This forum is dying - discuss

[TightEnd]

yeh my bookmark is blondepoker.com/forum, which I think should be the homepage. The actual homepage must get little or no use.

Tractor is correct

I have severe problems getting hold of the single forum admin, which prevents me updating it and (in theory) doing a complete revamp with the help of DTD's designers

The access problems stem back to the site hack in the summer

[TightEnd]

agree with this.

whilst tips for tikay is obviously amazing, it kills the board for anybody who just wants to go and browse/chat about sports as so much to catch up on. LMS kinda shows this.

Absolutely no evidence to support this

In the last week nine new topics have started on the sports board, everything from jockeys to Di Matteo

A further 12 established threads have been posted on

The success of Tips 4 tikay to my mind does not affect the rest of the board at all..some sports discussion goes onto that thread but people still start new threads

[TightEnd]

I spoke to Nirvana about this a couple of weeks ago. I believe the tie in with DTD is what's holding Blonde back. I know its a double edged sword and that Blonde need the sponsorship but there is definitely too much censorship.

I love DTD and I love Blonde but I can't see Blonde getting the depth and breadth back while its neck is being throttled.

Its neck is not being throttled!

The relationship with DTD goes back to 2006-07 when Rob diarised the battle he had to open the club

Personal relationships go back further than that

Upsides to the support of blonde by DTD and our access in there far outweigh any downsides (such as not updating other tours, and less coverage of things like the GPS)

[smashedagain]

I spoke to Nirvana about this a couple of weeks ago. I believe the tie in with DTD is what's holding Blonde back. I know its a double edged sword and that Blonde need the sponsorship but there is definitely too much censorship.

I love DTD and I love Blonde but I can't see Blonde getting the depth and breadth back while its neck is being throttled.

Its neck is not being throttled!

The relationship with DTD goes back to 2006-07 when Rob diarised the battle he had to open the club

Personal relationships go back further than that

Upsides to the support of blonde by DTD and our access in there far outweigh any downsides (such as not updating other tours, and less coverage of things like the GPS)

any plans for Dtd to have a permenantly streamed table instead of just the final table?

[AndrewT]

Ah, the 'Blonde is dying' thread.

Comes round about as often as Chelsea managers.

[relaedgc]

I would say that the forum users have been stream lined to the point where there are a higher proportion of active posters that are very much poker orientated, in that it's not just their passion but also their livelihood.

You're seeing more topics of discussion/diaries that revolve strictly around that - where as in the years past you had a broader range of characters whose interest in poker brought them together in a community, but as individuals their careers/other social activies encompassed a far broader spectrum than what you have now.

I don't think it has anything to do with the sponsorship. It's nice to know that blonde will be secure and maintained, and that they don't have to worry year to year how they will pay their overheads.

The Luton thread is quiet, too. I have interpreted it to mean that there isn't as much to complain about.

[nirvana]

Ah, the 'Blonde is dying' thread.

Comes round about as often as Chelsea managers.

Think it's down to how cliquey it is and the heavy handed modding

[Geo the Sarge]

Ah, the 'Blonde is dying' thread.

Comes round about as often as Chelsea managers.

 

Geo

[nirvana]

Ah, the 'Blonde is dying' thread.

Comes round about as often as Chelsea managers.

Think it's down to how cliquey it is and the heavy handed modding

I now expect a Borg like collective repsonse - honestly, Hitler's stormtroopers were never so cohesive

[Chompy]

I would say that the forum users have been stream lined to the point where there are a higher proportion of active posters that are very much poker orientated, in that it's not just their passion but also their livelihood.

You're seeing more topics of discussion/diaries that revolve strictly around that - where as in the years past you had a broader range of characters whose interest in poker brought them together in a community, but as individuals their careers/other social activies encompassed a far broader spectrum than what you have now.

I don't think it has anything to do with the sponsorship. It's nice to know that blonde will be secure and maintained, and that they don't have to worry year to year how they will pay their overheads.

The Luton thread is quiet, too. I have interpreted it to mean that there isn't as much to complain about.

No results or league any more, so no daily update, ergo people don't check it any more. Shame tbh.

[Honeybadger]

Think it's down to how cliquey it is and the heavy handed modding

I have no comments on heavy handed modding because I have never experienced it. But do you really think Blonde is cliquey?

From my perspective, I started posting on Blonde on a semi-regular basis a little over a year ago. At that point I did not really know who anyone was on Blonde, and tbh I still don't know most people. But I have always felt welcome when I have posted. I am not part of the in-crowd (if there is one), but I don't feel I am being left out of anything or that there is some sort of clique. Perhaps I just don't care about such things and therefore just don't see that there is an issue, even if it might upset others. But I personally find the forum pretty outward-facing, and a breathe of fresh air compared to some other forums.

Similar with Honeybadger/Alex diary, people like to speak about topics, if there is a topic in a thread title its more inviting to post.

Hmmm... this is something I had never really considered. And since I am planning to start writing a few big long posts in my thread next month (now things have settled down with the new arrival), I should maybe think about this a little. My thread is definitely not a diary - I started it as a place for me to write about random stuff that I have an opinion about. But I can definitely see how some interesting topics could be 'lost' within a long thread, and would hence be inaccessible to new members. Has anybody got any ideas for solutions to this?

[tikay]

Blimey. Only Page 3 and Godwin's Law invoked already.

[nirvana]

Think it's down to how cliquey it is and the heavy handed modding

I have no comments on heavy handed modding because I have never experienced it. But do you really think Blonde is cliquey?

Well, yes, I do, it just is.

You could throw a blanket over the number of people who actually post with any kind of regularity.

Countless interesting people worth reading don't seem to post here anymore.

In the last 12 months I can probably only instantly recall 2 people who have become relatively active and interesting posters and you are one of them

In many ways, this is of course fine - Tikay & Tighty have stats that show everything is OK - I only have a minor vested interest in the sense that one of my reading entertainments is less entertaining than it once was

[nirvana]

Blimey. Only Page 3 and Godwin's Law invoked already.

It's too tempting and just too easy :-)

[Tractor]

yeh my bookmark is blondepoker.com/forum, which I think should be the homepage. The actual homepage must get little or no use.

Tractor is correct

I have severe problems getting hold of the single forum admin, which prevents me updating it and (in theory) doing a complete revamp with the help of DTD's designers

The access problems stem back to the site hack in the summer

Ah i see, so since the hack you all lost your your admin rights and now only the web admin has the login details & ftp information?
I was wondering a while ago why Blonde had not used DTD's web guys to get the site together as I am sure it could work really well and encourage new visitors & forum members.

I presume Bongo is/was the web admin and as gone awol?