Once upon a time, @deep-blue famously announced that getting 50+ replies was a sign that you were doing a good job in the thread you had created.
However I create some absolutely garbage threads, proper disgusting stuff, yet they’ll often still clock over the 50 reply mark, maybe only just but somehow they do.
Are people just less cautious about their replies nowadays? My theory is that since most of the trolly-types no longer post here, people aren’t as guarded about responding to a thread, but I may be wrong in this.
Do you feel more comfortable replying to threads these days?
More than I used to
Less than I used to
About the same
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I also think that some users are absolute champions at making people realise that you don’t have to have something interesting to say to justify responding to a thread. This is the motto I live by.
Yeah, it’s true. I just went on the old boards and the first two daily threads I found had 94 and 132 replies respectively. A weekend thread on here sometimes tops 500 replies.
I think there are more active posters on newDiS and it’s a more conversational feel than the old boards. Plus do you remember how difficult it was to use the old boards? THREADSMASH! etc
I’d love to have the patience to turn the boards into an Ian Livingstone book. Just wait till 4am and post hundreds of replies to arbitrary threads. It would be a huge project, but I may do it one day.
could it also be a rise in the number of people using dis on their phones? i wasn’t around but i imagine on the old boards people were reliant at sitting in front of a computer - so you’re not gonna get people replying when theyre out and about. now - just pull your phone out and join in.