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Are you kidding me?! I haven't been back since Thursday. Not a SINGLE post/response has been added in all that time? Honestly, I'm beginning to think I have no choice but to find another message board. This has been my go to board when I take a quick break, or need to mentally disconnect for a second. Been that was for YEARS now. Guess not anymore.
Yeah, man; I've noticed this too. I understand how you feel about the forums going way downhill and no one hardly ever posting at all any more, but I've noticed that most online message boards have ended up the same as this one. I've also posted similar threads like this myself on other forums, just to point out that forums everywhere these days are like a ghost town.
I honestly don't know how you can attract more members, because the issue is kind of way too widespread for it to really improve. I've also noticed this occurs on wikis as well, where one day, the place is thriving, and within a year, it's like it has been left to smell like rotten plants. I'm not sure why all this has happened, but you can use the real Wikipedia, and Facebook, and stuff like that, so maybe that's why people don't use these other platforms as much.
On a side note, our old "pal" Gimpy, has gone and made himself (another) YouTube profile, and it's kind of funny how this man just loves whatever attention he can get, even from doing stupid things like this, and he needs to realize that he's missing a few rungs on the mental ladder. He actually goes through the bother to be all like, 'Hey, come see this channel with no subs, no one watches me and I'm still alive, as demented as my Kiwi ass is.' This guy needs to be executed, and soon, because New Zealand is a fine country indeed.
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Yeah unfortunately the place has just become quite barren. Old users post less frequently, and new users are near non-existent
And there's also an administrator that doesn't give a damn about the forums, besides a URL change.
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Oh joy. So it's just message boards in general? Guess I should just find some other pass-time entirely.Quote:
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I am sick. Not going anywhere, online or RL.
I agree with Coffee Cup - This is admins fault.
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Guess I am off, no one on talking to me. Back to sleep. Have to work tmmrw. See you all later in the week.
I remember in 2003 when Facebook wasn't even around. It would feel like people posted every few minutes, as there was so much activity. And the 50 by 50 pixels avatars are so memorable.
This place is quiet except for My Cofee Cup - hey! I always hope I log in and post order is fixed, there are new members and an active admin or mod.
Maybe this feline is really the admin.
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If that cat is the admin, then I am totes okay with all the problems! LOL! Especially if I can boop da nose.
This is kind of obvious, but most of the new members with foreign flags on their profile pages, is our wee special guest, Gimpy.
I hope we get some more ladies from Albania, or at least Bulgaria and Germany. Be fun....LOL
Do you see what I mean, people? This moron just comes back, mass registers profiles, and acts stupid. Well - I guess it's that time, huh?
Get used to me being around, you won't bully me.
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#Stop My Coffee Cup harassing and bullying women on acyberlove.com
I'm not Gimpy.
TheEvilJester, I sent you a message regarding what I said to the police. Please read it. Cheers - and do ignore this nut.
Get used to me being around, you won't bully me.
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#Stop My Coffee Cup harassing and bullying women on acyberlove.com
I'm not Gimpy.
Where did all the other regulars go?
Exeter, lovebroken, pcmaster, hoo, topazlight? and morrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre
Well, more and more members leave forums due to being busy or they get so inactive. I think if anybody can find their contact info in their profiles, they could be informed that we miss them and would like to see them come back.
CantMoveOn, have you heard of Canadian bands like Loverboy, Chilliwack, Platimum Blonde and Edward Bear?Quote:
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Yeah, even I must admit I've been teetering lately on the idea of just giving up on this site once and for all. I don't want to do that, but it just seems to hit all new lows and doesn't seem to be coming back from it.Quote:
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I know that spammers are unpleasant and forums are dead these days, but as a general rule of thumb, I wouldn't recommend anyone do that. I also wouldn't name any trolls by name or complain at all, as annoying as the spam is. Just keep posting, and blocking people, because by leaving and quitting, that's giving the trolls what they want, so hit that ignore button... and WATCH AS THEY SCREAM INTO THE ABYSS - much like this guy here! :D
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I can't speak for anybody else, but I have never and will never leave because of trolls and/or spammers. For exactly the reasons you cite. I've been pondering leaving because there is almost no activity here. If there is no activity, or nearly no activity, then it doesn't serve the purpose of being a fun temporary distraction.
