Is kitten kat right

I am still getting friendship, entertainment and knowledge from all aspects of the forum

You get out what you put in   IMO

Yes me too, but I choose (very wisely) to have the base of my friendship group and training.... Not here. That allows me more objectivity when I do post.

And allows me to be objective with the people I'm mentoring.

I don't find it boring.  Its a bit quiet today, but then it always is when the sun is out as people prefer to be outside.

Maybe I would find it boring if it was all I did all day, but I have a varied life and get on with other things too.

it depends on what you call boring...a certain poster who used to post new threads daily certainly couldn't be called boring but at times it was like watching a car crash telly..........i am pleased that they are no longer posting as it was not healthy for them or for the forums....

i  have a number of threads that i post on  and enjoy for what they are.............i can't see the point in regurgitating the same threads just to try and force debate..........i prefer the natural progression of debates..........

this is just one part of my life and i don't expect it to supply me with neverending amusement.......

things go through cycles and reflext the ever changing needs of those on there............same as facebook....etc

Come on now and again, but it is the same threads each time -but each has their regular posters.

Suppose it tends to be more of a social meeting place these days - than debating actual meaty topics...

Just an observation as I see it. Probably wrong

and i think that people post on threads that interest them and that are real........there are hundreds of current threads on here where people are happy posting ...........some prefer to just skim read a few threads..but most prefer to read a smaller amount thoroughly and give and take on there............the successful threads are there for everyone..not just for an individual............

if the RW were truely boring then there would be noone posting.............and there are thousands of postings daily which indicates its doing what it set up to do....... 

Dave..............have you looked at the new discusiion that have been set up over the last few days.............the people who say that they are boring and that people only stick to their own threads do not enter into any of these new discussions..........just set up their own.......

Forums have a life. I once read that people only stick around for about 6 months before moving on. Some forums are more lively than others. This is not the most lively I have come across but it beats most by a hefty margin.

There is a rolling theme to threads but that's only to be expected. i guess if you stay anywhere too long you start to notice a pattern. Bit like going out with work colleagues, you tend to talk about what you have in common and that might be work.

Bloody hell, she should know, she starts most of the threds.  Perhaps its her?    running dry.

Only the ones she starts

there are thousands of posters on here and only a couple of dozen on the facebook threrad...........maybe hash you find them more interesting as you have met there with like minded people............so its just like one of the long running threads on here..but is on a different place.............on the facebook thread you can go 24/48 hrs without anyone [posting...something that never happens on RW.........

so i suppose its just an alternative thread to this one.............but one that isn't open to lurkers.............

they are all there to serve a purpose and i suppose when they do not serve a purpose then peopel move on..............

i don't think that RW is changing.i think peoples needs are changing as they hit different stages of their lives........

having been around these parts for 10 years or so, I will say it has evolved to what it is today.

in the early days, the RW forum was pretty novel - there were some other fora around but this one developed a momentum and it was a very lively place with many people joining and loads of posts and I guess fun.  many people met in those days and are still in touch today either on here or via other social media.  the guys who set the forum up and edited it for RW -Pishfool and Benson mainly - were active contributors.

then Facebook and Twitter came along thet allowed people to interact differently so active fora like this one became just one of a number of social media outlets vying for people's time and attention.

so we are where we are today.  friendships have been made and will probably stay although many now interact via FB and Twatter; new people will come along looking for advice (particulalry noticeable in the Tri section as that sport is still growing rapidly); others will disappear as their lives change or they change.

I'm still here but less so these days as a lot is repetitive.  I post if I feel I have something to offer or contribute, or occasionally just for a bit of fun.

I've been around nearly as long as FB - and it has changed considerably, but then so does every thing else in life, really?

I dip in and out, there are still interesting things, something new to learn, and so on, but it does seem a lot less lively (and a lot less funny) than it was a few years ago.

I also dip in and out of the facebook group, but I do prefer the format of the forum to facebook.