Members EmgEsp Posted August 3, 2017 Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 I guess its been awhile since I last used these forums, but I remember this place being very popular, now it seems like the place averages like 10 users a day. Where did everyone go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 3, 2017 Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 In the past few years... The forum redesigns pissed some people off. Facebook has hurt message boards in general, though. Some regulars were banned, others left out of hostility or growing disinterest, and typical message board drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EmgEsp Posted August 3, 2017 Author Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 Can you recommend any good facebook groups for general guitar talk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted August 3, 2017 Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 Ever since we had that member busted for computer kiddie porn it's not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted August 3, 2017 Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 I guess there's only so much you can say about guitars. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted August 3, 2017 Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 Tbh, I kind of like it. The posts and replies seem personal and sincere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted August 3, 2017 Members Share Posted August 3, 2017 Yep me too. I feel like I got know many of the regulars as people, Drop in to the "bar" for an e-beer most days.:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 3, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 3, 2017 In the past few years... The forum redesigns pissed some people off. Facebook has hurt message boards in general, though. Some regulars were banned, others left out of hostility or growing disinterest, and typical message board drama. We did lose a lot of good people over the several failed platform changes, including this one...that and the rise of Facebook have taken their toll. But this is still a good resource for musicians...despite all the Gibson ad space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 4, 2017 Members Share Posted August 4, 2017 Facebook takes away all the anonymity. If you piss someone off, they already know your name, location, and probably the names of your friends and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted August 4, 2017 Members Share Posted August 4, 2017 Me wonder what was rong wit Jive. Worked ok. Course I don't do networking and post for fun mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted August 7, 2017 Members Share Posted August 7, 2017 too many dumb forum disasters... had a few episodes of overly active mods, and a lot of the regulars flew the coop. Sad, but it's better than it was a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 7, 2017 Members Share Posted August 7, 2017 All of the above, but ^^ pretty much nailed it. I quit for a couple of years. The 2.0 or whatever upgrade sucked. I couldn't sign in for a while, finally got HC to send me a new password (lots of folks had trouble, some even had to drop their old username) and that was frustrating, but the Hitler mods at the same time as all of the glitches just simply made it too much for some, including me. I've only been back, consistently,for about six or seven months. While the number of posts per day has decreased, the ones that are posted are now of a different caliber than they were and there's less drama and trolling so it's still a really cool place to hang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 9, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2017 There's still plenty of good folk here, and we have good friendly links with Mark Wein, who has been looking aftre nearly all our former regulars, especially Wyatt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 9, 2017 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2017 Never heard anything about that BG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted August 9, 2017 Members Share Posted August 9, 2017 things went wrong... people left... more things went wrong... more people left The worse it got... the more people left.... the more people left... the worse it got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Me wonder what was rong wit Jive. Worked ok. Course I don't do networking and post for fun mostly. The most aptly named forum software - ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted August 29, 2017 Members Share Posted August 29, 2017 Ratae, PM sent and anyone else who wants to know what happened to the creep is welcome to ask me. 20+ items of kiddie porn and a lot of the folks here called him "friend". I think his arrest and subsequent guilty plea made a lot of people ashamed to be here even though they were buddy buddy with the creepy "doctor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheForkWigger Posted September 15, 2017 Members Share Posted September 15, 2017 Its better than it was but nowhere near what it used to be. Why didn't Reverb buy this place instead of Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted September 15, 2017 Members Share Posted September 15, 2017 Its better than it was but nowhere near what it used to be. Why didn't Reverb buy this place instead of Gibson? I don't know, man. Why do you have the best username ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satmanjf@gmail.com Posted September 24, 2017 Members Share Posted September 24, 2017 I split around 2008. Too much bs and bickering. All my old post are history. I dont think im even rated as a newbie. Met some cool dudes with great advice. Think ill stick around for a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satmanjf@gmail.com Posted September 24, 2017 Members Share Posted September 24, 2017 I am a Newb. Fn A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted September 28, 2017 Members Share Posted September 28, 2017 This place was dead before that happened. You really need to stop obsessing over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevman Posted October 2, 2017 Members Share Posted October 2, 2017 Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted October 7, 2017 Members Share Posted October 7, 2017 They banned fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 7, 2017 Members Share Posted October 7, 2017 They banned mean posting for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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