Hello good guys.
Lately, I can't find any inspiration to keep posting on LTS... but I keep participating on other forums as always. Something happened to me or something happened to LTS? Judging on the dropping activity, I'm not the only one who's feeling the same. Maybe we should do something with it? Sadly, I can't even see any good solution - except for temporarily close the forum like I suggested once in the past. To give LTS a global vacation for a week or for a month.

Me too...    I guess it's that certain time of the year again - exams in school, fall holidays, you name it. Usually, the situation will resolve itself in a few days. Closing the forum won't do any good though...

The forum didnt get many posts in the last days, yes. It's also not a new that you became somewhat of a stranger to LTS dag, so you should ask yourself what is that doesn't appeal you anymore of this forum Yo umight get close to the solution.

Closing wouldnt surely help it get more posts anyways, it would just assure we?d get 0 per day. We had this discussion many, many times before... this is the rythm of the forum ,this is how it goes, accept it. People are still talking and contacting each other outside the forum which is imho as, if not more, important and welcome.

I personally had an HORRIBLE week and i'm trying to forget about it.

P.S. To the new members of the forum : Do not worry, LTS wont be closed, this is just a recurring thread that holds no real menaces to the board but it worked in the past, might work now.

I'm getting tired of repeating myself in these threads, Serge. Honestly, LTS will have periods of low activity, and each member will just have to take it for what it is. Marco said it perfectly - closing the forum would help nothing, it would only guarantee that there are no posts to come back to. I don't know why you keep considering closing this place every time activity gets low - all it seems like to me is an act of "That'll teach them to not post on my forum!" Obviously that isn't your intention, but that's what it usually seems like at first glance.

Chill Daggy. It's the same old, same old. This has already happened once and will probably happen again, so let it ride for right now. I personally havent even touched the internet for over a week due to my job training lasting 17 hours a day, so i dont usually bother with my computer, i sleep. Just give it some time and it will pass.

I personally think that would do more damage to the community in the long run.

I would assume that there are a lot of people out there lurking deciding to become a member. If the forum goes offline they may think the site is gone and not come back, this we may loose some potential members. I lurked for a couple of months before I joined. If the site had gone off for a few days I doubt i would of come back, I would of just looked elsewhere.

Like has been siad a few mew members on are catching up on the old posts and going offline will stop them from catching up.

I check in to this place every day to read topics or ead some older stuff. Going offline would upset me quite a bit. Wen I post its often due to something on my mind at the time and i put it to paper so to speak. If the site is offline a lot of potentially good posts will be lost. Also aftet the site comes back there will nothing new to read so people may not bother to check back for awhile.

For some people LTS is a part of thier real life. Some of thier friends are here, thier interests and hobbies

Taking the site offline will do little more than fustrate members and may have the totally opposite post to what is intended.

One idea that is being tried seems to be working, thats the chat days, a lot of chat and ideas come out of the chat sessions and some stuff was posted here. Just when we are getting that going, pulling the plug on the forums may kill that too, as a lot of people check LTS seeing who is online and then check the chat.  I think the chat days need to be given a chance to make this family even closer, rather than a  closure which will make people try elsewhere and give the possibility they will stay elsewhere.

I think LTS is more than just the forums its the community its growing in to. PMs are used a lot by me, and i often chat to certain members. Yesterday there wasnt many posts at all, i think 1 from belbarto. But fridays are often fairly quiet. People finish work and often go out. My forums hardly ever gets many posting on fridays. the days before there were a lot more posts, not as many as usual but no way "dead"

From what I have seen of some threads, some people ask suggestions but the forum staff are not here to reply (due to absolutely no fault of themselves i know the problems serge and Marco face.) I think this may put some people off as they may wrongly think nobody is taking care of the forums. 

Maybe it could be tried some moderator jobs or another more active admin who is around at different time. Maybe giving people responsibility in the forums will give more interest.

G.H.
Did you understand what you did just say? It actually sounds like "Serge, we had this several times before, and every time you suggest something, we have to tell you off instead of trying to understand you." Never thought such a treatment is what makes me a stranger to LTS lately, like Marco said? Yes, sometimes it pisses me off that suggesting you something is just breaking through a brick wall. I regret I made this thread at all; before, I felt bad about low activity at LTS, now I feel even worse because I see that nobody (at least you) cares.

you are wrong friend... LTS is very important to every memeber of this forum...Serge you need force and hope... tomorrow is a new day, and is necesary think with calm in the past, the life is a circle and LTS is a home to new members, ... hope... after of the clouds the sun exist... always... and lisa is as a sunflower ... she need your sun to live...

PS: and to me LTS is a important part of my life....

Lisa says: up Serge!!!!

I don’t know why, but it is just not easy to get new members these days.
I se more then one Simpsons forum on the web, that is having low activity. LTS is by far NOT the worst. I think there is af fair amount of activity here.
Trying to change thing may have to bring drastic actions. But, then you have the risk of loosing some members in the process.

I hope Dag that you didn't see hostility in my post, as it there wasn't any I'm just trying to tell that in my opinion closing LTS temporarily is not the solution.
A refresh of the design as suggested by Opus is imho a better thing. Als, let's get that competition judged once and for all (i'll give it my free time from now on), and maybe let's think about something just for the writers of the forum.

I've read through the other threads where activity had sunk in the past. I agree that closing it wouldn't do anything but hurt the forum. If a poster feels they need to take a week or a month off to 'vacation' from the forum they are more than free to do so, but to prevent the people who do post here on a regular basis from doing so... would not do so good.
I admit, my participation has been less these last couple weeks but I am concentrating on finding employment which, for me, is very important.

Serge, I'll keep it as breif as I can;

We might have all registered to this place for our respect or love for Lisa, but I believe we stay because we are all friends. Taking LTS down, would just break the contact we have with some of our friends...

I dont think its about being active, its about being there for one another. This might be a time of trouble for you, but we're all here for you.

Dagdamor
You speak as if the only way to understand you is to agree with you...

I'm afraid I agree with most people on here ..
Relax 'Cos every little thing, is gonna be alright!
*offers Serge a Lisa cookie* ^_^

Dude, that was totally uncalled for.


Well, since I'm here, I might aswell give my opinion.

Dag, closing the forum won't do any good. It will only make things worse.
Everyone has already said that. Just try to understand, closing the forum isn't a good solution.

That reply from vanguard just shows one thing, that everybody else seems far more grown up and doesnt resort to cheap insults for absolutely NO REASON. You personal issues with another member are not welcome here. Most people are trying to help Serge through what seems like a bad time and you use it as an excuse to get a cheap insult in, shows how pathetic the small minded can be.

Anyway. Back to the subject at hand.

Serge. you have created not just a great forum here, but a awesome community too.

THe feeling against closing the forum temporarily just goes to show how much we do care. we are against closing the forum not against you and we respect you thinking of ideas to try and make the comminity better, just the closing one we think won't help.

I think the quietness is just an unfortunate set of things happening in peoples lives that happened at same time, meaning people couldnt be as active as they like to be. Me and my stressful job and illness, roger trying to find a new job, Rachel settling in at university and countless things with other people here.

The point that was originally made is that Serge thought people needed a break, but the last day or two has seen the return of a few people who did take time out. So maybe the couple days of no posts was our break but with the forum being up for anyone who needed it.

Tsk Tsk, Rach being loud GLad i didnt see this when I came hom yesderday as I had quite a bit of alchohol and i problebly would of been loud too, and not string a sentance together to boot lol.