Without quantifying it with numbers, it seems to me like the amount of activity (threads and replies) is way down on the open forum of this site. I'm curious as to what's going on.

Is it that the party has moved elsewhere and I just didn't get an invite?

Is the signal to noise ratio too low (too many internet sailors)?

Have the political threads disuaded those who are only interested in coming here for sailing from participating?

Chris.

I'd like to think that the decreased traffic is because more people are out sailing. I know I'm ready to get back out there.

Chris,

traffic typically dies out around here in the NA summer months.

Come winter - people will have cabin fever.

i found that even pre-spring the threads were getting less traffic.

i am not sure why, but it is so "dry" that i have become active on the drill baby/spill baby.. and i hate politics

Traffic is down on Facebook, too. It's because people are so busy with so many activities -- especially people with kids.

And speaking of Facebook, a lot of sailors seem to be on there, and posting pretty regularly.

Mary, what statistics are you quoting when you say traffic on FB is down?

Facebook is the tool of Satan.

When the apocalypse is upon us - The first question they'll ask at the pearly gates is "did you have a facebook account?"

If yes, elevator down.

hahah.... why is FB evil Tad?
how is it worse than any other social media?

They're all evil.

Facebook is evil because it attempts to breakdown the physical interaction between people.

And because its full of nothing but drunken teen idiots.

Oh and you know - that Facebook was founded by a bunch of nerdy dudes because they wanted girls to upload pictures of their boobs?

Yeah. Its soooo worth being a part of.

Someone needs a friend request...

Your just wrong John.

hahah (JW)...

Yes Tad, i am sure it was made by geeks (aren't you one, and aren't you friends with the coder?)


and how is seeing girls boobs a bad thing? It's human nature, and imprinted in our genes (didn't you post a nice chest shot after the tybe? and didn't we all enjoy that?

the entire web reduces face to face interaction.... just ask my cyber gf

I have reconnected with dozens of my old schoolmates, old navy pals, and even some x-gf's... and my life is much richer because of it. I had 100 friends wish me happy b-day on FB which made me feel very good...

Lastly... but you are very active on this forum (which is a social media).., see you in hell ...

*snif snif* did someone leave the stove on?

Yes.

FB improves virtual contact and is a tool for global integration. Like this forum, it provides a tool to be a citizen of the world instead of an enclosed neighborhood.

The guy who invented the wheel would be a good friend of the bums who invented FB - he was too lazy to carry things in his back...

Okay a bunch of guys put together some webpages that encourage the ladies to post pictures of their boobs and this is a bad thing? Is it the lack of sausage that has you upset? Oh wait, you drive a 20, nevermind.

Oh for the record, I was going to hell long before FB was on the scene and I have the emails to proove it.

I think this forum, FB, and any other site that doesn't contain boobs to be a slight against God, and a Hell worthy tresspass. Sure this is fun, but lets get back to what the internet is really for: pornography.

I'm not sure why you think the origination of Facebook is a bad thing.

I betcha that the wheel was invented so he could somehow see some boobs. It drives the male part of the world.