DeadOne Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 hour ago, porcupine48 said: I miss the active topics function.Check activity and it's a million posts from the same threads.Active topics made it so much easier to browse,and you'd catch more things from all over. I miss that too. I use the Unread Content function now (sometimes the All Activity function) but it's not the same. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Kramerica said: I recently returned after a long sabbatical and yeah, it seems pretty dormant. Should we have an open house? Membership drive? Risque entertainment? Win a Dream Date with (insert Forum Member here)? Perhaps we need a "companion thread" to this. "Ideas for making the threads sexy again?" But seriously, I really think this place has way, way too many sub-forums. There seems to be forums for things that don't need their own forum. And the best way I can see to liven things up is to condense. Like a "Gold, Silver and Bronze" area instead of having a forum for each. A few forums can be eliminated altogether and that traffic would go back to Comics General. And Comics General could stand to lose some sub-forums too. From what I remember these sub-forums were created because the original forums were so clogged and busy. That isn't the case now and in the future it can always be changed. But for now we could simplify the number of forums and a side benefit would be people being exposed to material that they normally wouldn't be perusing. Maybe Thanos could eliminate half the sub-forums for the better of the boards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 41 minutes ago, nepatkm said: Maybe Thanos could eliminate half the sub-forums for the better of the boards? Bingo. Best. Idea. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingerMcK Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Also noticed lately a lot of sales threads are removed and no reason given. Come on, we need all the threads and traffic we can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 49 minutes ago, StingerMcK said: Also noticed lately a lot of sales threads are removed and no reason given. Come on, we need all the threads and traffic we can get The one that was done this morning was because two of the books were on eBay. That being said, I was not the squealer. I went to eBay to check the veracity of the "good deal" claims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 2 hours ago, lizards2 said: That being said, I was not the squealer. Squealers don't live long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 29 minutes ago, DR.X said: 3 hours ago, lizards2 said: That being said, I was not the squealer. Squealers don't live long. I'm not so sure about that. There appears to be plenty of long-lived squealers on these boards. I do wonder at times if anyone at all is listening to their squeals, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I'm not so sure about that. There appears to be plenty of long-lived squealers on these boards. I do wonder at times if anyone at all is listening to their squeals, though. Hey this could be a new forum " Squealers Corner " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I'm not so sure about that. There appears to be plenty of long-lived squealers on these boards. I do wonder at times if anyone at all is listening to their squeals, though. My favorite are the guys who call up eBay customer service to inform on sellers making deals outside of eBay with their listed items. Talk about having no life Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Did someone say something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sqeggs Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Be interesting to know if the stats show board traffic to be significantly reduced from what it was on the old boards. Last time Arch commented, he said that it was about the same. Sure seems much lower to me. I like the new boards. The way unread posts are handled is worth a lot by itself. In any event, iirc, keeping the old boards wasn't an option. I hope we're not in a death spiral of fewer people coming by because there is less new stuff to read and there's less new stuff because posts aren't getting responded to so there's less incentive to post, which leads to fewer people bothering to come by ... and so on down the drain. Something like that happened on the eBay comics chat board of bygone days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 I think the react feature causes less posts. DeadOne and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ADAMANTIUM Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, comicdonna said: I think the react feature causes less posts. People used to post that they liked or agreed with something and they told why they did; that in turn would spark conversation and/or further follow up causing people to bond. Yes, the like button is not anonymous, but does little to encourage feedback. There is no negative button.... is that why when someone actually bothers to post, it can often be negative feedback? Edited May 7, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: People used to post that they liked or agreed with something and they told why they did; that in turn would spark conversation and/or further follow up causing people to bond. Yes, the like button is not anonymous, but does little to encourage feedback. There is no negative button.... is that why when someone actually bothers to post, it can often be negative feedback? You were supposed to just react to my post. ADAMANTIUM and DeadOne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 21 minutes ago, comicdonna said: You were supposed to just react to my post. And this is why I agree with that. comicdonna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 What's going on in here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, porcupine48 said: What's going on in here? I was joking to keep from stressing out, now it seems I'm Tripping Daisy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...