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**Malaikvavit** · by **Malaikvavit** on Fri May 08, 2009 8:30 pm

What's that? You're going to recruit some members? No. You're not. Chances are you're posting in Latios' thread to either suck up to him or buffer your post count. Of course there is the possibility that you'll actually "recruit" someone, but they'll stay for a week at most, post twice (one of which being an introduction thread thread), and then disappear forever. Do you know why this is? Because you are all going about recruiting in the wrong way.And you all suck at life

The first thing that you need to know is that the reason people join sites is incentive. Remember back when you first joined WWPL. Got it? Why did you join? Most likely it was because you had something to gain from becoming a member. Jumping onto another pokemon website and spamming the hell out of the WWPL url is not going to make people join. If you're lucky, they'll click the link to complain to the mods about your behavior. What you need to do is put them into a situation where they have something to gain (or find them in this predicament).

A perfect example of this would be yahoo answers. Yes, I realize that site sucks. Yes, I realize that it's full of 12 year olds. This fits our bill to a "T" (or a "b"). The point is, they want something. And in order for them to get it, you need to redirect them here. Let's say they want a mewtwo. I don't give a damn if you don't have one, tell them that someone on this website here will give it to them. Chances are that Latios or someone else will fork it out due to our low activity level.

Because we have such a ~~small~~ improbably tiny userbase, we can't exactly be picky about who we choose. Some members are obviously better than others. An example of a good member would be zman. He contributes, is an overall good guy, and has recently been promoted to the status of moderator due to the aforementioned traits. An example of a bad member would be Hakuro de Killer. He was here for less than a month and racked up a grand total of 13 posts. That's so pitiful, even I have more than that. (tl;dr Don't invite your retarded friends)

Moving on, there is always three ways to do something. First is the bad way, which would be spamming our url on another board. Second would be the good way, which would be providing someone incentive to come here and stay here. Thirdly is the clever way. Pretend you are an idiot and are on the smogon forum. Here is an idea for you: link them to an actual wwpl pokemon recommendation thread (<----- THIS IS KEY) along with the text "I just made this thread, could you guys give me some suggestions?" One of two outcomes will probably occur. Either a mod catches on and deletes the link, or they click the link to see what it's about. You have just presented it in a plausible manner and the fish have taken the bait. And because they are Pokemon fans they probably have ADHD up the Mississppi, meaning they are going to peruse the rest of the site. Congratulations, you have now found us a member.

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**Latios** · by **Latios** on Fri May 08, 2009 8:50 pm

My name is Latios and I approve this message.

Seriously, if recruiting is going to work, we're going to have to do all the things mentioned in the OP.

/stickied.

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