Board Thread:Suggestions Box/@comment-4107522-20151102042747

I started on Fanpop.com when I got into Sonic Fan Characters. The community was somewhat like this one only much bigger (not that I mean that in a diminishing way.  Believe me.)  The issue that came with that group was that dedication and actual involvement was a rarity. There were people who did not have time, but there were more people who simply did not have the drive, or desire, to put effort into making the group better.

I now head a Fan Character group on Facebook, and we have gained numbers VERY SLOWLY. So, to increase this, I go to various Fan-Character groups and try to find other people who will be interesting in keeping the Sonic Fan Character craze strong. What I have found is depressing. No less than twenty groups were either dying off when I got to them, or already dead. A small amount of this was caused by people not having the time because of work or college.

I am not here to judge this group. However, I joined this group in 2011 and found that there was little to no interaction. I kept coming back for very short amounts of time and found no improvement. About two weeks ago, I discovered that things were more exciting again, and so I became excited. I have found that while this group does have a small amount of character production, and some interaction that usually doesn't relate to Sonic Fan Characters, it doesn't seem to do much in terms of people sharing new ideas and actually making something with each other, at least not recently.

This is an observation from what you can consider a sympathetic outsider. I want this group to not die so very badly because I've seen it so many times. I don't know that many of you, but I have seen some of your creations, and I would love to get to know them. I want to roleplay with you people, and talk characters, stories, locations, and so on, with everyone. I want to share the community I've built and rebuilt with other people with imagination.

So far my contributions have resulted in little acknolwedgement, with a small amount of interest. The largest thing I've done is draw a picture for someone here. I'm not asking for pity, or for people to take interest in what I've done. I'm wanting to have a reason to keep trying to build something here. 