Signing up for pm every time there is a vote ?

[Pomse2001]

Maybe it is not the correct place to write this and maybe it should have been writen in the off topic. But I think most forum members are in vintage collecting chat so I write it here so most members will see it.

First a huge thank to the owner of the forum for helping with a pm to all forum members about vehicle of the year 2023. We got 99 members to vote in group A, I think that is a new record and thanks again to all the members that has voted

But the votes has slowed down again in group B and C. So to me it looks like many members need to get a note about they can vote maybe because they do not have time to go to the forum every day maybe because of a busy weekday.

I think it is sad that we lost forum figure of the year from the forum here in 2023 because not enough vote. But more members will vote if they just get a pm about they can vote.

But we can't pm all members everytime there is a vote because some members will maybe see it as spam and maybe get angry.

So I was thinking what if we make a list where members can sign up to get a pm every time there is a vote. Then only members that has signed up for a pm will get a pm about there is a vote on the forum

If it is not easy to this for the owner or moderator then I have no problems with pm members on the list when I do a draw if that could help

Let me know what you guys think

 

[Gadders]

One option, Lars, might be to click the "Watch" button against your "Forum Vehicle of the Year" thread - you can then choose to receive email notifications of any updates. This means every time you post an update about a new group being available to vote on, people will get an email notification.

 

[Pomse2001]

One option, Lars, might be to click the "Watch" button against your "Forum Vehicle of the Year" thread - you can then choose to receive email notifications of any updates. This means every time you post an update about a new group being available to vote on, people will get an email notification.

Thanks, I have choosen that every time I make a new group But I only think it works for me that I get an email every time some write in the thread I have created. I don't think other members get a email Have you received any pm about group B, C and D ?

 

[Gadders]

No, but I'd expect it to be something individuals would have to sign up for, rather than a topic poster turning on for all people.

 

[Snaketibe]

I hope more forum members decide to participate in all rounds of voting. You put in a lot of hard work to make this happen, Lars, and the competition is always great every year. So thank you for doing it, and I hope that however it may be achieved, more people become aware of each voting round and cast their votes!

 

[Cazza]

Love it mate and really appreciate the time and effort you put in. Totally worth it and the kind of thing that makes this place special.

 

[Hod10]

Less is more. Quality votes.

 

[kabuchi7]

I only voted when i saw the first PM and nearly missed the other 2 rounds so i would be up for any kind of reminders to take part...count me in!

 

[Pomse2001]

I only voted when i saw the first PM and nearly missed the other 2 rounds so i would be up for any kind of reminders to take part...count me in!

There is still time for you to vote in group C it will first end later today

 

[Pomse2001]

One option, Lars, might be to click the "Watch" button against your "Forum Vehicle of the Year" thread - you can then choose to receive email notifications of any updates. This means every time you post an update about a new group being available to vote on, people will get an email notification.

Ok thanks, great to know that

No, but I'd expect it to be something individuals would have to sign up for, rather than a topic poster turning on for all people.

Ok thanks, great to know you did not get any emails, then I have not misunderstood how it works.

 

[Pomse2001]

I hope more forum members decide to participate in all rounds of voting. You put in a lot of hard work to make this happen, Lars, and the competition is always great every year. So thank you for doing it, and I hope that however it may be achieved, more people become aware of each voting round and cast their votes!

Thanks mate

 

[Pomse2001]

Love it mate and really appreciate the time and effort you put in. Totally worth it and the kind of thing that makes this place special.

Thanks mate for the support

 

[Mini99]

"I only voted when i saw the first PM and nearly missed the other 2 rounds so i would be up for any kind of reminders to take part...count me in!"

Me too, I don't know what it is, has life got busy again, who knows….
Any reminder would be appreciated.
I have just voted in all the ones that I have missed.
Thanks @Pomse2001 (Lars)

 

[sith-smith]

Yeah, I'd be happy to get a reminder. Don't want to miss anything!

 

[Blackbeard]

No list will be started, as we can include items like this in the newsletter (like this topic did)

 

[Pomse2001]

"I only voted when i saw the first PM and nearly missed the other 2 rounds so i would be up for any kind of reminders to take part...count me in!"

Me too, I don't know what it is, has life got busy again, who knows….
Any reminder would be appreciated.
I have just voted in all the ones that I have missed.
Thanks @Pomse2001 (Lars)

Your welcome and thanks for the support and all the votes I guess many of us is busy again

 

[Pomse2001]

Yeah, I'd be happy to get a reminder. Don't want to miss anything!

Thanks mate for the support and all the votes

 

[Pomse2001]

No list will be started, as we can include items like this in the newsletter (like this topic did)

Thanks Blackbeard it would be cool if you will add this in the newsletter every week until the competition end. Maybe that will give more votes and more members will come back to the forum and have fun with the rest of us if that does still not work then I am still open if it is allowed to pm members that want to get a pm every time I make a poll

 

[Pomse2001]

I have also been thinking maybe 3 days to vote is not enough time. Would 1 week be better to get more votes ? but we have to wait some more days for the last groups to end before we can go to 2nd round and finals

 

[Jez]

Thanks for running this Lars mate. Sorry i'm so late to the party. The email from Blackbeard was handy.
Happy to be emailed about these.

