This forum is dead

[VirtualLarry]

I had my 15th forum anniversary recently. I thought about starting a thread, but I'm not really into self-promotion.

 

[destrekor]

Let's be honest, it would be that way here too if given the chance.

Downvoted!

 

[sandorski]

Forum is on fire. Love Spells out the whazoo.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

This is why I made the Cheers reference a while back. But this place still has a use: it gives a nerd perspective on adulthood.

For example, if I want to know if a certain driver will work with a new GPU I look to Reddit. Meanwhile if I want to know how a nerd handles protesting yearly property taxes or handling their children's expensive hobbies I look here.

This is a fine use for ATOT.

Also it moves faster than it did when I first came here...

 

[shortylickens]

well, at least the spammers are having fun.

 

[Kaido]

So true. I try to stop myself when I can.

The funny thing is it's the people/posters that keep me coming back more than anything else. There are a few people here (most actually) I have legitimate positive feelings about, while a Twitter or Reddit feels like shouting into a crowd of strangers in comparison.

Yeah. I somehow ended up in L&R the other day. I need the sidebar back lol.

Reddit is interesting for information, and when a subreddit is active, it's fun (I'm into /r/vive right now for VR & it gets a lot of updates), but you're dealing with pretty much the whole spectrum of humanity there, rather than a smaller group of specifically nerdy people. I like the feel of these forums. It's my home online for sure!

Twitter is actually pretty cool if you're talking about a specific topic publicly. Back when I was doing Hackintosh a lot, it was a fantastic communication medium, which is funny because I thought it was moronic when I first heard about the concept, but it proved to be pretty useful. OTOH I still have a hard time seeing why Instagram is so popular lol.

 

[Kaido]

TridenT is the only reason I'm still here.

Oh and Kaido as I still have more kitchen gadgets to acquire.

/r/spendmoneywithkaido

btw, I'm in the home stretch. I think I will hit every gadget on my list by the end of the year, except for the big ones (i.e. the $3k Harvest Right Freezer Dryer). At some point, maybe over the Christmas holidays, I'll put up a kitchen gizmo guide for what I've found to be practical IRL.

Provided that CraKaJaX provides enough motivation for me to finish updating the wiki

 

[Staples]

I think social media is taking a bite out of forum users. Also, there are a lot more means of entertainment these days than 10 years ago. My guesses.

And for me, I was really active on forums for the first 10 years (99-2009) but their newness factor wore off. I don't spend much time in forums anymore.

 

[IronWing]

I have a forum fixing spell that I could sell you.

 

[Kaido]

I think social media is taking a bite out of forum users. Also, there are a lot more means of entertainment these days than 10 years ago. My guesses.

And for me, I was really active on forums for the first 10 years (99-2009) but their newness factor wore off. I don't spend much time in forums anymore.

I kind of go where the action is. ATOT does feel kind of dead lately, and I'm sure part of that is due to the redesign (doesn't feel like home anymore, bwaa!). Some stuff is on Reddit (ex. active VR community), some stuff is on Facebook (ex. active pressure cook recipes groups), some stuff is on Twitter, some stuff is on manufacturer's forums, and so on. It's a lot more spread out now, especially now that EVERYBODY uses some form of social media these days...it's not just nerds who are on bulletin boards anymore, you know?

 

[Staples]

Not to mention that a lot of old members were college aged when they joined and now they are older with jobs, kids and obligations. Another of my reasons.

 

[Slew Foot]

Somewhat ironically this is one of the most popular threads of the day

 

[larciel]

Somewhat ironically this is one of the most popular threads of the day

this brought me out from dead grave too. This thread might be a last farewell before forum finally rests in peace.

 

[manlymatt83]

I'm so close to becoming a lifer. I only hope I make it before things shut down! I seriously think they should combine all of the OT forums back into a single forum.

 

[manlymatt83]

That's amazing!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Let's be honest, it would be that way here too if given the chance.

That's why any forum with an ounce of brains won't allow downvotes. Sometimes you have to pad the walls of a cell for the inmates own good.

 

[digiram]

I don't post much, do a lot of lurking for a long time now. Really not diggin the new layout.

 

[MongGrel]

this brought me out from dead grave too. This thread might be a last farewell before forum finally rests in peace.

Desktops are on their way out also...

Ni

 

[Thebobo]

Maybe I am stupid but Reddit forum layout sucks. I like traditional forums. As for less folks posting some of the blame goes to the very folks on this forum.

 

[John Connor]

Maybe I am stupid but Reddit forum layout sucks.

QFT. That place is a massive fuckitry of suck. I look at the first post and the following and from there I'm lost.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Desktops are on their way out also...

Ni

Glad to hear it, I'm heavily invested in Palm Pilot futures.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

LOL ... and to think that I believe it had some sort of restriction (at least initially) on who could start threads in there.

Yeah that sure worked out well.

Discussion Club was a trainwreck from the start and should've been killed when Chuckles took his ball and went home, IMO.

I agree with the rest of your reasons though and I think Homerboy brought up an interesting point about how the younger folks are using different communications methods. Forums may be a thing of the past at some point.

 

[Charmonium]

Maybe I am stupid but Reddit forum layout sucks. I like traditional forums. As for less folks posting some of the blame goes to the very folks on this forum.

QFT. That place is a massive fuckitry of suck. I look at the first post and the following and from there I'm lost.

Same here. Does anyone actually follow topics on reddit or do you just do a stream of consciousness sort of thing.

 

[MongGrel]

Glad to hear it, I'm heavily invested in Palm Pilot futures.

Ramen.

 

[lxskllr]

Same here. Does anyone actually follow topics on reddit or do you just do a stream of consciousness sort of thing.

I read a short amount of comments to get a feel for the article it links to, but I tire of them quickly. I primarily use reddit as a news source. I haven't logged in in months since they started tracking users more closely.