Active TVF Members, or Lack Of?

[GinBoy2]

It's kinda curious to me how many active members of TVF actually exist.

 

I know it's impossible to permanently delete your account, presumably for advertisement sales purposes.

 

That being said, there seems to have been, at least anecdotally a tail off in member posts, especially the dearth of long time posters. 

 

Are we seeing a fundamental shift in TVF, or the expat community in general?  

[madmen]

Judging by the same old threads being recycled [emoji748] for weeks I think shows a downturn

And the same 20 or so hard core members appear to be driving the posts on every new topic

[camble]

^^ Well, you've only been here 2 weeks according to your profile

[madmen]

Tried to avoid joining for many years and know 10 year expats who don't even lurk for obvious reasons . Your point being?

The hard core guys do "most ' of the driving, obviously not all of it

[GinBoy2]

I also see an increasing trend towards displaying threads that are years old.

 

Is this clickbait to try to drive posts?

 

Certainly I never used to see this before, which again sorta reinforces my belief that something is afoot

[faraday]

In my opinion, it's to do with the 'subject we can't discuss'.

[GinBoy2]

5 minutes ago, faraday said:

In my opinion, it's to do with the 'subject we can't discuss'.

Trouble is, the subjects that 'can't be discussed' escalate daily...so you may be on to something there

[zzaa09]

Quality of posters, less quantity.

Still haven't achieved such a quest.

[pgrahmm]

There used to be an abundance of aggressive, soured trolls spoiling threads....By and large they seemed to go away after the corporate reshuffle.....

Sometimes they were unwittingly comical & definitely kept the pot stirred.....

The bulk of thread quality went up and the annoyances either left/went away/were culled.....

It's been a quieter place, but better without the cancerous in your face arseh#les.....

[pgrahmm]

6 minutes ago, transam said:

Yes......So true....Even ol' Trans hopes he will last to see out this years POTY....????

Better polish up the tiara for the hand off there big boy....

 

I think you get to keep the sash....Especially since you use it for a napkin....

[StreetCowboy]

2 hours ago, transam said:

Yes......So true....Even ol' Trans hopes he will last to see out this years POTY....????

POTY's been a quiet, hasn't it?

 

It's in the Pub this year.  I think in General, posts are a bit more lively and vituperative

 

SC

 

[transam]

58 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

POTY's been a quiet, hasn't it?

 

It's in the Pub this year.  I think in General, posts are a bit more lively and vituperative

 

SC

 

Indeed it has...Perhaps because I will not be precipitating this year so no fun or mud slinging at myself to chew over...????

[StreetCowboy]

1 hour ago, transam said:

Indeed it has...Perhaps because I will not be precipitating this year so no fun or mud slinging at myself to chew over...????

I don't want to rain on your parade but your precipitation will be your downfall.

I hope you will not precipitate precipitously.

 

[OneMoreFarang]

14 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I also see an increasing trend towards displaying threads that are years old.

 

Is this clickbait to try to drive posts?

 

Certainly I never used to see this before, which again sorta reinforces my belief that something is afoot

I think it happens when people use the search function. And then they add a comment maybe to a thread which is years old. And then that thread shows on top of the list again and maybe other people answer.

[bannork]

38 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

I don't want to rain on your parade but your precipitation will be your downfall.

I hope you will not precipitate precipitously.

 

Judging from his post, it seems the percentage of alcohol in the present precipitation at transam's abode is rather high.

It could be a song title- too pissst to post

 

 

 

[zzaa09]

3 hours ago, StreetCowboy said:

POTY's been a quiet, hasn't it?

 

It's in the Pub this year.  I think in General, posts are a bit more lively and vituperative

 

SC

 

Conditioned observations and perspectives will vary greatly, won't they.....

[StreetCowboy]

3 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Conditioned observations and perspectives will vary greatly, won't they.....

It seems pretty mild this year.  I blame global warming

[faraday]

12 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Conditioned observations and perspectives will vary greatly, won't they.....

Expectations lead to disappointment also ....

[StreetCowboy]

35 minutes ago, faraday said:

Expectations lead to disappointment also ....

It doesn’t matter how low your expectations, disappointment is always lurking, and few people really have the imagination to prepare for the worst.

 

This is Fungus The Bogeyman’s Sanguine Philosophy Thread, isn’t it?

[StreetCowboy]

1 hour ago, bannork said:

Judging from his post, it seems the percentage of alcohol in the present precipitation at transam's abode is rather high.

It could be a song title- too pissst to Post

 

Perpissitation is better than a speech impediment like perspittlation

[473geo]

POTY good example -  once a vibrant topic, now no more the vehicle to Tvisa immortalization it once was - the stampede to be nominated has declined into a trickle of reluctant nominations

[bannork]

34 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Perpissitation is better than a speech impediment like perspittlation

it certainly feels better, and should result in less precipitation, providing Percy is pointed directly at the porcelain in a downward trajectory.

Edited December 7, 2018 by bannork

[StreetCowboy]

27 minutes ago, 473geo said:

POTY good example -  once a vibrant topic, now no more the vehicle to Tvisa immortalization it once was - the stampede to be nominated has declined into a trickle of reluctant nominations

Let's all big it up, eh?

[CharlieH]

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[Rc2702]

OK I'm gonna put a few votes in as I know a few hard-core posters and I'll give my reasons for there nominations:

 

@BangrakBob for knowing next to nothing about the history of his favourite sport/club but he can read analysis really well and pass it off as his own.

 

@Bredbury Blue for forcing his whole family to have matching man city tattoos. There's 8 in his camp.

 

@carmine the sunshine of so many peoples lives 

 

@RonniePickering22 great guy but sadly a Spurs fan.

 

@Kadilo as above but a spammer.

 

@3 minus 2 most improved user of a spellchecker in 2018. Well DUN!

 

 

 

 

 

[janclaes47]

On 12/7/2018 at 9:46 PM, 473geo said:

POTY good example -  once a vibrant topic, now no more the vehicle to Tvisa immortalization it once was - the stampede to be nominated has declined into a trickle of reluctant nominations

The difference is that who get nominated these days is most likely also the winner.

[marqus12]

On 12/7/2018 at 6:59 AM, zzaa09 said:

Quality of posters, less quantity.

Still haven't achieved such a quest.

Me think you are the last person in this forum who should mention

the quality of posters ????

[marko kok prong]

On 12/7/2018 at 7:48 AM, pgrahmm said:

There used to be an abundance of aggressive, soured trolls spoiling threads....By and large they seemed to go away after the corporate reshuffle.....

Sometimes they were unwittingly comical & definitely kept the pot stirred.....

The bulk of thread quality went up and the annoyances either left/went away/were culled.....

It's been a quieter place, but better without the cancerous in your face arseh#les.....

Agree,there was a time when anything i posted was attacked by mainly 3 posters who no longer post on here,this in turn led me to become as bad as i should have ignored them,so i stopped using tvf for about 6 months. I think now the forum is a lot calmer and friendlier than it was.

[StreetCowboy]

On 12/9/2018 at 1:07 AM, marqus12 said:

Me think you are the last person in this forum who should mention

the quality of posters ????

Let’s hope he is, unless someone else wants to Big It Up Like Barnum.

 

It’s easy to criticise, but harder to contribute. Who will be Our Tina Turner when We Need Another Hero?

Not me, I don’t have the legs

[CharlieH]

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