2012 - a retrospective

[jman]

it's hard to be active on a site when you click on "show unread posts since your last visit" link and she threads like "What's the weather like where you live" and "what are you drinking" gives me the impression that this site is dying. 

I agree with other posters, this site is boring,  we need some drama around here, bring back assholes like peaguy and randy

[Queen Victoria]

Meadow

[Adam]

I agree with jman - the "what is the weather like" thread just sums up the boring shit on here. Obviously its just as much up to me to make it "interesting" as it is to any other member, but no matter how much interesting stuff is posted, the weather/alphabet threads always clog it up. tbh there;s usually only one or two active threads I keep checking back for these days. If that. I mostly come here out of habit really. Doubt many new people would get sucked in the way it is now really

[MissKitty]

It goes in cycles though. It will kick back up a notch again eventually.

Too much drama and I bail ship. I get enough of it in my day to day life

['Butterflies']

  ^  It would be interesting if Randy returned. 

That would certainly get me posting again

I liked Randy

I missed Randy when I was on hiatus. I don't think he was here when I was?

I was lucky enough to share my first few weeks on the site with Randy. I havent seen him since

[MissKitty]

  ^  It would be interesting if Randy returned. 

That would certainly get me posting again

I liked Randy

I missed Randy when I was on hiatus. I don't think he was here when I was?

I was lucky enough to share my first few weeks on the site with Randy. I havent seen him since

okay then I was here because I remember when you joined. I have a tendency to block out people that annoy me. I don't remember much of him

['Butterflies']

I agree with jman - the "what is the weather like" thread just sums up the boring shit on here. Obviously its just as much up to me to make it "interesting" as it is to any other member, but no matter how much interesting stuff is posted, the weather/alphabet threads always clog it up. tbh there;s usually only one or two active threads I keep checking back for these days. If that. I mostly come here out of habit really. Doubt many new people would get sucked in the way it is now really

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That is a very good point. I had never used a forum before I came here, and couldnt have imagined ever doing so. Somehow, this place totally sucked me in. At its worst, I would would refuse real nights out, just to spend time here
It's not that the site's bad now at all, and It's better than a lot of forums. It's just that there is nothing left that would suck me in. If I turned up at this site as a noob today, I would be gone in minutes, never to return

Personally, I dont mind the threads like "What's the weather like where you live," and "what are you drinking." Its better that people post in those threads, than dont post at all. The problem is when those are the only threads that are active. I think that if it wasnt for the "boring" threads, this place could become inactive pretty quickly.

[odeon]

What *is* the weather like at your end, Butterflies?

[TheoK]

And - what is your end like, Butterflies? 

[bodie]

The trouble is i suppose others aren't that interested in what interests me.  And vice versa. 

I like to debate things.  Chew the fat as they say.  I like it when opinions differ.  So, the only thing i will say is there is not enough debate.  A lot of people just post stuff like
 
''10am   fed cat
10.15   stroke dog
then made lunch ''  etc

hardly riveting stuff.

I have been guilty of it too, although i don't bother anymore unless i have done something different or that might interest others.

I don't know if it is anything to do with age.  I don't think it is really because people i have enjoyed debating with in the past have been a variety of ages.

 

[Adam]

Yes, things to debate!

I have made loads of threads on topics/questions to get people debating, so won't make any more as I'd end up repeating old ones lol

But that's what I like the most. Especially if they're are clearly different sides. 

Stuff to debate and fun young people to spam a bit with. That's what would make it more interesting for me

[Adam]

And same as butterflies - I don't mind the weather threads themselves, but when they're all that keeps popping up, they're a problem

I also doubt I'd end up staying if I came here for the first time now

['andersom']

Sometimes telling about the weather is all I am up to. There are even days I force myself to get online, to not get socially completely isolated.

Thank goodness that is not the fact all the time.

['Butterflies']

What *is* the weather like at your end, Butterflies?

Bloody freezing

And - what is your end like, Butterflies? 

Bloody lovely

[TheoK]

I post about important stuff like creating an anarchy society, post in Latin etc, but no one is interested