site going downhill

18 Jan 2011

Quote by noladreams
is it me or is the site going downhill?

Nah... It can't be: I'm back!
:rascal:
YAY :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

19 Jan 2011

Quote by SinSi
The one thing that's guaranteed to put off anyone visiting this forum is posters constantly banging on about how things ain't what they used to be and how the place is going downhill. Can we please change the record?

I post in the topics started avoiding the I can link one word to another crap in its three varieties. I can only post my point of view on the topics started dunno

It`s actually got to the point where you can predict which thread will be at the top just by looking at the forum lists and seeing which user name is showing. I bet it makes them proud.
Yeh agreed, dunno about the proud bit though lol

Trying to ignore the forum posting digs (they post on them for fun btw :thrilled smile

and focusing on the this threads question I was wondering just how many swinging site were there available when SH first started? I bet it was less than there are now! I believe even Chameleons Club has a site now?! Choice is great but it can dilute the numbers of people on any one site. Think of TV channels, when I was young you had BBC, BBC2 and ITV - 3 channels for the whole of the UK population, now I believe there's slightly more than that! As a result the BBC's viewing figures as an example have dropped - again I remember 35 million watching at something at Christmas as a kid nowadays the top spot is taken 12.5 million.
Whats this to do with SH possibly "going downhill" well.... less people online in SH means less input to chat rooms, less input to forums etc etc and there's no longer a varied vast hot tub of sexy open minded intellects and dullards to air their views and voice their opinions, organise meets etc. Couple that with money constraints that people and the country find themselves in, double dip and all that - no not double penetration it's natural that things have to give or standards lapse.
Final thought of this rambling is what are we going to do to stop SH "going downhill" it's very much our site and needs our input, ideas to make it as good and exciting as possible for people to enjoy SH rather than moan about it.
I couldn't possibly comment on most of the above Sini, I dont look about that much. I know that main sites that were around at the time I joined SH are still going but Ive not noticed any major new contenders. That could just be me :dunno: Other sites in the meantime have come and gone or are still going but their activity level is even less than here. The top reason for the sites decline in the forums decline in my own opinion are simply the decline in Swingings popularity. In around 2005 when we joined swinging was the kind of new thing to do now its probably so last year :lol: Still I think the forums have declined more so than the rest of the site. The wigan munch for example is as well attended as it ever was its a good barometer for popularity. All the people that put names down for that know to come here check the LMU and that its on but a lot of them dont actively take part in the forums. That includes members that never have and ones that once did.
As for what we or in my case I can do I think I do my bit. Two events in the last 6 months over 150 attendees. I answer peoples questions I post in all the forums and I try to be a good boy and attend our in box every day :lol: Dunno what else I am supposed to do.

19 Jan 2011

The site hasn't 'changed' me. And its not a key factor in a swinging lifestyle.

19 Jan 2011

Quote by Max777
The one thing that's guaranteed to put off anyone visiting this forum is posters constantly banging on about how things ain't what they used to be and how the place is going downhill. Can we please change the record?

Ah...that's a good old oldie too. lol

23 Jan 2011

I did something yesterday that I haven't done in years and that is properly checked out some of the competition. It was easy to see there are sites that do have the level of activity in the forums that these forums did years ago. One site wasn't to bad either, Ive always hated the layout and dashboard of other sites but one has done a fairly good job. I could also see various old SH members and user names that may be old SH members just due to the closeness and other similarities. Seems competition then could be a major factor.
Ohh best of all, never spotted any associated word threads :mrgreen:

23 Jan 2011

Quote by noladreams
is it me or is the site going downhill?

Nah... It can't be: I'm back!
:rascal:
Coughs quietly in the corner innocent