Members Elias Graves Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 Man, this place was once the busiest place on the web, now I still see posts from yesterday on the front page. I hope the bean counters at guitar center are pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 It will bounce back. Or it won't. We'll all survive. I for one was going to leave for another forum, but decided to stick it out. Maybe some will come back, after they notice that the place isn't that bad. Granted, they haven't fixed anything after the first week of the launch (avatars still suck, skinny screen, quotes out of control, and the mobile version is too limited), but it's still good enough for discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chad Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 I've been thinking the same thing. Quite sad. I bounce around on a lot of forums so I don't have a high post count here, but I've been active at HC off and on since 1997.This used to be the absolute go to place for musical instrument related info, forums, etc. It'd be sad, but I wouldn't be surprised if this site died completely in the near future. The handwriting seems to be on the wall.A site like this just doesn't mesh well with corporate ownership. They just don't "get it". I really wish the site would be bought and ran by a private entity and maybe things could turn around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted March 15, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 It's tough to do once a brand name has been drug through the mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 i did consider leaving too but i'm hoping it'll get better i don't like the new forum though i'm still not sure as to why all of this happened? HC2.0 was a total disaster, gear reviews all gone, dwindling forum activity yeah it is sad. this place used to be such an amazing resource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted March 15, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 Only other place I've seen lithium software is as a feedback tool for manufacturer's/retailers sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joemonkey Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm still lol'ng at how the vitriol-spitting douchebags from the old board seem to have picked up their balls and gone home. No more waa-waa-M123-won't give-me-75%-off-an-item threads. Bunch of crybabies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm really disappointed too with the way things have been going here. But if you think the Guitar Forum is slow, the Amp forum is slower, and the Keyboard/Synth Forum is like a ghost town with posts on the front page from a week ago. I'm hanging in, though and hoping it will pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 Ironically my activity has increased greatly with the new forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members studdhuss Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 I know right!I had been gone for some time and I came back ...and...uh..they actually did what some said they were going to do some time back.....but they had put it offand put it offbut now.....surprise-surprise!I can't take too much stock in this anymore.Game on or Game overJust passing through with an occasional post or two and lucky for me I'm too busy to really care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J-E-M Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 GilmourD wrote: Ironically my activity has increased greatly with the new forum. Same here. With HC 2.0, I got pissed off with pages not loading, so i stopped visiting for awhile. I came back one day out of curiosity and found this new format. At first I wasn't too pleased with the layout and the different way of posting pics and stuff. But once i figured stuff out, everything was ok. The pages load so that's a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted March 15, 2013 Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 What kind of surprises me is that a lot of people who were still posting when the site was broken 23 hours a day won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 Elias Graves wrote: Man, this place was once the busiest place on the web, now I still see posts from yesterday on the front page. I hope the bean counters at guitar center are pleased. you seem like a smart guy, EG. if you aren't happy with the lack of thread activity, then why don't you post something constructive and engaging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 This place has slowed down so I've also started visiting the amp forum .If you think this place is slow .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 GreatDane wrote: Elias Graves wrote: Man, this place was once the busiest place on the web, now I still see posts from yesterday on the front page. I hope the bean counters at guitar center are pleased. you seem like a smart guy, EG. if you aren't happy with the lack of thread activity, then why don't you post something constructive and engaging?Agreed.I have a dual NGD thread to post once I'm actually awake and can take some pics. That'll probably be tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted March 16, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 @Great Dane:Perhaps I'll do that more if they ever support iPad use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 Pathetic more than sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 Elias Graves wrote: @Great Dane: Perhaps I'll do that more if they ever support iPad use. so you can post "this place is sad" threads, but you can't post threads that contribute anything positive because the platform doesn't support iPad use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mschafft Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 At least you guys are back. Nice to see you again. We need your help for more new threads.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 Sad or not, you gotta give Great Dane kudos for the Hot or Not posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 Yeah, those threads are consistently good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 Thanks, guys. I skipped a few days here and there when the inspiration wasn't flowin'. It seemed like a fun (albeit unoriginal) idea to get us talking about guitars again. Glad some people dig it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 I just found out that we're limited to five kudos a day. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LOLRECONLOL Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 GilmourD wrote: I just found out that we're limited to five kudos a day. LOL Just gets better and better.. I haven't been here/posted since 2/8, and it looks exactly the same. I only check back every couple days to look at the deal thread, but that's dead too. In Nov/Dec those threads were insane. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted March 16, 2013 Members Share Posted March 16, 2013 kayd_mon wrote: It will bounce back. Or it won't. We'll all survive. I for one was going to leave for another forum, but decided to stick it out. Maybe some will come back, after they notice that the place isn't that bad. Granted, they haven't fixed anything after the first week of the launch (avatars still suck, skinny screen, quotes out of control, and the mobile version is too limited), but it's still good enough for discussion. To fix the skinny screen, just press the Ctrl key on your keyboard, and then tap the + key until the screen fills up. That's what I do. It takes 6 taps of the + key to fill the screen on my desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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