Save Home of Poi

oh sorry doc and electric i misunderstood *begs forgiveness*

I will accept gifts of large amounts of Nutella or alternatively certain "personal favors."

ok i got to page 3 then just browesed over ppls posts quick reading points of interest sorry but with 4 kids running riot it isnt easy.

anyway i was linked to this topic by someone i used to meet up with at clapham meets. i was a member in 2005 to this site but stopped coming on for about 2 years due to work commitments and then family commitments and no internet.

anyway i recently in past few months came back 2 times put a new hello thread and got all of 1 or 2 replys. kind of put me off compared to my pages and pages of replys from my very first hello thread.
i used to post a lot but got rather offended by the do a search comments all the time. it seems no one can post new threads if its been done before and i mean ever done before even a year or so before.

i am a member of a few busy forums, gaming ones, mother and baby ones and music ones. now when they get double posts from recent times like within days or even weeks of each other either one is agreed to die and deleted or merged with the other. but if it was posted months before we allow them to carry on as it includes members who missed the one before and new members and whats the harm of old members either joining in again or if they dont want to dont reply its as simple as that. i come on a lot to browse and i see no topics of interest apart from threads 100s of pages long that have been going for so long i dont even want to open it as its too long to read.
i enjoy reading topics that arent too long and are friendly with friendly discussions.

anyway as i havent been here so long i doubt my views are going to be acknolodged (sp?) but its how i feel and see the site when i come on. i see topics i remember from when i used to post such as last memberr to post wins one how long has that been going on?

also i didnt know there was a senior members forum cant see it on my list lol.

and i agree this board does need a whole new modern revamp and im sorry if i have not read any important matters as just dont have the time.

also there is no ew members as poi isnt really known. anyone i talk to like my gaming friends (runescape) in australia or the members of the mums forum im on have no clue what it is. ive always thought about if i was any good at poi (which im not i only know about 5 moves)id go to local schools and offer to do a mini performance to show children and teenagers what it is like and then maybe give out leaflets about local workshops if there is any and maybe this site aswell. children and mainly teenagers is who need to be shown what poi is to bring it back and make it more popular its all about doing something about it. teenagers are the ones that can bring poi to poularity as what they do others follow a trend.

dani

and if anyone remembers me which i doubt then hello

First of all, Dani, I remember you.

And your views are FAR more important than mine precisely because you are newer. You're the folks we're trying to attract! We're not trying to attract me. I'm old and decrepit and I merp a lot. I also lose entirely too often.

We need new people to keep this forum vibrant and fun and lively and that's why your views are important.

ty doc lightening and i remember you too reading many of your debates with your strong views

hmm doc does this mean i am your b**ch now then lmap

Anyone else think it's sort of funny that a thread about how no-one's posting on HoP anymore gets 6 pages of people agreeing in response?

I do. But I've noticed a little bit of a kickup in response to this thread... people DO seem to be a little more active.

My nefarious plot worked?

Bahahaha... behold the power of the lurkers

*goes back to lurking*

FRD, get your butt (and the rest of you) out here right NOW!

like alot of others i have recently came back to hop - i stopped coming a while ago cos i just got to busy with work.... then my laptop screen broke..... but now that i am able to spend time on here (in hospital for a month lucky me) theres almost noone that i knew...
i feel weird even writting on this thread cos it seems like im the kiss of death for a thread one comment from me and everyone leaves lol im starting to get a complex. But i do hope that people start popping in more cos i need entertained

Nope, its me that kills threads

frd must have been lurking a while he sent me to this thread to check it out why it wa so quiet lol

Oh dear.
I have been visiting HOP so rarely that I have just been reading posts from way back in August for the first time. Plus I am joining this discussion 7 pages in.. Sooorrrrryyyyy! I guess I am one of the many people around here that used to post every day and have let it slip - I must say tho -I have missed you guys!
Hugs!

Wow, maybe all it took was this thread?

The problem is that I'm not sure this trick will work next time. I think some of the ideas that have been brought up about integrating HoP into Facebook or similar sites is a good one, though.

I guess a lot of us have just become lurkers now. I read like everything in social chat and discussion, but rarely feel like I have anything interesting to contribute... I dunno... does anyone else get that?

I certainly feel out of sync from the whole "old days", where I'd just slap any old crap up... maybe its just that I've grown up? But then, that might just be me... hmmm...

As for Facebook mergings... I wouldn't add a homeofpoi app. I try not to use them, as they're quite annoying. Whilst I certainly see how facebook can increase social activity within the community, I can't quite see why having a HoP group on facebook would increase activity here... wouldn't it reduce activity by rendering the forum useless? If everyone's nattering away on facebook, who's going to be clearing up the tumbleweeds here?

Whilst I may be lurking still, I think I'll always be on HoP. Its kinda like your local bar. You don't have to talk to anyone, just listen in on your mates conversation and join in at any time.

I think my feelings can truly be summed up by this.

Intergration with another site is only going to be counter productive.

I think HoP itself needs to edge towards social networking structures.

Sweet. You've single-handedly saved HoP by starting this thread. Well done.

I'm looking forward to this new era of Lightning-Inspired Enlightenment. I don't want to break it so I'll just sit back and watch the magic.

If not for this forum, I would never come here.

I wish there were another place for people around the world to meet and chat about manipulation where people actually get responses. I guess jugglingdb and contactjuggling.org are good options....