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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Pizzaas, Jan 9, 2024.

  1. #1
    Bye why is there’s almost no one in this site anymore
     
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    jrbiz Acclaimed Member

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    I am here and there are others, too. What would you like to discuss?
     
    jrbiz, Jan 10, 2024 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #3
    People are using discord and social messaging a lot more - there are advantages, your history doesn't stay online forever, and disadvantages, the information is quickly lost and hard to search for. It gets fragmented and it's hard to find the right place to go. Search Engines don't index them.
     
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    Spoiltdiva Acclaimed Member

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    #4
    If it is so dead then why did you make a post? How bored does one have to be to do that? Perhaps what is truly dead is your social life.;)
     
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    Sumit_Singh Well-Known Member

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    I don't think so it's dead. The only thing is people ain't spamming by asking the same questions again and again.
     
    Sumit_Singh, Jan 11, 2024 IP
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    Mykola Taran Peon

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    #6
    its alive
     
    Mykola Taran, Jan 21, 2024 IP
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    i dont think so , why do you think that is dead ?
     
    Chiara Light, Jan 24, 2024 IP
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    Johnny Mnemonic Well-Known Member

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    #8
    I know how you feel.

    Virtually 95% of forums are dead. I only use the ones that I think I will have a "slim chance" of receiving a reply on. Otherwise, no. I have lost full interest in internet stuff, which is why I seldomly pop on any message board these days. It was definitely evident over the past several years, that the activity just began to be depleted more and more.

    It's not just forums either. There's just too many arrogant people online as a whole, making it feel pointless. Because like I said, forums are dead. Any ones that cover video games are no longer active at all, besides GameFAQs. But please don't waste your time posting there. The users are arseholes that are serving as paid shills for these gaming juggernauts, and so on.
     
    Johnny Mnemonic, Jan 26, 2024 IP
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    Jeffery Paris Greenhorn

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    Well compared to 20 years ago, it is relatively dead and still upset by spam, too many people seem to have jumped on Spam Train. DP was always a chill but productive place, I think people are just busy grinding.
     
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    Johnny Mnemonic Well-Known Member

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    It ain't just DP that has gotten it bad. Most forums online (with the exception of specialist ones) just never have that many visitors.

    These days, I feel like I'm talking to myself 80% of the time. I only receive a response here and there. Once others notice the boards are dead, they just occasionally come back if there's news worth discussing. But even then, it's usually just the same few users who log on.

    If you own a website, you may be tempted to think that installing a forum is a good idea. If you had asked me in 2004 about whether it was going to be worth your while, I would have been in agreement. But come on. A lot has came and went in the 20 years since.
     
    Johnny Mnemonic, Mar 7, 2024 IP
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    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    A lot of webmasters learned what they could from dp’s forums and most of them are now busy running their own websites. Dp is still an active forum, but it was a lot more active 5-10 years ago.
     
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    Johnny Mnemonic Well-Known Member

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    Aye. Learn the ropes. Then leave us forever. Ha-ha. Never to return to say thanks for all our advice. :mad:

    :eek:

    Just kidding. I am sure that wasn't always the case. I just think most forums fizzle out eventually. :cool:
     
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    #13
    I'm new here so hope it's not dead.
     
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    You can still get good advice, feedback, etc., here if you ask good questions and participate.
     
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    It has been a long time since I was a daily poster on here. These days I might post once or twice per week. Sometimes I might drop by once in 2 weeks. It has slowed down by about 80-85%.
    Most of the colorful, well informed members have left one by one. A handful of diehards remain, but they too will eventually leave. It's been a very slow apathetic death.
     
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    On other forums I use, they just take jabs at me now or ignore logic. I've decided to call it quitters as well.
     
    Johnny Mnemonic, Apr 18, 2024 IP
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    #17
    Because this site is not useful anymore.

    No reason to generate the useful content,
    and no reason to read the useless content.

    The decline has started, when the
    owner of this forum has switched it
    from the vBulletin forum software
    to the XenForo forum software.

    And way down we go,
    way down we go, ...
     
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    It's active on majorgeeks.com, if you need tech support.
     
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    Hope this site will be useful to me & everyone.
    4rum still live if give us the value!
     
    JESKING, Apr 21, 2024 IP
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    #20
    Well if a forum its not so active it doesnt mean its dead my friend .Its like everything on life sometimes you have ups and downs as everyone experience .You cannot stay all the time on top
     
    Spartan14, Apr 21, 2024 IP
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