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<p>[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 8340, member: 7"]</p><p>How would putting the site into read-only mode would change this user's decision? I'm not seeing the train of thought here.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My memory is a bit fuzzy on this detail. When did I join? Where there other users present and posting when I joined? When I signed up, was the site in read-only mode? I honestly don't remember.</p><p></p><p>But your hypothetical is misleading to the extent of being fallacious. I have to infer that your logic is invalid somewhere. "If only one other person besides me had signed up" is not be equivalent to the experience a new user would have if they joined <em>today</em>. Answering this question shouldn't give you data that would be useful in determine whether or not to reset the site. The only way my answer would give you meaningful data is if this scenario is expected to be recreated. I fail to see how this hypothetical is relevant, as it doesn't describe the future of either option.</p><p></p><p>But to answer your question, just in case I'm wrong: That would depend on the growth from those hypothetically desolate beginnings until now. If nobody else posted in the months that I've been here, I might have stopped checking in. If, though, people did, I would have reason to stay.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay, but don't be saying that "<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">this is the only option!</span>", because there <em>are</em> options that you haven't tried, and this is one of them.</p><p></p><p>If I may get personal and theorize for a moment here, I think this is just a way for you to "take a break". The site can be on hold, you can take a breather for an unspecified amount of time, without anyone getting on your case about the site's growth, and then when you're ready, you can start it up again. Worst case scenario is that you don't, and it never comes back up, and then we all forget about it and move on to other things.</p><p></p><p>I've seen this happen before. I've <em>done</em> this before. It's a graceful way of quitting. You don't go in with the intention to quit, you just find an excuse to put it on hold, and then you get busy with other stuff and then you gradually forget about it.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't happen when things are going well, when growth is on the rise, when you see measurable progress, and when you aren't blocked by obstacles. It only happens when projects stall. This project is stalling. Perhaps motivation is waning. The temptation to <s>quit</s> take a break is high.</p><p></p><p>But I'm just projecting, because I've done/seen this so many times before. That's not what I really think you're doing.</p><p>That's what I hope you're <em>not</em> doing.</p><p></p><p>But I believe in you.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 8340, member: 7"] How would putting the site into read-only mode would change this user's decision? I'm not seeing the train of thought here. My memory is a bit fuzzy on this detail. When did I join? Where there other users present and posting when I joined? When I signed up, was the site in read-only mode? I honestly don't remember. But your hypothetical is misleading to the extent of being fallacious. I have to infer that your logic is invalid somewhere. "If only one other person besides me had signed up" is not be equivalent to the experience a new user would have if they joined [I]today[/I]. Answering this question shouldn't give you data that would be useful in determine whether or not to reset the site. The only way my answer would give you meaningful data is if this scenario is expected to be recreated. I fail to see how this hypothetical is relevant, as it doesn't describe the future of either option. But to answer your question, just in case I'm wrong: That would depend on the growth from those hypothetically desolate beginnings until now. If nobody else posted in the months that I've been here, I might have stopped checking in. If, though, people did, I would have reason to stay. Okay, but don't be saying that "[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]this is the only option![/COLOR]", because there [I]are[/I] options that you haven't tried, and this is one of them. If I may get personal and theorize for a moment here, I think this is just a way for you to "take a break". The site can be on hold, you can take a breather for an unspecified amount of time, without anyone getting on your case about the site's growth, and then when you're ready, you can start it up again. Worst case scenario is that you don't, and it never comes back up, and then we all forget about it and move on to other things. I've seen this happen before. I've [I]done[/I] this before. It's a graceful way of quitting. You don't go in with the intention to quit, you just find an excuse to put it on hold, and then you get busy with other stuff and then you gradually forget about it. This doesn't happen when things are going well, when growth is on the rise, when you see measurable progress, and when you aren't blocked by obstacles. It only happens when projects stall. This project is stalling. Perhaps motivation is waning. The temptation to [S]quit[/S] take a break is high. But I'm just projecting, because I've done/seen this so many times before. That's not what I really think you're doing. That's what I hope you're [I]not[/I] doing. But I believe in you. [/QUOTE]
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