601 replies to this topic

[nikkiblue]

The smilies suck now.

And it always looks like I'm the ONLY person even online... Is that accurate? Doesn't seem to be.

[seany]

Busy, mainly, but it doesn't seem as active around here I lurk and scan, but not a lot to say. Too little drama - we must be getting old and just don't give a shit anymore

I'm sure it will pick up a bit again come festie season.

[sums]

new job. i love my new job but it is not a desk job so no computer.

[cjtpaint]

I am around Nikkibleu
a limerick for you
you drift with the sway
on a given day
it is a time Nikkblue

[TheDHJ]

With the new board came what seemed to be a slowing of things here...

Maybe it's what the Fucks at the League Office wanted.

[mamapajama]

Been in a funk
Emerging

[moed_over]

I check on the board. Just nothing happening around here. There's maybe one thread a day that's interesting enough to post in...

[capt_morgan]

i never talked much in the doctors office...i was always just waiting for the needle

[manzanita stark]

i never talked much in the doctors office...i was always just waiting for the needle

I would have thought you'd be the type to wait for the "snap of the rubber glove"!

(There NIkki, I posted,feeling better now)?

[manzanita stark]

With the new board came what seemed to be a slowing of things here... Maybe it's what the Fucks at the League Office wanted.

I was listening to some DU and Dinosaur Jr. and such last night and was going to start a video thread but chickened out. Hell you and I are the only two who usually post in them anyway.

[Mind Left Body]

Been busy lately..

[deadheadskier]

Umelt broke up

[Java Time]

maybe folks are just busy...

jeez Nikki...maybe you should stop thinking of yourself

[sarah b.]

School. Commute. School.

[hoagie]

Clear lack of diverse interaction on this board in the last year. I have no idea where the general apathy for everything kicked in over here. Really odd.

[erocstheparty]

<p>it&#39;s getting lame...I used to come on here and it was all different forums about music...now it&#39;s just a bunch of nonsense...</p>
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<p>and oh yeah...U-melt broke up!! <img alt="" class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://www.gathering...lies/beard.gif" title="" /></p>
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<p>what happened to all the good emoticons??</p>
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[PieDoh]

Posting from my phone.

[Jambear]

everyone went to that facebook shit.

[ladygingechilla]

Ive forgotten what most of you fucks look like

[DancingBearly]

Posting from my phone.

and site is not phone friendly! Used to be I didn't have to remember code to post a picture or emoticon but now it's all complicated

[Ravn]

can hardly reach keyboard over massive belly,,,

[Goose]

Didn't post much to begin with. Even checking in once in a while it seems like a lot less activity, less people, slower.

[crujonez]

it's been rather boring for the last year or so

[hoagie]

Boardies on the whole seemed to be doing a lot more things when I fist joined here. There were BBQ's, gatherings, and interactions between bpardies in many different threads.

Something changed. Less show roll calls, seems like less overall interest in music altogether. Was there a backlash over something?

I notice that people are just less interactive in general.

[Spidergawd]

For me, it's simply because I've been terribly busy at work. I find that if I just pop in here while at the office I usually wind up staying too long. Sometimes that's okay, but lately I've been needing every minute I can get.

[tyedyedee]

i know that most of my favorite boardies who arent here anymore are slaves to facebook now
seems its easier to do roll calls and shit there than here
even HQ does its announcements there first then maybe here, but usually an active boardie who does FB and the boards lets us non-FBers know...
i am kinda offended by that, myself...

we were here loooooong before lookatmyFacebook

oh well, signs of the times

oh, and this board isnt as 'friendly'
i feel alone all the time cuz the "who is online" feature always just says me
no one wants to hang out talking in an empty room

if someone could fix that feature, i would love it
cuz i KNOW its not only me online all the time
but when i asked about it in the message board thread i was told i was mistaken
but since its not only me noticing it, perhaps i wasnt?

anyway
its different now
*hmmpf*

[unbroken_chain]

lost net at work for a bit.
aint got much to say.
the things I say are dubm.
I have Special K on ignore, so far fewer things to respond to.
A lot of people are mean to me.
no freshies.

