View Full Version : Wow, This is a First For Me..
baragabrat
07-22-2010, 04:31 AM
There are only 7 people here right now...3 members and 4 guests. I have never been here when there have been so few here. But it does seem to me that fewer and fewer folks come here. (I know this has been discussed more than once in the past year.) It's a shame because the site has so much to offer. I've been to many freebie sites and I have always come back to BBF because none of them has the whole package like this site does.
So many different forums, so many different topics like freebies, ideas, opinions, rewards, news, religion, etc. etc. :) :)
Breezin
07-22-2010, 05:43 AM
I think the board being down so much lately has been a little discouraging to folks.
3lilpigs
07-22-2010, 06:25 AM
It's not just this board though....it's all boards in general. Maybe because it's summertime and people are on vacation, or just outside doing other things.
dv8grl
07-22-2010, 07:33 AM
There are people that used to come here that never will again because of how they were treated, by both members & mods and thats sad.
sunniekiss
07-22-2010, 07:36 AM
I think it is just summer & I know I would rather be outside that sitting inside on a computer.
Taterbo
07-22-2010, 08:16 AM
I agree with it being summer time..Kids home, vacations and such... I think sometimes peoples interests change and they move on..Not much you can do about it..but hope they change their minds again and come back.
Kelsey1224
07-22-2010, 08:21 AM
I personally think that more people are going to social networking sites like Facebook. I know that several of us relied on a FB page to keep in touch while this site was done. And...people are still posting on that page.
Anig2u
07-22-2010, 09:51 AM
Just found out it was back up again, looks different!! I think this place has been going downhill for a while now. People just don't seem as interested anymore. I know for me it's been kinda boring, and a lot of people that use to come here don't anymore. People are going to different places nowadays.
Breezin
07-22-2010, 10:13 AM
I personally think that more people are going to social networking sites like Facebook. I know that several of us relied on a FB page to keep in touch while this site was done. And...people are still posting on that page.
is that open to everyone? is there a name to look for?
3lilpigs
07-22-2010, 10:22 AM
is that open to everyone? is there a name to look for?
Yes, open to anyone. (If this is the one Kelsey's talking about?)
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=133180690038303
Airbuswife
07-22-2010, 11:21 AM
thanks! i was looking for that, too!! :)
Breezin
07-22-2010, 12:05 PM
Yes, open to anyone. (If this is the one Kelsey's talking about?)
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=133180690038303
Thanks :)
Now I feel silly was your signature line there the whole time lol :o
3lilpigs
07-22-2010, 12:10 PM
Thanks :)
Now I feel silly was your signature line there the whole time lol :o
LOL...Don't feel silly.....I just put it there about 10 mins ago.
Kelsey1224
07-22-2010, 03:49 PM
Yes, open to anyone. (If this is the one Kelsey's talking about?)
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=133180690038303
Yep...that was the one I was talking about!!
rosiesbrat
07-22-2010, 03:52 PM
Maybe like me, they are using bookmarks that no longer work. I have been thinking the rewards board was down, but just now went to the home page instead, and found I had to log in, but the site wasn't down anymore. I had thought maybe the site was gone forever. :-(
baragabrat
07-22-2010, 04:38 PM
I understand the time of the year and the other sites folks go to and how folks' interests change. The main thing that flabbergasted me was that at the time I posted this thread that there were only 8 people on this site. I had never seen so few on here before. But the site's been down so much of late for a variety of reasons, I think at the time of posting, not that many knew it was back up. The number had grown substantially an hour later.
I have a Facebook account but I only play Mafia Wars and look for pics of my granddaughter that my DIL posts. At the end of the day I might have spent 1/2 hour there. No biggie for me.
captorquewrench
07-23-2010, 09:08 PM
I've been a member here for 9 years.
I have to say some of not having a lot of people on here is that, in addition to what's been brought up already...freebies just aren't around like they used to be. If the deals are not showing up...well. why come to a freebie board? The off topic and other sections were for taking a break from freebies, not the reason for coming, for a lot of members way back then. And the boards were BUSY! We still made a lot of friends here. I myself made some, good ones, that I've met and mailed and phoned regularly (I even consider some of them my "butt posse" and that's nothing like as bad as it sounds). But when the freebies were gone, and I, (like so many others) was in touch with my friends by other means...and the board was down all the time...no point in coming any more.
Also some stupid ugly junior high style Degrassi drama started and a lot of people got sick of it and left. Like me. Some of temporarily, a lot more permanently. Took literally YEARS for it to die down enough for me to tolerate coming back here even intermittently. The past few weeks are the most I've been on this site in probably 4 years.
Don't ask what the drama was. I'm not rehashing the stupid nitpicky crap and it doesn't need to start up on any level. My oldest says I'm allergic to BS. It's why I left...I got sick of BS.
ahippiechic
07-23-2010, 10:28 PM
It seems odd to see your name on here when I scroll thru the posts Capt. I'm more used to seeing it other places.
YNKYH8R
07-24-2010, 05:18 AM
I, for one have never been to the freebie side. I came here for the conversations. Yeah some got out of control but that's life. I've been doing online gaming for the pst year but decided to come back and see what's going on. The conversations here have stalled. There were some on this board that made things get a little nasty but I feel they were needed in away to help spurn on great conversation. Well I will still be coming back from time to time looking for bumps.
kidzpca
07-24-2010, 07:06 PM
There are people that used to come here that never will again because of how they were treated, by both members & mods and thats sad.
Could be...?
dv8grl
07-24-2010, 08:15 PM
I know I would rather be outside
Where do you live?
Lol~ The high here was 100 today. With 200% humidity.
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