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#368859 - 21/05/2017 23:25 Dang...
jmwking
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Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 768
Loc: Washington, DC metro
I hate checking in after a couple days to find no new posts!

This is one of my favo(u)rite sites!

I had a rewarding day volunteering at our local Special Olympics event. The best moment was when a kid - twice lapped in the 1500 - called out as she passed us the second time (with everyone else finished): "I! Don't! Quit!"

-jk

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#368860 - 21/05/2017 23:33 Re: Dang... [Re: jmwking]
K447
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Registered: 29/05/2002
Posts: 797
Loc: near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I find it refreshing that there are places on the internet where there is posting activity only when something interesting is occurring.

This is rare - so many places feel the need to draw/generate 'traffic'. Even if there is nothing of substance happening.
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#368861 - 22/05/2017 02:19 Re: Dang... [Re: jmwking]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
Sounds like a great event. Love the anecdote.

The traffic is lighter than it used to be, but that kind of drop-off is pretty inevitable for a message board based around a product that hasn't been produced for almost 15 years.

We'll have fun in the meantime and see how long this ship keeps sailing! Much thanks to Tom and Andy.
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#368862 - 22/05/2017 11:49 Re: Dang... [Re: jmwking]
Tim
veteran

Registered: 25/04/2000
Posts: 1522
Loc: Arizona
I was wondering if it was because the folks across the pond were dealing with the WannaCry crap that was going on.

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#368864 - 22/05/2017 23:33 Re: Dang... [Re: jmwking]
DWallach
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/04/2000
Posts: 3810
I still keep a tab open to the "off topic" board here. I check in most days to see what's up. Back in the day, I used to hang out in a number of other equivalent single-interest chat forums around other hobbies of mine, but I've left all those behind and still hang out here.

That said, I'm friends on Facebook and G+ with various subsets of the crowd here, and if we ever truly were going to kill off this board, we could consider replacing it with one of those. (Will G+ be long for this world? It wasn't particularly mentioned at all during Google I/O.)

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#368869 - 23/05/2017 17:34 Re: Dang... [Re: DWallach]
canuckInOR
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Originally Posted By: DWallach
(Will G+ be long for this world? It wasn't particularly mentioned at all during Google I/O.)

It hasn't been particularly mentioned at all, nearly anywhere, for a long time.

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#368870 - 24/05/2017 02:41 Re: Dang... [Re: canuckInOR]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
Originally Posted By: DWallach
(Will G+ be long for this world? It wasn't particularly mentioned at all during Google I/O.)

It hasn't been particularly mentioned at all, nearly anywhere, for a long time.

There was a time when they claimed that Google+ was Google. Now apparently it's the Assistant. I don't think either will bear out as "The future of Google."
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#368906 - 03/06/2017 21:44 Re: Dang... [Re: jmwking]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
I still pop in from time to time to see what's going on. Nice to see most of the regulars still logging on.
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Andy M

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