Less forum activity?

Quasar524
Quasar524 Forum Participant Posts: 148
edited January 2017 in How to use Club Together #1

Is it just my imagination, or a seasonal thing, or is there really a noticeable reduction in activity on CT just recently?

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  • harryb
    harryb Forum Participant Posts: 1,536
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    edited January 2017 #2

    It may just be seasonal. I have noticed this in the past.

    Once people start getting out and about more and the holiday season gathers momentum you will notice things pick up.

  • ChemicalJasper
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    edited January 2017 #3

    I'm sure its this new "retro, off of the 90's" website.

    I find myself less drawn to use it as it is more difficult to use, the functionality has been reduced and it just look frankly 'PANTS!' 

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 2017 #4

    As someone who uses the forum several time a day I certainly don't get the impression the forum is being used any less. People's energy might be directed at commenting on the new forum but that is still forum use. Since the new year there has been a increase in posts in Overseas Touring.

    David

     

  • harryb
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    edited January 2017 #6

    NTH Have a look at my post in the Snagging List topic (just a few hrs ago) I've reported exactly what you have mentioned above.

  • statusMoty1
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    edited January 2017 #7

    1st time I have been looking for a while and tbh I still do not like it. Only had a look because I was booking a break, still there are probably plenty to fill the places of the ones who don't like it....see it as a small cullfrown

  • statusMoty1
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    edited January 2017 #8

    1st time I have been looking for a while and tbh I still do not like it. Only had a look because I was booking a break, still there are probably plenty to fill the places of the ones who don't like it....see it as a small cullfrown

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2017 #9

    There's another thread on a very similar topic in GC.

  • brue
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    edited January 2017 #10

     If you click on the "caravanner from...." bit under your avatar your previous posts are there. It was easier when we could see this on the right hand side, much more clicking needed on the new site. I think the forum has been fairly busy but the comments about the new forum can draw attention away from other posts.

  • EJB986
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    edited January 2017 #11

    That'll be plural then!

  • Metheven
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    edited January 2017 #12

    I wonder, is it vanity when someone 'likes' their own post undecided

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited January 2017 #13

    Or feelings of low self worthfrown

  • peedee
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    edited January 2017 #14

    Perhaps it is becuase it isn't that easy to see new posts and threads. There is no indication of a new post on the discussion subject headings and the "lastest activity/discussions" is a much too short a list.

    Do I detect a bug fix in that the lastest post of a thread now shows the author rather than the OP?

    peedee

  • brue
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    edited January 2017 #15

    Latest activity list increases when you click on "show more." 

  • peedee
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    edited January 2017 #16

    I know Brue but you should not have to do that. The list needs condensing especially so with a lot of activity. Other sites manage to get many many more than just 5 posts on a page. I pity those with a slow nework connection.

    peedee

  • moulesy
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    edited January 2017 #17

    Surely no-one actually does that, do they? 

  • brue
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    edited January 2017 #18

    Peedee, I'm on slow broadband and everything loads quite quickly.

  • Oneputt
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    edited January 2017 #19

    Personally I think if you removed all post concerning the new website is probably  attracting less comment.  I believe it has somehow lost its sparkle and is pretty bland.  

  • EJB986
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    edited January 2017 #20

    Clicking on a 'Like' button to log on returns you to the correct place as apposed to the normal logging on procedure.

    I assumed everybody knew that.

  • JayEss
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    edited January 2017 #21

    Well one person does it quite a lot 

     

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited January 2017 #22

    Maybe most folk do know it, they probably then 'unlike' to even the balance again. I can see the 'likes' becoming the new 'stars'laughing

  • KeithandMargaret
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    edited January 2017 #23

    Are some of you jumping ship - today MHFacts are reporting an upsurge in activity.

    Am I the only one who 'Reports' his own posts?

  • ABM
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    edited January 2017 #24

    Well,  I  love  mekiss and  don't  you  forget  it wink  !!

  • Metheven
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    edited January 2017 #25

    Yes most folk do, but they probably would 'like' someone elses worthy post rather than their own.

  • Metheven
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    edited January 2017 #26

    Yes most folk do, but they probably would 'like' someone elses worthy post rather than their own.

  • Metheven
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    edited January 2017 #27

    Ooh nice cool If I click twice the reply button (by mistake) it's possible to 'like' myself twice over kiss

  • royandsharont
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    edited January 2017 #28

    I certainly am visiting the forum much less and contributing less too. As a fairly newcomer to the camping hobby (4.5 years) I used the forum a lot to gain knowledge and ask for advice. I felt I contributed in that same regard too as a bit of a pay back for all the help I had received and also added a lot of stories to help others.

    Since the new forum has meant a lot of very important threads are now lost and all my photos are no longer with my stories I feel like I have been let down a little and even contacted the Club to raise these issues and tell them how I now felt, but I have yet to receive any reply. After all posting stories whilst touring is not always easy internet wise and they do take up a lot of time and effort if you want to do them justice and impart helpful information and photographs.

    These points I suspect have led to my lesser use of the forum rather than the niggly bits that have made it less user friendly. There are some improvements though as well which I did like.

    Happy New Year to you all. Regards, Roy

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2017 #29

    I tried it on yours, Dave but it only added one like. It didn't dduplicate. tongue-out

  • Kennine
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    edited January 2017 #30

    Maybe they are just  "testing"  the like button ---. A few days back when somebody commented on one of the Mods liking his own post, he indicated that he was just "testing" it. ------  Aye Right !!!!

    I don't know any other forum where it is possible to "Like" your own post. -- Strange that this one has that built in facility.--- Is this what the CC call an upgrade.?.

    Cheers .......................K

     

     

     

     

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2017 #31

    Why would you doubt it, K? After all, you're testing all the time. wink