However another possibility might be some shyness on the part of a few of the new member to this site. I remember that back when I posted my first post here someone else posted a negative comment right away and I got a bit nervous. Also when I started my first thread here nobody posted anything there for the first several days ( now however they can't get me to shutup and I keep starting new thread too lol ).
In The Doldrums -- Again ?
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Every time something fun comes along it gets deleted or locked.
kaynight wrote:
All the best with this cab. Can't say I've come across shrinking violets on this site. Loads of lunatics though.
--- Thanks for the posts.
Kaynight: Well the shrinking violets would be staying away from posting ? ( as I mentioned way back when I got heck after leaving my first post here ). As for the lunatics well I guess that they will be with us forever ( like death and taxes lol ).
DrSpudnik wrote:
Every time something fun comes along it gets deleted or locked.
--- Well okay things are a bit more under control now but then again perhaps people were having too much fun for a while back a couple of years ago ( & having too much of a good thing can be bad for you lol ).
I also like bacon.
ChessForBreakfast wrote:
I also like bacon.
--- Thanks for the post.
Well I notice that today we have had to start on a 3rd page to be able to list all of the titles for the Hot Topics. It's been a while since a 3rd page was needed so perhaps things are looking up again in the forums.
kaynight wrote:
All the best with this cab. Can't say I've come across shrinking violets on this site. Loads of lunatics though.
I agree, however, there is an enormous and very sane section of the chess.com community who never set foot near the forums. For obvious reasons.
isayoldboy wrote:
kaynight wrote:
All the best with this cab. Can't say I've come across shrinking violets on this site. Loads of lunatics though.
I agree, however, there is an enormous and very sane section of the chess.com community who never set foot near the forums. For obvious reasons.
Thanks for the post Isayoldboy. Another good point, I had not thought about those folks.
Should I say we are not out of the woods yet ( or out of the doldrums ? ). Were I a pirate I might say " We be be-calmed matie, yes indeed of all the evil luck --- Be-calmed !"
We need to set up threads like "The Sting". 1st we go phishing. Then we find a pidgeon, set up our mark, and confirm with Erik if the game is on
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
We need to set up threads like "The Sting". 1st we go phishing. Then we find a pidgeon, set up our mark, and confirm with Erik if the game is on
--- Thanks for the post RonaldJosephCote. I remember the movie " The Sting ", a nice film.
I have been looking thru the list of threads that I have started at this site and a question came to me. Perhaps it is old cabby who is in the doldrums and not the forums here ? A couple of my older threads made it past the 1,000 post mark but for some reason I can't seem to get any interesting new threads going ( oh no, is it the dreaded writer's block ? ).
Do you think you're all washed up?
DrSpudnik wrote:
Do you think you're all washed up?
--- Good question DrSpudnik. I have noticed that many of the long term members here do tend to fade away over time. Reminds one of the funny old question: " Where does the light go when it goes out ? " ( or where do the older members go when they fade-out ? ).
I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love to last more than one day
A love that's love and not fade away
A love that's love and not fade away
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away Lyrics
Fade that! Clubhouse! Clubhouse!
--Lou Abbot
Thanks for the new posts.
The other day we had nearly 3 full pages of " Hot Topics ", today it is just barely 1 and 1/2, are we slowing down on the posting, yet again.
We have had a thread or two in recent times that have stated we are going thru a bit of a quiet time in the forums here. I do agree with that and over the years I've noticed that the doldrums do come by from time to time so the question is why does this happen ? Part of the reason is just the passage of time as some long-term members leave this site. However there are also new members joining so that should balance things out somewhat. Does this mean that a lot of the newer members are " lazybums " perhaps ? ( just reading stuff here and not posting or starting up some new threads ? ).