ppt community Building an Online Community

Today I logged onto PPT for a pleasant surprise. The chat box on PPT Main had 146 users online simultaneously, something which I haven’t seen in a long time. This made me think about the days when Neopets was at the peak of their popularity and the community was everything. Playing the game had a sense of personal enjoyment and a sense of purpose and sites like PPT were able to provide Neopets information and Neopets cheats; the community was something that inadvertently developed and drove the site to bigger success.

Now that new Neopets websites spring up every other day and that the original founders Adam Powell and Donna Williams are no longer at the site, it seems to many that the spark that initially drew the crowds, the degree of personality behind the website is no more; this is something myself and the hosts of The PPT Show have discussed at length in the podcast episodes.

So it it with this frame of mind that I was pleasantly surprised to see the community pick up again; can Neopets regain the community that it lost of die-hard fans and core supporters? In truth, the heart of every website is the community, and I feel like I need to invest more time into my site’s community and encourage it to grow which is what I’ve begun to do now. I’m just thankful the site already has such a rich diversity of members from all around the globe who I now call friends. (If you see me online, give me a bell! I love chatting.)

Let’s see how Neopets does over the next few months OK?