final post

Here i am, my last blogpost. ever. Blogging is not my thing. I think you probably noticed.

But okay, despite missing a post or 2, i think i have done my best.

I found it hard to blog about my chosen community because it is such a boring one. I should have changed much earlier.

At first, it looked all well, the participation was easy, in a minute i was registrated and a member of WijfZonderLijf. 

That's the point were it all kinda stopped. No welcoming post, nothing. It seemed like no one ever noticed i became a new member. 

Even moderators never communicated towards me.

Maybe i had to test it a bit more by making very rude comments or start bullying someone, but that's just not me :)

well actually, i think it even wouldn't bother anyone because it seems like no one is active.

Ok maybe this is all a bit rude, but that's my own personal experience.

So for me, when i post something and no one react, it's a real motivation killer. I really didn't had the intention to come back ever again. But yeah, then the blog would be very empty. So actually the only reason i participated was this assignment.

I can believe people who are bored come back to see the fun post every day. That part of the community was still alive. Every day new cartoons or funny pictures are posted. But there are no real interactions in that part. Ok, people comment on the content but just to say they like it or not. 

As a poster, you don't get the respect you want by sharing something.

By that, i haven't posted anything funny. When i post something, i wanna have the feeling i contribute to something and people like me for that.

I saw that there was a combination of post moderation, reactive moderation and distributed moderation. Someone noticed that a user used his post to update his own, and of course didn't liked it. He posted on the profile of the other member to ask to remove his post.

There are four sorts of members. they are al distinguished by a different amount of stars. i don't find how the system of the stars work, it is nowhere explained. I only posted a few things and apparently, i have 3 stars.

There are also a few statusses you can earn by good behavior. The highest rate is status "God" That's only Kay, the builder of wzl.

It's clear that the revenues of the community come from ads. There is a lot of advertisement on the site.

I would improve the community by maybe give it a new look, create interesting content, maybe tips and even more contests, and concentrate more on new members. 

anyhow, i think it will take a lot of effort to give a new boost in WZL. Maybe they have to restructure and focus more on certain topics.

Also make a link more clear from the homepage where all the funny things are. When you can see an overview of the latest reactions on topics, It creates curiosity.

So i think this is it.. Goodbye WijfZonderLijf, see you never again :) :)