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"The forums were alot more active. What happened?" Was it due to the Covid Pandemic ? | |||
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"When were they more active ?" During Covid when no one could do anything else  | |||
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"When were they more active ?" • When their atomic half-life was 50% more than it is now. ⚛️ | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?" Spot on | |||
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"Treacherous stuff, nostalgia. Even when it's true it diminishes today's happiness, and tomorrow's hopes. The sun is shining, the crocus will open as soon as its beams clear the garden fence, and my tea is hot. Life's good." That's very good. | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?" Exactly this  | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Spot on " If we speak we are in trouble   | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Spot on If we speak we are in trouble "Shhhhhh | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Exactly this "I quite agree. | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?" Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently When I joined 6 years ago it was dominated by around 4 people and every other thread was a game (I think that's why the game forum was opened) or an innocent thread that turned really savage. There was still a lot of repetitive topics...but they didn't cycle as quickly. A lot of general posters from that time have moved on - either due to age or change in circumstances ... or been banned
I guess since covid there are far more people just getting on with life than posting on fab 😆😆 | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Exactly this
I quite agree. "It's not what you say, more how you say it. Nothing wrong with voicing opinions. But I'd hate to go back to the days when it was all out war in the forums and abuse was flying left, right and centre. Wasn't pleasant to be around nor read. 🤷♂️ | |||
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️ " Interesting but that doesn't show how many people posted on those threads which I guess is the main indicator of activity? | |||
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"Thanks for the figures Obi" No worries. It's all there to see if you switch to the desktop version. You can trawl the archives on all forum sections back to 2009. I didn't go and count them up on my fingers. I have a lot of free time on my hands occasioanlly but I'm not that dull. 😂😂😂😂 | |||
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"Thanks for the figures Obi No worries. It's all there to see if you switch to the desktop version. You can trawl the archives on all forum sections back to 2009. I didn't go and count them up on my fingers. I have a lot of free time on my hands occasioanlly but I'm not that dull. 😂😂😂😂"
I did wonder how long that had taken you | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?" Spot on!!! | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently When I joined 6 years ago it was dominated by around 4 people and every other thread was a game (I think that's why the game forum was opened) or an innocent thread that turned really savage. There was still a lot of repetitive topics...but they didn't cycle as quickly. A lot of general posters from that time have moved on - either due to age or change in circumstances ... or been banned
I guess since covid there are far more people just getting on with life than posting on fab 😆😆"Exactly this. Six years ago it was 4-5 people dominating the whole forum and being abusive to newbies. It was plain bullying. I prefer it now, as aseptic as it might be.  | |||
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"Thanks for the figures Obi No worries. It's all there to see if you switch to the desktop version. You can trawl the archives on all forum sections back to 2009. I didn't go and count them up on my fingers. I have a lot of free time on my hands occasioanlly but I'm not that dull. 😂😂😂😂
I did wonder how long that had taken you "Less time than it took to make my third coffee of the morning. Copy and paste isn't just for scatterbomb messages.......😇😇😂😂 | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently " What's the difference between opinion and judgement? | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?" The funny thing is, everyone is thinking it's the other side of the fence that caused it | |||
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"I blame all the single men.... "(sarcasm) White knight! Simp! (/sarcasm) | |||
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"The inhabitants of internet seem to have lost the art of sensible debate? Instead of that, we get violently (figuratively) opposing arguments where one side tries to outshout the other. One only has to see the results in Politics and Virus forum…. "Interesting. The threads in the Politics section are generally far more balanced and informative than those lounge threads which attempt to tackle serious subjects; also far more tolerant of opposing opinions. Occasionally a Lounge thread gets moved there and the quality and diversity of the discussion immediately improves! | |||
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️ : February 2025 (413) January 2025 (2610) December 2024 (2622) November 2024 (2684) .... " I made a graph if anyone wants it | |||
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️ : February 2025 (413) January 2025 (2610) December 2024 (2622) November 2024 (2684) .... I made a graph if anyone wants it" Could you do a Spreadsheet?  | |||
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"I'm too lazy, but if anyone wants to crunch some numbers......this is just the volume of threads from the lounge. 🤷♂️ : February 2025 (413) January 2025 (2610) December 2024 (2622) November 2024 (2684) .... I made a graph if anyone wants it Could you do a Spreadsheet? "I can. I have | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing? Do you think they used to be more controversial than now? I feel that there is a lot more judgement currently When I joined 6 years ago it was dominated by around 4 people and every other thread was a game (I think that's why the game forum was opened) or an innocent thread that turned really savage. There was still a lot of repetitive topics...but they didn't cycle as quickly. A lot of general posters from that time have moved on - either due to age or change in circumstances ... or been banned
I guess since covid there are far more people just getting on with life than posting on fab 😆😆
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Six years ago it was 4-5 people dominating the whole forum and being abusive to newbies. It was plain bullying.
I prefer it now, as aseptic as it might be. "There was some vile behavior at times ... I'm not sure if they were just bored or genuinely horrible people! I remember the lounge as a really hostile place for a newbie | |||
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"There's some highly amusing irony on this thread 😂" 100%. It’s not lost on me either !!!! | |||
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"It’s becoming overly sanitised because people are afraid to voice opinion for fear of causing offence/saying the wrong thing?" I think this is why  | |||
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"Think seeing the same repetitive posters/threads put a lot of people off using them these days." Or is it the other way around? Because people don’t bother posting you see the same posters/threads. It’s a situation that just feeds itself. | |||
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"People often care a lot more about what others do and not enough about what they do themeselves. When you visit a bookshop there are thousands of books. Usually you would go to the section that interests you and from time to time look at something different too. Same here, you can choose what and how much you read and participate in. As for opinions, that is how we often learn but how those are expressed also matters, to me anyway. Some people have an air of superiority that is not attractive. I only personally got involved in the forums once I learned to ignore that and now I post for myself, not to please others. Noone should imo. In the main Iike the lounge, I learn a lot, talk to lots of nice people and also passes the time when I need deflection. I also met some nice people from it and hope to meet more. Sorry, was that too long? " | |||
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"The forums were alot more active. What happened? Was it due to the Covid Pandemic ?" I think the covid pandemic changed fab .alot of our friends have left and feel it's not like it use to be | |||
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"Think seeing the same repetitive posters/threads put a lot of people off using them these days. Or is it the other way around? Because people don’t bother posting you see the same posters/threads. It’s a situation that just feeds itself. " It could be, only going by what I see. I know I don't post half as much now as I used to because there isn't much variety x | |||
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"Trust me they were more active and there was some depth to the place. I don't seem to get the same fulfilment from coming here nowadays" A number of people got permanent time outs ....🤐🤐 | |||
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