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Hi. My name is Sean. I've been a Bungie fan since Halo launched. Some of my interests include games, exercising, laser tag, martial arts, movies, music, sports, and technology. Feel free to contact me at any time.
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Posted by: CTN 0452 9
The Bungie.net groups have been quiet lately. This is not much of a surprise, considering that the rest of the site has also been quiet. Group admins are left hoping that once Bungie reveals their next project they will be able to recruit from the hordes of new members to the site.
This is where they run into a problem, they have to attract the new members. They can either start a time consuming (and with the spam filter, narrow scoped) PM campaign sending out group invites cluttering people's mailboxes, or they can post an ad in the classifieds. Classified ads are nice, but they soon fall off the first page, never to be seen again.
The new member looking for a group will also have a problem. When they are trying to join a group they have to either wait for an invite or look in the classifieds (Searching only works if you know the name or some other information). Getting a message is unreliable, since you have to be lucky enough to land on the invite list for the group that's actually focused on what you want to do. If they look in the classifieds they have to show up when a group that they want to find has an ad.
What should be done to make the recruitment-finding process easier for both parties is to create a registry of Bungie.net groups. The OP would be a list of groups, divided into categories (General discussion, gaming, etc.). Any group that wanted to could have its name and a short description added to the post.
This allows groups to have a permanent ad in the classifieds, and gives new (and old) users a one stop shop for finding groups.I've tried creating a speadsheet with the community in the past; it didn't work out. I've also tried using the location as a way to tag your group; it wasn't used that much. I'm creating a website with the community that will focus on the 7th Column, but it might not be available anytime soon. For now, I would suggest checking out http://bungie.me, which includes group spotlight and much more.