The Real Georgia Peach
Registered User
Does anybody care about teams outside their conference? I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be much interaction between members like there used to be only a few short seasons ago. What's changed?
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Question for members
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Re: Question for members
Good question. People are more insular. I know that the CCC guys seem to just stick to their own thread, and the NESCAC group has disappeared for the most part. I see a lot of bluster from the Oswego crew as usual, but overall there are a lot fewer active posters.
Good question. People are more insular. I know that the CCC guys seem to just stick to their own thread, and the NESCAC group has disappeared for the most part. I see a lot of bluster from the Oswego crew as usual, but overall there are a lot fewer active posters.
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
Re: Question for members
This board has been dying a slow death for 10 years. There are so many other avenues to get information and talk with people now between twitter, instagram, text messaging, facebook and live video streaming.
Today's generation communicates through social media tools like snapchat and text messages.
This board has been dying a slow death for 10 years. There are so many other avenues to get information and talk with people now between twitter, instagram, text messaging, facebook and live video streaming.
Today's generation communicates through social media tools like snapchat and text messages.
hockeyfan77
Registered User
Re: Question for members
I miss the good old days
I miss the good old days
Re: Question for members
I find twitter chaotic, and have no clue what instagram is or what snapchat is. I like a site where I can exchange ideas about a particular topic. The good thing about the decrease in traffic here is that at least the trolls don't show up as often.
I find twitter chaotic, and have no clue what instagram is or what snapchat is. I like a site where I can exchange ideas about a particular topic. The good thing about the decrease in traffic here is that at least the trolls don't show up as often.
LakerEagleLover
New member
......yeah ,but they have been replaced by ads, ads, ads and more ads.....
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
Re: Question for members
I agree with you wholeheartedly. But times change. If they didn't, we never would have had the Internet in the first place. Heck, we used to be all on the d3hockey email list. What was this web thing people kept talking about? Then, it killed the email list. The next change is now killing the web discussion boards.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. But times change. If they didn't, we never would have had the Internet in the first place. Heck, we used to be all on the d3hockey email list. What was this web thing people kept talking about? Then, it killed the email list. The next change is now killing the web discussion boards.
Re: Question for members
I can remember rushing home in the early years of "The Berg" to report the results and scorers
I can remember rushing home in the early years of "The Berg" to report the results and scorers
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
Re: Question for members
Some of us used to use our dad's email address flapping our gums about God knows what and starting a flamefest with you.
Now, I'm a dad...
Some of us used to use our dad's email address flapping our gums about God knows what and starting a flamefest with you.
Now, I'm a dad...
Re: Question for members
It has been interesting to see you grow, mature, and for me to age
Some of us used to use our dad's email address flapping our gums about God knows what and starting a flamefest with you.
Now, I'm a dad...
It has been interesting to see you grow, mature, and for me to age
Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
Re: Question for members
The thing -at least to me- is that Twitter eg doesn't permit a protracted rant. (!47 characters, or whatever?) Brevity isn't the soul of wit as to hockey, necessarily, and you never know who you'll run-into on Twitter.
We old-timers will keep this thing going until we can't. It's certainly not as a active as it once was, but it still features the best content, IMO.
The thing -at least to me- is that Twitter eg doesn't permit a protracted rant. (!47 characters, or whatever?) Brevity isn't the soul of wit as to hockey, necessarily, and you never know who you'll run-into on Twitter.
We old-timers will keep this thing going until we can't. It's certainly not as a active as it once was, but it still features the best content, IMO.
bakdraft21
Well-known member
Re: Question for members
Man I have trouble keeping up with my conf....It also seems like there are sooo many new teams here in the east cant keep track,as for the west I can barely keep St.Johns and St.Marys separate...
soccermaniac919
Registered User
The death of the forum
The death of the forum
Also, and probably more influential, the number of posters whose sole intent is to create flame-fests and ridicule others' opinions. There are/were a bunch of them from Lake Forest, Utica, Plattsburgh, Norwich, Potsdam & Elmira who collectively drove a number of us off the board. For each new opinionated, combative poster that joined, a more rationale poster would leave.
The death of the forum
It certainly doesn't help when the team you support sucks. Look at all the teams having "down" years, and the corresponding absence of threads dedicated to their teams. Seems that once your team goes into a funk, the posting momentum is lost forever.
Also, and probably more influential, the number of posters whose sole intent is to create flame-fests and ridicule others' opinions. There are/were a bunch of them from Lake Forest, Utica, Plattsburgh, Norwich, Potsdam & Elmira who collectively drove a number of us off the board. For each new opinionated, combative poster that joined, a more rationale poster would leave.
Fishman'81
Black Bear since D-2
Re: The death of the forum
Re: The death of the forum
I disagree. People on here loved the vitriol. (Which seems to be the case in a political sense across the board as well, right now.) Threads would blow up when there was a hot flame-fest to witness.
My take is that we're now an insular group here- all of us aging, with very little recruitment to the board- and people tend to re-prioritize Life as they age. Sports just don't matter as much to us these days. We all have much bigger fish to fry as we bury our families and prepare for our own dirt-naps.
Ergo, less impetus to pay attention, or to post.
Re: The death of the forum
I disagree. People on here loved the vitriol. (Which seems to be the case in a political sense across the board as well, right now.) Threads would blow up when there was a hot flame-fest to witness.
My take is that we're now an insular group here- all of us aging, with very little recruitment to the board- and people tend to re-prioritize Life as they age. Sports just don't matter as much to us these days. We all have much bigger fish to fry as we bury our families and prepare for our own dirt-naps.
Ergo, less impetus to pay attention, or to post.
PSUChamps2001
Member of the REAL Zoo Crew
I spent 2+ hours scouting our next opponent for my sons travel team. I did have the Plattsburgh game up in the background, but have yet to go to a game and have only watched a handful. Mostly because my weekends are traveling 2-3 hours one way for hockey...and never when/where Plattsburgh is in town.
While I somewhat agree with Fish on the "flamefest", just like with all social media its given a platform for a lot of people to give their "opinions", and while everyone is entitled to them, backing them up with facts and stats is something that most people dont grasp on here. Anyone can give an opinion, but if you dont substantiate it with facts and or stats it doesnt carry much yet those are the ones who normally feel entitled to post and cause flamefests. At least with Fish he can normally back his flamefests up with logical thoughts (for the most part right Fish). And while we may not agree, it will at least make you think. Then you get the snowflakes who dont like being told their opinion makes no sense, and because it's the internet they HAVE to be right...and if you tell them otherwise they will run away pouting kicking and screaming....sadly much like today's society....