 

[Pomse2001]

Thanks for running this Lars mate. Sorry i'm so late to the party. The email from Blackbeard was handy.
Happy to be emailed about these.

Thanks mate for the support, I am happy that you liked the email from blackbeard

 

[Pomse2001]

I have added a few extra days to vote in some of the last groups in the first round as a test to see if that would help to get more members to vote.

In group A where we got 99 votes after blackbeard pm all members

We got down to 25-30 votes in group B to F

Group G I added 1 day more and we got 31 votes

I have added 2 days extra in group H so far 26 members has voted and there is still time to vote in that group

Group I is the first group where I tried with 7 days to vote to see if that would give more votes. So far we have 19 votes the first 24 hours and there is still 6 days to vote.

If more days does not give more votes then I guess it is more about we need to let people know that they can vote to get more members to vote

Again thanks for all the support and votes from you guys, you are all fantastic

 

[Pomse2001]

Okay it did not work with extra days to vote to get more members to vote.

Any idea of what we then could do ? Group A had 99 votes with the help from blackbeard pm members. The other groups had about 30 votes for each group.

As I see it 2/3 of the members that want to vote just need a little help. So what can we do to make them vote

again thanks for all the votes and the support

 

[Gadders]

Okay it did not work with extra days to vote to get more members to vote.

Any idea of what we then could do ? Group A had 99 votes with the help from blackbeard pm members. The other groups had about 30 votes for each group.

As I see it 2/3 of the members that want to vote just need a little help. So what can we do to make them vote

again thanks for all the votes and the support

Sad to see the drop off in voting numbers, Lars.
The initial larger number of votes coincideded with the PM from Blackbeard and an increase in daily forum posts. Those have since dropped off too. This may mean that people saw the PM, came along and participated in forum posts and read what others were posting, but once it went quiet they stopped returning again?
It would be interesting to see if there are any visitor number stats to coincide with the voting numbers, to show if its purely due to forum footfall or just people not seeing the specific voting posts?

 

[Pomse2001]

Sad to see the drop off in voting numbers, Lars.
The initial larger number of votes coincideded with the PM from Blackbeard and an increase in daily forum posts. Those have since dropped off too. This may mean that people saw the PM, came along and participated in forum posts and read what others were posting, but once it went quiet they stopped returning again?
It would be interesting to see if there are any visitor number stats to coincide with the voting numbers, to show if its purely due to forum footfall or just people not seeing the specific voting posts?

Thanks mate for the support. Yes I think the pm from blackbeard got a lot of members to come back and vote but then many stopped to come back and vote. I think many will only vote if they get a pm Yes a stats could be great to see. I have contacted blackbeard about if he would pm all members again for 2nd round group A, but I did not hear from him, maybe he is on vacation

We also jumped from about 30 votes in each group in the first round to 20 votes in group A 2nd round. I hope more will come back to vote in group B

 

[Jedi_june]

Sup Lars,

I saw the PM too late but would love to be added to future polls!
Hope all is well.

 

[Pomse2001]

Sup Lars,

I saw the PM too late but would love to be added to future polls!
Hope all is well.

Thanks June and great to see you on the forum again, I miss to talk with you nearly every day on the forum as we did years ago. I hope you get some more time to post again on the forum I still have the figures you sold me or we traded years ago.

No problem about the vote june we got 99 votes because of that pm you could have been vote no. 100 I am still not sure if we will get such a list it is up to blackbeard. But I can always pm you myself when there is a poll that I did, if you want that ?

I hope you will vote in the quater finals, semi finals and the final and also in playset of the year later this year. Thanks for the support and also the votes

and again great to see a post from you again on the forum

 

[Jedi_june]

Thanks June and great to see you on the forum again, I miss to talk with you nearly every day on the forum as we did years ago. I hope you get some more time to post again on the forum I still have the figures you sold me or we traded years ago.

No problem about the vote june we got 99 votes because of that pm you could have been vote no. 100 I am still not sure if we will get such a list it is up to blackbeard. But I can always pm you myself when there is a poll that I did, if you want that ?

I hope you will vote in the quater finals, semi finals and the final and also in playset of the year later this year. Thanks for the support and also the votes

and again great to see a post from you again on the forum

Happy to hear you still have the figures. And yes this is still my favorite Star Wars forum!!
If you can send me a PM when you have a poll I'd appreciate it very much
I voted on the latest ones & I can't wait for the next rounds

 

[Pomse2001]

Happy to hear you still have the figures. And yes this is still my favorite Star Wars forum!!
If you can send me a PM when you have a poll I'd appreciate it very much
I voted on the latest ones & I can't wait for the next rounds

Hi June, great to read this is still your favorite forum sure I will pm you thanks for the votes and the support

 

[Pomse2001]

I only voted when i saw the first PM and nearly missed the other 2 rounds so i would be up for any kind of reminders to take part...count me in!

I have added you for a pm