What's Wrong With Senior Forums?

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Lon

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Is it just me? I am not enjoying SF as I have in the past and I am not sure why. I can't put my finger on it but something has changed.
 

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Lon said:
Is it just me? I am not enjoying SF as I have in the past and I am not sure why. I can't put my finger on it but something has changed.
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Perhaps it is the aggravation introduced by this new guy? Argumentative trouble-maker. I shall try hard not to be such a pest! :) imp
 
Lon, do you feel the recent threads (by that I mean the real, actual discussion threads) are stagnant/boring? I see you've been a member for a year - have you thoroughly explored, or do you only look at new posts?
 
This is the first time I've joined a forum and I've only been on for about four months but I suspect all forums go through transitions. I sometimes go back into threads from a few years ago and look at the major participants who agreed, disagreed, cajoled, comforted and communicated with each other then. Many of them are gone now. Some of them were banned, some of them just moved on, and some of them may have passed away. But they had some great times together and so do we. Maybe there's a different mood now than there was two months ago but there'll be a different mood two months from now too. I don't think it serves any useful purpose to say "something's wrong and it's this or that person's fault." I would be very interested to know how the long time members feel about this subject, especially SB and Matrix.
 
applecruncher said:
Lon, do you feel the recent threads (by that I mean the real, actual discussion threads) are stagnant/boring? I see you've been a member for a year - have you thoroughly explored, or do you only look at new posts?
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I thoroughly explore looking for topics to discuss and there is not much happening.
 
Spot on Glinda, as a member of forums for many years and a Moderator of a couple over the years ...this forum is no different to every other forum IMO from the very large to the smallest in the sense of people moving on/or being moved on.. ...losing interest for a myriad of reasons ..forums can have a very transient membership. Some stay for years others for one day...some join and never post , some only occasionally, others regularly. Some love the cut and thrust of debate others are just for the R&R..forums can't be all things to all people, we enjoy it or we move on.
 
Glinda said:
This is the first time I've joined a forum and I've only been on for about four months but I suspect all forums go through transitions. I sometimes go back into threads from a few years ago and look at the major participants who agreed, disagreed, cajoled, comforted and communicated with each other then. Many of them are gone now. Some of them were banned, some of them just moved on, and some of them may have passed away. But they had some great times together and so do we. Maybe there's a different mood now than there was two months ago but there'll be a different mood two months from now too. I don't think it serves any useful purpose to say "something's wrong and it's this or that person's fault." I would be very interested to know how the long time members feel about this subject, especially SB and Matrix.
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I'm no virgin when it comes to Forums since I have been frequenting them for many years, but this one seems to be running out of gas.
 
Lon said:
I'm no virgin when it comes to Forums since I have been frequenting them for many years, but this one seems to be running out of gas.
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Lon at the risk of offending, maybe it is you whose "running out of gas". Holly and Glinda said what I would have said about this forum. I was a mod on a forum in 1996 and have used many blogs, forums since. This is the best I have experienced. If it's getting too boring for you maybe a little break is called for.
 
AZ Jim said:
Lon at the risk of offending, maybe it is you whose "running out of gas". Holly and Glinda said what I would have said about this forum. I was a mod on a forum in 1996 and have used many blogs, forums since. This is the best I have experienced. If it's getting too boring for you maybe a little break is called for.
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I am not a quitter and will hang in there Jim. I agree this is a Great Forum when it's on a lRoll, but like Falcon I am not a fan of quizzes and games. Oh, I am not offended as I am fullagas.
 
Lon said:
If that's the case then WIMPS with thin skins should never join a Forum of any kind if the written word upsets them so,
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Or learn to use the ignore command. I don't understand why people keep readng posts from members they've come out and said they don't like/can't stand. waah waah waah. I just don't get that at all. :shrug: Makes no sense.

However, sometimes I try to take a break from the computer/internet. Not easy because I use it for lots of things. But it CAN be done.
 
I belong to a half of dozen forums or so. I get bored with different ones and simply take a break. Just because you belong to one doesn't mean you have to check in every day.
 

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