Are RV forums dying?
Seems to me we get less and less participation in this forum each year:
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punomatic wrote:BB_TX wrote:
I think a combination of too much bickering and nothing new to discus. Same questions have been asked and answered over and over. And same topics have been cussed and discussed over and over. And the frequent answer "if you had done a search you would have found this has been answered before". Those and the sarcasm, arguing, and personal attacks that so often invades the discussions is enough to turn people away.
Hear, hear!
Bravo!
Forums, by their original nature, were meant to be helpful and supportive. If they are neither, then there is a decline in usage. I've seen that, both positive and negative, in other special interest forums that I belong to. One is extremely supportive and helpful, and thus has strong participation. Another, while trying to be helpful, is over-moderated and censured, and has been experiencing a decline.
A forum is what one makes of it. If one wants to be helpful, so much the better. If one wants to be snarky, that speaks volumes about the poster.
