loosing old members

Photomike wrote:
There is moderating then there are power hungry dictators.

As you wrote, I think we are lucky on the TC forum that has never been and is currently not a problem on the TC forum. But it is a very big problem on many forums. Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts and many forum mods fall into the trap of moding based on who and what they like or don't like.

As others have mentioned, there are so many other places to find answers now. 15 years ago there were only about 2 or 3 places on the internet to ask questions about TC's. Now there are many places like FB (I HATE) and the numerous forums for a particular manufacturer (Like Lance Owners of America for example).

One other thing to consider is the number of lurkers vs posters. There are about 10 lurkers visiting/reading/researching the site for every member who posts. So the site is actually busier than it appears.

bradw

I got tired of a certain know it all do it all troll poster. He makes it not worth coming here much anymore

x2 on old biscuit ,sure has helped a lot of us.

Buzzcut1 wrote:
I got tired of a certain know it all do it all troll poster. He makes it not worth coming here much anymore

If it helps you can block seeing a member by clicking on their name and select "block this member" You won't see that persons posts anymore.

as an old member I rember when posting photos here was a pain but reasonalbly doable and every visit had something new to see it was so active because of the photos EVERYONE posted ,/how to', /trips familys we all shared big and small things it was as if it didnt have a pix it didnt happen and , i believe it drew all different rvers to this forum to see what" we"
discovered in our back/off road travels .Heck I even miss Beddows & his crew ,well sorta!::hh

Photo posting has always been a pita here , yet there use to be more photos , so I don't think that is the driving force . We seem to have developed a core of experts who feel the need to post on every topic whether helpful or not . It is getting harder and harder to find posts worthy of reading . In the past replies were more thoughtful and on topic . Guess it's the natural cycling of all groups .

BradW wrote:
As you wrote, I think we are luck on the TC forum that has never been and is currently not a problem on the TC forum.

bradw

That's because you guys are fairly civil here. Not so much on other forums.

What is exactly a troll poster, that I see used regularly here?..Is it a poster on the TC forum that has never had a TC and know real world experience to share or is it just a term for a poster that just isn't agreed with on a certain subject by the accuser?

My take on some of the members leaving is they forgot to put there big boy pants on and realize it is the internet and we don't always get our way...

I’ve just passed my 15 year anniversary date here.

Today’s RV.net is vastly different from my start here. There are many reasons for this.

One that that really is striking is my Buddy List. I added them as I found them to be interesting for some reason or another. There are 17 names, 16 no longer post, as near as I can tell, only one of them still posts, and rarely at that. I assume the 16 died, gave up, or major changes affected them.

There were more people, posting more frequently, in all the forums. That’s lost now. There was a wealth of knowledge, freely shared. Now gone. Today RV.net is a shell of what it once was.

But we still here, and the newcomers, carry on. It’s still a good forum, all things considered.

Facebook is dying. Sorry if you just now found it. ;) The problem is that you either give way too much information about yourself or create a fake profile.

I don’t know what the next thing is. Maybe everyone becomes unplugged, but I doubt it. :) The most annoying thing I’m seeing are links here to their own youtube content. I don’t mean significant details and the youtube link ... I mean just a link to their content. Second behind that are links to other sites or posts that are close to ads for other sites. Probably just me. Frankly, there are so few new posts to read that I just move to the next one, usually without following the links.

It doesn’t really matter who posts the answer to the FAQ questions that are the most common posts here. Sometimes, it’s just the new to here people who answer. I don’t see that as a problem. I could have posted a TR about my last two trips that were each about 2 weeks, but I was short of pics. I’m not sure anyone would have loved a day to day accounting of what I did.