Is the forum dying?

[Herts Mike]

It hasn’t been lively for some time but there have been just 2 posts in two and a half days.

A blip or sign of the times? Maybe it will improve with the weather.

[ChrisR]

Personally I prefer Facebook groups which deal exclusively with my particular interests. I only log on here quickly to see if there's anything (of interest) which there rarely is and log off again.

[el48tel]

I'm hoping it's not in its final days.
I'm not a fan if Facebrag

[Tina]

Hope not but sometimes you put up a post/pict, you can get over 200 looks & only 1 comment so they like looking but can't be bothered to comment, even saying you have an ugly plant/bad taste in plants would be better.

It used to be more fun even when people were being rude about the TCP's.

It was a silly move to start the sub forums, aloes haworthia etc. I never even look in them & maybe others don't look on the main forum.

[Christian]

I am sure we had discussions like this before… Personally, I am not particularly specialist in what I grow so greatly appreciate the breadth of topics on here. I wouldn’t be surprised if the current lull was weather-related!

[ianstrutt]

I don't think there have been that many active members in the time I've been using the forum. I don't like posting on the FB group as it's so public but I can appreciate it's more accessible than using this forum.

Attendance at the Nottingham branch meetings has been on the low side as well this year now I think about it.

[Aiko]

Hope not but sometimes you put up a post/pict, you can get over 200 looks & only 1 comment so they like looking but can't be bothered to comment, even saying you have an ugly plant/bad taste in plants would be better.

Well, if the only comment one can make is "nice plant", that might be nice for your ego as the original poster, but has really no value at all for all other forum members. I personally don't need to see anyone's approval if that is the only contribution they can make. I like looking at a picture and reading some background story and there is nothing wrong with just absorbing and nothing else. If you don't have anything to say that is contributing, don't say anything.

[RayW]

Most of my plants are only just waking up after the winter, so I tend to post and comment in the summer months.
It has been very quiet on here over the last two months or so.
I agree with Tina there was more banter in the past and maybe the sub forums have split the posts from the main forum.
I think the main worry is the small number of regular people posting, but I notice the American forum has been the same of late.

[MatDz]

First, I agree with Aiko. Many times a new reply was flagged and I opened the thread only to see a or another "smilie", which is a bit boring to be fair.

[...] It used to be more fun even when people were being rude about the TCP's.

It was a silly move to start the sub forums, aloes haworthia etc. I never even look in them & maybe others don't look on the main forum.

I need to dig out those threads about TCP's, I think this should be an official name of one of the show classes!

And subforums make perfect sense, would you rather see all threads mixed together? When I'm looking for an information on Haworthia, why would I need to go through discussions about cactus hybridisation or hobbies?

Am I the only one using the "show new posts" feature?

[iann]

Maybe everyone is busy repotting?