Has anyone else noticed

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE] This new format has brought on a change.
Posted by danieliza1127[/QUOTE]

That's it!  This board is in manopause.  Mood swings, hot flashes, and rarely a turn-on.

tidetravel

It's different for me, mostly because I'm still having problems accessing the boards.  I used to open and reply to several threads - now I have to guess which ones look like they're something that I would be most interested in.  I also can't participate in running conversations because it takes too long. 
I feel out of the loop.  I also feel like I can't be snarky because then I'll be one of those people that ONLY posts snarky stuff because I can't post to everything.  Which takes half the fun out of everything.

I don't know where all the newbie questions went.  It seems like all of the boards are DEAD, not just this one.  I think theknot shot themselves in the foot with the format change.

eastunder1

I think everyone's bitchier.  Bitchier as in "let me try to be an asshole to you just for the fun of it" but also bitchier as in "I think I'll whine and overreact to everything"  Self included. 

crfische

BUUUUT EAAAAAAASSSSST I WANNNNNNNA OVER REACT?!?! Why you gotta call me out like that. <---- in Whambulance font

eastunder1

danieliza1127

I don't think I've noticed any of the regs being bitchy to each other....maybe I'm not in the right posts.  If it's true, that could make for a good FFF tomorrow.

wadingmoose

East also has a point.

I also find that it's harder to actually have a discussion about something before people come in and start posting crap.  Like people are trying way harder to be funny on the new format.

SwedishChick2011

I agree that it just seems a little different now.  Growing pains, maybe?

wadingmoose

I also noticed that lately there's more vague comments and any responses are met with "ohhhh lighten up!  That's not what I meant"  Which is ridiculous.

 I don't think people are as willing to own their bitchiness as they were before.

Nebb

I know im bitchy, but ive always been bitchy and probably always will be.

missy68

I thought it felt off to me, too. I was kind of locked out for a couple of days, and when I was able to get back in, it was - weird. Kind of like a bell ringing when the metal's wrong (sorry; I'm a metaphor ho when I can't put my finger on the right words).

I wasn't here at Christmas last year; was it like this then? Maybe the holidays have something to do with it.

Calypso1977

I do wish there was something at the top where you could go directly to your posts. as it is now, I have to go back a few days to find a thread I posted in, find my response, then click the magnifying glass thing. if there's a better way let me know.

yes!  i miss the "my posts" button.

louisvillebride21

Maybe everyone's bitchy is standing out more now that there isn't a lot of fluff for it to get lost in?

wadingmoose

No, I don't remember the holidays changing it at all last year.

beatlesgirl25

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[QUOTE]I also think it takes longer for answers when you first put a post up.  I mean, before, I could post a thread and practically before I could click back out to the board, I'd have a response.  Now it seems to take 5 minutes or more sometimes.  Or I'll go to post in a brand new thread, and normally before a few people would beat me to it even though there were no answers when I first hit reply.  That doesn't happen as much now.  <em>I tend to feel like the idiot waiting for new posts just to be FIRST!!!!1!! (even though I'm likely the only one that notices)</em>
Posted by JK10910[/QUOTE]

I think I know what you mean. I like that it shows who posted last (unless it's all me on a bunch of threads, ha ha), but for some reason the minute notification bugs me. Sometimes I don't want to post again right after someone because it seems like I'm jumping all over the post. It's like waiting for the phone to ring a time or two before answering, even if you're sitting right next to it...

I agree with Dani about the decreased conversational tone due to not easily following our own threads. Then again, I can only speak to the different feel of the board from the past year or so. I don't know if the regs are noticing something more that goes farther back.

crfische

That is the cutest Whambulance I've ever seen.

Anyhoo, I think more people are probably chatting through PM's, too. So if they wanna talk about someone behind their back, they can PM people and like ::eye to eye:: each other in the thread without just saying what they are thinking.

bbyckes

I feel that there's a lot less to get caught up in.  Less posts equals increased frequency and no one's really flying under the radar anymore.  

I agree with pp about it being a little more inclusive, this could be why thicker skins have sloughed off. 

kikibaby

Agree with all of this.  And yes, I've been a whiner recently.  Big time.  Whatevs.

BecW2be

I noticed. I think with taking the Planning out of Planning and Etiquette, it took away a lot of new posts and questions. Combined with it being harder to post and keep up with posts, it just kind of killed our sense of instant community. It's tons harder to peek at a few posts in a couple of work break minutes, so I miss a lot.

Maybe we should all pass a doobie in a big circle sit and look back on our TK childhoods with fondness.

crfische

And in regard to the holidays, it usually gets crazier over the holidays because people ARE getting engaged or are expecting it over the holidays.

buddhagouda

I haven't been around enough to be of any help in this discussion, but I will say that the board has changed many times over the past several years, so it may just be a natural evolution. I mean, I've been posting for a week now, and not one single person has told me what a wench I am.  

[Deleted User]

And I also agree that the Puppies and Rainbows have worn off. I wasn't around last year, but from what I've heard it was a lot bitchier then, right?

louisvillebride21

I can't understand that people are still having trouble posting. it is just as quick to me as it ever was, after the first 2 days. Is it your computer or something weird with Tech Support? I hate that for you all.

mocha beans

I know I miss the my posts button.  I can't remember where I've posted, and what has new posts, so I can't keep up with conversations.  I haven't been able to get the watch this thread button to work, maybe it's me somehow.

I also agree that we've been missing out on the posts from random people about WR stuff.  It's all going to other subforums, and the "group" isn't really wandering outside of Ettiquette much.

sucrets4

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[QUOTE]  It also feels like there are just fewer people here now, although I don't really know of anyone who's missing.  Yeah I think you guys are right, it's just hard to put a finger on. Although like I've said a hundred times before, the board waxes and wanes and goes through changes every once in a while.  This new format has brought on a change.
Posted by danieliza1127[/QUOTE]

I totally agree. 

Threads used to be more conversational.  Now I feel like people make one comment and then that's it.  I think most of our threads are shorter than they used to be, along with the obvious less posting of stuff.

And there seems to be less people here, but I'm awful at figuring out who isn't around as much.

crfische

Buddha, you're a fucking wench.

beatlesgirl25

I can't figure out who's missing either, though I can feel it. I actually think it's that the regs are still here, only they've backed off posting as much for whatever reason. I definitely noticed it more right when the board change happened, now it's a little better.

JK10910

I must say, I'm just thrilled with how many swear words get past the Knot naughty word filter now though.

Yup, I'm 12.

Nebb

Im pretty sure the holidays will be pretty dead here, now that there is the proposals board, it will suck all the newly engaged christmas people that normally flooded the board around this time.

danieliza1127

Are people really using the PM that much?