Without quantifying it with numbers, it seems to me like the amount of activity (threads and replies) is way down on the open forum of this site. I'm curious as to what's going on.
Is it that the party has moved elsewhere and I just didn't get an invite?
Is the signal to noise ratio too low (too many internet sailors)?
Have the political threads disuaded those who are only interested in coming here for sailing from participating?
Chris.
I'd like to think that the decreased traffic is because more people are out sailing. I know I'm ready to get back out there.
Chris,
traffic typically dies out around here in the NA summer months.
Come winter - people will have cabin fever.
i found that even pre-spring the threads were getting less traffic.
i am not sure why, but it is so
dry
that i have become active on the drill baby/spill baby.. and i hate politics
Traffic is down on Facebook, too. It's because people are so busy with so many activities -- especially people with kids.
And speaking of Facebook, a lot of sailors seem to be on there, and posting pretty regularly.
Mary, what statistics are you quoting when you say traffic on FB is down?
Facebook is the tool of Satan.
When the apocalypse is upon us - The first question they'll ask at the pearly gates is
did you have a facebook account?
If yes, elevator down.
hahah.... why is FB evil Tad?
how is it worse than any other social media?
They're all evil.
Facebook is evil because it attempts to breakdown the physical interaction between people.
And because its full of nothing but drunken teen idiots.
Oh and you know - that Facebook was founded by a bunch of nerdy dudes because they wanted girls to upload pictures of their boobs?
Yeah. Its soooo worth being a part of.
Someone needs a friend request...
Your just wrong John.
hahah (JW)...
Yes Tad, i am sure it was made by geeks (aren't you one, and aren't you friends with the coder?)
and how is seeing girls boobs a bad thing? It's human nature, and imprinted in our genes (didn't you post a nice chest shot after the tybe? and didn't we all enjoy that?
the entire web reduces face to face interaction.... just ask my cyber gf <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />
I have reconnected with dozens of my old schoolmates, old navy pals, and even some x-gf's... and my life is much richer because of it. I had 100 friends wish me happy b-day on FB which made me feel very good...
Lastly... but you are very active on this forum (which is a social media).., see you in hell ...
*snif snif* did someone leave the stove on?
Is it that the party has moved elsewhere and I just didn't get an invite?
Is the signal to noise ratio too low (too many internet sailors)?
Have the political threads disuaded those who are only interested in coming here for sailing from participating?
Chris.
Yes.
FB improves virtual contact and is a tool for global integration. Like this forum, it provides a tool to be a citizen of the world instead of an enclosed neighborhood.
The guy who invented the wheel would be a good friend of the bums who invented FB - he was too lazy to carry things in his back...
Yeah. Its soooo worth being a part of.
Okay a bunch of guys put together some webpages that encourage the ladies to post pictures of their boobs and this is a bad thing? Is it the lack of sausage that has you upset? Oh wait, you drive a 20, nevermind.
Oh for the record, I was going to hell long before FB was on the scene and I have the emails to proove it.
I think this forum, FB, and any other site that doesn't contain boobs to be a slight against God, and a Hell worthy tresspass. Sure this is fun, but lets get back to what the internet is really for: pornography.
Yeah. Its soooo worth being a part of.
I'm not sure why you think the origination of Facebook is a bad thing. <img src="<>/crazy.gif" alt="crazy" title="crazy" height="15" width="15" />
I betcha that the wheel was invented so he could somehow see some boobs. It drives the male part of the world.
There was a time when
wheels
really meant back seat.
Clearly not the entire male world Jake, geeze you can be so insensitive sometimes.
Flummaster, I think the way this thread has been derailed gives you a good indication...everything degenerates to junior high banter.
Sometimes it appears that sailing has taken a back seat to every other topic...when you start crowding out meaningful discussions on meaningful sailing related topics with nonsense, the people who really have something valuable to contribute simply leave...it's similar to an invasive species being introduced to a lake full of bass, after a short time all the bass are gone and all you are left with are catfish (pun intended).
To make my point...at this time there are 1294 posts for a thread called
test
and 7,159 posts for a thread called
Drill Baby Drill
Sorry if this offends some but do you think those that are
actually acomplishing something with their life
are engaged in such drivel?
If it were true there's more internet sailors, than actual sailors, post quantities wouldn't change much because of seasons, unless...those internet sailors are just spending more time at the beach, not sailing mind you,they're looking at boobs!
You haven't been on SA lately have you?
Maybe its an indication of people maturing, (in a sailing/skill sense), most of the sailing related discussions are pretty good and informative. Not to many dumb questions anymore.
and it is summer.
Does SA still have their Friday at the Beach thingey?
I agree that many threads degenerate to a lowest common denominator.... boobs
I would add
I believe the silly proliferation of forums highlight the idea that classes are engaged in this epic battle to cannibalize another class's sailors.
The number of special interest forums has diminished the cat racing community by defining and splitting off groups and sending them off into small paranoid corners. What's the point of an A class forum? What is so unique about the issues, skills, techniques of sailing an A class to warrant their own forum. I would argue that any single handed racer would be able to contribute to many threads... However when you put it in the A class Forum, I bet some people decide to NOT contribute.
Worse still, the separate forums allow the fragile and tender ego's to take their toy's and go home.... or attempt to throw someone out of the
THEIR
sandbox. Contribute to the F16 threads and prepare to fend off the complaint... you don't own an F16.... shut up... leave us alone. The attitude just carries over to the other forums.
All in all the community is diminished... the conversation then degenerates into drill baby drill... or boobs or personal attacks. Why bother?
....
Worse still, the separate forums allow the fragile and tender ego's to take their toy's and go home.... or attempt to throw someone out of the
THEIR
sandbox.
....
All in all the community is diminished... the conversation then degenerates into drill baby drill... or boobs or personal attacks. Why bother?
I would venture to say that these traits appear in all manner of genre on the internet... music, arts, sports, technology, etc.
And what's wrong with boobs? They are often the first thing we see in life (most of us were born with our eyes closed, and I'll leave it at that <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" /> ). Form and Function, art and engineering all becoming one....
Yes, the art of conversation (brevity, especially) is dying. The
roadblocks
to saying what you really think are removed by the anonimity of the internet, and this fosters not only dysfunction but (ironically) societal alienation.
So go log on to WOW or second life and pretend you exist. I'm headed to watch the sunset at the beach (sans tar balls, thank goodness) and just listen to what the rest of nature has to say. It's great this time of year. T-storms usually clear up at 19:00, and the clouds produce dramatic hues of color. Still waiting to see the green flash, though...
Wanna do
Summerset
with me? We can go annoy the big boats.
I'd be all over that. Saw a cruising cat reaching southbound one afternoon and had a strong urge to swim after it.
I'm even tempted to rent one of those waves sitting on the beach just to get a fix... Too bad those rental jockeys have no idea how to set the boat up. One guy said the only reason the sail was up correctly was because the hotel logo was straight. They had no idea there was supposed to be a mainsheet