Has Scoobynet reached critical mass?
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No place for arguing here anymore - it's anti-community (whatever that means)
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Must admit I 've been avoiding SN for the last while as the trolls, thickos and the my car is faster/better/shinier/louder etc etc folks about.
The fun went out of it for me.
Will still pop in now and again though.
The fun went out of it for me.
Will still pop in now and again though.
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I wouldn't write ScoobyNet off just yet. People come and go as their lives move on, and I know many on here who've taken a long break before returning again. There's a cycle.
Luckily, I have sufficient interest in several forums which keep me interested, but things have been difficult lately, hence the infraction system etc. I think it will pick up again.
On a more general note, broadband has a lot to answer for. So many people have fast access, many of whom have nothing helpful or interesting to say. The signal to noise ratio has increased on just about every site on my favourites list. You can find out just about anything on the interent now, but knowing which asnwer is correct out of twenty ill-informed responses (often from people who haven't even bothered to read the thread) is like wading through treacle.
This might lead to subscription-funded sites, which would would cut out the crap, but would lead to a drastic reduction in traffic.
The interent is still evolving, but God knows where
Richard.
Luckily, I have sufficient interest in several forums which keep me interested, but things have been difficult lately, hence the infraction system etc. I think it will pick up again.
On a more general note, broadband has a lot to answer for. So many people have fast access, many of whom have nothing helpful or interesting to say. The signal to noise ratio has increased on just about every site on my favourites list. You can find out just about anything on the interent now, but knowing which asnwer is correct out of twenty ill-informed responses (often from people who haven't even bothered to read the thread) is like wading through treacle.
This might lead to subscription-funded sites, which would would cut out the crap, but would lead to a drastic reduction in traffic.
The interent is still evolving, but God knows where
Richard.
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Still think a good argument will get more people interested!
When the infraction system came into force, that caused loads of new threads and much more traffic. Makes the figures look good for the advertisers
When the infraction system came into force, that caused loads of new threads and much more traffic. Makes the figures look good for the advertisers
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Just goes to show how different opinions can be. In my opinion and observation, the infration system has been at least partly responsible for preventing people getting into contentious arguments, as there will always be some **** whose only effective comeback is the infraction button.
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Just goes to show how different opinions can be. In my opinion and observation, the infration system has been at least partly responsible for preventing people getting into contentious arguments, as there will always be some **** whose only effective comeback is the infraction button.
Simon / Shaun don't want this site full of contentious argumentative bell ends.
They want boring people to continaully talk cocklinks so their advertisers will have a lovely big audience of interesting people to sell thier goods to.
The banning of Sigma Sam was probably the start of the end of the community spirit that once existed here.
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Simon / Shaun don't want this site full of contentious argumentative bell ends.
They want boring people to continaully talk cocklinks so their advertisers will have a lovely big audience of interesting people to sell thier goods to.
The banning of Sigma Sam was probably the start of the end of the community spirit that once existed here.
Here here.
Although, who says it's "just" Simon and Shaun running the place now.....
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Buy hey as they say in policy - if you don't like it **** off
Which many people seem to have done !
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I agree with that. I hardly ever come on here now - the whole site just smacks of blandness and commercialism........