Jeronimooo said:Jag har en bok.
That is the only Swedish I know. It means: I have a book.
LOL :-)) >:)
^ I agree with your assesment. I think that the the old board's first page of four top topics of conversation kept people focused and interested. The fact that there are 16 or so top discussions now sort of defuses the attention. Also, little things like infinite scroll affect the way information is experienced. For example: The word game (which used to be one of my favs) only had 15 or so word posts before a new page would begin. The structure/limitation gave the word game an organic beginning and end. Now with infinite scroll it just goes on and on and yet never really goes anywhere.
I miss the charm and coziness of the old board, but I'm also thankful and happy to see they spent so much time trying to make the new one modern and attractive. It's a catch 22.
A_is_A said:...little things like infinite scroll affect the way information is experienced. For example: The word game (which used to be one of my favs) only had 15 or so word posts before a new page would begin. The structure/limitation gave the word game an organic beginning and end. Now with infinite scroll it just goes on and on and yet never really goes anywhere...
Halloween_Jack said:Sartori, A_is_A, Whickwithy: I guess there are 2 separate issues (although they could possibly be related):
1) This forum is less of a madhouse than the old board, that's for sure. That's mostly a disappointing thing, but I am reminded occasionally that there was some real nastiness on the old GMB from time to time, and I'm certainly glad to not have that these days. I would love to see more random, spontaneous posts/threads, but I guess that those of us who do bother to drop by here... must be guilty of failing to supply that? It's a bit like people not wanting to go to a party because "there wont be many fun guests there". If everyone starts thinking like that.. then of course there won't be! Haha... just my 2 cents.
2) It's possible the shortcomings and clinical feel of the new forum are putting off interesting/fun posters, but it might also be down to your typical Frapp fan these days... being less of a nutter, lol. I dunno.
A_is_A said:
whisperit said:^I'm not making any apologies about the "try to be entertaining/interesting" idea - which I was teased about too, Sartori.
Who wants to put energy into a forum where, when you click to view a new post the chances are that it'll say, "It's raining. I'm watching the telly"?
Halloween_Jack said:Assign each thread a "triviality" rating?
Yeah, I'd love to see folklore back on here. I won't speculate too much on (the reasons for) her absence, but she posted about having to cancel her gig - singing - last month, and was obviously upset about that. She is on Twitter pretty much every day, but as that's pure 'I'm-now-having-a-ham-sandwich' land... it's kinda hard to tell how she's doing. Similar thing with Carpy, really. Anyway, if either happen to read this... do pop back! :-)iuventus said:I think there's something else behind Folklore's absence as well. She didn't seem terribly displeased with the forum.
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