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As a follow-up from this post yesterday - where it sounds like things might be starting to get stale and uninteresting here for some/many/most (I don't know, I haven't ran a survey) - I think it's worth discussing and brainstorming some ideas about what could be added that interests newer users, veteran users or both.

So it generally looks like that after an initial rush of "post, comment and read ALL THE THINGS" that new users can sometimes have, they slow down once they start seeing similar things get posted multiple times. They start to post less, then be more selective in their reading, then practically fade away from the subreddit altogether. I think we need to identify the core reason people use this subreddit and try to add a bit more structure, rather than it being a wild-west, anything-goes, everything-is-awesome, free-hugs-for-everyone all the time.

That's not to say I would want anything banned from here - quite the opposite. I want more things to be added, but in a more structured and consistent way so that people can say "oh, it's that time of the week where X happens on the subreddit - I'll go check that out", instead of maybe finding something really interesting that's happening on a whim. We've had the occasional creative prompt recently and that's good, but the monthly theme died a death a while back now and that was the last consistent thing of its kind.

Apologies if I sound blunt or somewhat aggressive in this, but my brain is in "event planning"-mode with having to organise equipment for a convention this weekend (which I'm not talking about in the post). I will say though, once I'm done with it, I am planning on running something eventful for this subreddit. I've already talked it over with the moderators, but it still needs a little more work before it kicks off.

tl;dr: What do what to see more of here? What sort of regular event would you like to see? When and how often do you want to see it?

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One of several Pokemon-wannabe series that appeared in the wake of that series’ massive success, Monster Farm (aka Monster Rancher for the US release) is one of a select few that made it to American shores in translated form. Now Discotek Media have release Monster Farm: The Complete Series on DVD. The story “… follows a boy named Genki Sakura, who is an avid player of the Monster Rancher video games. After winning a tournament hosted by the game’s creators, Genki wins a special CD that he can use to unlock a special monster in his game at home. However, upon using this disk in his game console, he finds himself transported to a world of monsters that, much like Genki’s game, are given life by scanning special stone disks within temples. There he meets a girl named Holly, who is seeking a stone disk containing a legendary Phoenix that will save the land from the tyranny of an evil ruler named Moo. While attempting to use the disk to try and release the Phoenix, they instead bring forth a different sort of monster, which Genki names ‘Mocchi’. Wanting to free the land from Moo’s rule, Genki, Holly, Mocchi and their other monster companions set forth on a quest to find the stone disk that contains the Phoenix!” Got all that? Good! Check it out over at Previews.

image c. 2015 Discotek Media

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hey my artist (http://modernbeatnik.deviantart.com/) just finished this what do ya'll think http://pre13.deviantart.net/18dc/th/pre/i/2015/167/f/e/for_sam_by_modernbeatnik-d8xk115.png?1

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Just tell me something new, a fun fact, something big that happened in your life, etc.

I'll start. Finals end tomorrow for me, and I'm too lazy to finish my track

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That you guys are the best! As some of you may know I have only offically been a furry for three days. I will admit i was always skeptical about considering myself as a furry because eveyone who isnt one of us seems to resent us. But after i came to this sub reddit I just... I just dont give a s**t if somone thinks its wierd that im a furry or dislikes me because of it. I will have my fair share of haters but the community is the best community I have personally ever seen In just these few short days of being apart of it. You guys are a lot of fun to talk to all of you are nice and everyone I have talked to deems to have something in common with me (besides being furry).To conclude I would like to say thank you all for welcoming me into this group and I am looking forward to staying in this community! P.S. I want a fursona but dont know where to start any Ideas?

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