Should my friend make a Pokemon website?

My friend, Nova, is really smart when it comes to Pokemon but he seems that he doesn't want a website. I can just tell from how much he knows about Pokemon that he could make a very successful website.

I'm wondering if you think he should make one.... Be 100% honest with this. I don't care if you think the opposite of me.... I just want opinions. Use the poll please...

~poll going for 5 days

I'll try to keep from posting in this until the poll is over because we all know how I always try to change other people's mind...

2 yes, 1 no. I'm going for yes too!

poll ended, but my vote would be yes

If the poll was open I would had answered not, simply because he seems not to agree with the idea, according to you.

I know it is frustrating. Because as you said you know he has the knoledge, but to keep a site you need more than that, you need the passion. You need to enjoy not only doing it but also maintaining it, updating it, getting new ideas to improve it.

When you lack that motivation, it is really hard for a place to last even if, somehow, it is successful with the visitors. websites are not static you pour a lot of effort in them and sometimes you just don't have the time, because your life is taking it from another issues.

I've seen great sites close because of this lack of motivation. Sometimes even with the motivation the time is not there, the money is not there.

If you think it would be a good idea, sure... talk it with your friend and listen to what he has to say, even if they sound like excuses, be open of it to be a project for the future. Just try not to insist with it, so you don't tire him and make him dread the idea.

Well, that is what I think. I hope it can be of help.
You know your friend better than any of us, hahah.

Best of luck either way.

Oh, if it's Nova. I'd say yes. As he did have a website before (Not about Pokemon), but it got spammed like crazy. :l

But...

It's a no from me, If he dosn't want too, he shouldn't have too. If he makes the website, but dosn't want it. It will die. :l

actually, my bakugan website died when I still wanted it... then I just quit using my website and next thing I know the site has 70+ members.... so it doesn't always go as you think

I'm sure. It doesn't surprise me. I've seen it happening as well, hence why I said that even having the motivation it can still fail for other reasons.

Sometimes some change can mean a big difference. I am sure at least one thing improved in your site between the I am working and it is dead" and the "I gave with it and now then I get +70 members."

A practically dead board was revived once for a newcomer because she PMed everyone who hasn't been active in the last months. Most of us had the default option of have an email sent when this happened. So a bunch came up the board was alive but we were limited, as the owner rarely came, and mods couldn't ban bots, there was no rules enforcement but the gang stayed with the site till the end, because they liked it a lot. What was the end? It disappearing with no explanation from one day to the next.

Yes, I cannot be black and white, there are some great places that people rarely visit or very lame places that are a boom, but it doesn't take away may main concern here, because from experience I can tell you it can be a pain to be doing something, anything, even if you have the skills and liked it before out of pleasing someone else. Again, may not be the case with your friend, but I think it is to be taken in consideration.

Maybe asking him to help you design a site for you works better. Maybe he'd be more pleased to cooperate if he knows the pressure of making it successful and sacrificing his time on it, won't fall directly on him.

I dunno. I am just giving my opinion.

I already offered to help him but he didnt take it... >.> yet he was willing to help me on my bakugan website >.>