Though, I will admit that it doesn't particularly help that the admin/admins are virtually non-existent and do nothing to deal with the abusive posts and offensive images posted to be blatantly offensive. A board should at least have an active enough moderator/admin so stuff like that will be removed sooner rather than later.
Yep. I agree. Why bother paying the hosting fees just to leave a site that a lot of people actually find useful, in this state?
At first, members who came here were just a Joe or a Dame, needing some advice. Over time, they became respected users that actually helped to keep this place going. This disgrace of an admin cannot grasp that. I did try to look up the host, hoping there would be a contact number for the tool in charge, but it seems the owner privatised that info. Generally though, it's not just abusive people that have been messing things up in recent years. It is also a case of social media being more dominant over post boards, even though I will never favor Facebook over forums. Not ever.
I have spoken to the police about "it" already. But I can't say anything more, as that is giving away too much. He will likely try posting again to get traction on his silliness, but just place him on ignore mode and that way, you won't even see his filth. He will probably get angry that no one is responding. Keep it up, and watch as he becomes nothing but a ghost to everyone here. On other forums, I know an admin can choose to globally ignore a user so their posts don't show up to members that are logged in. They try to bomb the forums, not realising that nobody is seeing the posts. :D
You are probably right that people don't use message boards as much these days because they prefer social media instead. I, myself, am with you on Facebook, though. I stopped using Facebook YEARS ago and have not looked back. I grew to hate Facebook, mostly because of the people on it. Selfish, self-centered people. I got sick of my so called "friends" who would ignore my posts like I didn't exist. Yet some of them would even turn around and whine and moan that nobody ever likes or comments on their posts. This even when I DID like and comment on their posts. I got sick of the overall whiney, selfish nature of people on Facebook.Quote:
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I was off social media completely for a few years before I discovered Instagram, which has been a much more positive experience for me. Sure, there's still some people who try to ruin it, but they seem more rare than on Facebook. At least in my experience, Facebook was more negativity than positivity. Instagram has been the exact opposite.
Today, I got this random email from something called mega.nz, about someone filing a copyright counter on a lot of videos that I had on YouTube to do with those idiots who were annoying some user and Resident Evil fan, known as Nemesis. I'm doubting that this is you know who again, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was him.
The cheek of some people. How can people think they can do that and always get away with it, when they don't have the actual copyright to my personal videos in the first place? That is just so dumb. Oh, yeah. They get around that shit by saying it should be allowed to stay up, because they're doing it for "criticism" and satire. That still constitutes abuse, because I briefly explained that the person in question had been stalking me and stealing my stuff. Hopefully that is all it takes to convince them that by adding them back, that would hereby be breaking their terms of service. When I accessed the link, it also stated that the user had his account terminated, so that also sits well for me too.
Some follower of these two nutters on YouTube had taken them before I removed them from my own channel, which I have since deleted. Funnily enough, the date I issued the takedown of these clips was almost a month ago. I'm not sure why I'm just getting that message about it now. The address that the person left in his fabricated rebuttal thing, had the guy's real email address, but I'm sure the rest of it was to do with a fake person supposedly living in Toledo, Ohio. Likely the creep's mother or whatever. But no one that knows I've been "doxxing" people on the Internet and ringing the cops overseas to issue a formal complaint, would be stupid enough to add their own address like that. So I don't think I have any cause for concern... yet!
And not a single damn was giving that day...
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Jester, you'll be glad to know I've spoken to the New Zealand authorities. They've been a big help with my report, regarding this idiot's nonsense. He's certainly in a lot of trouble now.
Happy Slag Off Gimpy Day!
You're like a creepy cat that never goes the hell away!
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You're just daft.