Less Activity on the New Forum ?

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  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 19, 2011

  Yes Wirral, lack of anything interesting going on, you say. I think you have the answer to my question there. Every day I click onto the forum, I don't see any new topics, just replies to old ones and most of those have long past their sell by date. What is happening to people, are they all in chat or just not wanting to communicate in any way with their fellow man anymore.

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• ME

  Member

  Oct 19, 2011

  There is also the annual end of summer fall off. Every year around this time things get quieter for a while.

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 19, 2011

  Yes I think the old front page should never have been changed, most people would prefer to keep that part, if nothing else. Change is not always for the the better, but the new format obviously generates more revenue and that's all any site owner is interested in. Sad really, but that's life and we just have to accept it.
  
  It is good to have the site updated, but it would have been far better to incorporate a few things like the home page into it. Never mind, I suppose we shall become accustomed to it in time.

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• OP

  

  openrange

  Oct 19, 2011

  i don't like the new format at all and find myself not using the site as much. it was better with the top ten or so on the home page not having to search by subject and the fb layout who's friends with who etc stinks along with the uploading of pics ~ the only photo i have
  
  is my profile all others of my wife and i keep getting deleted ? ! and no they are not distasteful or pornagraphic.

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• OP

  

  openrange

  Oct 19, 2011

  in the last 7 day ~ 11 posts in gen. and 92 replys ~ reckon so !

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• DE

  

  DesertRat

  Oct 19, 2011

  I still contribute to the Forum but I don't log on as much as I used to. The site generally not as much fun to be on as it was in the past. It is now rather cumbersome and harder to navigate. I hope TT1 is still working on upgrades.

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• ME

  Member

  Oct 20, 2011

  We're also spending a lot less time on the site now, and for all of the reasons previously mentioned.  At least, I'm getting to bed earlier.
  

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 20, 2011

  [quote]Simple answer is.....It's boring!
  [/quote] Jackie dear lady, your posts are never boring. This site is greatly lacking decent true honest members such as you.

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  A

  Oct 20, 2011

  Personally, I do log in somewhat less frequently due to practical details, but nevertheless find less and less reasonable things to comment on. Never been a big topic starter, but happy to comment and throw in any advise, should there be need for such. Lately nothing of substance has reached my attention, so been quiet as well. Maybe all the worthwhile topics have been already discussed???
  
  Aki
  

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 20, 2011

  [quote]There is also the annual end of summer fall off. Every year around this time things get quieter for a while.[/quote] Well searching back through the forum of 12 months ago, I see no evidence of that. And as the days are now getting colder and shorter, more people are spending time indoors on their pc's.

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• MA

  

  macnude

  Oct 20, 2011

  [quote]Simple answer is.....It's boring!
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  Agree!!!!

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• CO

  

  Curt, or Cowboy

  Oct 20, 2011

  
  [quote]Yes I think the old front page should never have been changed, most people would prefer to keep that part, if nothing else.[/quote]
  
  I dunno.......
  Personally, I was offended by the "nudist of the moment" featured pic, didn't care for the "random gallery" photo, and especially that clicking on any of them didn't take you to that photo, and never ever cared for who was "popular."
  
  In fact, the ONLY aspect of the old page I liked was the most recent 10 forum posts/threads.
  Since the "recent" tag on the new forum page has expanded that to 20 or so, I find this to be an improvement, and has apparently dramatically reduced the "spam bump" and useless diversionary postings to do nothing more than displace a thread someone didn't personally agree with.
  
  [quote]it was better with the top ten or so on the home page not having to search by subject[/quote]
  
  As above, I find the recent button on the forum page MORE than makes up for not having it on a "home" page.
  
  [quote] and the fb layout who's friends with who etc stinks [/quote]
  
  It's an expanded notice of what your "friends" are doing. I find it mostly pointless. Somehow, I'd have a slight preference for the old who uploaded pics and who just got certified, but it's an incredibly minimal preference.
  
