If not for anything else, then simply because of time. I heard there was a lot of negativity going on there too, like on EP. Hmm. Time will tell. :-)

I've always believed that a site is as good as the users on it... That's why SW sucks because the users on there are mostly the ones that frequented the Q&A section on EP (which I found completely inane most of the time)

Mmhmmm. It will be about the users. Not the site as such. It provides some features but if the users won't make use of them in a proper way they are useless. :-)