4 users on, nobody posting.
It's not just here.
I'm starting to be worried that my prediction about the internet turning into TV actually coming true.
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:35:55 PM
It's not just here.
I'm starting to be worried that my prediction about the internet turning into TV actually coming true.
Discordia as passive entertainment.
Oh, Christ.
Don't think of it as losing users, think of it as culling the weak. They would only slow us down and attract predators.
For what it's worth, I don't have internet at home and keep PD open at work so I can read between breaks and try to contribute on lunches when I can. It takes a lot for me to contribute to IRL conversations too, sooo, yea. But at least for me it's not a case of just viewing and refresh. I'm usually only checking in a few minutes at a time and trying to contribute when I have the guts to open my mouth/type with my fingers
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
Forums are becoming a dead medium, soon social networking will be all that exists. Goodbye semi-intelligent discussions, hello "tumbs up if u think justin beiber haz a small penis".
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
I am beginning to feel like a performing monkey in an empty circus tent.
This ain't what I signed on for.
People who love the written word have to be somewhere. I must find them.
Quote from: trippinprincezz13 on January 04, 2012, 06:43:01 PM
For what it's worth, I don't have internet at home and keep PD open at work so I can read between breaks and try to contribute on lunches when I can. It takes a lot for me to contribute to IRL conversations too, sooo, yea. But at least for me it's not a case of just viewing and refresh. I'm usually only checking in a few minutes at a time and trying to contribute when I have the guts to open my mouth/type with my fingers
I'm sure everyone has a very good reason. I am not here to throw bricks at anyone.
I'm just saying that the forum is fucking dead. It's a collection of other sites' articles, when people bother to post at all. We get a burp once a week or so, but even that's becoming intermittent.
I still like the forum medium and prefer it to social networking. Im on this site more often than any other including facebook.
Problem is im starting to settle into proper work hours which means i dont get to post much during the day.
The upshot is that when i get home im not just sitting around and getting drunk anymore so im likely to contribute more content. I have a couple of think bouncing around in my head and im popping them into my google calendar for when i get home. I think i might work on that train song tonight if i succesfully restring my acoustic (never done it before) as well as work on some pamphlets and shit.
One week from now I am gonna be stone-cold-sober, in school full time, and either on the board posting up a fuckton as a venting system or gone entirely.
Also, weirdly enough... Facebook is dead too.
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 07:05:11 PM
Also, weirdly enough... Facebook is dead too.
Statistically, December and the first two weeks of January are always quiet months online.
Quote from: Faust on January 04, 2012, 07:16:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 07:05:11 PM
Also, weirdly enough... Facebook is dead too.
Statistically, December and the first two weeks of January are always quiet months online.
That would be more comforting if the board hadn't been slowing down in content since July.
I don't think it was a mistake. There are already 40 new topics and nearly 1000 new posts in January. The time frame that people post in may have changed. Even then, post count can't be used as a barometer for content, which is what really matters. There has also been a resurgence of creativity over the past week.
I agree with Kai. There has been an uptick in interesting content since Monday.
'Slow and steady wins the race' or 'this roadkill is still twitching' ?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2012, 07:19:44 PM
I agree with Kai. There has been an uptick in interesting content since Monday.
Maybe it's just my bad attitude.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 04, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2012, 07:19:44 PM
I agree with Kai. There has been an uptick in interesting content since Monday.
Maybe it's just my bad attitude.
You do not have a bad attitude. You are known and noted for the sunflowers that keep sprouting from your asscrack.
There have been 40 topics made in 4 days, that corresponds exactly to any other month, it's actually higher then other quiet months.
800 posts in 4 days is down but accounts almost exactly for the amount of posts in open bar each month.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2012, 07:29:52 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 04, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2012, 07:19:44 PM
I agree with Kai. There has been an uptick in interesting content since Monday.
Maybe it's just my bad attitude.
You do not have a bad attitude. You are known and noted for the sunflowers that keep sprouting from your asscrack.
It's the damn theme music that fucks me up.
Quote from: Faust on January 04, 2012, 07:30:37 PM
There have been 40 topics made in 4 days, that corresponds exactly to any other month, it's actually higher then other quiet months.
800 posts in 4 days is down but accounts almost exactly for the amount of posts in open bar each month.
Hm.
