I took a break from here for a lot of years and it is not the same as it was, it used to be better, now it's just people fighting about FT8
Forums full of older guys are pretty much just pissing contests.
Hobbies that have younger people in them are way more friendlier.
I used to enjoy Gene AF3Y and Jonathan W6GX posts and Vince K(A)3NRX and a guy called Tony who used to do mobile over Texas way, And of course Pete W2IRT is still here and Chris NU1O
W6GX still stops by and reads but he does not seem to post.
Internet Forums are not that popular any more so the fact here has survived says a lot,
Trevor
EI2GLB
Nope that is not the case. I am into other Hobbies like Reef Aquariums, Drones. RC Planes and Solar. Some of those forums have upward of 300,000 to 500,000 members. You can literally see on some of them that the last 50 posts are only 5 minutes old.
One of the things that kills this forum is the lack of features.
Simple things like passive replies for instance, eg. "The Like button" and the ability to upload Photos and Videos make a huge difference in the Forum experience.
Take for instance the 3Y0J thread. It would have attracted a lot more people if users could upload short videos of QSO's. People like Wayne have to host them on their own server for us to hear them. You cannot even share DIY example pictures on here without using a hosting server.