Active Users:358 Time:17/06/2025 07:35:13 AM
The main issue is a lack of new blood. Legolas Send a noteboard - 27/10/2013 11:19:28 AM

View original postI was out of the loop for a few months this summer, but traffic was already dropping. Did the end of WOT have than much of an impact?

Which does no doubt have something to do with the end of WoT, but more generally it's an internet-wide shift, with the social media cannibalizing the older generation of communities and message boards. Of course, the people who have been here for a while already and have friends here wouldn't easily drop that entirely in favour of Facebook, but as Larry mentioned, they are growing older, getting jobs and families and so on, and have less time for this - that has always been the case, that's why a community needs the new blood to keep thriving, but when the new blood isn't coming, then this is what you get. And of course this kind of thing works in vicious circles, the fewer new posts there are, the less people will visit and make new posts of their own.

I don't think the politics discussions drive people off, as such - it's more the absence of other discussions that makes those not interested in politics lose interest. It's interesting that politics discussion seems more resilient to the dying off than other things - probably because Facebook and Twitter are hardly suitable for real debates on those topics, while they are very much suited for discussing personal news. That's perhaps also the reason why the Books and TV/Movies board have more activity than the Comm board, these days, not that that's saying much.

Reply to message
When did traffic on this site drop so much? - 25/10/2013 06:39:46 PM 1351 Views
Not really. - 27/10/2013 01:09:02 AM 891 Views
Which is why the other boards that have no political posts are dying too? *NM* - 28/10/2013 11:27:41 AM 442 Views
The other boards have always lived and died by the general forums popularity - 29/10/2013 12:24:04 AM 871 Views
While Community used to have more posts - 29/10/2013 11:48:21 AM 807 Views
Re: While Community used to have more posts - 30/10/2013 01:39:41 AM 955 Views
A couple of bits that I would add to your comments - 30/10/2013 08:01:10 AM 970 Views
Re: A couple of bits that I would add to your comments - 30/10/2013 04:17:26 PM 793 Views
That was an awesome reply! - 30/10/2013 12:04:12 PM 849 Views
Outstanding post. Very interesting. - 30/10/2013 04:22:06 PM 828 Views
The RPG board tends to stand on its own *NM* - 29/10/2013 06:39:54 PM 416 Views
Aww! I am sorry. - 07/11/2013 07:14:57 PM 1090 Views
It's always been dropping - 27/10/2013 08:28:07 AM 932 Views
The main issue is a lack of new blood. - 27/10/2013 11:19:28 AM 902 Views
I agree. *NM* - 27/10/2013 03:21:40 PM 401 Views
This. *NM* - 28/10/2013 11:06:09 AM 430 Views
I blame Facebook. *NM* - 27/10/2013 03:20:38 PM 439 Views
Me too. Fuck them. *NM* - 27/10/2013 11:46:17 PM 434 Views
How about combining all the boards into one again? *NM* - 28/10/2013 01:44:48 PM 484 Views
I've advocated for that for years. - 28/10/2013 01:54:03 PM 890 Views
Yes. The general board was fun. - 28/10/2013 07:43:15 PM 860 Views
Speaking of general boards - wasn't CMB3 promised - 29/10/2013 11:42:43 AM 868 Views
Yeah - it was. - 29/10/2013 02:36:25 PM 826 Views
Yep. - 30/10/2013 10:07:33 AM 881 Views
Agreed.....boards should be consolidated. *NM* - 28/10/2013 07:54:28 PM 455 Views
I vote for this - 28/10/2013 02:22:24 PM 1039 Views
Re: I vote for this - 28/10/2013 07:29:58 PM 836 Views
I think that was/is part of the problem. People have become soft and squeamish. - 29/10/2013 11:45:36 AM 837 Views
I agree *NM* - 29/10/2013 12:09:58 PM 503 Views
Yeah, blaming ghettoization for our problems and then advocating further ghettoization - 29/10/2013 03:51:00 PM 806 Views
I fail to see how he is advocating further ghettoization. *NM* - 29/10/2013 07:13:42 PM 450 Views
I meant to reply to praziquantel there. - 29/10/2013 11:05:35 PM 867 Views
OK. - 29/10/2013 11:33:59 PM 887 Views
Please explain to me where I advocated for further ghettoization. - 29/10/2013 09:32:16 PM 798 Views
Re: Please explain to me where I advocated for further ghettoization. - 29/10/2013 11:03:41 PM 790 Views
No worries - 29/10/2013 11:37:55 PM 848 Views
Yup *NM* - 30/10/2013 02:03:00 AM 495 Views
It is something I'm working on. - 30/10/2013 10:06:48 AM 893 Views

Reply to Message