Maybe it's just that there's been no
Payne
Richter
Semaj (Worried about the boy. He hasn't even stopped in for 6 months)
Remmy
Etc.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 04, 2012, 07:32:59 PM
Quote from: Faust on January 04, 2012, 07:30:37 PM
There have been 40 topics made in 4 days, that corresponds exactly to any other month, it's actually higher then other quiet months.
800 posts in 4 days is down but accounts almost exactly for the amount of posts in open bar each month.
Hm.
Maybe it's just that there's been no
Payne
Richter
Semaj (Worried about the boy. He hasn't even stopped in for 6 months)
Remmy
Etc.
I haven't seen the last two in as long as I can remember, and the first two since before Christmas. We need to get out and meet new people.
Quote from: Faust on January 04, 2012, 07:34:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 04, 2012, 07:32:59 PM
Quote from: Faust on January 04, 2012, 07:30:37 PM
There have been 40 topics made in 4 days, that corresponds exactly to any other month, it's actually higher then other quiet months.
800 posts in 4 days is down but accounts almost exactly for the amount of posts in open bar each month.
Hm.
Maybe it's just that there's been no
Payne
Richter
Semaj (Worried about the boy. He hasn't even stopped in for 6 months)
Remmy
Etc.
I haven't seen the last two in as long as I can remember, and the first two since before Christmas. We need to get out and meet new people.
That would be nice, but I'd still like the others back.
I'm going to snail-mail Semaj, see if he's okay. Given that he lives in a state that had a depressed economy BEFORE 2007, this is not a foregone conclusion.
Brainstorm a "PD.com 2012: We Miss You Spag" greeting card/WOMP we can (snail/e)-mail around?
It should feature Samurai Obama some-where...
Quote from: Telarus on January 05, 2012, 06:29:59 AM
Brainstorm a "PD.com 2012: We Miss You Spag" greeting card/WOMP we can (snail/e)-mail around?
It should feature Samurai Obama some-where...
I like that idea.
Quote from: Telarus on January 05, 2012, 06:29:59 AM
Brainstorm a "PD.com 2012: We Miss You Spag" greeting card/WOMP we can (snail/e)-mail around?
It should feature Samurai Obama some-where...
Oooh yeah.
And *shrug* I think I've been more active than I have in a while.
Yeah, I don't think killing Open Bar has anything to do with it. And there has been interesting stuff, just a lot less fluff. I mean, the fluff is still popping up here and there in Apple Talk, it's just spread out into multiple threads now. But as I've said before, life gets in the way of posting. But it doesn't mean the Discordia is stopping.
Quote from: Telarus on January 05, 2012, 06:29:59 AM
Brainstorm a "PD.com 2012: We Miss You Spag" greeting card/WOMP we can (snail/e)-mail around?
It should feature Samurai Obama some-where...
I still have Samurai Obama saved.
We could do that.
I still agree with killing the Open Bar. Because it was fucking inane.
Quote from: Cain on January 05, 2012, 04:37:31 PM
I still agree with killing the Open Bar. Because it was fucking inane.
Sorry, I was having a moment.
Every day, I am grateful that Open Bar is gone.
Quote from: Nigel on January 05, 2012, 06:38:42 PM
Every day, I am grateful that Open Bar is gone.
Strangely enough, the board feels better, less moody, with the Bar gone.
That could be because my theme got switched from that black one to whatever this blue on is with the upgrade, too, though.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2012, 07:29:52 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 04, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2012, 07:19:44 PM
I agree with Kai. There has been an uptick in interesting content since Monday.
Maybe it's just my bad attitude.
You do not have a bad attitude. You are known and noted for the sunflowers that keep sprouting from your asscrack.
I knew a stripper back in knoxville that had a tiny daisy tattoo as though it were growing out of her ass crack.
truth.
We'll have to find different work for the Scrid if he ever shows up again. I suppose he could be in charge of cleaning/putting out the pool.
I read maybe about 10% of OB when it was around.
I liked it when people had things to say. I enjoy reading about your important life events.
I'd always click on OB and there'd be something interesting, then there'd be 2 pages of posts which were like "I am eating fruit right now" and "I am having pasta for dinner" and "the library is closed! aarg!". I wore out three mousewheels on that thread!
I do miss the Scrid though. The Pool on the Roof is disgusting right now. Is he any good at cleaning?
