We were all new to Stardoll at some point in time, so most of you will know how hard it is to get settled into a new online community. Unless you had a friend to help you out, you probably had troubles with figuring out all of the features, and once you knew how to navigate the website, you have to tackle the challenge of making friends. While Stardoll makes it a lot more simple than it is at some other websites by offering clubs, getting into the social scene is far from easy.
Let's assume that the member just wants a group of friends to talk to regardless of reputation or 'elite' status. The obvious place to start the search is a large, active club. Finding one is hard, especially if you don't know of any beforehand. If you just look at Stardoll's popular club listings, you'll find that many of them are inactive or full of spam messages. Once they finally find a club they like, they can start the hard part. Breaking into the social group. As a new member, they'll be ignored, for the most part, because people assume that they'd act like any other noob, or be annoying. This is perfectly natural, we've probably all done it at some point in time. If the new member isn't persistent and outgoing enough to worm their way in, they're out of luck, and will have to try another club and hope it's more friendly, or just make the best of Stardoll that they can without this feature.
Why exactly are we so closed to new members? Why don't we all try our best to make them feel included? I can't say I can't say I'm always the most friendly and accepting person, but I just thought I'd give everyone something to think about.
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