Blame Facebook. Oh yeah you are there too so I blame you

Cant post pics,no avatars .. hmm. The org isnt goin out like this is it ? Mr Ben do you need some help w things, is this intentional? maybe a heads up bout whats up.

If I use the tree to try n post a pic this is what comes out ..

If I do like we've always have done

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this is what comes out

[img:$uid]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/jonwolslau/c312e8c5-987c-442b-a2ed-913b20851d58_zpsbxew2oh9.jpg[/img:$uid]

I know im not doing anything wrong Ive been here to long, so wassuupp?

at least posting videos still works

[Edited 7/4/17 16:06pm]

also the org seems to keep going down around 11 pm pasific time

JaneyPoos said:

I've been casually stalking the site for the first time in a long while over the past couple of days. There's so few people I recognise on here now though that I don't think I can really get as involved as I once did. Maybe one day

Cloudbuster said:

imago said:

This can't be post 2016. I stopped checking in regularly around 2012. Are there metrics for subscribers and traffic? I noticed a drop in posts around 2011 or so, and it's either gotten worse or at least hasn't improved. I as much as I'd like to blame some of the mods, many of whom I loathe, I don't think that explains the drop. It also can't be prince. Even my GD friends now on Facebook dig him still or even more since he passed. I expected a serious spike after his passing because there is no "official" site folks can go to. Where is everybody? [Edited 6/27/17 11:43am] [Edited 6/27/17 11:44am]

Look in the mirror and repeat after me:

"If it is to be, it is up to me"

Or to quote Floyd Mayweather:

"Step yo game up!"

SteelPulse1 said:

at least posting videos still works

[Edited 7/4/17 16:06pm]

[Take it to orgnotes with your personal beefs the both of you, not in a public forum snip - luv4u]

June7 said:

The Org has been itself throughout all the turmoil, Orgers come and go ... and even slightly increased traffic here just after Prince passed.

Slightly increased? Ok.

What IS the deal with avatars? Can I add one?

the place has had the life moderated out of it... it became so damn vanilla... so just about everyone with a little fire/personality left

moderators should only be allowed to do the job for a certain period of time... say 2 or 3 years... and then hand over to someone else... the place has become a reflection of a few people's personalities... and while they might be "nice" people... it's not healthy for the site as a whole

never got a courtesy orgnote when getting thrown out years ago .. beef ? ppl cant talk about stuff openly ?

SteelPulse1 said:

never got a courtesy orgnote when getting thrown out years ago .. beef ? ppl cant talk about stuff openly ?

LMAO thinking you get a courtesy letter for being banned. LMAO lawd yall are killin me

MoBettaBliss said:

the place has had the life moderated out of it... it became so damn vanilla... so just about everyone with a little fire/personality left

moderators should only be allowed to do the job for a certain period of time... say 2 or 3 years... and then hand over to someone else... the place has become a reflection of a few people's personalities... and while they might be "nice" people... it's not healthy for the site as a whole

folks been leaving the site for ages now, though. not because of mods per se, but the way i see it and the reason why i left is because it became pretty meh around here. seeing stupid posts/threads like "is prince gay?" instead of having sensible conversation about the music gets real aggravating, real fast. people come and go for various reasons. now that prince is dead, i don't think the site's finna come back to how it was 15+ years ago.

as for moderators, it's a volunteer thing. and as a former mod who was in the shit for about a year and a half, i wouldn't wish 3 years of modding this place on anybody. you gotta have a certain fortitude to be an org mod. i dunno how things are now, but i'm figuring that ben ain't been around here in a long time as it is--can folks still ask him if they can be a mod? dunno how shit's changed...

HandclapsTheThird said:

MoBettaBliss said:

the place has had the life moderated out of it... it became so damn vanilla... so just about everyone with a little fire/personality left

moderators should only be allowed to do the job for a certain period of time... say 2 or 3 years... and then hand over to someone else... the place has become a reflection of a few people's personalities... and while they might be "nice" people... it's not healthy for the site as a whole

folks been leaving the site for ages now, though. not because of mods per se, but the way i see it and the reason why i left is because it became pretty meh around here. seeing stupid posts/threads like "is prince gay?" instead of having sensible conversation about the music gets real aggravating, real fast. people come and go for various reasons. now that prince is dead, i don't think the site's finna come back to how it was 15+ years ago.

as for moderators, it's a volunteer thing. and as a former mod who was in the shit for about a year and a half, i wouldn't wish 3 years of modding this place on anybody. you gotta have a certain fortitude to be an org mod. i dunno how things are now, but i'm figuring that ben ain't been around here in a long time as it is--can folks still ask him if they can be a mod? dunno how shit's changed...

Correct because now the ones who are obsessed with Prince's death and who gets his $$ hijack every other thread with their theories no matter what the thread was originally about.

babynoz said:

HandclapsTheThird said:

folks been leaving the site for ages now, though. not because of mods per se, but the way i see it and the reason why i left is because it became pretty meh around here. seeing stupid posts/threads like "is prince gay?" instead of having sensible conversation about the music gets real aggravating, real fast. people come and go for various reasons. now that prince is dead, i don't think the site's finna come back to how it was 15+ years ago.

as for moderators, it's a volunteer thing. and as a former mod who was in the shit for about a year and a half, i wouldn't wish 3 years of modding this place on anybody. you gotta have a certain fortitude to be an org mod. i dunno how things are now, but i'm figuring that ben ain't been around here in a long time as it is--can folks still ask him if they can be a mod? dunno how shit's changed...

Correct because now the ones who are obsessed with Prince's death and who gets his $$ hijack every other thread with their theories no matter what the thread was originally about.

that's pretty much the same ol' same ol' that went on when he was still alive, now that i think about it. conspiratory shit--it's even sadder nowadays. i stay far, far away from that shit. i cain't.

So many familiar names!

LaVisHh said:

So many familiar names!

ol skool!

luv4u said:

LaVisHh said:

So many familiar names!

It doesn't help that the site is built around old school technology. We are living in a world where the words "responsive" and "mobile" accompany any new website that is built today. I think it was a couple of months ago that for the first time in history the internet was accessed more through a mobile operating system like Android than desktop/laptop systems with Windows or OSX.

The Org on a phone is painful and for someone who does 75% plus browsing on their phone, it can only be a hinderance and a site worth forgetting about.

Combine that with the responsiveness and mobility of Facebook then there is no contest. No wonder the Org is losing out to Mr Zuckerberg.

Personally I hate Facebook and am old school enough to still depend on my laptop more than my phone. But I can see why many people would abandon this platform for alternatives that work better in 2017.

The org is in an extremely strong position to be the go-to Prince resource and community. There is nothing else with the history and branding that the org has outside of Facebook. And with a larger and more varied user base, the better and more interesting the discussions would be on the org making some of the OP's points somewhat mute. But it will never be a fraction of what it used to be without a serious facelift, designed from the ground up. Even integration with Tapatalk would be a step in the right direction.

In its current guise only the last remaining laptop/desktop huggers will stick with it as the rest of society moves on with FB, mobile apps, AI and AR driven apps all with 5.5 inch screens. The conversations will become more and more mundane and prone to trolling and the moderation will go into overdrive.

imago said:

This can't be post 2016. I stopped checking in regularly around 2012. Are there metrics for subscribers and traffic? I noticed a drop in posts around 2011 or so, and it's either gotten worse or at least hasn't improved. I as much as I'd like to blame some of the mods, many of whom I loathe, I don't think that explains the drop. It also can't be prince. Even my GD friends now on Facebook dig him still or even more since he passed. I expected a serious spike after his passing because there is no "official" site folks can go to. Where is everybody? [Edited 6/27/17 11:43am] [Edited 6/27/17 11:44am]

what is the link to your FB group?