You guys told me you wanted a message board for this site, so a message board you shall have! But why have just a message board when you could have a whole community? To chat, discuss, blog, make friends, and connect in amazingly awesome ways with other people under 30 who care about their financial situation?
Oh yes, it can happen and it does exist! But, you have to be awesome to get in. Right now, itâs invite only â and getting an invite is no easy thing. Yep, you canât just waltz right in and sign up. Sorry! Youâve got to prove your worth. (Added bonus: the need to âprove your worthâ should keep the spammers out!)
So, how can you prove your worth? Youâve got to show me that youâve interacted with Poorer Than You before. For some of you, this will be as simple as leaving a comment on this post. Because some of you, I recognize by name from all the comments or emails youâve sent me. Just make sure when you leave the comment, you use the email address you want your invite sent to. (If you are a part of another community on Ning, youâll want to use the same email address you use for that.)
If youâve never commented on PTY before, can you still join the forums? Nope, sorry. Because we donât want any lurkers in this community. Itâs tough to talk about money when you know that there are creepers around reading your every detail, but never talking to you in return. And if you havenât proven to me that youâre a person whoâll post, you canât play in our treehouse. Sorry!
What you can do is start commenting. Real comments that follow the PTY comment policy, on past and future posts. Leave a comment here thatâd youâd like an invite, and after a little while âif you impress me- Iâll send you an invite as well.
Because in the end, Iâd rather have only a handful of people who really post and help one another, than 1000 creepers watching five people post.
Your requirements for awesome are pretty low…
“I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member.”
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(I’m kidding, can I come in?)
Well, I happen to think that all the readers of PTY who actively participate are awesome… but Sam, you constantly find ways to prove me wrong! đ
(Also kidding, of course! Invite sent)
I am happy to be a guinea pig.
i’m a regular reader, and have subscribed to your RSS feed for a few months now. i’ve commented a few times before, the one i can remember is on the article about whether you’d need a car in the DC area.
i’d love to be a part of the new community, as a 22 year old just getting serious about money.
I’d love an invite đ I haven’t been as active as in the past for reasons all on my end but hopefully you remember me hah
Hey! Send me the Link please!
I’ve only posted once or twice to the forums (I suppose I’ve been a lurker!). I’d like an invite, with the hopes that it will be an incentive for me to start actively engaging in conversations re: finances and money. I’m a bit older than the average college student, needed to stop my graduate career due to illness at the moment. Learning now how to rebuild my life, finances, etc … wanting to get out of debt and hopefully back into school and/or small business. LOTS to learn, love your blog! Please send me the link? A previous lurker.
As someone who has guest posted here, do I count?
I’d like to see the forum just to be a test dummy for you!
You know I’d love to be a part of the action! In fact, I sent you an invite to be part of the ZCL forum as well!
I’ve commented before… can I have an invite? =D
I would be happy to be a guinea pig also.
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