Has AAM become less popular?

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The reason I ask is that there seems to be far fewer threads active at any one time.

It's not uncommon these days for a thread heading (e.g. work, careers etc) to have its last entry from the previous day. Even the "Miscellaneous Non-financial questions" section seems a lot slower. This would never have been the case a year ago when the last enty was never more than an hour old.

For some of the financial threads, the level of activity seems even slower.

It seems (to me anyway) that the concentation of debate is around a small number of issues in the don't askaboutmoney section.

Has anyone noticed this pattern?
 
its after getting much quieter, i think a lot of other forums are too.. Were a lot of people contributing from work and now due to recession find themselves without jobs....
 
Yep - have definitely noticed a lot less posting going on.

I assume:
  • some of it is from moderation style (sometimes the posts to new users telling them they have a wrong title or misplaced posts are quite abrupt).
  • some of it is from other posters being less than polite.
  • some of it is due to discussion on house prices being banned.
  • some of it is due to less people online with the recession, although perhaps more are online as they are at home now and not working?
I could be wrong on any or all of the above.
 
Shawady said:
+1.
I have been surprised at the lack of comment in some of the threads in the NAMA & Banking forum.
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I think in terms of NAMA, current economic crisis etc, as newsworthy and discussion worthy as a lot of it may be, I sense there is a feeling of "Well what can you do?" or "What more is there to say?"

Kind of futility, resignation, cynicism and depression all rolled into one?
 
Shawady said:
+1.
I have been surprised at the lack of comment in some of the threads in the NAMA & Banking forum.
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It gets to the stage where there is no point. The Government throws another 2Bn at Anglo yesterday, there is no point in getting depressed discussing when the IMF is coming in, Hyper Inflation, Wakening up in the morning and finding out the Punt has returned, queing for food and how long are our grand children are going to be paying for it all.
 
Yeah, I think there is a certain sense of resignation about everything.

I still read forums like Irisheconomy.ie and it's still the same arguments going back and forth. What's the point.

We should cut public sector pay though. (Joke)
 
Shawady said:
Thats the second thread today you joked about public sector. Sure its a joke? ;)
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I know. I am secretly hoping that if I bring it up enough, I can start another round of public sector v private sector debate. They were the good old days!
 
I was never a huge forum user but I do find myself using them less and less. I don't use facebook as I value my privacy too much. I reckon truthseekers points are very valid. I sometimes find myself responding to threads simply because there are so few controversial or rebelious comments. Its all very "safe" and very "well behaved" and a bit "sheep like". The current car tax thread on letting off steam is a typical example, no offence to anyone :)
 
Perhaps those of you who find AAM too "safe", "well behaved",have issues with the "moderation" style, or house price discussions being banned,could try boards.ie.
That may be more your style??
 
thedaras said:
Perhaps those of you who find AAM too "safe", "well behaved",have issues with the "moderation" style, or house price discussions being banned,could try boards.ie.
That may be more your style??
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I'm not taking issue with you on this, but that reply is quite typical of the response people have received here when they have questioned the ban etc. Maybe they are taking the advice and seeking forums elsewhere.
 
I was only thinking this myself last week that things have gotten a tad quieter...perhaps all of the typical topics have been discussed and only new events are getting "air time".
 
There used to be a section at the bottom of the page with no. of users online, and max users online, but I don't see it any more.
 
thedaras said:
Perhaps those of you who find AAM too "safe", "well behaved",have issues with the "moderation" style, or house price discussions being banned,could try boards.ie.
That may be more your style??
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Or they could try to mix it up a bit and get more users involved. I feel anytime a discussion get going here posts are either removed with a off-topic comment or they die a death due to rudeness on behalf of some contributors.

Agree that the moderation style is terrible for new users. If you don't put a post in the right forum it is often just locked not giving a new user a chance.

Feel the money makeover section is very good but people often give very rude and inconsiderate replies to people who are obviously in a bad situation which can't encourage others to open up!
 
tiger said:
There used to be a section at the bottom of the page with no. of users online, and max users online, but I don't see it any more.
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It is on the bottom of the main page :
Threads: 116,477, Posts: 962,202, Members: 30,779
Welcome to our newest member,

Here is the same from P45.net site which is now almost dead:
Members: 28,464
Threads: 93,905
Posts: 1,955,395
 
To echo some of the earlier comments, as the financial world has swung to "the dark side" maybe its too depressing to discuss things which has slipped beyond our control (NAMA, Anglo etc).

The other thing is that, as summer approaches, the appetite for serious debate probably wanes - we'd all rather be on a beach with a book.
 
MrMan said:
I'm not taking issue with you on this, but that reply is quite typical of the response people have received here when they have questioned the ban etc. Maybe they are taking the advice and seeking forums elsewhere.
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+1 MrMan.

I certainly believe it is quieter. I agree that the mederating style plays a part. But the topics are more important. And there's very little left to say about NAMA, the public sector, bad drivers, inconsiderate call centres, the RC church that has not already been said.

Oh, and I almost forgot. You can't use the site properly on a mobile. Big drawback IMO
 
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