Are the new forums deterring new participants?

The very long off season, the Backbencher catching fire and the problems with the roll out of the new forums. I would suggest they all have played some part in Yellow Fever things being less active than in the past.

So it's not all my fault? 

Onwards and upwards from here. I liked the old forum, and while the transition to this one put a lot of people off, and i do miss a few features of the old one (search and PM), this is now a quality forum (thanks welnik)

Agreed. And the problems with the change in forums might have seen quite a few people leave and the numbers of active users drop, but if those people don't come back I wouldn't expect a whole lot of newbies coming in. Basically because there's a limited number of people in NZ who would be interested in using these forums and they're mostly already here, or were here previously but drifted away, or just don't want to engage with it for whatever reason. No reflection on the quality of the forums themselves either in terms of content or design and layout!

Well said Mr Z.

Barcelona

I struggled to come back here after the forums changed. I tried my best to stay with it but the lack of email updates about replies made my interest levels drop. I found it bothersome having to come here and look through the forums and try to remember which ones I was involved in or keeping an eye on. The improvements over time have helped though but I still probably only come here about half as much as I used to. The one thing I thought this website always needed was a live chat during games so you don't have to keep hitting refresh and scrolling down (more for us out of towners who don't get to travel into Wellywood very much.)

Fings I like about the YF Forum:

1. Usually the first place to find out about latest happenings in the Nix.

2. Lots of good, argued opinions/positions on tactics, coaching, ownership, footy in general.

3. Very few self-righteous c*nts (I might be exception here).

4. Some rather clever posters on the forum (exhibit A: BZ above).

5. Never short of LOLS.

Fings that are different about this season:

1. A lot more angst

2. No emoticons or grass background

Mind you, I lurk on a few other footy fora and the vibes are equally "more negative" and stale than previously. 

We've had a pretty financially tough 2012 in the Jnr82 household and it's hard to get motivated about the Nix this season, but what the heck - I will be off to get my YF Ifill T Shirt later this week when I am back at work.

I like coming here simply to view your humour J82. That actually keeps things light around here.

I like chatting to my mate J82 !

+1

1 thing I wouldn't mind changed is most recent replied to  thread moves to top. I know it shows how many new replies since thread last checked. But sometimes you have to scroll for a year and a half to find the right thread last lol

 I reckon the volume of stupid is the problem.

If you sack me you won't be able to receive a special prize.

(Points awarded if you can name the in-joke referred to here, bonus points for the original poster and triple fly-buys if you can name/describe the thread topic and who started it) 

Whooooo was it? Please answer, And don't ignore me!

I'm here because I have no real friends!

:-(

Top marks Tegal.  Can you remember the thread topic author?

A Stephen Fry crerbral dinner jacket awaits you if you can.

Was it Piney? 

*thumbs up emoticon*

 Can you get a link J82. Would love to get a walk down memory lane...

It would be easy with a search function...

A mere 9 pages into the "Off Topic" sub forum 

I have no idea what is going on here.  August 2010 seems such a long time ago

edit - ahhhh, seen the link from J82, so this is starting to make some sense (although looking back at some of my old posts still confuses/scares me)

Does anyone wish that Wynrs was back? Or maybe he is but I don't know it. My personal Wynrs highlight was when he had the last post on all of the topics on the main forum page. Those were good times...

There is some comedy gold in that Junior...

 I think it is a combo: It was very difficult during the forum changeover, we had a long offseason with not much happening, there could be some better moderation. I don't mind wildly different standpoints on here and the occassional stupid but dont like the personal abuse which has crept in. Like the humour as usual, in jokes or not

Not alone there, or maybe you are .. alone, ... ahh

Are you really here C-Diddy?

Are you C-Diddy in disguise?

that thread was hilarious

another highlight:

Tegal to Whooo: 

"how the f**k did you turn this into 4 pages about you? if ever there was a case for the feature,this thread is ironically it."

The visuals of the site are a real improvement. The lack of being able to PM someone is one of the things I miss. Voting  for POTM is another.

@ OP - always takes time for people to get used to something new, human nature I guess.

And from a new member point of view this forum/site is pretty good.  

Do you think it needs an "ignore" function?

I haven't been posting many of my concise, intelligent, witty insights for a while because life gets in the way. The change on the forum layout did cause me to disappear from the forum for a while, simply because I couldn't log in from work any more. Now I'm starting to log in a bit more often, the new set up dosn't bug me quite as much as it did.

As for the angst on here? There's always been angst, and stupid, and abuse, and derailing threads, and in-jokes. That's what it makes it fun!

I did like the grass on the old forum though.....

Are Jag and I the only posters to have had a thread closed down due to derailing it (and inadvertantly spawning the Jesus Wept meme)?

Hahaha. Glorious days, those were. Glorious.