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cruiser_96

vball10set;1620935 wrote:I think he was referring to http://www.dlazz.net/

I was. That's my bad with the reference.

Laley23

vball10set;1620935 wrote:I think he was referring to http://www.dlazz.net/

But I was referring to all of these...

dlazz;1620848 wrote:I mean this in the most sincere way and I hope Justin isn't offended:

How in the hell is the OC #1 for most of you? Place is fairly dead anymore

vball10set;1620849 wrote:I can't see why he would be, he's hardly on here anymore himself. Even though there's only the usual suspects on here, I still enjoy the banter and sometimes good info and insight, especially on the sports forums.

ccrunner609;1620852 wrote:this place died in November of 09

BR1986FB;1620858 wrote:This isn't uncommon. The other popular sites many of us used to/still get on like JJ Huddle & Yappi have died down considerably. The last time I was on JJ's (over a year ago), the place was on life support and it seems like a lot of the posts on Yappi are just a user with multiple alters (see "said/salto" over here) trolling the site. It's gotten so bad in their general forum that Yappi himself is starting multiple threads to create chat.

OSH;1620893 wrote:Many of the Ohio sports forums have sucked for awhile, I cannot hardly go to SEOPreps, Yappi, or Rocket Corner anymore. Even the ol' MVL Forum is pretty nonexistent.

cruiser_96;1620894 wrote:OSH: What do you think happened?

Mohican00;1620899 wrote:My guess is that it's a combination of younger users growing up and moving on (starting families, settling down, leaving the gangsta internet life behind) and the others taking to social media and more specialized sites like buckeyeplanet, obr, rcf for their fix.

OSH;1620908 wrote:I think a lot is this:

I imagine forums could come back around a little more, but they won't be what they used to be. We all know what JJ used to be. I don't know what Yappi, SEOPreps, or Rocket Corner used to be, I probably have only read them in the last 5ish years. For the MVL Forum, a lot of it is the original users have grown up and moved on (not around the area anymore, families, etc.)...but, I also think that many don't know about it (the MVL Forum started 13 years ago, with no marketing but word of mouth and 1 newspaper article). If the forums want to survive, they have to do some marketing -- especially if they are as specific as the MVL Forum is (location and sports). Like any other website, if they want to be "good," they cannot just continue to operate by word of mouth or on their old members.

Can they rebound from the grave? Maybe not completely, but could at least get more participation.

justincredible;1620923 wrote:Not offended at all. The OC isn't in my top 5 lately, though not necessarily by choice. I am trying to spend more time on here now that my free time is starting to pick back up.

Fab4Runner;1620928 wrote:A lot of people bitch about this site being dead, etc., but I still really enjoy it. I find something entertaining to read or post about pretty much daily.

ernest_t_bass;1620929 wrote:This. It's dead as shit, but I like the people here. Except said/salto and dlazz.

cruiser_96

dlazz

Fab4Runner;1620928 wrote:A lot of people bitch about this site being dead, etc., but I still really enjoy it. I find something entertaining to read or post about pretty much daily.

There used to be a lot more users on this site, posting a variety of topics.

It's died down considerably versus a few years ago.

vball10set

Laley23;1620947 wrote:But I was referring to all of these...

Nice!

justincredible

dlazz;1620976 wrote:There used to be a lot more users on this site, posting a variety of topics.

It's died down considerably versus a few years ago.

I might kill it with fire pretty soon.

dlazz

justincredible;1620988 wrote:I might kill it with fire pretty soon.

Doubtful. You get millions from ad revenue.

justincredible

dlazz;1620998 wrote:Doubtful. You get millions from ad revenue.

True, but no amount makes it worth putting up with your shit.

I Wear Pants

justincredible;1620999 wrote:True, but no amount makes it worth putting up with your shit.

I'm glad he made that comment though, this is a new install and I hadn't yet disabled ABP on OC. So now you'll get a few hundred thousand more dollars in revenue I'm sure.

justincredible

I Wear Pants;1621001 wrote:I'm glad he made that comment though, this is a new install and I hadn't yet disabled ABP on OC. So now you'll get a few hundred thousand more dollars in revenue I'm sure.