  [quote] Simple answer is.....It's boring![/quote]
  
  Ha ! True that ! ( but it's been boring with largely trolling and political arguments for a long time, IMHO )
  
  
  [quote]Personally, I do log in somewhat less frequently due to practical details, but nevertheless find less and less reasonable things to comment on. Never been a big topic starter, but happy to comment and throw in any advise, should there be need for such. Lately nothing of substance has reached my attention, so been quiet as well. Maybe all the worthwhile topics have been already discussed???[/quote]
  
  Fits me as well.
  I don't think they have all been discussed, but open discussion has certainly been supressed by a vocal minority hurling insults, and generally personal slights instead of substance, to the point that methinks many are no longer willing to make any attempt at reasonable discourse.
  
  There was a time when not every thread was pages and pages of how it's a gay issue, or how the other posters were simply mentally inferior to one with "obvious" superiority, and it WAS a much more interesting, sociable, and generally fun site in those days.
  
  I fear that absent obvious moderation ( there appears to be some covert moderation going on, though I have no real evidence ) those days are gone.
  
  [quote] like others have said, that there seems little to make comment on as regards Forum Postings etc.[/quote]
  
  Methinks this isn't due the format change, but is related to the character of the site as defined by the posts of the last year or so, more or less.
  
  I too, find myself less and less interested in participating with such a confrontational bunch as seems to have largely taken over.
  
  [quote] I don't need to know what they have said to their friends [/quote]
  
  HEAR ! HEAR ! ( but, that must be the way facebook does it ? )
  
  [quote]but am left wondering why TT1/TT2 haven't made some comment via a FORUM POST to let the members know what their reactions are to the amending of things we do not favour etc. [/quote]
  
  I've seen one or two by TT2, but nothing from TT1 for as long as I can remember about anything important.
  There is/was the blog thing, but it's been dormant for years now.
  
  
  Anyhow, that's my take on several things....
  
  
  

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• BR

  

  Bruce

  Oct 20, 2011

  Hadn't ever noticed that "recent posts" button before, glad you mentioned it!

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 21, 2011

  [quote]I think the problem is that since the most recent forum topics isn't one of the first things you see, people have to take a definite action to view the forum and it's just a few more keystrokes away from being first in your mind.[/quote]Exactly, another good reason for keeping the main page.

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 21, 2011

  [quote][quote][quote]I think the problem is that since the most recent forum topics isn't one of the first things you see, people have to take a definite action to view the forum and it's just a few more keystrokes away from being first in your mind.[/quote]Exactly, another good reason for keeping the main page.[/quote]
  Because people are lazy?[/quote]It's computers that have made people lazy.

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 21, 2011

  Oops sorry, double clicked.

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 21, 2011

  It's computers that have made people lazy.[/quote]People have the will to do as they please concerning computers. Use them or not, do things or not.
  If computer's are "making them" lazy, their weak willed as well.[/quote]Yes I agree with you, but only as regards the mature person. The younger people of today have grown up with computers and silly electronic games, it is a way of life. I was reading a newspaper article last year about how unhealthy the kids are because of computers. The UK and USA now have the highest number of obese children in the world. Also what is amazing in the modern western world is the very high percentage of children suffering from rickets, something that was unheard of in this country for many decades. And the cause is lack of sunlight due to spendind majority of their time indoors.

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 21, 2011

  [quote][quote]Oops sorry, double clicked.[/quote]
  You can now delete double posts. Click the red X.
  [/quote]Thank you kindly for bringing that to my attention, dear sir. The problem with that, is, my post count may rapidly diminish even more mysteriously than thine

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  TonyJ63

  Oct 22, 2011

  I've only just noticed the 'Recent posts' button. May well be posting more soon! Where's the Emoticon button gone?
  

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 22, 2011

   Ideas and topics get repeated and there is only so much that you want to say.[/quote]Unless you're a woman that is. Women always find something to say, just so they can have the last word. ( I hope my wife doesn't read this, ha,ha, )

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• KI

  

  kiteflyer

  Oct 22, 2011

  [quote] Ideas and topics get repeated and there is only so much that you want to say.[/quote]The saviours of the forums are therefore those who don't mind repeating themselves.

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• KI

  

  kiteflyer

  Oct 22, 2011

  [quote]The saviours of the forums are therefore those who don't mind repeating themselves. [/quote]The saviours of the forums are therefore etc...

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Oct 22, 2011

  [quote][quote]The saviours of the forums are therefore those who don't mind repeating themselves. [/quote]The saviours of the forums are therefore etc...[/quote]Must be something he's eaten.

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