The death of a forum - When is it official? - weebls-stuff forums

*Pinky`* · 29-08-2012, 11:48 AM

I've been visiting daily for the past few weeks, and the last time i saw a new post was a few days ago.

When will these forums be officially declared dead?

oh, btw... I DON'T WANT THEM TO DIE!!!

BlueIncaPilot · 29-08-2012, 01:26 PM

I'm one of the few who has maintained a presence here nearly every single day since my joining date, even throughout the decline of the last year or two, but since I now see no point in posting in the Last Film You Watched thread, I would say that this is the end.

HulkFu · 29-08-2012, 04:45 PM

I don't want it to die either, if we can get some sort of discussion going about anything really to entice the masses back.

I'll give it CPR if I have to! None of that wimpy Vinny Jones stuff. I'm gonna put my tongue right up in this bitch

da-geezer · 29-08-2012, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinky`

When will these forums be officially declared dead?

Quote:

Originally Posted by HulkFu

I'm gonna put my tongue right up in this bitch

I'd say right about now.

Scott Star · 29-08-2012, 08:29 PM

Scott Star makes his glorious return to a dying forum?!

Damn, I should pick my moments better...

**Mr stabby** · 29-08-2012, 11:08 PM

Time to close it?

*Disgruntledgoat* · 30-08-2012, 09:23 AM

I'll miss you, forums, but you just don't fit into this crazy modern world of apps and airplanes anymoree.

adieu, adieu!

Damage · 30-08-2012, 01:39 PM

If a forum is being almost single-handedly kept alive by the same small handful of users (I'm a relative newcomer here but I can list most of you from memory, such is my familiarity with your names) then it's not really a forum, more like a club.

Recent new threads (hideous spam notwithstanding) haven't exactly been earth-shatteringly interesting, and discussions in areas I'm interested in tend to involve replies by the same people every time.

Incidentally, I think one of the more insidious reasons for declines in forums like this one isn't just the mobile / social market, it's the fact that you have to register to comment and create threads. Why go to the trouble of creating an actual identity for yourself when you can go onto YouTube and post vile hatred and bile with complete anonymity using an account that took ten seconds to create?

100 million Youtube commenters can't all be wrong. Right?

On a related note, I've been posting on a support forum for a game I play on my phone, and it's terrifying to see. A good 90% of the people posting have clearly never used a forum or any sort of posting system in their lives, their pleas for help are incoherent, incomplete and nonsensical, and they all seem to have this powerful sense of self-righteous entitlement, along the lines of "how dare you make this free game not do what I want?"

There's a whole new generation of users joining the internet community, with no prior experience and no concept of how anything works, or how other people should be treated. For someone like me who's been here since day one, it just makes me more and more angry and drives me further and further away.

I closed my Facebook account last week. As soon as a webcomic I follow moves back to its own website I'm gonna close my Google+ as well.

*eidderf* · 30-08-2012, 02:29 PM

It's a shame it's come to the state it's in now but there's not a lot you can do to encourage people back considering the alternatives. Seems most forums that are around now are a lot more hostile and full of trolls than I remember this one being, never really found a good replacement it since the activity died down.

It was a fun place to be when it was in it's prime but the mainsite is probably better off linking to some sort of facebook page than here anymore.

*cactus* · 31-08-2012, 05:40 PM

Unfortunately, even though I haven't been a member of this forum for half the time other members have been present here, I do want to say this:

I was thinking about this subject the other day - even before I had seen this thread. I had noticed the decline in regular posts and I hadn't seen the 'Frontpage Foibles' updated in ages, even though there had been many new videos by weebl. I don't want to see this forum to grind to a slow death, although that's what many of us have been seeing.

This in turn reminded me of the brilliant YouTuber Stuart Ashens (ashens on YouTube); I had been a member of his forums for quite a few months, but I think one day he finally realised that his forums had become so... generic, was it really worth keeping it? You do have to pay to run a forum and you do need mods to keep it up and running. I think Ashens decided that, without sounding selfish, it wasn't really about him or his channel any more. A community: not a forum. He wasn't really getting any new members and the discussions on there were rarely about his own work. One day upon logging in to his forums I discovered that Ashens had finally decided enough was enough - turns out he was moving the forum away from his own (paid) hosting and decided to host the board for free somewhere else (I think on zetaboard's own service), before completely renaming the board.

Now, his forum still remains however under a completely different (unrelated) board name and he doesn't have to worry about it any longer. I do wonder whether this is worth considering? Is this forum really about weebl any more?

Any forumites here use reddit? I use reddit so much now and wonder whether it's worth joining (or even creating) a weebl subreddit. Just throwing that out there.

Joe G · 31-08-2012, 06:43 PM

Shame, but probably time for it to go to be honest.

I also am an avid redditor and had thought of a weebl sub-reddit, not sure it would work but it would be cool.

jame · 31-08-2012, 07:06 PM

http://www.reddit.com/r/cheesebin/ : D

*cactus* · 01-09-2012, 08:27 PM

Glad to see there's at least some interest in reddit. I've just made a /r/weebl subreddit, which is still very much in the works but I thought I might as well reserve it just so we've got something else to discuss Weebl's Stuff on, should this forum (regrettably) close.

