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Post by Spaz on May 1, 2009 4:53:59 GMT -5
Is going down. Forums are being screwed over and all the little smart arse know-it-alls are appearing. Sad really. Top forums are all getting boring and it's near impossible for someone new to start a forum and have it grow into something amazing over time.
What are your views?
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Post by D5K0 on May 1, 2009 7:39:24 GMT -5
I'm confused, are you pissed off at talk park being closed, or are you pissed at the admins moaning? Either that or i'm missing the point completely lol.
Otherwise, of course it's going to be hard to start up a forum. Say i wanted to start up yet another design forum...it will be difficult when there are many other established communties out there. Maybe you can compare it to opening the 15th ice-cream shop on the same stretch of beach?
One of the main points that could help people succeed is making their content slightly less mainstream and have original ideas and features that no one else does, see outside the box.
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Post by danielazarc on May 1, 2009 19:59:30 GMT -5
I don't think it's going down, just expanding so much. It's hard to find a unique topic or something that will really reach out to people above other places, because the internet is just so huge. It used to be a ton of people with a few forums, now the amount of forums probably outnumber users, so...
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Post by Sven on May 1, 2009 23:25:44 GMT -5
I disagree, look at VS.
What people are wanting now is for their forums to be an instant success without putting any work into it really. If you put work into what you do, then you are going to haev a good member base where people keep coming back over and over.
I mean, look, we have PBS staff on this forum (Artemis, you've been busted). So we have to be doing something right don't we?
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Spaz
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Post by Spaz on May 2, 2009 4:57:06 GMT -5
I'm confused, are you pissed off at talk park being closed, or are you pissed at the admins moaning? Either that or i'm missing the point completely lol. Otherwise, of course it's going to be hard to start up a forum. Say i wanted to start up yet another design forum...it will be difficult when there are many other established communties out there. Maybe you can compare it to opening the 15th ice-cream shop on the same stretch of beach? One of the main points that could help people succeed is making their content slightly less mainstream and have original ideas and features that no one else does, see outside the box. I'm not talk about anything to do with Talk Park. I'm talking about forums around the internet dieing off. Maybe it's just the base members leaving because they have things to do, and the only reason others are there is because of them.
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Post by Parker on May 2, 2009 13:01:40 GMT -5
Personally (no disrespect to older people) but most (could be wrong) users that I dunno maybe made graphics forums or PB forums popular are the young 'ens? People my age who now have lifes or are getting them? Im no way near on forums as much as I was when I wassss 14. I could be wrong cause its a very open arugment but meh
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Post by danielazarc on May 2, 2009 14:37:09 GMT -5
Personally (no disrespect to older people) but most (could be wrong) users that I dunno maybe made graphics forums or PB forums popular are the young 'ens? People my age who now have lifes or are getting them? Im no way near on forums as much as I was when I wassss 14. I could be wrong cause its a very open arugment but meh I think that could also be the case. I know I used to have a ton of time to work on forums and be active plenty of places. Now with my school schedule I hardly have enough time to eat and sleep. (I am graduating in about a month but still. xD)
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Post by Parker on May 2, 2009 14:54:55 GMT -5
Im the same I have a lot school work to do
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Post by Spuds! on May 2, 2009 15:46:21 GMT -5
I think it's in your head. Internet activity goes up everyday pretty much. Maybe PROBOARDS is going downhill but that has hardly anything to do with the internet itself. The web is vast, you just have to go look for things.
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Post by Spaz on May 2, 2009 20:31:19 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't have as much time as I used to. Pity PB is falling apart, but shit happens I spoze.
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