Originally posted by Rene PogelWhy is this forum dying? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "NIDS"
I whole-heartedly support and endorse your statement that you have cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years. During these seven years your comments and thought-provoking ideas have frequently rejuvenated my flagging mind and I salute you for this.
I have not posted anything for quite some time but I still enjoy your comments and the b ...[text shortened]... t NIDS (new-idea-deficiency-syndrome) despite your excellent prophylactic efforts to treat this.
Originally posted by Rene Pogel
I whole-heartedly support and endorse your statement that you have cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years. During these seven years your comments and thought-provoking ideas have frequently rejuvenated my flagging mind and I salute you for this.
I have not posted anything for quite some time but I still enjoy your comments and the banter on this forum. I will say, however, that if any forum is dying it is the clan forum. I just posted a comment there and then realised when I surveyed the recent postings that this was pointless because the level of activity there is now virtually Marie-Celeste like. I hope that this forum does not go the same way - having eyed it for these seven years I would now diagnose incipient NIDS (new-idea-deficiency-syndrome) despite your excellent prophylactic efforts to treat this.
05 Apr 14
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWhy is this forum dying?
Why is this forum dying? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "NIDS"
Originally posted by Rene Pogel
I whole-heartedly support and endorse your statement that you have cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years. During these seven years your comments and thought-p ...[text shortened]... t NIDS (new-idea-deficiency-syndrome) despite your excellent prophylactic efforts to treat this.[/b]
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Thanks for your kind words, Rene. It's my hope that you'll segue from the "clan forum" to this one. Your objective insights and thoughtfulness would benefit the online experience here for us all. I like your diagnosis: "NIDS (new-idea-deficiency-syndrome)". Wonder, though, if NIDS is simultaneously the symptom of low self esteem and mean spirited pessimism.
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It's become a reflection of contemporary culture's online forum preoccupation with personality cult and instant gratification.
Alphabetic word games provide structure and continuity which the tempo of contemporary life has fractured and/or denied.
Curiously, a large percentage of the online population wants to see each other on Facebook but with minimal conversation.
Serious economic/security uncertainties have polarized sensibilities: group identity seems to have become a priority need.
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05 Apr 14
Originally posted by Grampy Bobbylighten up dude its the General forum.
[b]Why is this forum dying?
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Thanks for your kind words, Rene. It's my hope that you'll segue from the "clan forum" to this one. Your objective insights and thoughtfulness would benefit the online experience here for us all. I like your diagnosis: "NIDS (new-idea-deficiency-syndrome)". Wonder, thoug ...[text shortened]... inties have polarized sensibilities: group identity seems to have become a priority need.[/b]
27 Apr 14
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyStop it.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby (OP)....................................................................................................... [0] [5]
[b]Why is this forum dying?[/b]
It's not dying, no matter how many hundreds of times you say it is.
27 Apr 14
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Originally posted by Suziannewow you would think someone as prolific as you are for believing your own propaganda would resonate with saying stuff hundreds of times in the hope that people believe.
Stop it.
It's not dying, no matter how many hundreds of times you say it is.
27 Apr 14
Originally posted by redbaronsNo, it's not as personality-driven as it was back then. It's time to move on, as much as some personality-driven types don't want to hear that.
its not like it was 4 years back
But how would someone who just joined even know that? Maybe you should 'fess up on who you used to be here.
27 Apr 14
Originally posted by SuzianneOriginally posted by Grampy Bobby
Stop it.
It's not dying, no matter how many hundreds of times you say it is.
Originally posted by redbarons
lighten up dude its the General forum.
.... though not quite "the General forum" it once was until something happened on the way to the forum sometime in 2012.
Hi, Suzi. rebarrons commented. I replied. You replied to the OP expressing an opinion. Thanks for doing so.
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Originally posted by SuzianneI was a member for 5 years dropped my membership 2011 know stelspalfy personally I was A Winner
No, it's not as personality-driven as it was back then. It's time to move on, as much as some personality-driven types don't want to hear that.
But how would someone who just joined even know that? Maybe you should 'fess up on who you used to be here.