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Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:43 am
by P5 Guy
Where did everybody go?
:(

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:21 am
by n0rlf
I am here in spirit. Chemo treatments leaves me pretty tired .

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:49 am
by OKIE
It's not like the old days for sure.

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Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:38 am
by N4KVE
OKIE wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:49 am It's not like the old days for sure.
Sadly, nothing is. GARY

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:12 pm
by tector
I think forums of all types have been cannibalized somewhat by social media. I've seen the same thing on a couple of non-gun forums where I have been a member for a long time. These things happen. Back in the 90s and early 2000s, Usenet was really hopping. Then came My Space and Facebook, and a lot of the discussion groups on all kinds of topics got clobbered. But the BST options here offer a foundation missing on most social media platforms, so I don't see FSN and the like disappearing like Usenet did.

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:18 pm
by P5 Guy
n0rlf, I hope your treatments are successful.

Certainly has been slow since the big crash.

:(

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:28 pm
by FfNJGTFO
I'm still here and will stay here. I do check it on a daily basis. I may not post daily because there isn't much more to say than I've already said.

But if something does come up that hasn't been discussed, previously (or I can't remember when it was), I'll bring it up.

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:36 pm
by GunsandHoses
Here too!

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:09 pm
by lakelandman
Here just has died down and will neve be like it used too.

Re: Lonely

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:44 pm
by George W
tector wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:12 pm I think forums of all types have been cannibalized somewhat by social media. I've seen the same thing on a couple of non-gun forums where I have been a member for a long time. These things happen. Back in the 90s and early 2000s, Usenet was really hopping. Then came My Space and Facebook, and a lot of the discussion groups on all kinds of topics got clobbered. But the BST options here offer a foundation missing on most social media platforms, so I don't see FSN and the like disappearing like Usenet did.
ARFCOM and Reddit saw huge increases in traffic (not as much as pre-social media, but a significant amount of returnees that left for a while) after Facebook and the other SM platforms decided we're undesirable. FSN should have done the same. I'm not sure if the outages or lack of promotion played a part, but they couldn't have helped.