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I'm a straight guy and I don't feel the same way about guys, but I definitely understand what you mean. That makes sense to me, it's just not something I would be able to do personally.

This is very fascinating. I am definitely considering making a tulpa, but I want to learn as much as I can about them before I do so. I have a question about this, that I was wondering if any of you could answer. Are tulpa like living human beings? What would happen to them if I died? I'm worried that I'll be creating a slave, someone who did whatever I wanted and then just ceased to exist at some point or when I died even though it would be as alive as me. I don't want to do that.

I am a heterosexual. However, I have nothing against homosexuals. In my opinion, something is only wrong if it hurts you or anyone else mentally or physically.

Before I state my opinions on this matter, I must point out that it still says "Post count will not be incremented in this forum" on WP's page. I wholeheartedly agree with the fact that it is absolutely essential for members to be proactively responding to topics in the Welcoming Plaza forum. As a new member myself, the fact that people welcomed me encouraged me to stay here, and has inspired me to also make the effort to welcome my fellow new members. Joining a website with thousands of people on it you don't know can be intimidating (at least for me), and being welcomed was one of the first things that made me decide to stick around for good. Reducing the character limit from 100 to 50, and counting posts are a great way to start. However, how would the next step be taken? I think staff should encourage users to post in that forum, not to receive rewards, but because it is the right thing to do. Perhaps @~Chaotic Discord~ could post a pinned pinned topic encouraging members to welcome new users, and explain why it is important to do so. I know that there are people who, upon reading that, would increase their activity in that forum simply because it is the right thing to do. However, this next step would be by no means the final one. Though there are people who will increase their activity in that forum because it is the right thing to do, how many people will do so? In an ideal world, everyone would do so. However, in this world of free choice and imperfection, not everyone will do so. We have all been there: we feel more motivated to do something if we get something in return for it. So, how would one go about increasing the incentive to post in that forum? Cutting the character limit in half, and counting posts, is definitely a start. I have a few ideas for possible incentives that the staff could implement, that I shall now list. I will also supply the pros and cons that I could think of for each of my suggestions. Staff members could go through and brohoof every constructive response to new topics on a regular basis. PRO Members would feel more directly that their efforts to welcome new members were appreciated by the MLP Forums staff. Therefore, the likelihood that they would continue making the effort to proactively welcome new members would increase. CON New topics are posted at a fairly frequent rate. I have read the who does what here FAQ article twice, and staff members undoubtedly shoulder a lot of responsibilities on a daily basis. Despite the great importance of encouraging users to welcome new members, they simply have other tasks to attend to that would be at a higher priority, and would not have time to brohoof every constructive response to new topics in Welcoming Plaza. ADDRESSING THE CON Section Moderators could be given the task of brohoofing constructive responses to topics in the Welcoming Plaza, due to the fact that they have less responsibilities than Global Moderators and higher. However, their moderation duties would be higher in priority. To compensate for this fact, more Section Moderators could be hired. Staff members could contact dedicated regulars, and ask them to lend a hand by not only proactively responding to new topics in the Welcoming Plaza, but by brohoofing every constructive response to new topics there. I do not doubt that dedicated regulars would be happy to lend a hand. PRO Those who took the time to frequently respond to new topics in the Welcoming Plaza in a constructive manner would feel more directly that their efforts were appreciated by not only the community, but well-known, dedicated regulars. Despite the fact that we are all equal, and I am sure that any support would be greatly appreciated, my guess is that the incentive to regularly respond to new threads in the Welcoming Plaza would be given that extra boost if those making the effort to do so had their efforts respected by veteran community members. CON Despite the fact that most dedicated regulars would probably be willing to lend a hand, they would not be under the same obligations as staff members. Since they would not be members of the staff, they would not be required to consistently do this over a long period of time. Therefore, efforts to reward those who regularly welcomed new members would be unorganized and inconsistent. ADDRESSING THE CON Due to the fact that only those who had shown that they had been dedicated to the community for a long period of time would be asked to do this, it is unlikely that a large number of them would discontinue helping out, at least not right away. To further decrease the likelihood of them losing the motivation to help out, perhaps they could be given an additional perk, such as a special rank. Or, perhaps their usernames could be listed in a section of the pinned post I suggested to @~Chaotic Discord~ earlier in this post, dedicated to thanking those who brohoofed those who regularly welcomed new members. However, none of this would be an official job. Obligation to do this would be solely the member's choice, and they could quietly choose to discontinue helping out at any time in the Welcoming Plaza with no hard feelings. In the pinned topic that I suggested that @~Chaotic Discord~ compose earlier in this post, he could ask users to not only welcome new members, but to brohoof any other constructive and helpful welcoming responses they saw. He could explain the importance of doing so. PRO This is the simplest and easiest to implement suggestion I have proposed, and could be stacked with one or more of my other suggestions for increased effectiveness. A veritable suggestionception, indeed. CONS If this suggestion were not implemented in addition to one or two of my other suggestions, its effectiveness could be limited due to reasons I discussed earlier in my post. ADDRESSING THE CON If my two other suggestions would not work, then perhaps this one could be implemented as an additional experimental step forward, a prologue to further developments. This is my input as of now. I will continue to respond to this thread as I think of more to say. -SCS

