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Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

JOSweetHeart — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 20:50:51 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 04/13/2020 00:50

^^^ Thank you. 😄 😄 😄

God bless you always!!! 😄 😄 😄

Holly

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

baystateoftheart — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:21:17 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 04/12/2020 21:21

JOSweetHeart wrote:

You're definitely not the reason!

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

JOSweetHeart — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:03:44 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 04/11/2020 23:03

Hayden wrote:

There's much slower forums out there 🤣

Amen to this. I pray that I am not the reason why it has slowed down if it really has. I know that I go on and on and on about my favorites, but its because they come from a musical field that has never been the most popular and may never be and so I have to put them out them twice as hard in order for them to have half as much of a presence compared to everyone else that is in the musical picture.

God bless you and my favorites who are still here always!!!

Holly

P.S. Why did the most recent departure in country music have to be one of my many favorites? At the 1:21:16 mark of this clip, you will see what I believe is the best performance from one of the most under appreciated singers of the format, may the beautiful and precious Joe Diffie be having the time of his life now with the Lord, I miss him SO much!!! 😢 😢 😢

Link

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Spyglass — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:54:02 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 04/11/2020 15:54

You know the sad thing about "transnational" is that I can't hear that word without thinking of one of the worst albums I've ever heard: "The Nationalist Dragon That Is Also Transexual" by TyrAnus Von NoHorn.

EDIT: This was my 100th post and I'm actually kinda mad about it.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

mickilennial — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 07:41:47 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/11/2020 11:41

Spyglass wrote:

You mean transitional period.

autocorrect is an evil mistress

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

albummaster — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 07:12:16 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/11/2020 11:12

Glad somebody tried to help and always sorry to see people go, and especially disappointed if the initial cause was technical. Forgotten passwords are sent to the email address on your profile, so it's important these are kept up to date.

For anyone else reading this, perhaps with the same problem, if the email address on your profile page is out of date it's still possible to get back into your account by contacting the site directly using the 'contact us' page (which doesn't require you to be logged in).

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

PurpleHazel — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:25:26 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 04/11/2020 10:25

albummaster wrote:

Didn't know about the login issues.

I oversimplified what happened. He deleted the email account he used to join BEA and then couldn't get back in. Another user said he reached out to him on another forum and offered to contact you on his behalf. Don't know what happened after that, but bobbyb5 never returned. So not the site's fault.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

albummaster — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 03:54:22 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/11/2020 07:54

PurpleHazel wrote:

We had a member, bobbyb5, who was good at coming up with thread ideas and was very prolific (some may have found him a little too prolific) -- my two favorites topics were: album covers that imitated other album covers, and rock urban myths. But he had trouble logging onto the site and dropped out at the end of 2018.

Didn't know about the login issues. If anyone else reading this has similar problems, you can always contact the site from the contact us page and I'll be glad to help resolve any login difficulties.

Levels of site activity fluctuate from time to time as the site site goes in and out of favour with site visitors. There are also seasonal traffic trends where the site normally goes through a summer lull which picks up towards the end of the year when people seek out end of year lists. The seasonality has always been a problem for BEA, and I think it was compounded last year when the site went through quite a major overhaul to make it more mobile friendly (which is still ongoing to a lesser extent).

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Spyglass — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:22:55 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 04/11/2020 00:22

Then I think I have the perfect one for tomorrow. I already started at least one thread today, maybe two. If anyone else wants to start this one they can, and if not I'll do it tomorrow: Led Zeppelin wins Stairway to Heaven court case again.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

PurpleHazel — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:01:39 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 04/11/2020 00:01

Spyglass wrote:

On the first page of recent posts here in the lounge, there are threads with most recent posts going back to 2019. That's... it's a forum, people. Do we need to put out a free shrimp table?

The forums' activity's declined significantly since the beginning of 2019, like Skinny said. The most activity's been in the Games subforum, where there have been a lot of music tournaments recently, including one going on now. Many members who don't post regularly any more have been focusing on their Music Diaries, which I respect. Some older members like Tha1ChiefRocka have made a lot of effort to start new threads for a long time, but they can't be expected to constantly come up with fresh ideas after so many years. I try to reply to every post when I have something to say, more often in the Movies & TV subforum. There's a Best Films of the 2010s decade poll going on in the Movies subforum right now if you watch a fair number of movies.

We had a member, bobbyb5, who was good at coming up with thread ideas and was very prolific (some may have found him a little too prolific) -- my two favorites topics were: album covers that imitated other album covers, and rock urban myths. But he had trouble logging onto the site and dropped out at the end of 2018.

Wouldn't read too much into inactivity in the Lounge or Suggestions subforums, because they didn't have all that much activity even when the Music forum was lively.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:28:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/10/2020 19:28

Link

Can anyone spot the doobie?

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Spyglass — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:20:20 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 04/10/2020 19:20

I don't smoke, but if I brought Cuban cigars here would that bring people in?

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Skinny — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:14:20 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 04/10/2020 19:14

Spyglass wrote:

On the first page of recent posts here in the lounge, there are threads with most recent posts going back to 2019. That's... it's a forum, people. Do we need to put out a free shrimp table?

Smoke a doobie, man.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Spyglass — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:52:08 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 04/10/2020 17:52

Gowi wrote:

BEA's forums have not been too terribly active since 2012-2017. That era has ended and we are still in that awkward transnational period.

You mean transitional period.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

mickilennial — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:28:53 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/10/2020 17:28

BEA's forums have not been too terribly active since 2012-2017. That era has ended and we are still in that awkward transitional period.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Hayden — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:52:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 04/10/2020 16:52

Spyglass wrote:

My friends are into Katy Perry.

Everybody's welcome. Teenage Dream is a banger.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Spyglass — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:46:14 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 04/10/2020 16:46

My friends are into Katy Perry. That's really not enough for a man who's into black metal, power metal, hardcore punk, pop rock, experimental rock and art pop. They'd post here less than the current body.

Re: The serious lack of activity on BEA

Hayden — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:43:21 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 04/10/2020 16:43

Nah, there's plenty of shrimp. There's much slower forums out there 🤣

Brings some friends if you wish though.

The serious lack of activity on BEA

Spyglass — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:24:28 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 04/10/2020 16:24

On the first page of recent posts here in the lounge, there are threads with most recent posts going back to 2019. That's... it's a forum, people. Do we need to put out a free shrimp table?