its pretty quiet in here unlike the last couple of years.

No-one NEEDS to comment or ask questions any more, they all have know-how, now; how I don't know... Anyhow, most everyone now knows increasingly more about less and less. And almost no-one knows now increasingly less about more and more. And now-a-days, you know, almost no-one now writes silly replies to trivial prompts. Strange days... Tumbleweeds take over the highways. Beetles hide in the dark places.

I'm lacking economic stimulus to drown avd in queries and blogs during development with projects / motors.

You'd think there would be a few more project blogs up with the race to finish for valla. :S

Yeah, I am also surprised there aren't more project threads going on for Valla.

When is Valla anyway?

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QLD in trouble after a truck carrying the tissues, required after the crushing defeat in the state of origin by NSW, has crashed

this will lead to runny noses and tears not being mopped up.

One in a row.... Pffft

always something happening on melburgluft

I am in MELBURG 4 3 days nearly snowing here no putor access at work ( buggar )

I think people are also scared of posting project threads or asking questions in case they're attacked by keyboard warriors for not doing building it properly or asking "stupid" questions. "Use the seach button next time" is a popular response i see on different forums, which in turn scares people away from posting again.

I'm with bajachris. less money,less time = less builds

I see the for sale section is pretty busy

Too many people with actual know how have left the forum, I guess they are sick of all the BS.

Melburgluft IMO is a forum full of followers and ass kissers but at least they help each other out.

You can Youtube so much these days.

I used to be on the old dial-up BBS's (Bulletin Board Service). How things have changed since those Nemesis BBS days

Tend to agree with Shokwave2 a bit as some people tend to blast first, I know when I was a fairly new on a few forums I had been blasted a few times.

While I am only new to AVD one thing I have noticed that in help sections the OP gets problem solving suggestions but alot of the time if the problem is solved and abit of thanks for helpful members can be rare to be posted

I give my knowledge without expectations of thanks. I do it because I really do want to help.

It's interesting you say this, about it being quiet.

Back in Feb I crunched some numbers over a 24hr period, on 4 aussie VW forums, results as follows:

Aussieveedubbers
73 posts
15788 members

Kombi Club
68 posts
10070 members

Melburg Luft
88 posts
590 members

DSK
38 posts
900 members

Interesting that the forum with the least members is also the most active.

I think the reason AVD has got quiet in recent years is directly due to to the fact that different VW "groups" have found it much easier to start there own forum and get the information that they are really interested in.

Back in the early days of the Australian VW internet movement, thanks to Jim Gow, AVD was the sole source of your VW fix. I suppose, 15 odd years later, it has become a bit generic, with people now looking for specific VW scenes to be a part of.

My 2c.

I think Phat Bug has nailed it.
There are also things like Ultimate Aircooled Forum which has recently gone through some turmoil and appears to have gone the way of Super League many years ago.
Then you have Cal-Look.com which has since closed it's doors but continues in some form on FB
And of course FB...I think a lot of people now use FB. You can create open groups and closed groups of like minded people and only invite those you want. Preventing in most parts those who just want to push there own agenda or stir trouble.
Me personally...I've taken a lot from this site so will always try and give something back where I can, however I don't post these days unless I have something constructive to add.

Yep ditto above,
as a quick snapshot Rhett (Phat Bug) is all over it

the 'generic' site has moved on as many forums have developed their own specific niche
looking at the data however can be interpreted to which ever way you wish
sure the more posts on a given day may give the indication of a strong presence etc
but the quality of material being offered may seem to give more credence than constant tea bagging and fart jokes
it looks as if people now contribute if something constructive can be value added to the topic in question
seeing other forums wither and die maybe similar to the many vw clubs for example that were around twenty odd years ago, people move on and do other things
plus there is just so much choice on offer now that the only thing that hasn't changed is the time given to enjoy what's on offer
here unlike other forums around, caters for all variants of dub, sure the specific info maybe elsewhere but everyone is welcome and information can be freely decimated, a great thing either through club chat or events if you want to promote an activity or alike to get people actually together in the real world
and IMO having to conform to someone's specific agenda to be 'accepted' into some special golden ring or other is best left to the other places that pursue such.. thankfully it doesn't seem to be here
Interesting times ahead..

or everyone is out in the shed working on their cars and are too busy to post.. nobody thought of that one yet..
maybe it's just going to be the way of the future

Facebook is a big killer of forums too as its just so much easier and convenient to post on there and get instant responses.
You can bet half the members of the Aussieveedubbers facebook group dont even come here, we're having the same problem on SuperBeetlesOnly.
But yes I've certainly noticed this place getting quiter and quieter over the last few years.

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Originally posted by barls its pretty quiet in here unlike the last couple of years.

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Originally posted by Craig Torrens Quote: Originally posted by barls its pretty quiet in here unlike the last couple of years. Maybe if you didn't close, delete, edit threads or threaten to kick long standing members off it wouldn't be so quiet.

I hadn't really noticed "the quiet" you blokes are referring to, although I haven't been on this forum for a couple of years.

In the last week I've read and looked with great interest at some of the projects that have been undertaken.

I've also read the usual bitchin' & trolling too.

When I changed my details, I was thrown out of the system, sent Andrew a txt and he called me straight away and sorted it.

It was tops!

People have also read & replied to my recent posts. Nice.
I also feel that there is no such thing as a stupid question.

* sigh *

Greg: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_stupid_question 

I ask them all the time