I dunno, the old Open Bar floor was often filmy and sticky. He'd probably just sit next to the pool and add more gasoline.
Hmm, we were talking about adding more gasoline
Okay, he's hired.
SCRID! vacation's over. Get to work!
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/SCRIDOUT.jpg)
The thing I like best about Open Bar being gone is not that it discourages other people's one-line inanities, but that it discourages mine. I now actually have to think about whether there is a thread/sub in which my post would be appropriate, and whether it's interesting enough to justify starting a whole new thread. Often, the answer is no.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 05, 2012, 04:47:10 PM
Quote from: Cain on January 05, 2012, 04:37:31 PM
I still agree with killing the Open Bar. Because it was fucking inane.
Sorry, I was having a moment.
It was a legitimate act of self-defense. It was you or the Bar.
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
Quote from: Cainad on January 08, 2012, 01:11:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
Good. I was getting sick of all the people.
Quote from: Richter on January 08, 2012, 01:43:24 AM
Quote from: Cainad on January 08, 2012, 01:11:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
Good. I was getting sick of all the people.
Well if you stopped eating them a whole box at a time that wouldn't happen.
Quote from: Cainad on January 08, 2012, 01:11:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
I love that stuff.
I mean, some of those dudes can make Gary, Indiana into a thing of exquisite beauty. That's really something.
Quote from: Don Coyote on January 08, 2012, 01:46:02 AM
Quote from: Richter on January 08, 2012, 01:43:24 AM
Quote from: Cainad on January 08, 2012, 01:11:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
Good. I was getting sick of all the people.
Well if you stopped eating them a whole box at a time that wouldn't happen.
Granted.
Let me be clear though. I love cities, but I can't stand people. The cities are fantastic constructions, byways, throughways, undergrounds, overpasses, buildings and infrastructure. I'd love to wander through them "Myst" style, empty of any human fuckery or crowding. Just walking through and explorign at my own pace. Seeing every corner and back room, every thoroughfare, gallery, penthouse, and rooftop.
I'm fine with their being other people, just none in my face unless I feel like it, and there are currently too many about for that to happen.
Quote from: Richter on January 08, 2012, 01:57:29 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on January 08, 2012, 01:46:02 AM
Quote from: Richter on January 08, 2012, 01:43:24 AM
Quote from: Cainad on January 08, 2012, 01:11:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
Good. I was getting sick of all the people.
Well if you stopped eating them a whole box at a time that wouldn't happen.
Granted.
Let me be clear though. I love cities, but I can't stand people. The cities are fantastic constructions, byways, throughways, undergrounds, overpasses, buildings and infrastructure. I'd love to wander through them "Myst" style, empty of any human fuckery or crowding. Just walking through and explorign at my own pace. Seeing every corner and back room, every thoroughfare, gallery, penthouse, and rooftop.
I'm fine with their being other people, just none in my face unless I feel like it, and there are currently too many about for that to happen.
I feel the same.
Quote from: Cainad on January 08, 2012, 01:11:29 AM
Quote from: Nigel on January 04, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
Every forum I'm on is dead.
It's alarming.
The world is actually emptying out. There are fewer people in existence.
On the plus side, we'll be seeing a big upswing in "Urban Decay" photography.
It's about time!
I like people. I don't like crowds, overcrowding, or poverty.
Crowds suck. I really can't stand them. My brother thinks crowds are fun and says that I'm just antisocial, to which I always want to reply Are you aware of how little it would take for us to be trampled right now? or I don't like the idea of hundreds of strangers breathing on/rubbing against me.
Eh, I hate crowds too. The fucking noise and the pressure and the smells and....I need a axe.
I love crowds. And cities. Big cities. Dense cities. Preferably big dense tropical cities awash in the stench of humanity and corruption.
I should move to Lagos.
I'm also glad the OB is gone. When we talked about it, I was like either way is fine, but after a while, yeah. What Freeky and Cram said, the board seems less moody without it, and while people's important life events were interesting, having them scattered between 3 pages of inane trivialities was not.
Well, I'm glad THAT incarnation of Open Bar is gone. It was actually a pretty decent thread when I first joined and there was a bit more comedy and creativity involved (e.g. The Scrid) and it wasn't just the "Here's what's going on with my life" thread.