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I wish it was possible to answer on comments in threats. Answering one by one gets really confusing, you don't know any more who sent whom an answer to a comment. At the moment there aren't many comments, but if you want that site to grow, then this has to get solved soon.

Except of that I'm wondering how can I start an own group? By now I only found existing groups and wrote in them. I guess that's the reason why so many people post off topic. If there's a way to create an own group, then it's obviously too complicated by now. It has to be simple.

What keeps sites growing is if things are easy to use and understand. If it gets complicated people are fleeing. It's harder to get a member comig back tha winning a new member. By now similarworlds has unfortunately lost many ex EP members...things have to be solved quickly to not lose more users.


Oh....one thing might be important. You shouldn't make members pay for something, because this would be the end, but you should definitely create a system of points or something like that, so that people start writing to get points.
Take a look at myvidster.com . They have a system of points and a kind of medails that makes people post more and more to win more point. I guess that's what could keep this site growing. I can remember those points were one big reason for me to write a lot on EP before. I just liked getting and collecting those points :-)
Jessa29 · 36-40, FMod
@Alex31830c

1) ██ Nested Replies / Direct Comments

It will be possible to reply directly to a specific reply on stories (nested replies).

*Suggested When you guys get the reply-to-reply feature up, could you make it so that only initial responses are counted as the total response count? If this wasn't the plan already of course. :)*

Updated: 2 week(s) ago | Sources: Nunos50 / Nuno / FeetAreFantastic
Direct link: http://real-people.net/features#feature59

2) ██ Create Groups

The team may eventually allow the creation of groups, but this feature needs a lot of thought and discussion before being released.

If creation of groups is allowed freely, we may end up with many duplicate and misspelled group again. Members may also label the content rating of a new group incorrectly in that case, which caused a lot of problems in the first days of SW with adult groups appearing in the non-adult areas.

The team has different ideas to secure the creation of new groups properly. They may allow some setup where members can suggest new groups for creation, and SW staff would have to approve these groups manually. Otherwise group creation may be limited to certain groups of members, such as Admins, Staff, Moderators, Helpers, and Trusted Members (those with a high reputation).

In the mean time members can use the group search and make use of the large variety of groups already available.

Suggestion without feedback: Do not require group names to start with "I ".

Updated: 1 month(s) ago | Sources: Andrew / Haylani / Nuno
Direct link: http://real-people.net/features#feature19

3) ██ VIP Membership & Features

The following description is not yet final, but gives a global idea of what to expect:


- View profile visitors: You'll get a list of people who visited your profile, including the time of their visit.
- Invisible mode: Optionally hide your visitor presence from all members, including VIP Users!
- Read status: See if messages you sent were read by the recipient. If the recipient chooses to mark the message as unread again, you will not be told that it was read.
- Customize profile & site layout: Altering the colors and background pattern of the website. All visitors to your profile will see it in your design. Additionally you will be able to create a custom title, which appears next to your name across all parts of the site.
- Additional gallery photos: VIP members will be able upload more photos to their photo albums.
- Remove all advertising.

Updated: 1 month(s) ago | Sources: SW Homepage / Nuno / Jessa29
Direct link: http://real-people.net/features#feature16

4) ██ Points and Awards

You'll be able to earn points by being a good and active member on Similar Worlds. Points can be used in many cool ways, such as buying gifts for other members, purchasing outfits and accessories for your avatar character, and in other fun new features that are still to be planned.

The community has suggested the following gifts: cereal and a walrus. The team did not give any feedback on these yet.

Updated: 1 month(s) ago | Sources: SW Homepage / EatingCereal / FeetAreFantastic
Direct link: http://real-people.net/features#feature31
Gentle153 · 36-40, MMod
Direct replies are planned to be released soon. You can see the progress under "We're working on this!" The item is called "Nested Replies / Direct Comments". :)

Creating groups is not possible yet, but there are groups for pretty much everything already.

Paid VIP memberships are also planned, but it will be optional to buy this. Basic functionality will remain free. A reputation system is already in place to reward positively active members extra perks like the ability to remove other people's comments from their stories.
Goralski · 51-55, M
Confusing as hell

 
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