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Help Me Pitch Ricochet
Many of us are quick to tell friends about a great book, movie, or restaurant we’ve discovered. So it is with Ricochet. I want others of the center-right persuasion to experience the awesomeness of this site. So, I’ve made the sales pitch for Ricochet to five people in my area and either gave them a Ricochet business card, or followed up with an e-mail with a link to Ricochet. To the best of my knowledge, none of them have even looked at the site (to their loss).
I may have convinced a cousin to sign up for The Daily Shot. I’ve got one friend who I thought would love Ricochet, so I bought him a one-year membership. Unfortunately, this was just before the conversion to Ricochet 2.0 and Max’s hiring, so the site wasn’t working properly. I couldn’t even get him to come to the Fargo Ricochet Meetup, and he lives closer than every member (except me) who did come. I always tell people about the free content — Main Feed, The Daily Shot, the podcasts — hoping that they will check out that stuff and eventually decide to join, but I don’t think anybody even looks at the site.
I am obviously a terrible salesman for Ricochet. So I want to hear from those of you who have talked somebody into joining. How did you do it?
[Editors’ Note: Do you know someone who craves intelligent, civil conversation with fellow members of the center-right? Ricochet is the place for it. As Randy mentioned, you can give a Coolidge-Level membership as a gift to whomever you choose. And yes, Randy will get credit for the assist.]
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Yup. About a half dozen members blame me for my recommendation. ;)
Congrats. He’s a swell guy. Haven’t heard much from him lately, though. Do you have any idea why?
I disagree. You’ve written some of the funniest one-liners on Ricochet. I know I’ve never had an article with a title as clever as this article of yours. Unfortunately the entire content of that article has been redacted, but the title’s still cool.
What was the hellish obscenity that got redacted: I remember reading that! He was making fun of people who try to ruin beer festivals for others–no?
I was. I don’t remember what I wrote that was in violation either. I guess some of the links were out of order? I do know that what I wrote was considerably less obscene than what I said after I read the article that prompted that post in the first place.
I hope you have that on your own computer or in this cloud I keep hearing about in my tinfoil hat. We’ll start a secret Ricochet somehow. We’ll do right by you. The PIT eat their own. I mean, appreciate their own…
As I understand it, there’s some auto-redaction software running now so that if a prohibited word shows up, the whole message is redacted. But if the author goes in to edit it, they just have to replace the prohibited word and it will be restored. But this is all hearsay, I haven’t had it happen to me. You could try editing it, Matt, and see if it comes back. It was a good article, so I’d prefer to see it restored.
Me, too.
I believe there were some comments that got restored, I’ll take a look at it and see if I can figure out what should be replaced. My guess is “neckbeards” because it’s discriminatory against hipsters.
Huzzah!
Carey we’re gonna have to go get a beer sometime and hash this out. :)
I call you names often….not about the trump thing though :)
All I needed was “Peter Robinson of Uncommon Knowledge” and I was sold. I think I heard Dennis Prager interview some female from Ricochet prior to that, but I didn’t catch the name.
If I was to play martyr, it would not be here by the likes of the #NeverEvers.
I’ll pick a more serious bunch to hammer the nails in, at least they might do it right.
I’ve been hoping it wouldn’t come to this, but I’m going to politely request that those who wish to argue about who is more abused on Ricochet, pro- or anti-Trump people, take that argument outside. There are literally scores of Trump articles just from the last month where this can be debated.
The question before us here is, “How have people been enticed into joining Ricochet and how can we persuade more people to join?”
TKC, I have no problem with your posts and your discussions on being for or agin trump etc….I understand your frustrations with immediately getting slammed in many of them by the more adamant Nevertrump folks. On the other hand, since I myself won’t/can’t vote for Trump either I get Larry’s point as well. It’s amazing how both sides feel like they are the infringed upon group here. Could that possibly that means neither are? I have seen individual posts that swing from “#NeverTrump people need to get onboard or else” to “all trump supporters are brain dead idiots”. So in each post one side is being attacked and castigated. I really think it goes both ways around here.
I responded the question in the post with the facts as I knew them. I did invite several machinists and others who were talking politics to check out Ricochet and that is what I got back. A year earlier, I am sure they would have joined.
If I should have not answered the question I missed that cue.
I felt the martyr thing was out of line, but given the level of commentary I have received, about par for the course.
That’s pretty much me too. I’m not that much about politics, but there’s a lot more on the site than that. So, after Hank had been coming around for a while talking about Ricochet stuff, and when I was feeling lazy enough to look for an excuse to not get up out of the chair, I started visiting the site. What I liked was the variety of subjects and especially the civil discourse of the comments (there were still something like eleven or twelve Republican candidates at that point so the battles hadn’t yet been joined).
I guess the point is, you need to tailor your pitch to your customer.
Yeah. CaptainPower is on my list of most underrated Ricochetti. And not just because he’s following me.
I thought this was going to be a more Nixonian list-
By all means. Imagine the extent of my dismay.
And since I have been censored for saying things like that before, I will add to it. First, I find your comments to detract from the discussion here. Second, I have nothing but contempt for people who threaten to leave this site to make a point. If you want to leave, don’t threaten; just do it. Third, for you of all people to call the participants in this discussion “unserious” borders on the comical, and I think it is self-evident which side of that border we are talking about.
This is a pet peeve of mine too. If you feel like R> holds no more value for you then I’m sad to see you go but just leave quietly. Respect your fellow members and our community enough to not salt the earth on your way out.
What, are you kidding me? I leave a little trail of Ricochet breadcrumbs everywhere I go!
Seems a bit over the top all around. But hyperbole tends to have a pendulum effect… I feel like I’ve had meaningful dialogue with members of both sides of this debate. I probably won’t vote for Trump, and I’ll never be convinced that he is a good candidate… But there are very few people at ricochet who are seemingly crazy about it. The problem is simply that hyperbole leads to hyperbole.
When someone is just visiting the Ricochet site, the “Member Feed” object should be visible. Clicking on it could prompt one to join, the same as what happens when clicking on the “Most Popular” list. That way visitors would be more aware that there is more going on at Ricochet than is immediately apparent.
Also, I don’t think buying someone a gift membership is going to be helpful in the long run. The cost of membership is minimal, and if they’re not interested enough to join then getting a free ride probably won’t change that perception.
You gotta put some bait on your hook if you want the fish to bite.
Claire recruited me six years ago.
Ricochet: The comments section for people who hate the comments section.
Ricochet membership should mandated by the federal government.
Call it the John Roberts Membership.