Are OCUK Forums in decline?

[[FnG]magnolia]

Its a shame how many great posters we have seen turn to Mods and then eventually they give up(

I can only think of one person who fits this bill and even then he still does a very good job of offering a calm, well-reasoned response to some of the more dramatic posts.

 

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I can only think of one person who fits this bill and even then he still does a very good job of offering a calm, well-reasoned response to some of the more dramatic posts.

Their are many others but as examples Jodie and Scuzi

 

[~>Dg<~]

tbh it is getting worse no drama just truth. will end up like ****** and ******** forums just selling crap and not caring about anything else

seen it start to change since turn over . admins people in charge will say no difference but there definitely is and its not a good change .

 

[Twirlywoos]

OK, this is a weird one.

A while back I noticed that if I posted (or anyone for that matter) a thread in GD, within a few hours it would be knocked onto page 2-3 with or without replies. Now, back to the current time frame, I can post a thread and it will stay on page 1 nearly all day. This is showing me signs of decline.

Now, it could just be me, but have any of you guys noticed this or not?

quality over quantity - unless members of ocuk posted crap back when you created this thread.

 

[kwerk]

i blame console gaming, tablets and smart phones.

 

[craptakular]

i blame console gaming, tablets and smart phones.

Quoted for truth.

Who gives a damn about PC hardware any more? People just buy an off the shelf laptop, phone or tablet to post on facebook.

 

[Participant]

No, they don't. Things have genuinely got more dull here, hence why I left for several months.

You mean 'no, it doesn't'

 

[semi-pro waster]

because in the old days if you disagreed with someone you both argued like stubborn mules till one of you had to go to work.

Now whenever people disagree they just call each other troll and stop posting.

So it's actually a time saving device? When you put it like that maybe it's not so bad... although actually it is, it's all too often simply a means of stifling debate and an easy cop-out when the poster disagrees with someone else.

You mean 'no, it doesn't'

If Lysander is referring to the rose-tinted spectacles as an object coming into play then "No, they don't." would seem a reasonable response. If you were referring to an effect then "No, it doesn't" is the correct option but depending on how the sentence is read either could work.

 

[olivier renault]

We need a war to warm things up.

 

[OhEsEcks]

We need a war to warm things up.

 

[alexrazzz]

I've only just started posting, so I really hope its not in decline. Need this forum to sort out my grammar haha

 

[Lysander]

I've only just started posting, so I really hope its not in decline. Need this forum to sort out my grammar haha

I can help there.

You mean "I really hope it's not in decline".

It's = contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'

Its = possessive

 

[mrk]

You forgot the full stop^^

 

[Cosimo]

You forgot the full stop^^

So did you.

 

[Alex74]

So did you.

And you...oh.

 

[lucy_bee]

She's probably been lurking for ages. For men.

How very dare you

I don't do men

 

[lucy_bee]

guessing it was sorted out behind closed doors

It was

Took all of five minutes to sort out.

 

[Participant]

If Lysander is referring to the rose-tinted spectacles as an object coming into play then "No, they don't." would seem a reasonable response. If you were referring to an effect then "No, it doesn't" is the correct option but depending on how the sentence is read either could work.

No. I did not refer to rose-tinted spectacles, I only mentioned the rose-tinted effect. The subject of the sentence is 'effect', therefore you are wrong and he is wrong.