So, I have a forum for taggers. I created the forum so all taggers could come together with others who love tags and like to either create them or collect them. Now I had the idea of moving my Always List from google groups to my tag forum. And when I let my group members know of this, it didn’t go over too well. Some members were upset and lashed out about it and others said they didn’t know anything about forums or just plain didn’t like them.
Now that got me thinking. Is it fear that has people not wanting to try something that may be different than they are used to? Maybe. But I look at it this way, why would you NOT want to try something different? There are always 2 results from trying. Either you’ll like it or you won’t. But you’ll never know UNLESS you actually try. RIGHT?
Anyway, I caved in and gave the members what they wanted and decided not to move my always list to the forum. But not only that, I decided to get rid of my Always list altogether. From now on, members won’t be getting tags automatically sent through the group as before. The name list I was using to make tags has been tossed out and now members will have to request tags each time I send the tag offer through the group.
Also, I decided to keep my forum open and not close it like I did last time, all because some members didn’t like it. I figure, if they don’t like it that’s fine. If they don’t want to learn something new or do something different that they are used to, then that’s not my problem. I can’t make them, and I don’t want to make anyone do something that they don’t want to do. But there is always something you give up when you don’t ever try. You give up learning something new. You give up the joy you might find in doing something you thought you’d never like but were afraid to try.
Anyway, I’m just pondering the situation. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,