If there's enough interest, there's nothing stopping us from creating a private subreddit just for this forum's members. Again, this would be dependent on whether this forum closed and if there were actually any forumites on reddit. I'm definitely not trying to preach the powers of reddit or anything like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if Weebl did pull the plug on this forum one day - and I don't want it to end so abruptly. Weebl has actually done an AMA on reddit some years back, and it's also a platform that would allow us to have regular conversation, just like with General Pap. I think there's a larger sense of community on reddit rather than just Twitter or Facebook groups.

So, make of that what you will. In my heart of hearts I really don't want to see this forum go, but I'd also hate to see it dwindle.

*Thomp* · 02-09-2012, 10:33 AM

Wow this place really has died on its arse.

I spent many a good time here but people grow up. They go to university/get jobs/get married/have kids. It's just how it goes. This forum had its popular phase between 2004-2008 but the vast majority of those who made it such a fun place have moved on.

That's not to say that those who have stayed aren't fun either. It just happens that the party had reached the 5am phase whereby it's almost finished by the time you guys turned up. It's a shame in a way as you could have been part of the glory years but, like I keep saying, things change and people move on.

I'm sure in the future people will be saying the same about facebook, twitter and tumblr once the next big fad comes around.

InstaCpu · 02-09-2012, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomp

Wow this place really has died on its arse.

I spent many a good time here but people grow up. They go to university/get jobs/get married/have kids. It's just how it goes. This forum had its popular phase between 2004-2008 but the vast majority of those who made it such a fun place have moved on.

That's not to say that those who have stayed aren't fun either. It just happens that the party had reached the 5am phase whereby it's almost finished by the time you guys turned up. It's a shame in a way as you could have been part of the glory years but, like I keep saying, things change and people move on.

I'm sure in the future people will be saying the same about facebook, twitter and tumblr once the next big fad comes around.

Wow been a couple of years or more since I posted, just started lurking again this year a couple of times and I have to agree sadly. In my case it was "finished university started a job and real life". I had a pretty good time for awhile though this was kind of a different forum for me. I usually posted, and still pot, on history, computer game or tech forums. I just outgrew this I guess.

29-08-2012, 11:48 AM	#1
Pinky` HARRLBLARGHN Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Friesland, Netherlands Posts: 2,066 Rupies: 79 Gifts	The death of a forum - When is it official? I've been visiting daily for the past few weeks, and the last time i saw a new post was a few days ago. When will these forums be officially declared dead? oh, btw... I DON'T WANT THEM TO DIE!!! __________________ Thanks to Malcolio Av thanks to Bappel Facebook Last.fm My amigurumi :3 x2x2

29-08-2012, 01:26 PM	#2
BlueIncaPilot Northern Monkey Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,012 Rupies: 247 Gifts	I'm one of the few who has maintained a presence here nearly every single day since my joining date, even throughout the decline of the last year or two, but since I now see no point in posting in the Last Film You Watched thread, I would say that this is the end. Last edited by BlueIncaPilot; 29-08-2012 at 01:28 PM..

29-08-2012, 04:45 PM	#3
HulkFu Ninja padawan Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: I am vastly traveled Posts: 334 Rupies: 13 Gifts	I don't want it to die either, if we can get some sort of discussion going about anything really to entice the masses back. I'll give it CPR if I have to! None of that wimpy Vinny Jones stuff. I'm gonna put my tongue right up in this bitch __________________

29-08-2012, 08:29 PM	#5
Scott Star OMG! It's A Mirage! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The England Posts: 1,056 Rupies: 1	Scott Star makes his glorious return to a dying forum?! Damn, I should pick my moments better... __________________ Scott Star Promo Video (Shameless self promotion)

29-08-2012, 11:08 PM	#6
Mr stabby Click for free SEX! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: . Posts: 5,044 Rupies: 2,528 Gifts	Time to close it? __________________

30-08-2012, 09:23 AM	#7
Disgruntledgoat didnt do it Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,268 Rupies: 50	I'll miss you, forums, but you just don't fit into this crazy modern world of apps and airplanes anymoree. adieu, adieu! __________________

30-08-2012, 01:39 PM	#8
Damage 100% Cat Friendly Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bristol Posts: 130 Rupies: 0 Gifts	If a forum is being almost single-handedly kept alive by the same small handful of users (I'm a relative newcomer here but I can list most of you from memory, such is my familiarity with your names) then it's not really a forum, more like a club. Recent new threads (hideous spam notwithstanding) haven't exactly been earth-shatteringly interesting, and discussions in areas I'm interested in tend to involve replies by the same people every time. Incidentally, I think one of the more insidious reasons for declines in forums like this one isn't just the mobile / social market, it's the fact that you have to register to comment and create threads. Why go to the trouble of creating an actual identity for yourself when you can go onto YouTube and post vile hatred and bile with complete anonymity using an account that took ten seconds to create? 100 million Youtube commenters can't all be wrong. Right? On a related note, I've been posting on a support forum for a game I play on my phone, and it's terrifying to see. A good 90% of the people posting have clearly never used a forum or any sort of posting system in their lives, their pleas for help are incoherent, incomplete and nonsensical, and they all seem to have this powerful sense of self-righteous entitlement, along the lines of "how dare you make this free game not do what I want?" There's a whole new generation of users joining the internet community, with no prior experience and no concept of how anything works, or how other people should be treated. For someone like me who's been here since day one, it just makes me more and more angry and drives me further and further away. I closed my Facebook account last week. As soon as a webcomic I follow moves back to its own website I'm gonna close my Google+ as well.

