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I think this is a really good idea, the more places School Survival is, the better. A lot of people prefer various sites (like Reddit) so that's the best way to reach them.

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(08-14-2016 12:52 AM)xcriteria Wrote:  I think this is a really good idea, the more places School Survival is, the better. A lot of people prefer various sites (like Reddit) so that's the best way to reach them.

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This is actually a very good idea, and I'm glad you all went through with this. My suggestion would be fleshing out the wiki (reddit has the ability to do static pages and infodumps) part a bit more with recommended links and such, along with maybe producing OC when the time comes. If you want to add me as a mod or w/e, I'm ACE_Recliner on reddit.

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Bumping as a reminder that this exists.
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This is great.
I didn't know this was a thing and I love reddit, though I mostly lurk. I'm missAvalanche on reddit.

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(04-19-2017 01:31 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  I'm brainiac3397. I'm brainiac3397 everywhere, unless I'm one of the clones like brainiac3390-9

Night, your karma is pathetic...

Like I said, I mostly just lurk. Also, I periodically delete what I do post and as far as I understand it that deducts the karma for that post.

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Hmm, should we perhaps migrate the wiki to the Reddit? Can anyone of the members edit it that way?

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(04-22-2017 12:53 AM)SoulRiser Wrote:  Hmm, should we perhaps migrate the wiki to the Reddit? Can anyone of the members edit it that way?

Please. No. What makes it a good idea to migrate everything to third parties? Not to mention an extremely unreliable third party known for removing stuff they don't like, but that doesn't even matter.
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Quote:Please. No. What makes it a good idea to migrate everything to third parties? Not to mention an extremely unreliable third party known for removing stuff they don't like, but that doesn't even matter.
OK... maybe just part of the wiki then. The rest can go on the Wordpress blog.

The main reason I thought of moving it to Reddit is for SEO - it'll be much easier to rank things on their site than on ours. It'll make it easier to attract new people that way, if my plan works.

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