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Treacherous stuff, nostalgia. Even when it's true it diminishes today's happiness, and tomorrow's hopes.
The sun is shining, the crocus will open as soon as its beams clear the garden fence, and my tea is hot. Life's good. |
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"Treacherous stuff, nostalgia. Even when it's true it diminishes today's happiness, and tomorrow's hopes.
The sun is shining, the crocus will open as soon as its beams clear the garden fence, and my tea is hot. Life's good."
That's very good. |
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By *bi HaiveMan 1 week ago
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I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️
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All if the fun people have left. Now we're just left with the last dregs. Scráping the bottom of the barrel and hoping it may change. Reminiscing of the good ol' days. Førced to chose from what's left over, with no other choice but a last ditch effort  |
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?"
Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently
When I joined 6 years ago it was dominated by around 4 people and every other thread was a game (I think that's why the game forum was opened) or an innocent thread that turned really savage. There was still a lot of repetitive topics...but they didn't cycle as quickly.
A lot of general posters from that time have moved on - either due to age or change in circumstances ... or been banned 
I guess since covid there are far more people just getting on with life than posting on fab 😆😆 |
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By *bi HaiveMan 1 week ago
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?
Exactly this 
I quite agree. "
It's not what you say, more how you say it.
Nothing wrong with voicing opinions. But I'd hate to go back to the days when it was all out war in the forums and abuse was flying left, right and centre. Wasn't pleasant to be around nor read. 🤷♂️ |
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️
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Interesting but that doesn't show how many people posted on those threads which I guess is the main indicator of activity? |
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By *bi HaiveMan 1 week ago
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"Thanks for the figures Obi"
No worries.
It's all there to see if you switch to the desktop version. You can trawl the archives on all forum sections back to 2009.
I didn't go and count them up on my fingers. I have a lot of free time on my hands occasioanlly but I'm not that dull. 😂😂😂😂 |
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"Thanks for the figures Obi
No worries.
It's all there to see if you switch to the desktop version. You can trawl the archives on all forum sections back to 2009.
I didn't go and count them up on my fingers. I have a lot of free time on my hands occasioanlly but I'm not that dull. 😂😂😂😂"
I did wonder how long that had taken you |
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?
Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently
When I joined 6 years ago it was dominated by around 4 people and every other thread was a game (I think that's why the game forum was opened) or an innocent thread that turned really savage. There was still a lot of repetitive topics...but they didn't cycle as quickly.
A lot of general posters from that time have moved on - either due to age or change in circumstances ... or been banned
I guess since covid there are far more people just getting on with life than posting on fab 😆😆"
Exactly this.
Six years ago it was 4-5 people dominating the whole forum and being abusive to newbies. It was plain bullying.
I prefer it now, as aseptic as it might be.  |
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By *bi HaiveMan 1 week ago
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"Thanks for the figures Obi
No worries.
It's all there to see if you switch to the desktop version. You can trawl the archives on all forum sections back to 2009.
I didn't go and count them up on my fingers. I have a lot of free time on my hands occasioanlly but I'm not that dull. 😂😂😂😂
I did wonder how long that had taken you "
Less time than it took to make my third coffee of the morning.
Copy and paste isn't just for scatterbomb messages.......😇😇😂😂 |
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?
Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently
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What's the difference between opinion and judgement? |
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?"
The funny thing is, everyone is thinking it's the other side of the fence that caused it |
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The inhabitants of internet seem to have lost the art of sensible debate?
Instead of that, we get violently (figuratively) opposing arguments where one side tries to outshout the other.
One only has to see the results in Politics and Virus forum….  |
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"The inhabitants of internet seem to have lost the art of sensible debate?
Instead of that, we get violently (figuratively) opposing arguments where one side tries to outshout the other.
One only has to see the results in Politics and Virus forum…. "
Interesting. The threads in the Politics section are generally far more balanced and informative than those lounge threads which attempt to tackle serious subjects; also far more tolerant of opposing opinions.
Occasionally a Lounge thread gets moved there and the quality and diversity of the discussion immediately improves! |
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️
:
February 2025 (413)
January 2025 (2610)
December 2024 (2622)
November 2024 (2684)
....
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I made a graph if anyone wants it |
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️
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February 2025 (413)
January 2025 (2610)
December 2024 (2622)
November 2024 (2684)
....
I made a graph if anyone wants it"
Could you do a Spreadsheet?  |
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️
:
February 2025 (413)
January 2025 (2610)
December 2024 (2622)
November 2024 (2684)
....
I made a graph if anyone wants it
Could you do a Spreadsheet? "
I can. I have |
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2017 was when I first joined and the forums could be like the Wild West at times.
There were quite a few big characters and some who used to just be on there to create drama. There were groups of groups of friends who would go on threads and take over. Everyone seemed or wanted to know your business or thought they knew. Gossip was rife and the MLS social was like a real life version of the forums 😋
Are the forums more inclusive? Yes
Are the forums less drama? Yes
Are the forums more boring now? Also yes 😂
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?
Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently
When I joined 6 years ago it was dominated by around 4 people and every other thread was a game (I think that's why the game forum was opened) or an innocent thread that turned really savage. There was still a lot of repetitive topics...but they didn't cycle as quickly.
A lot of general posters from that time have moved on - either due to age or change in circumstances ... or been banned
I guess since covid there are far more people just getting on with life than posting on fab 😆😆
Exactly this.
Six years ago it was 4-5 people dominating the whole forum and being abusive to newbies. It was plain bullying.
I prefer it now, as aseptic as it might be. "
There was some vile behavior at times ... I'm not sure if they were just bored or genuinely horrible people! I remember the lounge as a really hostile place for a newbie |
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There is far too much kink shaming on here that I expect most people don't bother.
I'm not talking about people having different opinions about the subject matter. That's perfectly fine.
What I am talking about is the people that make fun of the subject that Op has posted about.
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People often care a lot more about what others do and not enough about what they do themeselves. When you visit a bookshop there are thousands of books. Usually you would go to the section that interests you and from time to time look at something different too. Same here, you can choose what and how much you read and participate in. As for opinions, that is how we often learn but how those are expressed also matters, to me anyway. Some people have an air of superiority that is not attractive. I only personally got involved in the forums once I learned to ignore that and now I post for myself, not to please others. Noone should imo. In the main Iike the lounge, I learn a lot, talk to lots of nice people and also passes the time when I need deflection. I also met some nice people from it and hope to meet more. Sorry, was that too long?  |
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"Think seeing the same repetitive posters/threads put a lot of people off using them these days."
Or is it the other way around?
Because people don’t bother posting you see the same posters/threads.
It’s a situation that just feeds itself. |
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"Think seeing the same repetitive posters/threads put a lot of people off using them these days.
Or is it the other way around?
Because people don’t bother posting you see the same posters/threads.
It’s a situation that just feeds itself. "
It could be, only going by what I see. I know I don't post half as much now as I used to because there isn't much variety x |
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