Why do u believe so many people are leaving SW ? π€π
And if they are not actually leaving they are contemplating on it. I am here to stay. I am not the type to allow the stupidity and dysfunction of others to affect my peace of mind. With that being said, I admit even I get somewhat annoyed at the trolls here who like to play their idiotic little games. But what would this site be without them right. Anyway, why do you believe so many people are leaving SW this year. Some have not been here for a while, but they do log in and log out. Funny, I know. But why is this happening ? Do you know ? Is it boredom ? Is it fear ? Is it the pain they feel towards or about someone here on the site. Is it because they are just simply fed up with the bs. Or maybe they have just outgrown this old town. You tell me. Best answer will win. π
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Not sure people ever truly leave but the place has slowed down and people don't post and much and if there's 20 posts in an hour I'll be lucky if I see 5 of them with this new feed.
So people get bored and start answering posts they don't like that they probably wouldn't of looked twice at before and then we all get fed up with people being d!ck heads on posts so post even less it's like a domino effect. δΉα΄Ό β α΄ΌδΉ
@Zonuss It is what it is I mean these sites they ain't as common as they once were either. I remember being on sites like this one a decade ago I'd make one decent comment and I'd get a 100 likes and a massive comment thread out of it and spend the rest of the night answering people on my own comment thread haha, which definitely gives you more incentive to get more involved in the stuff you liked but these sites have dropped off generally like picture/video based sites are a lot more common now as smartphones have become the main tool to browse online.
So I do think this site is quieter now than when I joined 4 years ago but I also think all Q&A type sites are pretty unfashionable now. Like even stuff like Facebook and Twitter the big boys with money who've added picture and video apps have really struggled to keep up and have seen drops in the market in recent years and ok I don't think restricting the feed really helps this ever shrinking market but that is just one of many factors.
I do think the site moving forward probably needs a few new ideas to attract newer non Q&A based users. Better picture and video sharing options as this site is a bit dated now that way. Like if I make a small album with a few pictures from a recent holiday I might not want to share it with all my friends I might just want to share it with a few really good friends so picture sharing on this site has a few smarts like how bigger pictures you can upload but being able to share stuff smoothly is a pain in the ass like I got 4 pictures from my holiday and I only want you to see them well I got to send you a message and add each uploaded holiday pic individually to the message so for all the upload space it's still very clunky like a lot of people now want profile albums you click on and they open up like a picture gallery with all the images in the album rowed up in miniature and you just tick this one, this one, this one and this one, send, and it adds all them pictures highlighted, I mean that on it's own that doesn't sound much but uploading loads of content to SW is no good if you can't just share it in a few seconds.
I'm just bouncing ideas about here like rambling a bit but It's good to see you are still here Zonuss and I hope you are keeping well x δΉα΄Όβ‘α΄ΌδΉ
@AdaXI Well it was definitely quieter this year for the most part. But when COVID hit this place was buzzing with noise. We are one major worldwide π event from.that happening again. Perhaps with the up and coming in events in 2023 that will definitely be the case once... again.
@Zonuss Yeah very true, I mean I don't think there is no one particular reason why Q&A sites have 'generally' been on the decline but like you say they can quickly pick back up again given the right circumstances. I do think this site maybe just needs a few more smarts to make what it has smoother but I ain't complaining I mean it's free site can't imagine it's an easy site to run really. δΉα΄Όβ‘α΄ΌδΉ