30-08-2012, 02:29 PM	#9
eidderf ! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,705 Rupies: 3	It's a shame it's come to the state it's in now but there's not a lot you can do to encourage people back considering the alternatives. Seems most forums that are around now are a lot more hostile and full of trolls than I remember this one being, never really found a good replacement it since the activity died down. It was a fun place to be when it was in it's prime but the mainsite is probably better off linking to some sort of facebook page than here anymore. __________________ Eidderf's Deviantart

31-08-2012, 05:40 PM	#10
cactus has a penguin disguise Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Foursquare will explain Posts: 651 Rupies: 52 Gifts	Unfortunately, even though I haven't been a member of this forum for half the time other members have been present here, I do want to say this: I was thinking about this subject the other day - even before I had seen this thread. I had noticed the decline in regular posts and I hadn't seen the 'Frontpage Foibles' updated in ages, even though there had been many new videos by weebl. I don't want to see this forum to grind to a slow death, although that's what many of us have been seeing. This in turn reminded me of the brilliant YouTuber Stuart Ashens (ashens on YouTube); I had been a member of his forums for quite a few months, but I think one day he finally realised that his forums had become so... generic, was it really worth keeping it? You do have to pay to run a forum and you do need mods to keep it up and running. I think Ashens decided that, without sounding selfish, it wasn't really about him or his channel any more. A community: not a forum. He wasn't really getting any new members and the discussions on there were rarely about his own work. One day upon logging in to his forums I discovered that Ashens had finally decided enough was enough - turns out he was moving the forum away from his own (paid) hosting and decided to host the board for free somewhere else (I think on zetaboard's own service), before completely renaming the board. Now, his forum still remains however under a completely different (unrelated) board name and he doesn't have to worry about it any longer. I do wonder whether this is worth considering? Is this forum really about weebl any more? Any forumites here use reddit? I use reddit so much now and wonder whether it's worth joining (or even creating) a weebl subreddit. Just throwing that out there. __________________ The official 15th Child of Dakano. PSN: pantherace - Twitter: ollybrowning - Foursquare: olibrowning (you'll notice a pattern emerging there). I've also started a new blog over at o-bro.com, where I mainly write about things I like, hate and other thoughts.

31-08-2012, 06:43 PM	#11
Joe G Got some pie Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: What the Hull? Posts: 1,929 Rupies: 137	Shame, but probably time for it to go to be honest. I also am an avid redditor and had thought of a weebl sub-reddit, not sure it would work but it would be cool.

31-08-2012, 07:06 PM	#12
jame pretty bitch Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: worcesestershire Posts: 1,138 Rupies: 24	http://www.reddit.com/r/cheesebin/ : D

01-09-2012, 08:27 PM	#13
cactus has a penguin disguise Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Foursquare will explain Posts: 651 Rupies: 52 Gifts	Glad to see there's at least some interest in reddit. I've just made a /r/weebl subreddit, which is still very much in the works but I thought I might as well reserve it just so we've got something else to discuss Weebl's Stuff on, should this forum (regrettably) close. If there's enough interest, there's nothing stopping us from creating a private subreddit just for this forum's members. Again, this would be dependent on whether this forum closed and if there were actually any forumites on reddit. I'm definitely not trying to preach the powers of reddit or anything like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if Weebl did pull the plug on this forum one day - and I don't want it to end so abruptly. Weebl has actually done an AMA on reddit some years back, and it's also a platform that would allow us to have regular conversation, just like with General Pap. I think there's a larger sense of community on reddit rather than just Twitter or Facebook groups. So, make of that what you will. In my heart of hearts I really don't want to see this forum go, but I'd also hate to see it dwindle. __________________ The official 15th Child of Dakano. PSN: pantherace - Twitter: ollybrowning - Foursquare: olibrowning (you'll notice a pattern emerging there). I've also started a new blog over at o-bro.com, where I mainly write about things I like, hate and other thoughts.

02-09-2012, 10:33 AM	#14
Thomp taking a wank bullet Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 45 Rupies: 9	Wow this place really has died on its arse. I spent many a good time here but people grow up. They go to university/get jobs/get married/have kids. It's just how it goes. This forum had its popular phase between 2004-2008 but the vast majority of those who made it such a fun place have moved on. That's not to say that those who have stayed aren't fun either. It just happens that the party had reached the 5am phase whereby it's almost finished by the time you guys turned up. It's a shame in a way as you could have been part of the glory years but, like I keep saying, things change and people move on. I'm sure in the future people will be saying the same about facebook, twitter and tumblr once the next big fad comes around. __________________