lizards2 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, Treco said: 36 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I don't know. I come on here at night to play (last night it was 9 pmish) , and there is no one around. Comics General hasn't had a post in an hour and half. Even the GA/SA/BA sales forum has no real substance, other than peddling the same three or four issues of Fantastic Four. It was nice to see all those old posters come out of the woodwork in the first dead thread, but again, I am frustrated with the lack of posting, lack of people, lack of traffic around here. Aw, poor Liz... Ok, I've met my empathetic post quota for the month. I'll just shuffle back over to the corner with the other lurkers. My wife calls this place "Facebook for Nerds". It appears that it is just a graveyard any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I agree with the Lizard. There used to be a time when you could have a debate or conversation in real time, now you have to wait hours and sometimes days for replies. lizards2, Treco and F For Fake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treco Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, lizards2 said: My wife calls this place "Facebook for Nerds". It appears that it is just a graveyard any more. Seems to be headed that way. I have no room to complain, though. I've never been a big contributor, just a fan of reading some great threads. Seems like a lot of the old guard fell away when the site changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 36 minutes ago, Treco said: 49 minutes ago, lizards2 said: My wife calls this place "Facebook for Nerds". It appears that it is just a graveyard any more. Seems to be headed that way. I have no room to complain, though. I've never been a big contributor, just a fan of reading some great threads. Seems like a lot of the old guard fell away when the site changed? The exodus started before that but yeah, new boards didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Jerkfro said: The exodus started before that but yeah, new boards didn't help. Agreed. There's a lot of carp that people have to wade through now that have made the Boards much less fun than they used to be, and it's chased a bunch of long-time members. Plus, for comics this is now much more the Dealer's Society than it is the Collector's Society. Edited April 18, 2018 by namisgr fast eddie and F For Fake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 hours ago, namisgr said: 2 hours ago, Jerkfro said: The exodus started before that but yeah, new boards didn't help. Agreed. There's a lot of carp that people have to wade through now that have made the Boards much less fun than they used to be, and it's chased a bunch of long-time members. Plus, for comics this is now much more the Dealer's Society than it is the Collector's Society. Dirty stinking dealers and frickin' flippers. grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Jerkfro said: Finesse, my friend. you can't just bang in there like a jackhammer 3 hours ago, lizards2 said: I don't know. I come on here at night to play (last night it was 9 pmish) , and there is no one around. Comics General hasn't had a post in an hour and half. Even the GA/SA/BA sales forum has no real substance, other than peddling the same three or four issues of Fantastic Four. It was nice to see all those old posters come out of the woodwork in the first dead thread, but again, I am frustrated with the lack of posting, lack of people, lack of traffic around here. Evening boys! Jeepers, what a day I've had. One of those days where every lunatic in the vicinity seems to gravitate towards you (get your jokes in now). Anyway, I pondered this thread today while driving around trying to avoid the aforementioned nutters (or 'other people' as I sometimes alternatively call them) and came to the conclusion that pretty much everything I feel on the subject I said in the first 'deaderer' thread. I'd like there to be more interaction here, yes. What's the point otherwise? But there isn't and I think we've just moved into a different phase much like the industry itself has. All the stuff I like is old hat, and it's been done to death (albeit I think I did well to give Charlton pence books a first board airing!). I really think I'd have had a great time here if I'd joined 10 years earlier. Late to the party I was, and I feel I missed the stage where I could have played a decent part. The search function tells me (when it works) that there was once quite a crowd here who would debate pence books - my main interest - but they've all scarpered now, alas. I do think there are things that could be done to encourage participation, but few seem interested in exploring them. We like to moan too much don't we! So, the boards aren't dead, and they'll go on, but the 'golden age' of participation may have passed and the crowd has begun to dwindle. I do feel sad about it. I know a few reading this will be thinking 'who does he think he is, he's only been here 6 minutes' and that's fair enough. Comics remain my main interest in life outside of family and friends. So it pains me to see this place dry up, as I have really enjoyed participating. But sometimes you just have to accept that things aren't how you want them to be. There may be some people here who think this is 'their' golden age though. Great. Good for them. Out with the old etc. So I'm going to carry on updating my pence threads for the few that follow them, chatting with my two board buddies in our ridiculously long mucking about PM, and chipping in here and there when a topic takes my fancy. Mucking about in the WC can be a laugh, as is prodding the odd ego. And I do like to rib Arch at every opportunity, because he deserves it for creating divisions, failing to act fairly and abandoning us. There, I did it again Pizza coming now boys. Have fun Foley and oldmilwaukee6er 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeNemesis Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 i dont post much anymore. Just peruse the boards and such now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 hours ago, namisgr said: There's a lot of carp that people have to wade through now that have made the Boards much less fun That's my #1 complaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Subtle as a brick, as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: Subtle as a brick I love Jethro Tull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, Jerkfro said: I love Jethro Tull Well, not being a fan I just looked it up and..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricprune Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 13 hours ago, Larryw7 said: Ah yes, Sidney, Jugdish, and Mohammad. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 3 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: That's my #1 complaint. I thought your #1 complaint was that one guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Not a fan of the new boards since the switch over to the new format even though I have been buying more art than ever and CGCgraded comics for the first time in years. Maybe there are ways to enhance my experience in the settings for the message board but haven’t bothered to look into it. I wind up just having private discussions about comics and art on the Facebook messenger anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 9 hours ago, Jerkfro said: I love Jethro Tull +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 16 hours ago, Park said: 19 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: That's my #1 complaint. I thought your #1 complaint was that one guy? You know who I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 22 hours ago, namisgr said: Agreed. There's a lot of carp that people have to wade through now that have made the Boards much less fun than they used to be, and it's chased a bunch of long-time members. Plus, for comics this is now much more the Dealer's Society than it is the Collector's Society. Yeah, I've said it before, but I think the board changeover was a good spot for a lot of old timers to make a clean break. Sorta like when a comic relaunches with a new #1; the desired effect is that it will attract new readers/users, but there are also a lot of long time readers/users who will use that as a spot to jump off. SO, old timers have left, and meanwhile newbs are easily intimidated and easily chased off by the few remaining grumps left sticking around. (And don't get me wrong, I'm an old grump myself.) Except for the especially resilient ones, like @Get Marwood & I whose tenacity I have to admit I admire. porcupine48, Get Marwood & I, oldmilwaukee6er and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingerMcK Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 At least I'm saving money since the sales threads have slowed down also F For Fake, lizards2 and nepatkm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 18 minutes ago, StingerMcK said: At least I'm saving money since the sales threads have slowed down also Yeah, that and the eBay coupons have tapered off. March was a heck of a month - it threw the comic budget out the window. nepatkm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
