D.T still closed 14 October 2020 at 10:09PM in Site feedback 31 replies 881 views

[Deleted User]

D.T has now been closed for four months, a period during which the pandemic has abated then returned, does anyone believe it will ever return or was it really as many suspected an excuse (valid or not) to close it for good?
It also has to be said that many other parts of MSE are dying a slow and painful death.
There was a time I would happily spend 2 hours a day on MSE  now its often less than 15 minutes.
Shame really.

J_B

venison said:

It also has to be said that many other parts of MSE are dying a slow and painful death.
There was a time I would happily spend 2 hours a day on MSE  now its often less than 15 minutes.
Shame really.

Can't disagree with that at all ..... so sad .... 😢

waamo

I've just been allowed back after an enforced holiday from here. I must say it was a refreshing break and I can't see me being so active any more. 

stephen77

Not sure how much this site makes from advertisement.
More traffic = more payment from adverts. 
Dependant on the answer of the above would effect if it was the correct move to make. 

[Deleted User]

Its amazing considering we have been in lockdown, people have been working from home, more people are jobless that many sub forums on MSE have had little or no activity for most of this year, any one offering odds on how long MSE will last in it's current state?

Misslayed

stephen77 said:

Not sure how much this site makes from advertisement.
More traffic = more payment from adverts. 
Dependant on the answer of the above would effect if it was the correct move to make. 

There is no advertising on MSE, it's a fundamental principle of the site.

[Deleted User]

venison said:

Its amazing considering we have been in lockdown, people have been working from home, more people are jobless that many sub forums on MSE have had little or no activity for most of this year, any one offering odds on how long MSE will last in it's current state?

 Don't know what boards you refer to. Plenty of activity that i see and read

john539

They threw baby out with bath water with their replatform.

They have lost so much functionality and basic features we took for granted.

I can't even find a thread I posted on here not long ago.

The basic features I used to navigate the forum, find posts & threads have gone, now become too much hard work.

[Deleted User]

_shel said:

venison said:

Its amazing considering we have been in lockdown, people have been working from home, more people are jobless that many sub forums on MSE have had little or no activity for most of this year, any one offering odds on how long MSE will last in it's current state?

 Don't know what boards you refer to. Plenty of activity that i see and read

couple of examples the grabbitt forum is hardly used same for disability money matters, the truth is MSE is shrinking

203846930

Must still be a popular forum otherwise the spammers would not bother posting on it.

[Deleted User]

duncanthedog said:

Must still be a popular forum otherwise the spammers would not bother posting on it.

there is no denying that since the update early this year MSE has lost more and more members