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oldtimer · 02-07-2007, 07:37 PM

Eh, I think every forum has this problem. Mostly when their content is centered around 'discussions'. Then you must further break down those discussions into importance, type, and reason.

Importance: Is this a serious topic? Is this a real problem someone needs help with? Has it been beaten to death before? (In which case someone says 'search the forums'....),

Type: Help, Fun, Exchange of ideas, Venting, etc

Reason: Just to add new content, For actual thoughts and opinions, For advice, For one time help, etc

I think content means everything. And when it gets old and repetitive, and recycled, and re-re-re recycled. You lose all interest and come at your own leisure. The perfect example? TV. I can hardly find a entertaining show with fresh jokes or new plots not just slightly alterted. I find them mundane. Lost, is a great example. I've never wanted to watch it or felt compelled to watch it. I could go on and on about the fakeness and complicatedness of that plot. It's too unrealistic even if it had a chance of occuring. It's like Gilligan's Island just really unstable. Just like movies, they started going downhill in '03. And now they're complete trash. Come on now? A wonderwoman movie? I'll leave it there for now.

But to me essentially forums always lose their interest. There's always a main attraction at first or something that's quirky yet attractive, but then it fades. Just like a fad.

For instance, I like using trunk nightly builds of Firefox to find problems. But I don't get uber geeky about it like some people. They have a forum to discuss problems, report bugs, and hash out solutions. But once the browser gets into the final stages and has most of the features I want? I'm gone. The project has reached its goal for me. Complete random jump to TV topic again: I mean honestly, does anybody care to watch CBS' Survior or Fear Factor anymore after so many series?

Boredness comes with age and repetiveness. You can only care for so long and only say the same things in different ways for so long. It's a fact of life. So I essentially think new, moving issues and topics are becoming harder to find. Just b/c we've 'heard it all'. And most of us have become automated thru the 'grapevine' to do the most suggested action and resolve the situation resulting in a less need to ask or tell b/c nothing worth telling happened.

That and Fark taking the link down.

02-07-2007, 07:37 PM	#25 (permalink)
oldtimer Addict	Eh, I think every forum has this problem. Mostly when their content is centered around 'discussions'. Then you must further break down those discussions into importance, type, and reason. Importance: Is this a serious topic? Is this a real problem someone needs help with? Has it been beaten to death before? (In which case someone says 'search the forums'....), Type: Help, Fun, Exchange of ideas, Venting, etc Reason: Just to add new content, For actual thoughts and opinions, For advice, For one time help, etc I think content means everything. And when it gets old and repetitive, and recycled, and re-re-re recycled. You lose all interest and come at your own leisure. The perfect example? TV. I can hardly find a entertaining show with fresh jokes or new plots not just slightly alterted. I find them mundane. Lost, is a great example. I've never wanted to watch it or felt compelled to watch it. I could go on and on about the fakeness and complicatedness of that plot. It's too unrealistic even if it had a chance of occuring. It's like Gilligan's Island just really unstable. Just like movies, they started going downhill in '03. And now they're complete trash. Come on now? A wonderwoman movie? I'll leave it there for now. But to me essentially forums always lose their interest. There's always a main attraction at first or something that's quirky yet attractive, but then it fades. Just like a fad. For instance, I like using trunk nightly builds of Firefox to find problems. But I don't get uber geeky about it like some people. They have a forum to discuss problems, report bugs, and hash out solutions. But once the browser gets into the final stages and has most of the features I want? I'm gone. The project has reached its goal for me. Complete random jump to TV topic again: I mean honestly, does anybody care to watch CBS' Survior or Fear Factor anymore after so many series? Boredness comes with age and repetiveness. You can only care for so long and only say the same things in different ways for so long. It's a fact of life. So I essentially think new, moving issues and topics are becoming harder to find. Just b/c we've 'heard it all'. And most of us have become automated thru the 'grapevine' to do the most suggested action and resolve the situation resulting in a less need to ask or tell b/c nothing worth telling happened. That and Fark taking the link down. __________________ Slowly but surely getting over the loss of TFP v. 3.0. Where the hell am I?.... Showering once a month does not make you a better person. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr.