There seems to be scattered bands of people here and there and then the mod team and then in between there it's a free for all.

Maybe community orientated activities would bring people together, I like Shaun's member reviews stuff like that which get people feeling like they are actually part of the forum and not a ghost.

Literally took the words out of my mouth. The chat thread would be bumped more. That's it.

Is Scott perma banned? :suspect:

I might just piss off for a bit. Come back at Christmas. Surely it will be better than it is now.

I love that song!

glenn it help me
i was losing the magic on here
going to take 2 weeks of but took longer
and the magic is back :dance:

TIBB is quiet,but it's ok gives us chance to get to know people better.It would take more than a quiet forum to depress me,there's a big old world out there Glenn,go grab it:hug:

Agree 100%. I tried to form a movement to try and attract new members to the forum (preferably good looking females) but no one else was on board

They'd all no doubt be men anyway

I would like to just point out the forum isn't making me suicidal :laugh:, I just feel it's lost its spark.

Sticking a picture of your penis on the chat thread and writing 'free gift when you sign up today' was never a good idea but at least I signed up :whistle:

wowers :joker:

Sometimes taking some time off helps. :hug:

:laugh2:

aye

Personally I didn't find scott funny, I was really concerned for him and saw him as a rather tragic character.
Enabling his destructive behaviours did nothing to help him and I got the impression that many laughed at him rather than with him.

I hope Scott is ok anyway.

aye scotty was canny

I certainly laughed with him. Not at him.

noone enabled his destructive behaviour, everyone was really worried about him

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I was to the point of begging him to get help for his drinking, I was struggling myself at the time too... The post was removed.
I'm not meaning anyone in particular when I say that either, but I saw the humour the tales of his behaviours caused.
Anyway that was just how I saw it, best not to make this a scott discussion thread.

It'd be less depressing if Glenn wasn't ERE!!!!

<war>

I find that when I visit a forum where the main focus is one subject-be it big brother, some singer, actor, sport stars-someone always starts a thread saying the forum has lost it's spark during "off season" :joker:

Wow mean, I used to get on with scott. :(


Yeah how did he get banned? And zippy never came back. Shame.

Zippy was a mess, good riddance

So did I. I still found him a bit much. Not a reflection on him as a person - because I don't know anything about his issues - just a reflection of his posts.

Don't find that mean myself at all personally but to each their own. I'm sure he was banned for a reason.

Zippy :love:

..no, TiBB doesn't depress me at all, I find that when I get 'irritated' more or notice it being quieter more is usually when I'm not working..holidays/half term etc..so it's not really anything different on TiBB, just my perspective of it because it becomes more of a focus if I'm not doing anything else and the habit is to log on...once I go back to work and I have my 'balance' back which I need, the sun starts to shine on TiBB once again...

..I think for me, because my OH doesn't get so much time off work as I do and the boys are older and doing their own thing most of the time..the school holidays can become like a 'monthly period' and I get grumpy/bored/restless/irritated and then it's like pfffft, with your top 10s, Shaun..:idc:...

forums cant make you depressed then your depressed anyway lol

The forum keeps crashing for me this morning. :suspect:

:hugesmile:

This forum must have been a wonderful place filled with sunshine and rainbows and unicorns before the likes of me turned up.

Charming.

It's a forum why would anyone come on here if it depressed them :conf: It is bound to change as people move on with their lives. As for banned members surely the people who were friendly with them can contact them outside the forum, and if they can't how good a "friend" can they be.

Agreed. Everyone is welcome in here. I like the new members, even if we don't always agree on things. :)

Well that's you off my Christmas card list:nono:

In principle yes but I disagree in practicality.

A lot of new members have to do a lot to get 'noticed' unless they cosy up with one of the favourites or spark up something controversial.

I was practically a ghost until I lit the touch paper on that H.M.S Samuel thread.

It's hard to be a new member for everyone. But i think after a while you start to get used to the forum. :hugesmile:

Well isn't that true of life in general, you get noticed if you speak to people or start good threads/conversations? Sitting in a corner saying nothing is never going to get you noticed on a forum :laugh: