MIZJF Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 (edited) I used to browse this site for many years back in 2012 to about 2018 and in that time period it seemed pretty active all day every day, what happened that ended the activness on this site? Is there a reason behind it? Theres many threads that havent been posted in thats on front pages since 2021 or 2022, like what gives? Any way to bring it back to those days of extreme activity? Edited August 4 by MIZJF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIZJF Posted August 5 Author Report Share Posted August 5 No Answer for this huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperThinWalls Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 Social media. Reddit. No longer into pro wrestling. Those would be my guesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 (edited) Honestly, I remember when a lot of the most active members began leaving. Some left just because life got busy for them...but, others left because this place became toxic. Things were bad here for a long time. Lots of childish behavior from members and moderators alike. And the "nail in the coffin" was likely the fact that no effort went into maintaining the site or upgrading the boards. (This is still an issue, as anyone can see by the lack of certain sections that we should definitely have). Honestly, if someone gave this place a coat of fresh paint, I think it could flourish again. It just ain't happening. As funny as it sounds, politics also contributed to the downfall of this place. The whole 2016 election season and the four years that followed were tumultuous times here. In general, people started treating each other worse (not just here)...but, this place saw its share of bans and walk-offs...and generally unsavory times. Edited August 10 by Generations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIZJF Posted August 16 Author Report Share Posted August 16 On 8/9/2023 at 10:59 PM, Generations said: Honestly, I remember when a lot of the most active members began leaving. Some left just because life got busy for them...but, others left because this place became toxic. Things were bad here for a long time. Lots of childish behavior from members and moderators alike. And the "nail in the coffin" was likely the fact that no effort went into maintaining the site or upgrading the boards. (This is still an issue, as anyone can see by the lack of certain sections that we should definitely have). Honestly, if someone gave this place a coat of fresh paint, I think it could flourish again. It just ain't happening. As funny as it sounds, politics also contributed to the downfall of this place. The whole 2016 election season and the four years that followed were tumultuous times here. In general, people started treating each other worse (not just here)...but, this place saw its share of bans and walk-offs...and generally unsavory times. I remember browsing and Id see 50-100 people online at a time, and Id think to myself "wow seems like a great community" there are other sites like Wresling Smarks, who have contiuned to flourish, and still allow signatures and avatars, and that place has been around since the early 2000s, there should be no reason why this place is now dead, and no reason why it cant be restored back into the place it use to be, the WWE section and other sections where always bumping with healthy debate and discussion sometimes a little unsavery as well, but this place seemed like a once great place, maybe the head mod or the person who runs this should come back around and try to revive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekka_No_Ryo Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 what Gen & Paper have said, as I have been around on this site since the ps 2 days and my guess is real life that and they lost interest in wrestling and the other factors listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King RyderFan Posted August 23 Report Share Posted August 23 Honestly, I could write paragraphs stating every single reason I think this place is on its last legs, but to keep it in its shortest form, Community Creations in the games, as well as places like Twitter & Reddit, have rendered this place largely redundant, resulting in no new guards to to replace the old ones as they got older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted August 24 Report Share Posted August 24 The wrestling games, or TV shows for that matter, aren't as good as they used to be so the interest is less nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSolitaryWolf Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 In addition to everyone else's post, I also think a lot of it has to do with other platforms taking over. Growing up with the internet, forums were so active then and now you have sites like Twitter (now X), IG and Reddit. I do agree that the forum seems very low stream, especially in the Community Creation sub forum. It was the main reason I was always active here but I am seeing that it is just not the same. It's a sad time for forums tbh. They were at one point so much fun to interact with people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIZJF Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 There are still others booming like this one used to in the mid 2010s, like right now Wrestlingsmarks is booming heavy and there should be no reason this one cant get to the point that they are at either, they even still have sigs and avys, which was amazing back in the day, I think this place could get back to that if people actually cared to try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 If you'd like to give suggestions I think we're all ears, otherwise this seems an indirect complaint over the signatures situation than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIZJF Posted September 3 Author Report Share Posted September 3 On 8/29/2023 at 2:09 AM, CROSS-Out said: If you'd like to give suggestions I think we're all ears, otherwise this seems an indirect complaint over the signatures situation than anything else. Has nothing to do with that as, other sites as I said are still active with 1000s of memebers daily. its just this one it seem dead after many years of glory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InKane Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 I'm just impressed this place is still online, complete with its full history of posts dating back to... 2006? The Wayback Machine is great and all, but it's often of little help to old forums like this. Best case scenario: forums that don't require being logged-in to view, at least some of the more popular topics get archive. BUT that doesn't guarantee what was archived is useful. It was typical back in the day to upload any included media or files off-site, and just link to it in the forum post. Such is the case here - I'd love to see that Hollywood Hogan CAW I was working on for SvR 2010 PS2 but the pic I uploaded to Imageshack is long gone. I can't fink of any file hosting sites typical of the mid-2000s that would still be intact today. Some are gone completely, like Rapidshare & Megaupload. Others exist but as completely different services. The few gone untouched typically delete any content after it's been dormant for a set amount of time (so 99.99% of it). Middle-of-the-road: There's a public subforum or two, but viewing any of interesting threads requires registering an account. The Wayback bot can't archive anything beyond a registration wall. Typical: Viewing any part of the forum requires registering an account, so all that's saved is the login page. So I have a growing appreciation for digital fossils like this. AtariAge, GameFAQs, and Smacktalks come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muur Posted Monday at 07:47 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:47 PM People also got obsessed with mega threads, which stifled discussion. Couldn't have individual news posts any more had to have a big 'news thread' and other similar for all types of things. Biggest is Reddit killing most forums though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattOriginal Posted Tuesday at 07:17 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:17 AM Reddit. Twitter. Discord. The internet isn't the same as it once was. Everything has been condensed to a few main sites traffic wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Bro Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago Social media and other outlets for discussions would be my guess. RIP forums, electronic dinosaurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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