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The Longevity of (Football) Message Boards
I joined this message board in Jan 2007 and I still use it multiple times, pretty much every day.
What I find strange though is that in 16 years of using this message board, for me anyway, it is still the best place to come to get information and chat (normally moan....) about the club.
IT/tech moves so quickly that during 16 years of use, numerous other different platforms and methods of communication have arisen, and yet I still revert to this message board.
I'm on Twitter, Instagram, FB etc as well, and they can be excellent for accessing instant/other information, but how come message boards haven't been superseded or replaced by something more elegant? Is it just THIS board that endures, or is it FOOTBALL messages boards in general that do, or are messages boards still used all over the place? They feel antiquated in many ways and haven't really evolved much, and I don't know any businesses or friends (other than Cardiff City supporters!) that use them.....
Or is it just because I am old? :facepalm:
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I've got a lot of younger folk working for me all footy mad they don't use or know about them or want to use em.
Old man's moan fest vehicle.
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
I joined this message board in Jan 2007 and I still use it multiple times, pretty much every day.
What I find strange though is that in 16 years of using this message board, for me anyway, it is still the best place to come to get information and chat (normally moan....) about the club.
IT/tech moves so quickly that during 16 years of use, numerous other different platforms and methods of communication have arisen, and yet I still revert to this message board.
I'm on Twitter, Instagram, FB etc as well, and they can be excellent for accessing instant/other information, but how come message boards haven't been superseded or replaced by something more elegant? Is it just THIS board that endures, or is it FOOTBALL messages boards in general that do, or are messages boards still used all over the place? They feel antiquated in many ways and haven't really evolved much, and I don't know any businesses or friends (other than Cardiff City supporters!) that use them.....
Or is it just because I am old? :facepalm:
It has a familiarity to it - like walking into a pub full of regulars, though let's be honest, there would be a scrap going on every night based on the verbal exchanges here. But like you, it's the 1st stop for any news, with the 'bonus' of all the comments that follow it..
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Originally Posted by
A Quiet Monkfish
It has a familiarity to it - like walking into a pub full of regulars, though let's be honest, there would be a scrap going on every night based on the verbal exchanges here. But like you, it's the 1st stop for any news, with the 'bonus' of all the comments that follow it..
think you nailed it with the familiarity.
there's a glue holds us all together and we share a lot of memories.
i spend way too much time on here and will continue to do so.
let's hope last night has indtilled some confidence and we kick on.
can't believe i've been on here for over 16 years.
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I think it does speak of our age to be honest.
Most younger lads probably aren't here, but a lot of us older heads obviously still are.
The internet in general really isn't THAT old, but the first place we all came, "back in the day"... Was here.
And here, we still are...
Us old f*cks :hehe:
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Anyone else just find themselves automatically coming on here when you pick your phone/iPad or whatever? You may have wanted to Google something or look at YouTube but all of a sudden you’re on here, you can’t help then reading every unread post and you’re on here for a bloody hour or more and you forget what you were going to Google.:hehe:
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You're all talking like this place is the communication equivalent of two tin cans joined by a piece of string. old ****ers:hehe: It's the simplicity that makes it work. I'm not on any other social media, but from what i have seen of it, plenty is about instant gratification, about the individual, quick and easy. This place is a bit slower, but i like it that way!
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Tuerto
You're all talking like this place is the communication equivalent of two tin cans joined by a piece of string. old ****ers:hehe: It's the simplicity that makes it work. I'm not on any other social media, but from what i have seen of it, plenty is about instant gratification, about the individual, quick and easy. This place is a bit slower, but i like it that way!
Of course you do.
You're old. And slow. Like me :hehe:
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Just checked and I joined in March 2007! So much has changed since then but I like the fact this place looks pretty much the same. I’ve had some great advice from members on here, found some outstanding staff and mostly enjoy the content. It’s the place I check for anything City related. The advantage against Twitter especially is the lack of spam and very argumentative types.
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bluesp
Just checked and I joined in March 2007! So much has changed since then but I like the fact this place looks pretty much the same. I’ve had some great advice from members on here, found some outstanding staff and mostly enjoy the content. It’s the place I check for anything City related. The advantage against Twitter especially is the lack of spam and very argumentative types.
