But Rock. That's your speculation. Not a fact. You don't have hard evidence to back that up. I don't notice that forum posts are declining in volume. Quality is another matter though.Rock wrote: Winston is denying that the forum has declined over last 2 or more years in terms of post volume and quality. But it seems many maybe even most posters here disagree on that point. So before having a discussion on causes, we should first establish whether or not there actually is a problem at all.
One group of metrics which might shed some light at least on the quantity issue would be average per day post numbers and word counts over the years including 2015. Are those stats available Winston?
We gotta face the fact here though. Most people don't come here for the information resource we provide. They come here to use this forum as a COMPLAINT BOARD. That's what is it. It's a board to bitch and complain about life in the USA and women in general, which they can't on other forums. It is therapeutic in that sense. That's what we offer here. That's the kind of guys that we attract and retain. Like it or not, we have to face that fact. That's what we've become - a COMPLAINT BOARD.
Guys come here for a psychological benefit, because they can bitch and complain to a sympathetic audience. So our benefit is psychological. We are like a therapy board. And a free therapy board at that. That's what brings us together.
Also, since most posters here are negative, they are going to be BIASED toward believing any negative thing they hear, including your claim that post volume and quality are down. It doesn't have to be true. People here will readily believe anything negative here because they are very negative people themselves. You gotta consider that. And some people love to complain all the time.
No I don't have those stats. The admin panel just told me that the average post count is 72 a day. It doesn't break it down into graphs or time periods. I would have to check Google Analytics for that.
I don't understand why you say that. The mobile theme puts all the text in an easy to read format when you are on a mobile device. If that wasn't better, then why do all the major forums and websites nowadays have a mobile version? I don't understand your basis.Rock wrote: As for the mobile version, I personally don't like it at all. I feel a lot more comfortable with the desktop version, even when reading the forum on my iPhone. For me, the mobile version is just an annoyance or distraction just like the Faebook group msgs., ladies forum, silly PMs from Winston (highlighting threads that I'm already aware of), emails from Winston highlighting threads, and group HA group What's App messages.
Can't we focus all the energy on one medium instead of jumping all over the place?
When I view the desktop version of this forum on my phone, I have to slide the screen constantly left and right to read the text, because it goes off the screen when you zoome in. But the mobile theme puts all the text on one easy to read screen in a larger font size, so you don't have to swipe left and right to read the posts. All the text wraps around the screen.
How is that a disadvantage Rock? I don't get it. Please explain how an obvious advantage is a disadvantage to you?