Maybe I'm losing it in my old age, but I miss the old ATOT

[minendo]

Where is everyone? This place seems dead as compared to years ago.







Only took a couple members to shit all over this one.

I guess I should be surprised it lasted this long


esquared
Anandtech Forum Director

 

[Crono]

They have all moved on.

 

[Locut0s]

Where is everyone? This place seems dead as compared to years ago.

Well a lot of the old posters have moved on, or been banned. And it's 3:30AM PST here.

 

[Printer Bandit]

ease up on the moderation, and they'll come back.

 

[guyver01]

Where is everyone?

this is what happens when you let new zealanders and britains with no clue run loose and even "protect" them.

 

[shortylickens]

Divide and conquor.

They split up all the forums. Make multiple mods for each little section. And ban anyone who


You know what? Forget it. I dont wanna discuss this.

 

[aircooled]

the network keeps expanding

 

[Modeps]

Hi.

 

[DesiPower]

people have moved on the facebook and twitter as most most here are the same thing anyways...

 

[JJChicken]

I've been monitoring daily traffic to this site by looking at the number of viewers on each forum and the last posted date on the top threads in OT.

To be honest, this place was getting dead maybe a year ago or so. It has improved alot recently. I think the traffic may even be rivaling the AT of old (05-06 era). Problem is that most interesting things in OT have been segregated out - YAGTs and YACTs. God I miss those threads on the old FuseTalk forums

The main site is doing pretty well these days - many new articles and many comments on the articles. I think AT, and the forums, picked up after their stellar SSD reviews (rage all over the interwebs) and their giveaways. Notice that there are quite a few 2011/late 2010 joiners here.

 

[guyver01]

I've been monitoring daily traffic to this site by looking at the number of viewers on each forum and the last posted date on the top threads in OT.

Hey Anand... how ya doing?

 

[DesiPower]

Hey Anand... how ya doing?

Wait... TFS is ALS? no way... it would be sad to see the owner have such a reputation... :biggrin:

 

[PrayForDeath]

Place looks more alive than ever

 

[Analog]

Change is inevitable.

 

[sdifox]

Where is everyone? This place seems dead as compared to years ago.

you banned everyone

 

[Bignate603]

The feel of the forum has changed quite a bit. People here now are less friendly than they used to be, and more antagonistic.

 

[HAL9000]

It may be different, but at least now you have me. Swings and roundabouts.

 

[guyver01]

It may be different, but at least now you have me.

And the coincidence of your arrival and the forum downfall is not lost on many here

 

[HAL9000]

And the coincidence of your arrival and the forum downfall is not lost on many here

So this downfall only started in October?

 

[guyver01]

So this downfall only started in October?

Not the downfall, but the total Obfuscation of the site began around then

 

[dwell]

I miss it too. Maybe we're just getting old.

 

[rudeguy]

I had sex with your mother

 

[lxskllr]

I've only been in OT since 2009, but I'm fairly pleased with the traffic. I don't like when things move too fast. When you have to keep a thread in it's own tab so you can keep track of it, it's too much. I would like to see more traffic in the technical forums though.

 

[Bignate603]

It may be different, but at least now you have me. Swings and roundabouts.

You epitomize the downfall of this place.

 

[HeXen]

downfall? have you guys been around other forums lately? Not just tech but most of any, they are far fewer daily posts on average in many various forums out there than here. i'm a member of like 20 or so forums.

If you really want to see what a dead forum during an epitaph looks like, go here:http://forums.pcpitstop.com/
A perfect example of mod Hitlerism. Used to be a cool forum many years ago, mods went apeshit and now its even stupid to go there. See that's the problem with forum Hitler's, get rid of the posters and others get more bored then leave too...no point in a forum where there is very little info or entertainment, they can keep the crap down, have auto filters and punish repeat offenders but go too far and others get bored as well.

Let's face it, trolls are a part of entertainment obviously, if not then everyone wouldnt post in them. Same goes for debates of religion/politics..etc. Some posters get emotional, but if they added some stricter filters and just some hand slaps from mods its not that bad.