List of forum faults part 2

Tbh I'm at the end of my tether. (What's keeping me here?) So now it seems actual human users are being targeted by anti-spambot software while bots and the like are still getting through. The iceberg was hit months ago. Now all I see are a handful of musicians still playing.

Edit. I am well aware these are things which were requested in the upgrade. But it's frustrating when they are over used in the wrong places and under used in what they were meant for.

Unknown said:

The iceberg was hit months ago. Now all I see are a handful of musicians still playing.

So sad but true.

Unknown said:

What's keeping me here?

Maybe like me, the memory of how it once was and the connections we've made.

I used to be on another site that has now closed and everyone there kept going on about "the good old days", how many friends they made both online and irl, I wonder if it's just one of those things, sites change, people come and go, admittedly tech problems don't help. But I am wondering if some aren't viewing the site through rose tinted glasses?

TheCatWoman said:

am wondering if some aren't viewing the site through rose tinted glasses

"You had to be there" I guess...

Either that or I'm a site killer, lol and it all goes to pot when I turn up!

TheCatWoman said:

But I am wondering if some aren't viewing the site through rose tinted glasses?

I think you are right - people have a habit of forgetting the bad bits of social interaction in many cases and I think this is what is happening here.

They are recalling the positive interactions rather than the tech issues, arguements, trolls and those who passed on.

Then novelty of finding the community will always have a rosy glow to it and the feeling of becoming a part of it early in our posting history gives the sense of new community. Fast forward a year or two and it no longer feels so new and shiny, we are a bit bored as we have seen it all before and start to feel a bit jaded.

So I think this is all quite natural.

TheCatWoman said:

But I am wondering if some aren't viewing the site through rose tinted glasses?

I think you are right - people have a habit of forgetting the bad bits of social interaction in many cases and I think this is what is happening here.

They are recalling the positive interactions rather than the tech issues, arguements, trolls and those who passed on.

Then novelty of finding the community will always have a rosy glow to it and the feeling of becoming a part of it early in our posting history gives the sense of new community. Fast forward a year or two and it no longer feels so new and shiny, we are a bit bored as we have seen it all before and start to feel a bit jaded.

So I think this is all quite natural.

Either that or I'm a site killer, lol and it all goes to pot when I turn up!