Quiet ATM. Not vastly unusual for RIBnet, although November used to be the super quiet month and it wasn't last season. Personally I tend to spend January mopping up the remains of last year and reflecting on how it went, followed by planning for the coming season. I have some small island cruises planned for this year, hopefully culminating in an overnight camp on some abandoned islet in the west. I'll settle for the Lower Erne if the wx fails me.
Having said that, I believe that discussion forums are bound to experience a decline in footfall, for a number of reasons. Facebook certainly facilitated a plethora of groups about every subject and hobby on earth. I'm in a couple and there is a lot of subject repetition and nastiness, possibly because they are difficult to search and to some extent, difficult to moderate. Every small niche boat group has newbies asking which anchor they should have...
As is evidenced by the evolution of Twitter to X, moderation has it's uses but while providing a 'safe' environment, it can reduce the entertainment value some find in ongoing feuds and ding-dongs. I've certainly noticed over the years that during the more heated periods, User logins rise until it blows over. It's to be expected. I console myself with the belief that Quality and Quantity are not the same thing.
Finally, it would help if Social Knowledge, the owners of RIBnet, would expedite the implementation of their decision to upgrade the forum software, allowing for more streamlined uploads of photos and video, along with a more modern GUI...
Yeah Tech Admin, I said it!
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