What happened to this place?
#2
Re: What happened to this place?
Smartphones, innit? Convenient but not ideal for following threads or responding. Luckily there are still a few professional skivers like me who check in on laptops while at work
#3
Banned
Joined: Jul 2014
Location: Hawley
Posts: 958
Re: What happened to this place?
Forums change over time, people no longer have an interest about the focus of a forum and become inactive, some people sadly have left this planet after popping their clogs, some people have found groups more to their liking on social media sites and some people drop out of being active because of disagreements with other regulars on a forum usually because of politics. I like BE because it is such a diverse community that tolerates free speech.
#4
Re: What happened to this place?
Forums change over time, people no longer have an interest about the focus of a forum and become inactive, some people sadly have left this planet after popping their clogs, some people have found groups more to their liking on social media sites and some people drop out of being active because of disagreements with other regulars on a forum usually because of politics. I like BE because it is such a diverse community that tolerates free speech.
I check in once a day when I first arrive at work but see little to comment upon these days.
#5
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,816
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Still far more life in the Canadian forum than in the Aussie one where the few have driven away the majority!
#7
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You seem confused - Pollyana's post is diametrically the opposite of your earlier post.
Last edited by Pulaski; Aug 18th 2023 at 2:00 pm.
#8
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Near Kingston, Ontario
Posts: 1,318
Re: What happened to this place?
We used to have a thread for the over 50s returning to the UK and a few ppl used to keep the banter going there. To be honest too many ppl looking to argue all the time drove me off from being here as much as I used to.
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#10
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You know you can select "Use website version" (or something like that, "full site"? Anyway its a long way down a fairly long menu) from the pull down menu in the top left corner of the wretched "mobile skin" version of the forum, right?
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#13
Forum Regular
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 36
Re: What happened to this place?
I resigned myself to the fact that I will likely spend the rest of my days here, and the dream of retiring to Soho and meandering between the French and the Coach and Horses may not happen. Not much to discuss.
#14
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Joined: May 2012
Location: Cayman Islands
Posts: 4,999
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#15
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Joined: May 2023
Posts: 1,128
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I have clashed with the mods on several occasions, but to be fair to them I think their terms of reference are too restrictive, and they are somehow bound by those terms. They are instructed to punish any and all breaches of the rules, and that's their job. Those terms of reference don't permit them to encourage posters, or to "nurture" any promising thread. Any change of the rules would be up to the administrators, whoever they are. We members are left to wonder what the actual purpose of the site is. Does anybody know?
Out of interest it appears that 52 members have joined & posted in this month alone - & I bet 99% of them disappear immediately!