Is this forum dead?

pnichols wrote:

Well maybe ... but this forum is also populated with a lot of stuff not in social media, such as:

1. Wisdom
2. Experience
3. Level-headedness
4. Civility
5. Calmness
6. Sympathy
7. Politeness
8. Good judgement
9. Patience
10. Lack of four-letter explicatives
11. Etc.

As far as stone age software is concerned ... try surfing some of the websites all over the place that are illogical in their layout, unwieldy to use, overly complex, non-intuitive, take 10 minutes or longer to figure out how to use them to accomplish a 30 second task, and/or just plain don't work ... if you think that this software is from antiquity. This forum software is a breath of fresh air compared to some of the trash stuff out there that has a lot of folks fooled into thinking it's "cool".

I wonder how many of today's 20/30-Something programmers have ever thought of having volunteer user groups (of all ages, including dinosaurs) critique their software beta versions before talking their clueless boses into thinking "gee, it's the greatest thing since sliced bread so go ahead and release it". :S and :h

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BillyBob Jim wrote:

eubank wrote:
Forums like this one are a thing of the past. Only us dinosaurs left. The rest are either dead or on other social media.

:)
Lynn

Not really......The Forest River Forums have over 120000 members and typically over a thousand of those active at a given time. Some of their moderators are also doosies when it comes to being oppressive JKoffs. Quite a few others around just as active also.

This forum is populated by dinosaurs, so you have that correct, and the software used is also from the stone age.

Well maybe ... but this forum is also populated with a lot of stuff not in social media, such as:

1. Wisdom
2. Experience
3. Level-headedness
4. Civility
5. Calmness
6. Sympathy
7. Politeness
8. Good judgement
9. Patience
10. Lack of four-letter explicatives
11. Etc.

As far as stone age software is concerned ... try surfing some of the websites all over the place that are illogical in their layout, unwieldy to use, overly complex, non-intuitive, take 10 minutes or longer to figure out how to use them to accomplish a 30 second task, and/or just plain don't work ... if you think that this software is from antiquity. This forum software is a breath of fresh air compared to some of the trash stuff out there that has a lot of folks fooled into thinking it's "cool".

I wonder how many of today's 20/30-Something programmers have ever thought of having volunteer user groups (of all ages, including dinosaurs) critique their software beta versions before talking their clueless boses into thinking "gee, it's the greatest thing since sliced bread so go ahead and release it". :S and :h

eubank wrote:
Forums like this one are a thing of the past. Only us dinosaurs left. The rest are either dead or on other social media.

:)
Lynn

Not really......The Forest River Forums have over 120000 members and typically over a thousand of those active at a given time. Some of their moderators are also doosies when it comes to being oppressive JKoffs. Quite a few others around just as active also.

This forum is populated by dinosaurs, so you have that correct, and the software used is also from the stone age.

crcr wrote:
Will someone please tell me how to use social media to replace the functions of forums such as this?

By choice I don't have a fb account, but I use my wife's acct when needed, and for an example, I joined a fb group for Ram Cummins, but I don't find that it is broken down into categories, such as forums do with multiple sub categories and threads, so I didn't find the fb group useful at all.

Also ... I think that "social media" could benefit from Mods to help reduce some of the stuff going on in them.

Myself and the DW have no social media accounts because of all the baloney talk ... as per what friends tell us about them, what we read about them in magazines, and what we see/hear about them in the news channels. :S

Well regulated and organized forums are the civilized way to exchange information in the most efficient and helpful ways.

Will someone please tell me how to use social media to replace the functions of forums such as this?

By choice I don't have a fb account, but I use my wife's acct when needed, and for an example, I joined a fb group for Ram Cummins, but I don't find that it is broken down into categories, such as forums do with multiple sub categories and threads, so I didn't find the fb group useful at all.

I worked as a workamper for four years. Very enjoyable for me, you just need to know what is expected of you going in.

steelhunter wrote:

agesilaus wrote:
No archived posts and only one newish one. What;s up?

Not dead but certainly on life support.

Some of the Mods have been a bit too restrictive causing folks to migrate.

LOL I came here from another forum for the same reason!

Forums like this one are a thing of the past. Only us dinosaurs left. The rest are either dead or on other social media.

:)
Lynn

This just isn't a good forum to find workampers. If the moderator doesn't immediately lock down a help wanted post there will be reponses that tear apart the listing. Plus the entire Open Roads forums have seen dramatic decreases in participation, so the ads reach a very small audience. Just not worth the effort.
As for other workamping discussions, they are probably would get better exposure in the general RVing thread. So yes, this particular forum is pretty much on death's doorstep.

Lwiddis wrote:
Then post something!

OK We are thinking about doing some Workcamping next year when my wife can retire. I am already retired. I subscribed to volunteer.gov and was surprised at the number of posts from there that included no RV site or a no hook up site. Do people actually take those?

For some reason I've been fixated on summer workcamping but seeing some other posts, not here obviously, I noticed winter workcamping is a thing too. That maybe more attuned to our interests since I think we'd like to travel during the summer season.