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bikingjahuty:
I'm sure we're all aware of how dead VGcollect has been for the last few years with it seemingly getting worse and worse over time. It seems like we're pretty much down to a dozen or so users that regularly post on here. It's not uncommon for me to not see a single new post in an existing thread for a few days. As for new topics, it seems like one pops up every few weeks if even that, and for a while half of them were troll or delusional rambling posts by a certain user.


This genuinely bums me out as VGcollect has probably been my favorite online forum community since I joined this site about a decade ago. Everyone here for the most part has been super cool, laid back, and friendly, which is a rarity in online forums and even Facebook groups. Speaking of Facebook, while I do belong to a few gaming/collecting groups there, it just doesn't do it for me the same way that good old forums like this do. I want to see this site become a vibrant place for gaming discussion again, however it doesn't feel like VGcollect has been that for 5 or 6 years now, and even then it was a fraction of what it was like when I first joined.


Is there anyway to make this forum lively and fun again, or has pretty much everyone moved on, never to return?

dhaabi:
While the topic name mentions the site, you specifically mean the forum and not the database. From my observations from both before and after becoming a part of staff, site activity for the database remains steady regarding newly-registered accounts, items added to member collections, and new entry pages being created. There is almost always at least one non-staff member putting in substantial effort to improve the database in one way or another, as well.

As for the forum, activity isn't particularly high. At times, it seems to fluctuate for whatever reason, but, even at its highest, there isn't much discussion. Your last topic about site activity had plenty of input, and something mentioned then that's worth mentioning again now is that forum spaces haven't particularly been a popular online meeting grounds in many years. That there are a handful of major online discussion hubs for people to congregate to for a variety of interests all at once, such as Reddit and Facebook, means that there are fewer reasons for people to seek out forums catering to one specific interest. So, when forum members of any site abandon their communities for whatever reason, there isn't a counterbalance of new members to replace them. Something else to consider is that a sizable portion of our forum's most active members have all but denounced modern gaming. When you take that fact into consideration, it certainly explains little discussion going on, since there is only so long that the same small number of people can circle around the same talking points.

More forum discussion would be welcoming, but it seems likely to only happen starting from the members still present. Then, over time, perhaps the community can grow from those interested in the latest forum topics mentioned on main site.

sworddude:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on August 16, 2024, 10:51:27 am ---


Is there anyway to make this forum lively and fun again, or has pretty much everyone moved on, never to return?

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delete all forms of fast social media and forums would skyrocket again.

wowgek7:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on August 16, 2024, 10:51:27 am ---I'm sure we're all aware of how dead VGcollect has been for the last few years with it seemingly getting worse and worse over time. It seems like we're pretty much down to a dozen or so users that regularly post on here. It's not uncommon for me to not see a single new post in an existing thread for a few days. As for new topics, it seems like one pops up every few weeks if even that, and for a while half of them were troll or delusional rambling posts by a certain user.


This genuinely bums me out as VGcollect has probably been my favorite online forum community since I joined this site about a decade ago. Everyone here for the most part has been super cool, laid back, and friendly, which is a rarity in online forums and even Facebook groups. Speaking of Facebook, while I do belong to a few gaming/collecting groups there, it just doesn't do it for me the same way that good old forums like this do. I want to see this site become a vibrant place for gaming discussion again, however it doesn't feel like VGcollect has been that for 5 or 6 years now, and even then it was a fraction of what it was like when I first joined.


Is there anyway to make this forum lively and fun again, or has pretty much everyone moved on, never to return?

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verry doubtfull considering how the staff treats people who  try to start an inigitave or something. honestly unless that changes drasticly i see no hope for it becomming verry active agaian.

alligo:
Yeah it's a shame that the forum is so dead, I would have preferred it to be more active to talk about games because as you say, the people here are pretty nice.

I regret not having known the site well before...
Unfortunately young people (even adults) are largely abandoning forums for discord and social media.

Personally I don't like discord, I much prefer forums because it's much more practical to interact with others.

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