You're welcome! I'll definitely check your literature out. I added you to my DeviantART watch. Also, my username there is "afriendnamedscs."

Just as with your other wonderful blog post, I couldn't agree with this more.

Thanks! For me, the higher resolution the better. If you have a higher resolution version readily available, it would be awesome if you could send that to me. If not, that's not a problem, I can just download the one in your forum post.

Welcome to the site! I'm new here too, just joined a few days ago. I hope you have fun here, I personally love the site so far. I'd add you on xbox, but I don't have one. I have a wii, though. Also, I don't think there's any gangsters in Equestria. Unless there's not only a Fluttershy's Home for Reformed Draconequi, but a Fluttershy's Home for Reformed Gangster Ponies, too. lol

It's great to meet you! Please feel free to send me a message whenever you want.

That is a very good picture. I love the way you made her mane, it's very unique, in terms of what I have seen. Would you mind if I downloaded your picture? I have a repository of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic pictures on my computer (about 341 and counting over several months). I would never claim it as my own, at most I use them in my profiles on websites (avatar, signature, and other assorted profile pictures), or as my desktop background.

Welcome to MLP Forums! I agree with you there, I also enjoy cartoons, music, art, and the world of ideas. I also love the ideals that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic stand for, which I go into in more detail here. I also recommend you check out this topic if you haven't already, it provides an excellent introduction to the forums.

Here is a list of my favorite books and book series, in order: Harry Potter (series) by Rowling, J.K. Redwall (series) by Jacques, Brian Sea of Trolls (book; there are two others in the series that I haven't read yet) by Farmer, Nancy A Separate Peace (book) by Knowles, John

I literally read this reply for the first time a few minutes after reading your topic about why people keep going. I'm very glad that you came to that realization. As you said in your other topic, nothing bad lasts forever. You may not have any friends at college right now, but that doesn't mean you'll never have friends. You will have friends. In fact, you have friends right now already. Everyone here. For finding friends at college, my recommendation is to try to find anyone who has the same interests as you by joining clubs, or talking to people in class. You could even try to find out if anyone else at your college is also a brony. Who knows, maybe even someone on this site goes to your college. There are almost 10,000 people here. However, I know that you did say in your other topic that you tried to make friends, and it seemed like no one cares. So if you tried all of what I suggested already and it didn't work, please don't lose hope. There are many stages of life beyond college. There will be endless opportunities for you to make friends. Also, I would love to read anything else that you have written, if you would be willing to share it.

I rate Concord's avatar 10/10. It's awesome.

Welcome to MLP Forums! I'm new here too, I joined about three days ago. I like it a lot so far, and hopefully you will, too. You should check out this topic if you haven't already: http://http://mlpforums.com/forum-2/announcement-3-mlp-forums-official-resource-map/ It gives you a great introduction to how the forum works.

Let us know how it turns out. I couldn't do that, I'm generally private about the fact that I like MLP except to my family, friends, and on the internet.

That's good. Hopefully it won't take too long for you guys to get your house back to normal.

That sounds like a terrible dream. TwilightCircuits' interpretation sounds accurate to me, so I don't have much to add other than to not let your dream weigh down on your mind. It is important to think about the dream, because if I understand correctly dreams are a method brains use to force us to think about stuff we don't want to, or may not have even recognized. But, don't think about it to the point where it drags you down. A dream is a dream. When you woke up it was a new day to live your life, incorporating any lessons your dream had to offer.

Darn... that's not fun. I'm just glad you guys weren't hurt or killed by the flooding, though. Wait, why did your dad tear apart the bathroom?