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As much as I would love to contribute, I just don't have the time. But I would recommend setting up a GTX0 Twitter and Instagram profile and start tweeting about things.

I have no life so sign me up.

Does this also promote users to admin?

Kind of. People on the teams I'm founding actually rank *higher* than admins -- they're basically superadmins like me. However they can't do anything without the approval of a majority of their teammates and different teams manage different aspects of the site.

Xhin, Advertising isn't my forte, but if you need help with other things (moderating, or something similar) then let me know. I've got extra time to burn since grad school and trying to so some volunteering. I'm glad to see you are putting yourself as a priority now. I really don't want you to go down the same route Mike did where it begins to cost you your health and livelihood.

Are any other teams planned? Also I could at least give my opinions and vote on things. I don't see myself actually doing all that much but who knows. Above all else I think this site needs more people so I guess I wouldn't mind throwing my hat in the ring if I can maybe do something about it. I mean I'm not sure if anyone on this site is very qualified for this anyway so I guess.

>But I would recommend setting up a GTX0 Twitter and Instagram profile and start tweeting about things. Can agree with this idea though. It's usually a good thing unless someone managing it says something crazy or stupid. And even then sometimes bad exposure can end up turning out to have good results.

Other than the advertising team the only team that's definitely planned is one for aesthetic stuff.

I can put flyers around town. If everyone works together GTX0 can be dead within six, seven months

=yooo i would love to help out with developing strategies and writing some ad copy. i don't have experience with ad copy, but i write product copy for a living and i'm sure some of that transfers.

It may be costly, but have you ever though of a GTX0 themed highway Billboard?

>It may be costly, but have you ever though of a GTX0 themed highway Billboard? Have you reached the point where you just can't stop making snarky comments? I don't mean any offense with that just wondering if you're always like this.

Also, have you considered a Twitter bot? Not like, the annoying spam-everyone's comments kind, but a more tailored one that pulls from pre-sorted responses relevant to the topic at hand?

jack of all games... I haven't seen that name in a long long while.

Haha how long is a long long while? How goes it Marvalo? Yeah, I mostly just lurk around...

I don't think I remember seeing your name since the original GT. You were a mod right? How do you spell dirrahea

Yea I was a mod from 2003- whenever GT finally imploded. To be fair, I can't spell my own name most of the time, so might not be the guy to ask.

Twitter, yes. Facebook, definitely. Instagram, though, would be awful. There is no reason for an Instagram of a site that is primarily just walls of text. You don't want to create an account just because it's "social media." If the platform doesn't really work for you, don't use it.

So so far we have ** Xhin -- will be an official part of the team ** Cetasaurus -- cool with whatever ** Knokkelmillenium -- wants to help vote on things ** poptart -- wants to write strategy and stuff ** Jack of all Games -- has lots of time. The kinds of stuff we'll probably be doing is more like moderating so it's a good fit. I'm trying to get weid man to join up because the guy already does lots of networking, but it might be a while before that happens. I'm going to go ahead and move foward with this. If anyone gets interested later, there'll be maybe a 3-month window where you can join easily before you have to be approved by the Advertising Team. @Jack of all Games: targeting you here because you're most likely to miss my reply to your post.

Also, I've added "maintain social media" to the list of duties of the Advertising Team, though I'm going to give everyone on staff access to post stuff (if possible).

Somebody get this place to go viral on reddit.

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread and others. I can do other things... Research and analysis and proofreading...But... My other skill sets aren't exactly pertinent here unless you're wanted to defend against terrorists and rogue nation states. XD

It's probably not a great idea to give many people access to post. People should feel encouraged to make suggestions, but it's better to have a small group of people, like 2 or 3, who oversee maintaining posts so that we have a consistent identity, tone, and style to the social media. If it gets too disjointed, or there are clearly too many cooks, it becomes easy to tune it out, not follow, or unfollow. (Because we also want to make sure we're not posting too much, also, which can happen when too many people are responsible for it.)

** Cetasaurus ** Knokkelmillenium ** poptart ** Jack of all Games @anyone in the above list: I want to make sure all of you guys have access to The Embassy (the advertising forum) [f:embassy] And can see the two posts I made there.

Xhin, I sent you a message via Facebook.

>Be able to create new accounts for new members, as well as ghost them to set various things up for them and diagnose problems as needed. When do we get tools like that? Also out of curiosity will we technically have the ability to enforce rules and such if no other staff are around?

=When do we get tools like that? Probably not until they're needed. =Also out of curiosity will we technically have the ability to enforce rules and such if no other staff are around? No, that role belongs exclusively to the mod team.

Xhin, do you want content restricted to the Embassy forum or can we continue a general discussion here? Otherwise there are some questions I'd like to ask before proposing anything.

Former US Army PAO and my wife is a Art Professor that does ad work on the side. This place was a home for me in my adolescence, and I'd like to help. Hit me up if you need me.

@Xhin: ^

Not sure if you're going to check this thread or your email first, but welcome to the team! Login and check the posts here: [f:embassy]