toomanyhatz wrote:The solution, of course, is to create more threads that people have more interest in. So I hope folks will do that. Something about music, maybe?
never/ever wrote:That's been the default setting of many people- 'oh, I don't like that there are all these threads that don't interest me but I can't be arsed to think of something else myself so instead I am going to bitch and moan about those who do.'
Perfectly logical and maybe you're both right, but that's not how it works for me. For a start, my music threads tend to sink without a trace. I started two recently, which got about seven replies between them, most of which were from me. In my response to the Pin Ups thread I even included a Beau Brummels track and Toomanyhatz still didn't respond!
But it was ever thus. My tastes in music are of limited interest to most of the posters here and that's fine.
In fact, I come here to read a bit, chat a bit and pass a little time. I'm not a moderator so presume I get a pass from never/ever on not being very proactive. But anyway, Dimbo ruins that for me (and most people apparently) by sucking the life out of the board.
toomanyhatz wrote:I have heard directly from some that they would post here more often if not for the dominance of threads they have no interest in.
So, while the idea that people should just post more threads seems perfectly logical, I think the reality is this. I'm very interested in our world of Covid and plenty of other things but it feels like the board's collective energies are forever distracted by either Dimbo's relentless trolling, or people responding to it. I quickly become disheartened and can't summon up the enthusiasm to post anything.
You may think that's a crap attitude and maybe it is but that's the reality for me and, I suspect, a bunch of other people.
Talking about this, I realise that it's become a conscious effort to come and post here these days. That's no fun.
I surrender.
Bugger off.