Very quiet in here

You're correct, no one has to believe me.

Not so surprisingly the people who don't believe me in regards to this issue also don't believe me on anything else, and are typically hostile towards anything I say about anything and have no problem making statements about me and usually my level intelligence.

So it's reasonably understandable that I don't particularly care what those people think either.

If you want others to engage in good faith with you then there has to be a buy in where you the same.

If anything comes out of this feedback thread, people having a little bit of respect for each other might just be the most important thing.

Of we can remove all the low level snark and insults the whole place would operate more smoothly.

Back in the day it was harder to be online, any clown with a phone now can post to their hearts content.

yeah it’s like everyone’s just lost respect for each other online. It’s gone into a Wild West situation.

You literally said that not one has to believe me in your previous reply to me.

I'm not taking things personally, I'm observing that a number of people here are happy to make statements about the person saying something as they are about the topic itself. There's a dose of inserting things into the equation apropos of nothing also, simply because it's part their perception of the situation rather than any factual connection.

You feel defamatory posts are always 100% removed on this site, I disagree. End of story.

He says with low level snark included!

You talk as if you are so hard done by.

I see you arguing on every thread the same way . Say something , argue don't discuss , people reply, you move goalposts , they reply asking you to discuss what they / you posted originally . Always ends up no questions answered , no resolution , just bad feeling

You blame others but at some point you have to include all parties in the blame game .

And that includes YOU .

to be fair are you not as bad then for engaging?

You state you have observed precedent from the poster in regards bad faith posting yet continue to attempt to engage as though you’ll receive a better result?

All I can see this post being is an excuse to air grievance. Which you did previously with another poster here also.

Why all the hostility? Sorry, but nullzero is not wrong, you are incredibly hostile.

Some might argue that they are doing well to hold their nerve.

ah here this is something else now

telling someone to stop posting because you’re tired of seeing it? Give me strength 😂

Tiz quiet in here alright . . but that's the way I like it.

My plan is finally bearing fruit.

Apologies @nullzero

Think I was a bit mean.

Peace .

I agree with you. If you ask for a source, and someone posts a Daily Mail link, or a Fox News link, I think you're completely entitled to challenge that.

Some think posting a link to back up a point should be the end of the debate, whereas I only ever see it as a part of a discussion

Why are you replying to me then?

I remarked on a couple of issues, I wasn't insisting I was right and everyone has to take what I'm saying at face value.

I honestly don't even care that there's defamatory stuff lurking around the site, I just commented that it happens and seems to be acceptable in some cases more than others.

That got turned into me saying I think nobody should be allowed to criticise Donald Trump or Elon Musk, two people I've never displayed any affinity for as it happens.

Now you're telling me how and when I should post. Seriously, if I annoy you that much there's a pretty simple solution.

It's interesting that this has popped up here because it's a good demonstration of what's going wrong of late. Time was, mods would step in and tell two people bickering to stop replying to each other or use the ignore function, could be something worth revisiting and some constructive feedback.

Anyway, to get back to the discussion that opened up re the problems on page one, and before the thread is locked -

I said this on the first page - 8th of April

This is my first post anywhere on the site for 3 months (who cares sez you, which is fair enough, but how many more like me have done the same?) I've already seen fantastic posters close their accounts recently, after years of excellent posting, because of what CA has become

I made my own personal decision to not contribute to the site from the start of Jan - I didn't close my account, I just sat back and dropped in for a look occasionally watching how it all played out -

It seems I may not have been alone

Looked at another site and -

The issues mentioned in the first few pages seem to be the problem and don't seem to have been addressed, and certainly no announcements made about it here - I did think anecdotally *coughs*, that things had got a bit better, but seems to be back to business as usual now

The bouncing page issue has to be the root cause for so much of a drop off.

It's a complete joke tbh. I know, I know... complaining about a free to use site... But it's just fundamentally so painful to use.

It's crazy that 6 months down the line the most basic of basic functionalities: a site that that just simply loads correctly - you know like the rest of the Internet - has never returned or doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. What is going on? Boards is actually broken.

If the site is never going to improve from from a UX perspective then I'd nearly prefer to hear that at this point.

I'm still here because I've semi institutionalised to the place at this point, but why would anyone else even bother? No wonder activity has fallen off the cliff.