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Lack of users?
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11. March 2010 @ 03:54 |
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Hello people.
I joined this forum back in 2006, and I havent used it for about 2 years, but on my return ive discovered that less people seem to reply to threads etc, by that I mean if you look at any of the console pages, you can find threads from 2 days ago on the 1st page. Before it seemed as though the first 2 pages for most systems would be with the present day now there about 4 days worth on 2 pages, has anyone else noticed this? or has there actually been a decline in use?
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11. March 2010 @ 05:34 |
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I think the point stands valid now :P
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AfterDawn Addict
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12. March 2010 @ 00:42 |
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Yes, there have been noticable declines. That is a big part of why I wanted to find the google virus so bad...stuff like that makes existing users leave and new users stay away.
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12. March 2010 @ 01:58 |
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I don't think the low traffic applies to the entire site...
The Video/DVD+-R/Audio section seems pretty busy to me. Once in a full moon I visit the game console threads.
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12. March 2010 @ 03:21 |
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Most people who spend large amounts of time on Forums do it in 'waves', they get all excited and post lots for an extended period, then the novelty wears off and they either move to other sites or they lose the forum novelty i think. It does seem noticably quieter than say 2005/2006, which in the years i've been here seemed to be the busiest. I think i drove most of them away :p
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12. March 2010 @ 10:22 |
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Lol, ok then I better get posting in other threads :P, Just wanted to make sure that it wasnt just me being Nostalgic from the old days, you know how they always seem better then now :P
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12. March 2010 @ 11:56 |
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Well, the old days seem better from here too:)...There weren't as many spammers and not as many twats doing txtxtxt speech:).
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ddp
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12. March 2010 @ 12:05 |
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creaky, what do you mean you drove them away? i had a hand in it too!!!
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12. March 2010 @ 12:07 |
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@ddp,
You made them cry first!
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scum101
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12. March 2010 @ 12:43 |
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AND.. we all got sick and tired of the same old boring "I'm a retard.. I can't read" posts begging help for the simplest fookin problems.. what ius a rar file.. FFS.. why did you download the fekiin thing if you ahve that liottle common sense.. wfvery twat has a computer.. shame none of them have 3 braincells.. (one is lost.. the other out looking for it.. nice to have a spare eh?)
this is the M$ curse.. the complete retards who have been spoon fed by billys boys ..
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12. March 2010 @ 13:53 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
creaky, what do you mean you drove them away? i had a hand in it too!!!
You're a big softie really D!
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BIFF0
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12. March 2010 @ 17:38 |
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Yeah definately quieter than it used to be.
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13. March 2010 @ 06:17 |
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Yeah, DDP never really drove anyone away...lots of bannings...but they always came back the next day (sometimes saying something like, "I need advice, but DDP is a piece of s**t")
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ddp
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13. March 2010 @ 13:42 |
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& here it is i thought i was such a nice kind individual. bummer!!!
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13. March 2010 @ 13:55 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
& here it is i thought i was such a nice kind individual. bummer!!!
I don't know about "nice", but you are a "kind" individual...the "kind" that strikes noobs(and not just noobs) with "lightning"!
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ddp
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13. March 2010 @ 14:25 |
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me, never!!!
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13. March 2010 @ 14:29 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
me, never!!!
LOL, Never nice?
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13. March 2010 @ 21:13 |
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I pop in once in a blue moon and there's definitely been a decline in traffic. Hard to say why really.
I remember some of the mods turned into nazis, which never helps a forum. A lot of the senior members left for whatever reason. The forum just fell behind in some way.
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14. March 2010 @ 00:14 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
me, never!!!
Is true !
"The flimsier the product,the higher the price"
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15. March 2010 @ 21:08 |
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I've been here since 2002 myself and its true what Creaky said, users sort of come and go in waves, but it also depends really on what's going on in tech. I don't see any major drop in new users, but if the forums are less active I'm not sure that's exactly a bad thing ;-) It's always nice to have a calm few months every now and then, esp. for the moderators I would think.
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15. March 2010 @ 21:12 |
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Originally posted by Logik666:
I pop in once in a blue moon and there's definitely been a decline in traffic. Hard to say why really.
I remember some of the mods turned into nazis, which never helps a forum. A lot of the senior members left for whatever reason. The forum just fell behind in some way.
Everybody always thinks the forum's best days are behind them though, that was the same with all the big users when I was using the forum a lot... then they were replaced by others who now probably think their "good ole days" are over. It's just a human phenomenon really and it applies to more than just forums. Get a large group of people in one place and the line between love and hate is always very thin.
I've told a lot of users here that the best thing to always do is remember that it's just a forum. It's not a big deal. It's definitely not worth any stress but that's just people I guess.
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15. March 2010 @ 21:58 |
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@ DVDBack23 or whichever mod/admin keeps on hiding my posts. Why don't you actually say something instead of being a coward and hiding behind a screen? No wonder why the forums are dying when idiots like you are in charge.
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ddp
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15. March 2010 @ 22:17 |
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chris, what post(s) are you talking about? was not a mod or admin that banned you a little while ago as i asked who did it so we'll just leave that alone, agreed?
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chris4160
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15. March 2010 @ 22:37 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
chris, what post(s) are you talking about? was not a mod or admin that banned you a little while ago as i asked who did it so we'll just leave that alone, agreed?
It's happened in this thread and a news article. What do you mean it wasn't a mod or admin? DVDBack23 banned me the last time.
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ddp
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15. March 2010 @ 22:46 |
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dvdback is not admin but staff. wasn't it this thread i asked you about what sars is?
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