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Just seems like the forum has declined massively recently, the forum is no longer a decent place to come on and read in my opinion, like the shoutbox was the life and soul of this place and it has been ripped apart by certain events in the past year which have led to key members of this forum leaving.

Just saying like, improvements are needed big time.
 

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Just seems like the forum has declined massively recently, the forum is no longer a decent place to come on and read in my opinion, like the shoutbox was the life and soul of this place and it has been ripped apart by certain events in the past year which have led to key members of this forum leaving.

Just saying like, improvements are needed big time.

As far as I'm aware, the only people that have left are a couple who explained why they were leaving and a few others who were banned or got booted from the shoutbox for name-dropping etc. I think it's just natural to have things drop off after the initial 'honeymoon' period. New members are joining each day and traffic is still as good as it was, better in some ways - it's all about capturing new members and hoping that they return. I don't seem to have seen many forum games recently either and they always perk up some attention.

I don't see too much to worry about, forums tend to pick up and drop away regularly.

PS - Any serious improvement ideas/suggestions would be good.
 
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A shame Stevencc left in particular as he was a laugh despite being a Man Utd fan. I've not been on as much as I was but that's more to do with my computer blowing up and still not bought a new one yet and using a phone is a pain in the arris.
 

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Ban all fans of clubs who get an average of less than 5000 in their ground.
 

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Ban all fans of clubs who get an average of less than 5000 in their ground.
Does this exclude any team who's capacity is below that? Capacity 4850ish, average attendance 4466, something like 90% without doing the maths.
 

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Seriously though, the season is over for most teams so we don't have much to post about. Things will improve once next season starts.
 

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A shame Stevencc left in particular as he was a laugh despite being a Man Utd fan. I've not been on as much as I was but that's more to do with my computer blowing up and still not bought a new one yet and using a phone is a pain in the arris.
I wondered about Steven as I noticed he hadn't been posting recently....what happened there...left for any particular reason...banned for something ? Also noticed Aber Gas hasn't been on for a while.

Thought you were buying a new computer last week Salty.
 

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I wondered about Steven as I noticed he hadn't been posting recently....what happened there...left for any particular reason...banned for something ? Also noticed Aber Gas hasn't been on for a while.

Thought you were buying a new computer last week Salty.
They both found you quite rude and intimidating. They just couldn't hack the abuse any longer so left.
 

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I wondered about Steven as I noticed he hadn't been posting recently....what happened there...left for any particular reason...banned for something ? Also noticed Aber Gas hasn't been on for a while.

Thought you were buying a new computer last week Salty.
I pm'd Stevencc a few weeks back and he gave me a reason but I won't divulge it in case he does decide to return one day.

As for the computer yes I was going to get one last week but trying to find one with specs I'm wanting ready made without breaking the bank is proving tough. I could get the parts together and build it myself, and it would be a lot cheaper, but can't be arsed these days. :D
 
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I pm'd Stevencc a few weeks back and he gave me a reason but I won't divulge it in case he does decide to return one day.

As for the computer yes I was going to get one last week but trying to find one with specs I'm wanting ready made without breaking the bank is proving tough. I could get the parts together and build it myself, and it would be a lot cheaper, but can't be arsed these days. :D
That's fair enuff Salty....personal things should stay that way mate!
 
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I don't see too much to worry about, forums tend to pick up and drop away regularly.

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I alluded to this in other threads, but forum activity & website traffic is actually up in 2017 compared to 2016 (by a solid 20% in the last 4 months).

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Frankly, if the shoutbox isn't quite as active on a message board, I don't see that as a particularly negative aspect- as it's not the prime reason for 1FF being here and to be honest used to cause a damn sight of the tiresome, pathetic squabbles.

Looking at it broadly, as an overview we're doing just as well as we ever have been. Ultimately if a few members leave this will give a different impression of how the site is performing to different users based on what they thought of said members, but generally, we're pulling in just as much traffic & activity as ever - and if some of that is going into threads rather than the shoutbox then I see that as a positive rather than a negative.
 
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We'll soon start getting all the transfer bollocks.

That Donny twat has already started the billy big bollocks bravado, so that should see us thru til August.

But seeing as Trump/Putin will have killed us all by the Autumn it's a moot point.
 

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It's something that makes the site unique compared to a lot of other forums.
 

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TBH, while it's disappointing that some of the best posters on this forum decided to leave, the fact is that decent posters come and go so it's not really that big a deal. We're all free to do what we want and these guys decided to leave, simple as. Another thing that is certainly not a big deal is this Nintendo giveaway thingy that some people are getting in a right state just thinking about who the winner will be and whether he/she is a new member who only signed up during the last couple of weeks or so :eek: Oh the horror..........:ffs:

IMO, some members are intent on doing to this forum what they did before to the old one, so the sooner they leave the better I think. Sorry guys, but I only want a decent place where I can talk about the footy,music and all my other interests, and I believe that so do circa 99.99% of the other forum members.
 
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IMO, some members are intent on doing to this forum what they did before to the old one, so the sooner they leave the better I think. Sorry guys, but I only want a decent place where I can talk about the footy,music and all my other interests, and I believe that so do circa 99.99% of the other forum members.
Quick bit of maths reveals there are 3 members who are here NOT to discuss their personal interests.
 

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I've not been posting not because I don't want to, my life has been extremely busy and in recent times on another forum some people were trying to get involved with my personal life. I'm scared the same will happen on any forum now.
 
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