Inviting people here?

Galaxyshock

I see this site and forum as something with nice potential and that could gather smart people with interest in nootropics / cognitive enhancement and neuroscience. To build (at least) a small community.

Maybe we should invite people we know from other sites like Longecity here?

Neuro

Heh, you see more potential in it than I do. It's hard building a community. Most people don't bother staying if there's only a small number of active users.

You can try inviting people, but I'd be careful on other nootropic communities like Longecity. The mods might ban you for promoting other communities.

But yeah having a small community of active users would definitely be nice to see. On other sites, most nootropic discussions involve synthetic or even experimental nootropics but on this forum you and I tend to mainly post about natural nootropics. Perhaps you can use that as a selling point?

Galaxyshock

Yeah I guess it might not be a good idea to directly promote this community on Longecity, the mods may not like it. Will have to think about if there's some "acceptable" way to invite people.

Would indeed be nice to have more people here. It seems some people join, make one post and then disappear. Some people probably lurk these forums but don't register?

Neuro

One way you could invite other people is via private messages. Though, it's probably best to only invite friends.

Maybe some people do lurk, I never thought about that. No idea how to get them to sign up other than annoying popups telling them to do so.

I thought of a way to potentially get more users. When you make new threads try to use titles that you would search for in Google. Like "Gotu Kola review". It might improve this forum's rank in the search results which could bring in more users.

Galaxyshock

Maybe I should ask a moderator on LongeCity if it's ok to invite a few friends here via private messages? That way I wouldn't do anything that's not allowed. Though some friends I have in mind haven't been online on LongeCity in a long time and there's no guarantees the people that are still active there will join here. But can't hurt to try?

Neuro

Most message boards with private messaging don't allow moderators to see the messages, unless someone reports a specific message. Administrators might have access, but they might need to look at the database and this isn't trivial for most people.

So you probably don't need to ask the moderators for permission. If you were posting a public thread then it would be different but messaging people, especially your friends, should be fine.

Yeah, it can't hurt to try, maybe some of them haven't been online but still check their emails, you never know.

Galaxyshock

I guess I could just message without asking mods, but I think asking them would still be polite thing to do. I would emphasize that the plan isn't to compete with the brain health section there but to gather a few like-minded friends to discuss (mostly) natural nootropics and cognitive enhancement. I have pretty good reputation on Longecity and l still like the site even though it's not as active as it was years ago. So I don't want to risk it if someone decides to be an ass and report my PMs lol.

What do you think? Do you also have some people in mind that might join here?

Neuro

Well it's up to you, I think your friends or people that you've known for a long time should be fine with getting an invite. They probably won't report you, or shouldn't but you never know lol.

I think that telling them this place is mostly to discuss natural nootropics is a great idea, they might be more inclined to join.

Nope, other than you, I didn't talk to many people on Longecity. I haven't used that site in a while now.

Galaxyshock

Well I sent a message to moderator on LongeCity asking if it's ok to invite a few people. Shall see what he answers 😃

Galaxyshock

The moderator replied that it's ok to ask a few friends to see this site but also warned me that if I start spamming people I will get banned. I think I'll message maximum five people. Will just have to figure out which ones would be the most interested in natural nootropics and then to actually post here more than once hehe.

Neuro

Sounds good, looking forward to seeing more active people on here.

Galaxyshock

I messaged two people on LongeCity so far. The private message system seems to not allow more than two new conversations per day, so I'll message the rest later. Some of them haven't been online for awhile so no guarantees they'll read the messages soon. Though I think it may notify through email if there's new private conversation?

Anyways, shall see if they are actually interested to join here. At least I gave it a try. Regardless, I think if we keep this forum active, some random, hopefully smart, people might also find their way here.

Neuro

Hopefully they'll see your message and join.

Yeah, maybe if we keep the forum active more people would be inclined to join and start posting. 🙂

Galaxyshock

As a small community I feel that we can give each other more personalized advice. Maybe that's another selling point?

Neuro

Definitely, personally I always liked smaller communities as it makes me feel more connected to the people posting. Big communities are like cities, mostly everyone is a stranger.

Galaxyshock

Two of the three people have read the private messages but seems like they aren't interested to join. Oh well, they aren't posting on LongeCity either. I might message couple more people but I'm afraid many have sort of abandoned the "nootropic movement".

I don't mind if it's just you and me discussing things. I see guests viewing these threads so perhaps some other people get something from these discussions.

Neuro

Has anyone else replied to your messages?

I'm not surprised most of them have abandoned the nootropic movement. In the past decade it was a rollercoaster. There weren't many nootropic vendors, at least not many that seemed reliable. But after 2012, excellent suppliers like Powder City started selling the fundamental synthetic nootropics like the racetams.

Unfortunately, someone (well, a lot of people) thought it would be a good idea to abuse Tianeptine and Powder City had to shutdown as a result.

Since then, there's been a noticeable trend of nootropic vendors to not replenish stock of synthetic nootropics and instead offer more 'natural' substances, which are often lacking in any real nootropic effects.

In any case, it seems like the typical course of action from a noobtropic user is

Get excited at the possibility of improving cognition
Try half a dozen nootropics, often without giving it time to work
Megadose or abuse nootropics, thinking more is more
Realize nootropics won't turn you into a genius
Realize most nootropics only have subtle benefits
Realize that it requires tweaking and patience to achieve at most moderate benefits
Lose interest almost completely

These reasons are probably why nootropics are still a niche topic despite having been known since the 20th century.

I too don't mind if it's just you and me discussing things. It's nice to have someone intelligent to talk to, in general, but also for nootropics.

As for the guests viewing, it might be real people or it might be bots.