Lack of very argumentative types?! ;-)
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Bobby Dandruff
Lack of very argumentative types?! ;-)
It’s a love-in on here really Bobby...........by the way, your long throw was shite, you should have stayed at Palace ya f*cker:hehe::hehe::hehe:
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This place has nowhere near the amount of traffic it had ten years ago
Some posters seem to have just vanished
I don't know if the other football sites out there are the same
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Been here since 1998, love you guys really, especially being 1000s miles away, who else would give me so many honest opinions.
Just out of interest a friend of mine founded a group called walk & talk, they literally spend a couple of hours every Sunday morning walking and sharing issues. Last Sunday, after just 3 months, 130 guys turned up.
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
Lack of very argumentative types?! ;-)
I was being slightly generous
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Ninja
Of course you do.
You're old. And slow. Like me :hehe:
Not just yet, but getting there :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by
Des Parrot
Been here since 1998, love you guys really, especially being 1000s miles away, who else would give me so many honest opinions.
Just out of interest a friend of mine founded a group called walk & talk, they literally spend a couple of hours every Sunday morning walking and sharing issues. Last Sunday, after just 3 months, 130 guys turned up.
In Poland?
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Originally Posted by
Des Parrot
Been here since 1998, love you guys really, especially being 1000s miles away, who else would give me so many honest opinions.
Just out of interest a friend of mine founded a group called walk & talk, they literally spend a couple of hours every Sunday morning walking and sharing issues. Last Sunday, after just 3 months, 130 guys turned up.
That's a protest, Des :hehe:
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
Anyone else just find themselves automatically coming on here when you pick your phone/iPad or whatever? You may have wanted to Google something or look at YouTube but all of a sudden you’re on here, you can’t help then reading every unread post and you’re on here for a bloody hour or more and you forget what you were going to Google.:hehe:
Nods head
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Originally Posted by
Des Parrot
Been here since 1998, love you guys really, especially being 1000s miles away, who else would give me so many honest opinions.
Just out of interest a friend of mine founded a group called walk & talk, they literally spend a couple of hours every Sunday morning walking and sharing issues. Last Sunday, after just 3 months, 130 guys turned up.
For an ice cream up Nelson? ;)
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Originally Posted by
Des Parrot
Been here since 1998, love you guys really, especially being 1000s miles away, who else would give me so many honest opinions.
Just out of interest a friend of mine founded a group called walk & talk, they literally spend a couple of hours every Sunday morning walking and sharing issues. Last Sunday, after just 3 months, 130 guys turned up.
With a bit of luck some women might turn up next Sunday:thumbup:
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splott parker
With a bit of luck some women might turn up next Sunday:thumbup:
TBG has them all
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dembethewarrior
TBG has them all
Unfortunately, there will only be 2.33 females to each male this Saturday but 5 to to each male on the next walk I am leading (as one of the three other chaps is gay).
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Taunton Blue Genie
Unfortunately, there will only be 2.33 females to each male this Saturday but 5 to to each male on the next walk I am leading (as one of the three other chaps is gay).
Good numbers that. Fair play.
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Taunton Blue Genie
Unfortunately, there will only be 2.33 females to each male this Saturday but 5 to to each male on the next walk I am leading (as one of the three other chaps is gay).
Are you saying that being gay means the other chap is not male?
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RedSetter
Are you saying that being gay means the other chap is not male?
You've started tonight with a bang. What was your previous username?
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Eric the Half a Bee
You've started tonight with a bang. What was your previous username?
That is what he's implying though. Don't worry, I won't call him nasty names like you did to Organ Morgan yesterday.
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RedSetter
That is what he's implying though. Don't worry, I won't call him nasty names like you did to Organ Morgan yesterday.
Still hiding, but no worries. I'm not the one who needs to hide my name.
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Eric the Half a Bee
Still hiding, but no worries. I'm not the one who needs to hide my name.
Oh, is your name really Eric. Nice to meet you Eric. I'm Andy.
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Eric the Half a Bee
Still hiding, but no worries. I'm not the one who needs to hide my name.