[georgi]

There aren't many threads that excite me these days.

[Rionach aka Spec K]

nothin shakin on shakedown street

[Arglebargle]

I haven't been to a GOTV since 2004

[Shake Yer Bones]

Keep the political threads in this forum and activity will pick up.

Myself, the last year or so has been incredibly busy with a new house and holding down a couple of jobs. The board ain't what it used to be, that's for sure.

[J-LEE]

I wouldn't know... I am a newbie

[TakeAStepBack]

I'm preparing for the zombie apocalypes.

[deadheadskier]

too many thread moves by the mods

[jnjn]

been busier than usual at work the last few weeks/months. it does seem slower around here, but i'm sure i contribute to that a lil bit...anytime i think to start a thread or post something i'm like, ah fuck it no one cares anyway

there are definitely a bunch of boardies who usually had something interstesting or funny to say that don't come around here anymore...that sucks too

[elder]

Something's defintely changed. I've already come to grips that this place may be fading out for me. I'm not leaving, just saying I notice I don't burn to come here anymore.
Why maybe?

1. Busy with work
2. Busy with family
3. long timers gone (I started coming here in 99, not many of us left, and YES it was diffferent then)
4. Majority of thread topics not doing it for me
5. Whats left feels anti-septic

Why I do come back occassionaly...

1. still care deeply for some of the folks here
2. Facebook can kiss my ass.

[staggerlee024]

i cut down on posting a few years back when political threads were kicked out of the family board.

[Lemireacle]

Mainly, I have been pretty busy at work, which is when I mainly post. When I'm not at work, I've been also been working on some music editing jobs.

I'm also not a huge fan of the new board layout. But besides that, and not having the free time to post, a lot of the topics discussed these days just don't interest me.

As previously mentioned in the the thread though, I'm sure my interest will pick up as we get closer to the festival.

[musicfan]

Your favorite band sucks.

[china cat]

don't like new board

kinda boring 'round here for a while

[china cat]

oh and DHJ sucks

[Jwheelz]

I've been posting here a lot

[china cat]

we need some boardie drama :evil grin:

[deadheadskier]

I tried

My reasonings were Umelt Broke Up and The Mods moving threads. Those used to be two guaranteed drama topics. Now, nothing. Guess this board jumped off a pier in rural Ireland.

[robberry]

With the new board came what seemed to be a slowing of things here... Maybe it's what the Fucks at the League Office wanted.

It's been slow for years...

Boardies on the whole seemed to be doing a lot more things when I fist joined here. There were BBQ's, gatherings, and interactions between bpardies in many different threads. Something changed. Less show roll calls, seems like less overall interest in music altogether. Was there a backlash over something? I notice that people are just less interactive in general.

I think "that crowd" just grew out of it. That, and Facebook.

Keep the political threads in this forum and activity will pick up. Myself, the last year or so has been incredibly busy with a new house and holding down a couple of jobs. The board ain't what it used to be, that's for sure.

Ain't that the truth!

been busier than usual at work the last few weeks/months. it does seem slower around here, but i'm sure i contribute to that a lil bit...anytime i think to start a thread or post something i'm like, ah fuck it no one cares anyway there are definitely a bunch of boardies who usually had something interstesting or funny to say that don't come around here anymore...that sucks too

Remember when Nicole would start 10,000 threads a day? Not anymore.
Remember when L&S was more popular than the Family board? That stopped at least six or seven years ago.

oh and DHJ sucks

Now we're getting to the bottom of it....



For me, I've started my "career" since joining back in 2004. I have a demanding job that occupies at least 10 hours of my day, often six days a week. My free time is spent with my girlfriend or running/cycling. A big part of it is that I'm disinterested in a lot of new music that's out there, and spend less time going to shows and seeking out new music to listen to. There are a lot less people here, far less people I "know in real life", and less boardie gatherings overall.

[jnjn]

)))facebook(((

[TheDHJ]

Fallout from the Occupy debacle?

[capt_morgan]

prolly the severe lack of penis around here...prolly

[capt_morgan]

that and an ugly doctors office theme

[capt_morgan]

it puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the fistula again