Originally posted by Grampy Bobby"Why is this forum dying?" .... because its norms and standards have gradually become altered with the result that this forum's entire culture has changed: the historic 'normal' has become abnormal while the historic 'abnormal' has become the new normal; this forum has experienced circumstantial suffocation and is presently doing its level best just to breathe.
Why is this forum dying?
Originally posted by SuzianneIncorrect, Suzi.
I suggest that this thread be removed and GB forced to advertise his Club somewhere else.
That's all this thread is. One big advert for his Club.
The General Forum is NOT dying. Anyone who says it is has an agenda.
Camelot Oasis in Space is also dying for the same reason.
I've cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years;
it's sad to stand by watching an old friend pass away.
Edit Note: The illness afflicting Red Hot Pawn's General Forum is a fetish for games which has displaced interest in sustained conversation. RHP Forums with volumes of sustained daily conversation (Debates and Spirituality) are alive and well.
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Originally posted by HandyAndyYes, Andy. Camelot Oasis in Space was born July 23, 2013. Six days later the necessity of offering a word came became apparent. At present this word game thread has 551 posts (of the club's 32 members many are members in name only). January 25, 2014 a second word game (my Mom and I invented and played by USPS Mail and phone during the sixteen month rehab facility confinement) named "Vowel Power" was added; it presently has 171 Posts. Mark of the times.
Does your club forum have word games?
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyVowel Power? Considering your contributions here, I think you're more of a Bowel Power kind of guy. Definitely.
January 25, 2014 a second word game (my Mom and I invented and played by USPS Mail and phone during the sixteen month rehab facility confinement) named "Vowel Power" was added; it presently has 171 Posts. Mark of the times.
Originally posted by HandyAndyMom departed this life November, 2011, with our "Vowel Power" Game in progress (she was leading). Sorry you disapprove of the name she chose. I'll change my avatar this evening to a photo of Dorothy circa her early twenties in memory.
Vowel Power? Considering your contributions here, I think you're more of a Bowel Power kind of guy. Definitely.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI whole-heartedly support and endorse your statement that you have cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years. During these seven years your comments and thought-provoking ideas have frequently rejuvenated my flagging mind and I salute you for this.
Incorrect, Suzi.
Camelot Oasis in Space is also dying for the same reason.
I've cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years;
it's sad to stand by watching an old friend pass away.
Edit Note: The illness afflicting Red Hot Pawn's General Forum is a fetish for games which has displaced interest in sustained conversation. RHP ...[text shortened]... rums with volumes of sustained daily conversation (Debates and Spirituality) are alive and well.
I have not posted anything for quite some time but I still enjoy your comments and the banter on this forum. I will say, however, that if any forum is dying it is the clan forum. I just posted a comment there and then realised when I surveyed the recent postings that this was pointless because the level of activity there is now virtually Marie-Celeste like. I hope that this forum does not go the same way - having eyed it for these seven years I would now diagnose incipient NIDS (new-idea-deficiency-syndrome) despite your excellent prophylactic efforts to treat this.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThere is sustained conversation when someone stumbles upon a conversation worth sustaining. I haven't seen many that have struck my fancy, nor do I randomly think up topics that tons of people will like.
Incorrect, Suzi.
Camelot Oasis in Space is also dying for the same reason.
I've cared about this forum and its contributors for seven years;
it's sad to stand by watching an old friend pass away.
Edit Note: The illness afflicting Red Hot Pawn's General Forum is a fetish for games which has displaced interest in sustained conversation. RHP ...[text shortened]... rums with volumes of sustained daily conversation (Debates and Spirituality) are alive and well.
I actually like the sentence game. People who play chess by nature have at least some iota of interest in puzzles, I would think. That's my guess as to why the word games are so popular. They are also a way of participating.
I'm an introvert but spend all day talking to people, mostly 10-year-olds. A break is nice. Throwing in a sentence is a nice challenge and a little refreshing. Reading someone telling me why I'm different from men, without knowing me, isn't.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI didn't disapprove of the name she chose. Are you still having comprehension problems?
Mom departed this life November, 2011, with our "Vowel Power" Game in progress (she was leading). Sorry you disapprove of the name she chose. I'll change my avatar this evening to a photo of Dorothy circa her early twenties in memory.