Low membership activity

[BoltgunBill]

Is OOD forum a low membership activity discussion board?
Can't seem to access active topics without twenty five post?

[Fisherman]

Naw I think it's just the winter doldrums, hunting is over, guns are cleaned and about the only thing left is ice fishing for the moment. Things will probably pick up around the time the Sportsman show start.

[Species8472]

Not what it used to be that's for sure.

[tom gobble]

Not what it used to be that's for sure.

You could say that again. It is the slow season now but before people used to post more pics and stories and now it just seems dead regardless if it’s the slow season. The only post now are complaining no one’s posting lol The members are the forum and we are the ones to blame. If we don’t share and post, the forum slowly dies. Turkey and trout opener are around the corner and that’s when things pic up again.

[gbk]

Y The members are the forum and we are the ones to blame. If we don’t share and post, the forum slowly dies. .

This is one of the cornerstones of any assessment of the Forum status-which i could never ever understand.
Putting the blame square back to the members.
The other one is-well ,all the forums are dying...so we are, too.

Yet-when we lost many prolific members(most of them were really active)it was kind of the last straw which broke the camel's back ….i know there were some questionable actors there ,yet the Forum kind of took an avoidable deep cut...with no recovery in sight.
Just my 2 cents.

Not challenging You TG...you are not the only one saying this ,please do not take it personal.

[tom gobble]

This is one of the cornerstones of any assessment of the Forum status-which i could never ever understand.
Putting the blame square back to the members.
The other one is-well ,all the forums are dying...so we are, too.

Yet-when we lost many prolific members(most of them were really active)it was kind of the last straw which broke the camel's back ….i know there were some questionable actors there ,yet the Forum kind of took an avoidable deep cut...with no recovery in sight.
Just my 2 cents.

Not challenging You TG...you are not the only one saying this ,please do not take it personal.

I totally get what you’re saying but if people leave it’s for a reason. If people don’t post it’s for a reason as well. You could only blame the site when there is glitches or it’s hard to post pictures but other then that it’s us. There has to be a reason but maybe with new blood and people starting a new adventure it might spark something new I hope.

[gbk]

I totally get what you’re saying but if people leave it’s for a reason. If people don’t post it’s for a reason as well. You could only blame the site when there is glitches or it’s hard to post pictures but other then that it’s us. There has to be a reason but maybe with new blood and people starting a new adventure it might spark something new I hope.

Lets use this opportunity to try to make more "traffic"on te Forum.

Assume there is a party of ,like 15-20 people.
The party can -and will go flat,if there are NO"goofs",No party "entertainers" or a "conversation starter"present.Despite all the good attentions of the "average" attendees.There will be nothing to write home about.

Same as the Oscar Gala-no good anchorman = no great show-just Awards and Audience.

Same goes(i think- and i see)the Froum needs some people they are-interested ,entertaining(regardless which way)persistent and active.
We apparently miss all that recently.

Not in the past.

Try one thing:
Search for a word, then watch the Forum bring you up all the old threads and posts related to your word.
Then-look at the posters AND look at their posts numbers.
You are here very long time-so you will see AND remember MANY names,you do not see anymore. Many big and very active names. With a lot of good contribution.

Some are shown the door(right or wrong) some left due of loosing faith in the Forum(for whatever reasons-many stated it though)and some just get disheartened with all the ebbs and flows, and walked away.

Back to the party analogy-we have still a lot of good Members.Some are more prolofic then others,but generally -WE are all on a "low and slow"side.
We have very few-if any "life of the Party "persons left.

Only solution is to motivate old members, and increase the membership numbers,with hopes of the bigger number will have some good party Entertainers,to keep the show going .

Just my 2 cents

[Fisherman]

I think part of the problem is the hit and miss website, either down, or you get partway in and then it kicks you out again, then you can sign in, etc. People get annoyed and go elsewhere.

[Marker]

The forum could expand into additional topics of related interests such as civilian SAR including dog training and land nav.

[Gilroy]

Lets use this opportunity to try to make more "traffic"on te Forum.

Assume there is a party of ,like 15-20 people.
The party can -and will go flat,if there are NO"goofs",No party "entertainers" or a "conversation starter"present.Despite all the good attentions of the "average" attendees.There will be nothing to write home about.

Same as the Oscar Gala-no good anchorman = no great show-just Awards and Audience.

Same goes(i think- and i see)the Froum needs some people they are-interested ,entertaining(regardless which way)persistent and active.
We apparently miss all that recently.

Not in the past.

Try one thing:
Search for a word, then watch the Forum bring you up all the old threads and posts related to your word.
Then-look at the posters AND look at their posts numbers.
You are here very long time-so you will see AND remember MANY names,you do not see anymore. Many big and very active names. With a lot of good contribution.

Some are shown the door(right or wrong) some left due of loosing faith in the Forum(for whatever reasons-many stated it though)and some just get disheartened with all the ebbs and flows, and walked away.

Back to the party analogy-we have still a lot of good Members.Some are more prolofic then others,but generally -WE are all on a "low and slow"side.
We have very few-if any "life of the Party "persons left.

Only solution is to motivate old members, and increase the membership numbers,with hopes of the bigger number will have some good party Entertainers,to keep the show going .

Just my 2 cents

The problem is the Moderation and censorship which has been a feature on here since I joined 16 years ago. If they dont like your opinion your banned off certain sections, polititcs and off topic.
That stiffles debates and exchanges of ideas and therfore no traffic.

If a Moderator steps overboard and its pointed out to the Administration and the member is completely brushed off then nothing can improve , the member feels taken for granted and simply stops posting.

Folks even get afraid to post anything in case they get labelled so just don't bother with the drama.

Thats my two cents worth but I also know from PM,s that more then just me thinks this way.

A re posting by Administrators and Moderators of posts already available on the OOD Facebook page does bring some reading by not many debates on the topics posted.