I think we both know who it is.
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I think in the past there wasn't the same options to talk about Cardiff online as there are now.
When this messageboard was created it was pretty much just this. Now you have Facebook groups, Twitter, WhatsApp groups, reddit amongst much more. So sadly I see forums like this dying out.
I get the feeling there aren't many young people here, I was born in 1988, is there anyone younger than me on here? There must be surely.
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Originally Posted by
Doucas
I think in the past there wasn't the same options to talk about Cardiff online as there are now.
When this messageboard was created it was pretty much just this. Now you have Facebook groups, Twitter, WhatsApp groups, reddit amongst much more. So sadly I see forums like this dying out.
I get the feeling there aren't many young people here, I was born in 1988, is there anyone younger than me on here? There must be surely.
Yes, I think that this is my point really.
I’m alway surprised that there are lots
of even older posters on here than me (I’m 58). Then again, of my 3 boys, all of whom are in their twenties now, only the eldest views the message boards but doesn’t post.
I suspect that younger people use Twitter etc but I haven’t found any other platform to work as well as this, which also surprises me.
I wonder if the above then applies to all football message boards? That they are mainly used by old farts like me.
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I've been posting on here since it was established, and I used to post on the guestbook that preceeded it too. I imagine that started around 1997, but it might have been earlier. I vividly remember my mate getting a new computer in the 1990s and being proud of windows 95, and we definitely posted on the guestbook that day.
I also think in the late 1990s Mike used to put up highlights of the games - on the main site not the board. I used this board loads in the early noughties as I was abroad and it was a good way to keep up to date with what was happening. I remember following some hooligan trouble on here back in about 2002 (i.e. there were live updates from town as idiots smashed stuff up).
I almost never use it now. The diversity seems to have gone which is a pity, and a handful of posters contribute a big chunk of the posts so its far more repetitive than it once was. And as I don't get to many games any more I don't really have much of an opinion to share anyway. I just watch the games on telly or catch the highlights.
Is this still the biggest forum?
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Younger people use Twitter etc as they don't have the attention span necessary to keep the spats running in some of the longer threads.
I saw that I've been a member since 2007 but have only posted ~650 times in all that time but now I've posted twice today. Just like City goals really.
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I think message boards are still popular amongst the over 40s, but much younger than that not as much.
most football fans I know of that age at least used to be regular contributors to a message board, but these days have changed to occasional lurkers, or only go there when there's something specific to get the inside track on - a new signing, manager sacking etc.
I've got a mate who's a forest fan who never posts on their board, but gets a lot of news from there and knows all their running jokes and recurring disputes. (apparently they have a long running joke about the transfer fee they received for Chris Gunter, which they've apparently never spent - so any potential signing is supposedly using the Gunter money)
God knows where the younger age groups are getting their information from these days instead
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Originally Posted by
bigjoe
Younger people use Twitter etc as they don't have the attention span necessary to keep the spats running in some of the longer threads.
I saw that I've been a member since 2007 but have only posted ~650 times in all that time but now I've posted twice today. Just like City goals really.
lol!!!!!! :thumbup::biggrin:
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splott parker
Anyone else just find themselves automatically coming on here when you pick your phone/iPad or whatever? You may have wanted to Google something or look at YouTube but all of a sudden you’re on here, you can’t help then reading every unread post and you’re on here for a bloody hour or more and you forget what you were going to Google.:hehe:
I don't use google, I don't need it.
I've got a wife!!! :shrug:
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this place is warm and familar, just like the Cheers bar, but the inhabitants look more like the Star Wars bar
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Splott-light...
this place is warm and familar, just like the Cheers bar, but the inhabitants look more like the Star Wars bar
Where everybody hides their name….
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fingers
Where everybody hides their name….
That's the Norm!
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Splott-light...
this place is warm and familar, just like the Cheers bar, but the inhabitants look more like the Star Wars bar
uninteresting fact, its called a Cantina in Star Wars, in new hope its the Mos Eisley Cantina, in Batuu ( a planet in the outer rim , Star Wars land in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland California ) its Oga's Cantina