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Where is everyone

dex — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:02:11 GMT

Please come back...miss you all.I know that you haven't been here because nothing much changes on the posted topics.

Re: Where is everyone

circles — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:23:32 GMT

It would be so much fun to have all the posters from long ago come back...when i first started posting...this place was always hopping...I miss them, too....

Re: Where is everyone

dex — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:27:51 GMT

@circles There were so many topics that I couldn't keep up or track of all of the people.I really miss some of the spirited conversations too.I don't chat anywhere else and it has kind of a lonely feel here these days.

Re: Where is everyone

circles — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:43:18 GMT

@dex wrote:
@circles There were so many topics that I couldn't keep up or track of all of the people.I really miss some of the spirited conversations too.I don't chat anywhere else and it has kind of a lonely feel here these days.

You are so right...the topics were fun...and many...people were more friendly not as snarky as they seem to be now...and gosh it was difficult to keep up..page one went to page three in a nano second and then back to page one...wish they would all come back...and give these boards another chance....this is the only place i post, too...

Re: Where is everyone

CareBears — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:37:41 GMT

I have not been on the Forums very long, but over the last couple of weeks life has "Erupted" all around us, but I'm here, missing all my new friends!

Re: Where is everyone

pattypeep — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 02:08:28 GMT

@dex @CareBears @circles

Re: Where is everyone

dex — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 02:36:33 GMT

@pattypeep Hey thanks for being there...glad you stopped by

Re: Where is everyone

AuntG — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:01:03 GMT

Sometimes it is hard to find things to comment on. I always find a few things that interest me. What I enjoy is looking at the titles of the deleted threads. Some sound so innocent that I have to wonder what happened. Others are so political that I wonder why they even tried to post it.

Re: Where is everyone

blueluna — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:12:13 GMT

To @dex .........

Re: Where is everyone

pattypeep — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:37:08 GMT

@dex

Re: Where is everyone

dex — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:45:38 GMT

@AuntG yes I agree about some of the deleted threads.I have posted on them and then gone back to check them out and for some reason ...gone.Some I can never figure out how they went off the rails.Maybe that is a sport for some posters.LOL.

Re: Where is everyone

happygolfcartrider — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:59:21 GMT

@dex wrote:
@AuntG yes I agree about some of the deleted threads.I have posted on them and then gone back to check them out and for some reason ...gone.Some I can never figure out how they went off the rails.Maybe that is a sport for some posters.LOL.

@dex What I don't understand are the thread that just completely disappear, gone, poof. I don't understand the ones that don't say locked or closed for commenting but you can't reply. Give ua a reason mods.

Re: Where is everyone

qvcaddition — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:09:27 GMT

There ars very few interesting topics anymore because everything get moved. WHERE DO THE MODS MOVE THEM,,?

The boards used to have good deeper conversation. I,m not on Facebook, Twitter old any of the other sites, but I may hav e to bite the bullet.

Re: Where is everyone

dex — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 13:10:56 GMT

@qvcaddition The mods actually REmove the topics. I agree that we used to have a lot more to say here and we are very limited so to not offend someone.I was on Facebook once and I got hacked as they say so I just never went back on.I dnt know anything about twitter maybe you can explain.

Re: Where is everyone

qualitygal — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:42:17 GMT

It feels like we're on a downhill roller coaster, going back into the tunnel.

Re: Where is everyone

proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:47:59 GMT

@dex wrote:
@qvcaddition The mods actually REmove the topics. I agree that we used to have a lot more to say here and we are very limited so to not offend someone.I was on Facebook once and I got hacked as they say so I just never went back on.I dnt know anything about twitter maybe you can explain.

Twitter? Check with your CIC, he is very proficient.

Re: Where is see everyone

qvcaddition — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:18:00 GMT

I haven,t done Twitter yet. You have to sign up, just type it in. It,s like #hash tag and you put in someone,s name that is on twitter. Like # so an so, I think. What is a CIC?

Re: Where is everyone

BalletBabe — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:41:32 GMT

I was never on the old forums, but I will say this about myself. I started here in March after my hubby passed. I didn't even know they had forums.

I am tired of the attackers. Some make it their job to criticize everything you post, and I personally don't need the hassle. It was fun when I first started, but every time a forum becomes fun , it is deleted. It is a shame that the mods don't get rid of the trouble makers, because they drive the good posters away. IMHO There are so mant forums that are much more fun.

I haven't even made a purchase this year yet. Yes there are a few good posters and I miss them, but when something becomes mean and ugly, who needs it?

Re: Where is everyone

dooBdoo — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:37:47 GMT

qvcaddiction wrote:
There ars very few interesting topics anymore because everything get moved. WHERE DO THE MODS MOVE THEM,,?

The boards used to have good deeper conversation. I,m not on Facebook, Twitter old any of the other sites, but I may hav e to bite the bullet.

@qvcaddition, They actually do move posts and threads to another area of the website. For that reason, if someone challenges a removal the moderators can actually go and look at the post/thread and see exactly what was written. Nothing is deleted, it's all archived. I can't remember what the message says, but sometimes when we try to reply to a post at the same time it's being removed we'll see a message in red telling us we don't have access to that area... that's the forbidden land where the "moved" posts/threads kick the bucket and go to pasture.😜

Re: Where is everyone

dooBdoo — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:41:48 GMT

I'm adding this separately, because I keep getting error messages so I'll try again. Regarding the topic, honestly I've seen similar complaints since I first came here in 2010. There always were threads about the moderation, about missing posters, about personal attacks/bullying, and less-than-active sub-forums. But it's likely the move to other social media -- especially Facebook and Instagram -- has caused some posters to leave or to post less. The lack of an "ignore" feature causes more problems, too, in my opinion. I didn't use it, but I now understand how much it helped out and I wish the Q would toss in the extra money to add that feature to the platform. I agree that the moderation is uneven and really puzzling at times. On some websites the chat forums are being more closely monitored or even being phased out (like the recent IMBD decision, for example). So it might be that eventually this community will be closed down in favor of other options... but again, this has been discussed often over the years and so far we're still here.