Re: The future of Hydrostream Forums
Posted: Oct 15, 2017 10:28 am
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Well, I see not much has changed. We have seemed to have lost even more participating members and the new topic and post counts are even lower then this time last year and no matter what I do I just cant drive people away from the likes of Facebook and get them back here. And not that I ask for or request donations to help keep the site going, that is something that we have not gotten in almost a year and that was from 1 person.
It has gotten to the point that I don't even come here myself cause I feel like its not worth the time knowing nothing new will be posted and when I new member does post and I see one, maybe two replies, days later, and then nothing more, its not helping keep the new members engaged to keep coming back. They see a dead forum so they go elsewhere, like Facebook, where they will get immediate help.
So with that, im at a loss on what to do and how to continue this. While I don't want to walk away from it, im also not going to continue to put my time, money, and resources in to something that is not getting used anymore. While at this time I am not going to shut things down here but it is certainly something that may very well happen in the very near future.
Well, I see not much has changed. We have seemed to have lost even more participating members and the new topic and post counts are even lower then this time last year and no matter what I do I just cant drive people away from the likes of Facebook and get them back here. And not that I ask for or request donations to help keep the site going, that is something that we have not gotten in almost a year and that was from 1 person.
It has gotten to the point that I don't even come here myself cause I feel like its not worth the time knowing nothing new will be posted and when I new member does post and I see one, maybe two replies, days later, and then nothing more, its not helping keep the new members engaged to keep coming back. They see a dead forum so they go elsewhere, like Facebook, where they will get immediate help.
So with that, im at a loss on what to do and how to continue this. While I don't want to walk away from it, im also not going to continue to put my time, money, and resources in to something that is not getting used anymore. While at this time I am not going to shut things down here but it is certainly something that may very well happen in the very near future.