Your last entry was great , I agree on pretty much everything you said, but I believe that you didn't put enough enough importance on how interaction in the community is important. Creating something that is unique to a forum makes it feel more connected. ( I believe we have a comic of some sort but the last time I read it I didn't like it. It seemed though that others were enjoying it. )

The question I got from Silver Arrow was:

Well when I choose to join a community it often boils down onto the question of "Why?" Why do I want to join a community? So far I joined 3 communities and created one. They all have their purpose, and are mostly unique.

So far I have joined: Facepunch, Fillydelphia, MLP Forums and PonyRoleplay.

They all had their reasons. I joined Facepunch because I needed help in some programming for Garry's Mod. This turned out to be my main Forum since. I joined in 2008, so I am one of the older members. ( It got created in 2005 so I am certainly not the oldest )

Fillydelphia was because it was a Roleplaying site.

MLP Forums got chosen because it seemed to be alive and 'okay'. Not a lot of things happened as I joined so being able to take some of the spotlight that existed at that moment kind of feel good. It incited me to join. TheBrokenToast also made me stay, we talked a lot at one point. In the end I stay because I see no reason to quit. I don't reply almost anymore in any of the threads because it just feels like I'm wasting my time most of the time though. I also roleplayed a lot in the beginning but the growing frustration of the Roleplay Model here made me create...

PonyRoleplay is a community I created. It's roleplay centered, so I suppose people who join are interested into Roleplaying.

This boils down my reasoning to a few points:

1. I want to join a new community.
    
   
2. It has something I mostly can't find elsewhere.
   

Deciding if I stay in the end depends on how welcoming said Community is, or if you manage to fit in. Facepunch for exemple is a place where I just wanted to ask questions and check out other projects from other people. I ended up staying because actually not getting permabanned is quite a feat. ( Yes, you get banned for breaking the rules. Nothing silly like removing posts etc. Which is completely uneffective btw. )

So these are the things I consider when wanting to find a good community.

Back to you Silver:

"If you could change one thing on MLP Forums, what would it be?"