Why is this forum dying?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Would you have asked George Gershwin to rewrite Rhapsody in Blue?

Would you have asked George Gershwin to rewrite Rhapsody in Blue?

Thoughts? (Andy)
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Hey, what a great idea for a thread to help breathe life into this forum. Thanks. -Bob

Originally posted by Suzianne
Most "dead" threads aren't.

Most dead horses don't require CPR.

It's important to know the difference, or, you can stop beating this thread any time now.

Threads are dead per definitionem after they have been closed. Only Cadwah's Game thread was revived twice.

Interesting observation: Now we have The 5th of September and 25 threads in which has been posted. For August stand about 50, for July a bit more than that (some of those deceased).

Originally posted by Ponderable
Threads are dead per definitionem after they have been closed. Only Cadwah's Game thread was revived twice.

Interesting observation: Now we have The 5th of September and 25 threads in which has been posted. For August stand about 50, for July a bit more than that (some of those deceased).

"Threads are dead per definitionem after they have been closed."

An autopsy of number of threads posted to and number of threads closed is insignificant in comparison to the volume of posts in a present time frame compared with the past in determining the liveliness of any forum on the internet .

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Anautopsyofnumberofthreadspostedtoandnumberofthreadsclosedisinsignificantincomparisontothe

There's your answer. Word poisoning.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Threads are dead per definitionem after they have been closed."

An autopsy of number of threads posted to and number of threads closed is insignificant in comparison to the volume of posts in a present time frame compared with the past in determining the liveliness of any forum on the internet .

you can't as effortless as counting dead threads ...

Originally posted by Ponderable

you can't as effortless as counting dead threads ...

So, not without strenuous effort; since when did that deter any of us in the pursuit of an objective we deemed worthwhile? Besides, who wants to traipse around graveyards and archival catacombs needlessly? Let's save our laziness for old age.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
There's your answer. Word poisoning.

"Wheelbarrow" one year; several years later, "Anautopsyofnumberofthreadspostedtoandnumberofthreadsclosedisinsignificantincomparisontothe" Great threads. Good job!

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
General Forum Post Mix Comparison: July 30 to August 28, 2013 (Page One)
No Percentage Comparisons. Hard/Sad Numbers only:

"WAG": 23,841 Posts in Four Threads on RHP's General Forum:
(A-Z Word Association Game; Word Association Game 2; Last letter of previous word - A to Z - Word as...;
Word assoc. Z-A): [24,266 = +425 / 30 Days = +14.2 pe ...[text shortened]... for the benefit of all parties concerned. ‘If not us, whom? If not now, when?’ Kind regards, Bob

General Forum Post Mix Comparison: August 29 to September 27, 2013 (Page One)
No Percentage Comparisons. Hard/Still Sad Numbers only:

"WAG": 24,266 Posts in Four Threads on RHP's General Forum:
(A-Z Word Association Game; Word Association Game 2; Word assoc. Z-A):
(Last letter of previous word - A to Z - Word as...;
sub total counted, even though the thread is now on page two.)
[24,592 = + 326 / 30 Days = +10.9 per day]<---@

"STG": 8,264 Posts in One Thread on the General Forum:
[8,303 = + 39 / 30 days = +1.3 per day]<---@

"General Conversation": 1,429 Posts in the twenty five (25) other page one
General Forum threads: [1,975 = + 546 / 30 days = + 18.2 per day]<---@

Total Posts: 33,959 Posts on RHP's General Forum, Page One.
[34,870 = + 911 / 30 days = + 30.4 per day ||| 1.3 posts per hour]<-----@

Note: This update indicates a return to the same posting volumes of two
months ago (as compared with the low point 22.9 total page one posts per day
one month ago. Sad, huh. Less than two posts each hour. Regards, Bob

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]General Forum Post Mix Comparison: August 29 to September 27, 2013 (Page One)
No Percentage Comparisons. Hard/Still Sad Numbers only:

"WAG": 24,266 Posts in Four Threads on RHP's General Forum:
(A-Z Word Association Game; Word Association Game 2; Word assoc. Z-A):
(Last letter of previous word - A to Z - Word as...;
sub total counted, e ...[text shortened]... al page one posts per day
one month ago. Sad, huh. Less than two posts each hour. Regards, Bob[/b]

It is what it is, Bobby. Get a life.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
It is what it is, Bobby. Get a life.

The day will come when I'm no longer able or capable of caring about Red Hot Pawn, its members, public forums and one private club forum. Right now I do happen to care and I care intensely. Many shortcomings are mine but I've never been guilty of doing things worth doing half heartedly off or online. Criticism I value, whether from a friend or almost friend.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
The day will come when I'm no longer able or capable of caring about Red Hot Pawn, its members, public forums and one private club forum. Right now I do happen to care and I care intensely. Many shortcomings are mine but I've never been guilty of doing things worth doing half heartedly off or online. Criticism I value, whether from a friend or almost friend.

Why is it some people feel proud about "never doing anything half-heatedly"?

Some things are not meant to absorb our very inner being, these are the things which are of minor or just lesser interest or importance, they form a backdrop to our lives and daily activities. Obsessing over RHP the way you seem to do strikes me as being potentially unhealthy.

Originally posted by divegeester
Why is it some people feel proud about "never doing anything half-heartedly"?

Some things are not meant to absorb our very inner being, these are the things which are of minor or just lesser interest or importance, they form a backdrop to our lives and daily activities. Obsessing over RHP the way you seem to do strikes me as being potentially unhealthy.

Colossians 3:23 King James Version:
"And whatsoever ye do (in word or deed), do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men;"

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Colossians 3:23 King James Version:
"And whatsoever ye do (in word or deed), do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men;"

Astonishing that you are pretending to interpret that verse in his way.

Originally posted by divegeester
Astonishing that you are pretending to interpret that verse in his way.

I somehow just don't believe that this forum is dying.

Originally posted by Tygert
I somehow just don't believe that this forum is dying.

It isn't.

We discussed this a long way, but still participation is oscillating (probably a good Fourier transformation of post numbers would give us more insight in amplitude and period. ).