User blog:VileMaster/The Usercane Problem/Part 2

I recently looked over the comments on the first post I did, and that reminded me of some more things I feel I should address.

I agree with what SM said in that blog, and I also think that a major thing turning users away from HHW is how usercanes work. Now, this is not a problem with usercanes, but with the users themselves. As you know, you have to get promoted to intensify your usercane, which means editing on the wiki and being active on chat. This is an issue with users nowadays as all you seem to get one is of two types of users.


 * Users who edit frequently but do not chat


 * Users that rarely edit but are frequently on chat

The activity of these new users makes it impossible for them to intensify their usercane, which is what they want to do. And because they can't intensify their usercane, they get bored and quit. Which leads me to our next topic: why nobody is staying here.

I'm pretty sure a majority of our new users are not staying because their Usercane is not intensifying as fast as they want it do, or it is not as easy as they expect it to be. Most of the time it goes like this.


 * A user discovers HHW.


 * They discover the Usercane concept quickly, and usually rapidly edit to get declared.


 * They complain on the Usercane page asking why they have not been declared yet.

After this point, things can go one of two ways:


 * The user gets upset and leaves HHW.


 * They constantly ask the admins to declare them until that happens.

This type of behavior has not occurred until recently and I have no explaination for it. I don't know if people are becoming more impatient or it's just me. I'd be willing to bet a handful of the users who complain about their Usercanes are underage too.

I will update this blog if new information is discovered.