One post a week is super active for me. I've been lurking here for a long time because it's a great place when I have nothing pressing to do at work. I can read up on recommendations for new anime/TV shows among some other interesting threads. I just never really feel the need to express my own opinion =/Originally Posted by LaZie
I'm hardly ever active. One post a week at most.
i gave up a long time ago about posting on real world events i found noteworthy...
i stick to anime discussions now that i've hung up the mod hat.
i don't think this place is dying. it was never huge and its peak activity was surely tied to the fansubbers' doing Naruto, but i think we've hit a relatively stable harmony these days.
although, i suppose comp could tell you best with some nifty stats...
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I don't think its dying.
I visit gotwoot everyday but i never feel like i have to post anything.
Haha, wow. In all my time here this is the first i've seen you. xD
I visit this website almost every day and post whenever I have a compulsion to, in whatever section. I'm mostly active in the naruto sections and the general discussion section. I enjoy arguments be they about substantial things or nothing at all, so I'm most likely to post when an argument is happening, or when a topic of discussion is argument prone.This is the second forum I bothered reading and posting in.
The first was way back when during the days of audio...something (I forget the name). I was mostly on the tool page, streaming tool songs and responding to one of several idiots that insisted on posting "linkin park 666" or "linkin park rules" on the page. This forum is leaps and bounds ahead of that one in terms of the quality of posts and posters. I've since tried reading and posting seriously in other forums, but they're mostly all horrible when compared to gotwoot. I'd say this place is doing fine. I do second masa's thinly veiled request for some solid statistics though, out of sheer curiosity.
I've been on this forum for nearly 6 years, and this is by far one of the most active forums around (without being a spamfest like the aforementioned, animes_ki, et al.). Threads like this always pop up in forums, but this particular case seems to stem from the lagging interest in series Bleach and Naruto, which quite frankly, have grown stale to most users.
The mere fact that some of our most active posters are a mix of those who have been around since gotwoot's inception and users who have been here less than 2 years is a testament to the forum's vitality. We've lost some members sure, others have become less active, but nothing has ultimately changed.
The two Code Geass threads and Claymore thread (two fairly recent series) have the highest post counts of any other threads in General anime. Over 1000 replies. If that isn't "active" I think someone is using the definition incorrectly.
In addition, take this into consideration. Even as I stated that interest in Naruto and Bleach is fading, take into account that while episodes before used to get anywhere from 300 to 500 replies, the newest episodes are still getting around 100 replies. There are threads on series with 52 episodes total that have gotten fewer total replies. "Dying," is far from an appropriate term.
I have been a very prominent member of a dying forum. Dying forums are where there are less than 5 active posters, where threads can be considered extremely active when they reach 50 replies. Then there are 3 active posters, and then just 2, until the members finally give up and never come back, leaving the activity in the forum to the spammers alone.
While I certainly wish there was more discussion, that is more of an issue of the kinds of series I've been watching lately ("Oh, [this] and [that] were funny.") and certain series that do promote that kind of discussion not gaining the immediate following. I love to throw out the example of the School Days thread, that doubled in length after the series ended. It seems at present, there really are not that many series being produced that promote the same level of discussion as those in the past.
The few that are this season, do have a pretty good following though. Chaos;Head is doing quite well for this early in the season, as is Clannad.
In short, if you think this forum is dying, you have either only been to spam/spoiler heavens, or you have not experienced a truly dying forum.
This is the only forum I ever lurk any more. Used to lurk in AnimeSuki (headache), GameFAQs (even bigger headache), and StopTazmo (lost interest). I was never a heavy poster, but a lurker when I first made this account.
I remember when I was stuck to this forum like glue, man I'd sit all day long and spam Gundam stuff, fucking Gundam Seed! Now those were days of obsession. But yeah, stuff happens. I'll always be here in spirit though! And because of that it will never die! Because Terracosmicness transcend time and space!
SPACE I TELL YOU!
There isn't really that much space to transcend because the site and all gotwooters are on this same planet (or should be - I've always suspected a few of the odder members might be three-eyed aliens from Andromeda).
Ditto imanewb.
But yeah I have to disagree that this forum is dying. I joined because I was attracted to berserk and stopped when I decided to wait for it till it reaches a volume or so. I usually post only if I needed something which I can't find anywhere or if there are interesting topics like this one. Don't just read in a single thread. Try visiting others like the general discussion, introduce yourself or the anime cosplays, really it took me almost half a day reading and viewing that thread. Another thing that attracts me is the quality posts of most members that keeps on posting, I enjoy reading them than engaging with them. Don't be bothered by this rep thing in gotwoot though if I were you, it's not like its gonna kill you when you get neg repped. cheers
This forum is far from dying, I've noticed on more than one occasion that we have a significant difference in the numbers of people viewing a thread and number of registered user in said thread.
That lead me to believe that we still have a large amount of lurker who do not feel the need to post.
For example, I've been here for a little over 5 years now and has browsed this forum on a regular basis but my post counts is still pretty low. It wasn't until recently that i decided to post more often.
Hes called Archie.Just you wait. Sooner or later, some newbie with a lot of opinion will turn this place inside-out. I'm waiting for that day
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Yep this shit is dead.
I've seen forums that can prosper with only 5 members who know themselves IRL, so no, this forum is really far from dying. Also we have Terra.
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I claim guilty to that charge!
WOW, how long has it been since I last logged on...??
Great to see many people I recognize (hopefully they recognize me too...).
My excuse would be...
Simply put, I just dropped anime out of my life about 8 months ago.
I used to watch a lot, but as time went by, the number of series I would watch per season would drop and drop and drop until it finally hit zero.
I just lost the interest and anime just doesn't seem to appeal to me anymore (wait a year or two to see if I can still say that).
Heck, I still have no interest in getting back to anime, but I do intend to stick around here.
It's good to be back!
On the other hand, the number of series I pick up every season grows bigger and bigger. What's holding me back and making me drop shows is my monthly download quota.
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heh I think I got you lurkers who posted in this thread as lurkers beaten!
This post was so stupid that I decided to delete it.
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While it pains me to contribute to the offtopic diversion, I have to know...wtf is that?
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