The situation on the moon

[Insane_Zang]

God dammit you're gonna make me go find it. Give me like 5 minutes from posting this

[Insane_Zang]

pogotribe.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=danproject&thread=3354&page=3#68468

The thread is actually a good read if you have the time

[qooqǝɯɐƃ]

He didn't announce in that specific post that he was stepping down or anything. He just said he didn't have the time to be a leader here.

Jul 14, 2010 23:07:15 GMT -5 Dan Brown said:

Frankly, I'm busy these days (buying a house, coordinating Dan 3.0 details, VidCon, etc.) and the fact that I haven't been on the moon for a few weeks isn't out of a lack of love for you-- it's out of a lack of time for you.

[Lyserg Zeroz]

But Dan had said that he wanted the SPOTM to grow indepently from him

[Deleted]

Dec 7, 2010 13:54:24 GMT -5 Camoon said:

You will hand over full control of the pogotribe.proboards.com forums over to Rob. Patrick must be made aware of this.

Not sure why you've made this demand but I'll let you know that the entire admin team is in "full control" of this forum and has been for a while.

Dec 7, 2010 13:54:24 GMT -5 Camoon said:

Hand over leadership to Rob
You said yourself natural leaders arise all the time. Well Rob is a natural leader, and he is worthy of being your successor. He is reliable, efficient, he’s got the technical knowledge, and he’s an awesome guy.

...?

The lack of a leader isn't a problem. We don't need a leader. We just need the community to pull together and make itself "reliable" and "efficient". If you see yourself as someone who needs to be told what to do then I'll tell you now to try to get away from that mindset.

I do however agree with the points you've made that involve Dan helping to send some new members this way. Anything like that he does would be a great help.

[newschooled]

Dec 9, 2010 17:50:24 GMT -5 Insane_Zang said:

pogotribe.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=danproject&thread=3354&page=3#68468

The thread is actually a good read if you have the time

Wow...I had TOTALLY forgotten about that post.

Well if Rob inherits the moon one day, I vote "Mangina" be our anthem. *salutes*

SPOILER: Click to show

no homo...I think...

[Insane_Zang]

I'd vote for that

[Camoon]

Dec 9, 2010 18:15:46 GMT -5 @aajames said:

Not sure why you've made this demand but I'll let you know that the entire admin team is in "full control" of this forum and has been for a while.

I wasn't aware of this. I'll edit the post accordingly.

...?

The lack of a leader isn't a problem. We don't need a leader. We just need the community to pull together and make itself "reliable" and "efficient". If you see yourself as someone who needs to be told what to do then I'll tell you now to try to get away from that mindset.

In the context of a tribe aiming to make the world a better place, yes it is good to have someone tell you what to do in my opinion. If you disagree with that then fair enough.

I do however agree with the points you've made that involve Dan helping to send some new members this way. Anything like that he does would be a great help.

Awesome. I'm also helping take other steps to improve the Moons population, for instance, I've established a connection with Nerdfighters Project Ningmaster and hope that she can help spread the word of SPOTM to them, and help promote projects that we need lots of people for.

[Insane_Zang]

Dec 9, 2010 23:15:15 GMT -5 Camoon said:

Dec 9, 2010 18:15:46 GMT -5 @aajames said:

Not sure why you've made this demand but I'll let you know that the entire admin team is in "full control" of this forum and has been for a while.

I wasn't aware of this. I'll edit the post accordingly.

Well like, who else would have control over the forum? :/

[Ricky]

I loved newschooled's comment on the task, couldn't stop laughing XD

Also, voted :]

[Deleted]

Dec 10, 2010 0:07:58 GMT -5 Insane_Zang said:

Well like, who else would have control over the forum? :/

There's control over the forum - it's goes without saying that we have that - but there is more to it than that: control of the southpoleofthemoon.com webspace for example. Dan was the only person with access to all that at first but we have access now.

[Camoon]

Dec 10, 2010 7:41:18 GMT -5 @aajames said:

Dec 10, 2010 0:07:58 GMT -5 Insane_Zang said:

Well like, who else would have control over the forum? :/

There's control over the forum - it's goes without saying that we have that - but there is more to it than that: control of the southpoleofthemoon.com webspace for example. Dan was the only person with access to all that at first but we have access now.

Yeah that's what I was unaware of. Okay that's cool.

So all that really needs to be established, is that Dan has either stepped down as leader, or that he's coming back. And the main point is that either way he's going to promote the moon.

[Deleted]

I thought we were all aware that Dan isn't going to lead us.

[Camoon]

Dec 10, 2010 14:12:15 GMT -5 @aajames said:

I thought we were all aware that Dan isn't going to lead us.

Not new members. There needs to be a public service announcement, not an obscure forum post that only a few people read, and only active people know about.

[Lyserg Zeroz]

But I think he had said on videos that he wanted SPOTM to be independant from him. Anyways, I suppose a public announcement wouldn't be necessarily that bad either.

[Camoon]

Dec 10, 2010 15:49:09 GMT -5 Lyserg Zeroz said:

But I think he had said on videos that he wanted SPOTM to be independant from him. Anyways, I suppose a public announcement wouldn't be necessarily that bad either.

I think you're thinking of a pogotok. If not, links to the video please?

[Deleted]

Dec 10, 2010 14:17:32 GMT -5 Camoon said:

Not new members. There needs to be a public service announcement, not an obscure forum post that only a few people read, and only active people know about.

True. Fair. But what kind of announcement? It's not the kind of thing I'd want to be announced here in the usual way.

If Dan does the announcement then that might be counter-productive. Let's face it. If Dan plugs the Moon, most if not all of the people who come here because of that plug would come here because they think Dan is active here. Hopefully, they might stay long enough and get involved enough to want to keep coming back before they realise that that is not the case. But if Dan says that he's not active on the Moon, those people who would come here because of him but stay despite the fact that he doesn't visit here would not come here in the first place so we might end up losing out because of Dan's admitting that he is inactive here.

Does that make sense? It's very late right now.

[Freddy]

If Dan does the announcement then that might be counter-productive. Let's face it. If Dan plugs the Moon, most if not all of the people who come here because of that plug would come here because they think Dan is active here. Hopefully, they might stay long enough and get involved enough to want to keep coming back before they realise that that is not the case.

I'll just say that my project (down there! ---v) will probably help with that issue.

[Camoon]

Dec 10, 2010 20:49:41 GMT -5 @aajames said:

Dec 10, 2010 14:17:32 GMT -5 Camoon said:

Not new members. There needs to be a public service announcement, not an obscure forum post that only a few people read, and only active people know about.

True. Fair. But what kind of announcement? It's not the kind of thing I'd want to be announced here in the usual way.

If Dan does the announcement then that might be counter-productive. Let's face it. If Dan plugs the Moon, most if not all of the people who come here because of that plug would come here because they think Dan is active here. Hopefully, they might stay long enough and get involved enough to want to keep coming back before they realise that that is not the case. But if Dan says that he's not active on the Moon, those people who would come here because of him but stay despite the fact that he doesn't visit here would not come here in the first place so we might end up losing out because of Dan's admitting that he is inactive here.

Does that make sense? It's very late right now.

I re-read it a couple times and yeah, it makes sense. xD

That's an interesting scenario. To be honest I'd rather try then not. Face it, there's not really much to lose.

[Xanast]

I vote up. And, seeing as I am the only vote that matters, go right ahead. XD.