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Midfielder
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+xDevils advocate question - do we need the forum to be much bigger. If it gives us joy having quality over quantity whats wrong with what we have? You need to grow otherwise you die
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LFC.
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+xPersonally I prefer Discord than Reddit if it moves away from here. Can easily dissect the channels and threads and allows for more instant discussion. Reddit is good too, but I don't think it will offer the same level of ease of use for people interested. I wonder if it could work in tandem like some places do. my rare times on aleague reddit is very one sided naturally. Is there a more open discussion section/tab for Oz football at all ?
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Monoethnic Social Club
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+x+x+x+x+xI made a subreddit just in case https://www.reddit.com/r/442Australia/can everyone join? Just say hi in the "say hi thread" and we can continue discussion here and only move there as a backup if 442 dies I did consider how it would look if we took it off here. Would it be Reddit, discord, etc. How would it work and how would we moderate it. I feel like accessibility could really drive the engagement and if we are able to access it via our phones, perhaps people would be more engaged. In terms of revenue that others speak about, generally ads are driven by engagement so whilst we don't want this to become a cesspool of arguing and frustrations, we do need quantity along with quality. Perhaps there is a scope here to have a stable platform where people can engage and offer different fan led ideas to increase that. When the Matildas played in the Olympics, I didn't really find a place that I could go to and engage with others in the way I can on Reddit when there is a Rugby match or a Cricket event, or a European football match. Interesting points, Zimbo. My online presence for football is only that few mates offline are interested. However, that has changed a bit lately, with former teammates in youth teams, having a renewed interest galvanised by the Matildas. I've had more off line discussion about football in recent times. I've been able to get pepper shakers out to demonstrate changed tactics in person, to former teammates of many decades ago. Two other topics of interest, where I head to two forums for discussion, there is far less strident opinions proffered, or very respectful engagement. Also, with people who have quite a degree of insight offering advice to those who don't. It has been appreciated by those keen to acquire new info and knowledge. I've also noted on cricket forums, like football, more acrimonious discussion can occur when opinions differ. Yeah, Warner is a cheating C*nt who should never have been picked again 100%. He is a giant wanker. (And his clown wife, they make a great pair.) I agree, she has a luscious pair ..... wait what were we talking about again? lol
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grazorblade
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+x+xPersonally I prefer Discord than Reddit if it moves away from here. Can easily dissect the channels and threads and allows for more instant discussion. Reddit is good too, but I don't think it will offer the same level of ease of use for people interested. I wonder if it could work in tandem like some places do. I think Grazor's idea is just to have a place that we can be to decide what to do next if it comes to it - not necessarily that Reddit will be the forum location. Yeah exactly so if it gets suddenly cut off here there is a place to announce the new place
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HappyGuus
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Feels like we're preparing for nuclear winter hahaha
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Melbcityguy
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I have an idea I thought about in the shower
We should do more interactive competition like tipping on Australia cup and fantasy doesn't have to be for money but just gets everyone engaged
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onedaywinners...
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I'm only fairly new to the forum and it is such a hidden resource for staying up to date with all things Australian football. Hearing that it could just vanish is shithouse. I personally do love something about the fact that forums are housed on a website rather than a platform or app. How many active members are there? Would a sort of Discord channel situation potentially work?
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SoccerLogic
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What about running a special event on the forum. Once a week (not sure when the most popular time is maybe just Monday nights 8pm-10pm?) we can round up as many posters as possible to be online and try create a bit of a routine? Just sticky a new thread with the target time so that people know it's on? The best things about this forum is: - Everyone here is a football fan and only here to talk about football
- Engaging in real time discussion
- Seeing other posters online the same time as you
I think building a routine around a peak posting time could maximise the above enjoyable factors and maybe encourage people to return or join.
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zimbos_05
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How many active posters do we have? I think that would be a good start.
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Monoethnic Social Club
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+xI have an idea I thought about in the shower We should do more interactive competition like tipping on Australia cup and fantasy doesn't have to be for money but just gets everyone engaged was it a llloooonnnggg shower dude?
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LFC.
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+x+xI have an idea I thought about in the shower We should do more interactive competition like tipping on Australia cup and fantasy doesn't have to be for money but just gets everyone engaged was it a llloooonnnggg shower dude? damn - MCG thinking of us all in the shower ! haha good on you young fella and not in the way some may think hehe Not bad following posts soccerlogic and Zimbos re active member numbers (not sure Bowden can search that ?), I'll take a punt true active members from observation excl trolls - 20 ?
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Roar in me Blood
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+x+x+xI have an idea I thought about in the shower We should do more interactive competition like tipping on Australia cup and fantasy doesn't have to be for money but just gets everyone engaged was it a llloooonnnggg shower dude? damn - MCG thinking of us all in the shower ! haha good on you young fella and not in the way some may think hehe Not bad following posts soccerlogic and Zimbos re active member numbers (not sure Bowden can search that ?), I'll take a punt true active members from observation excl trolls - 20 ? Every now and again have a look at the bottom of the front Forum page. It showed 17 Active, 1 Member (me), 16 Guests when I looked earlier. It often shows a lot of guests but few members on. So far from the poll you are looking pretty close (or should that say you are looking pretty a long way off?) with your 20ish.
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Muz
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+x+x+x+xI have an idea I thought about in the shower We should do more interactive competition like tipping on Australia cup and fantasy doesn't have to be for money but just gets everyone engaged was it a llloooonnnggg shower dude? damn - MCG thinking of us all in the shower ! haha good on you young fella and not in the way some may think hehe Not bad following posts soccerlogic and Zimbos re active member numbers (not sure Bowden can search that ?), I'll take a punt true active members from observation excl trolls - 20 ? Every now and again have a look at the bottom of the front Forum page. It showed 17 Active, 1 Member (me), 16 Guests when I looked earlier. It often shows a lot of guests but few members on. So far from the poll you are looking pretty close (or should that say you are looking pretty a long way off?) with your 20ish. 20 active posters!! It's a miracle they haven't pulled the pin already.
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zimbos_05
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Spent the last few days just observing the forums. I think it really needs some change. Let's start by removing the non Aussie football threads from Aus Football.
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SoccerLogic
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+xSpent the last few days just observing the forums. I think it really needs some change. Let's start by removing the non Aussie football threads from Aus Football. Need more than one active mod for that haha. Also the auto posting from FTBL... not sure it's helping...
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SoccerLogic
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+x+xSpent the last few days just observing the forums. I think it really needs some change. Let's start by removing the non Aussie football threads from Aus Football. Need more than one active mod for that haha. Also the auto posting from FTBL... not sure it's helping... Separately, is there any read as to how other forums are going? i.e. BigFooty?
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Quicky
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+x+x+xSpent the last few days just observing the forums. I think it really needs some change. Let's start by removing the non Aussie football threads from Aus Football. Need more than one active mod for that haha. Also the auto posting from FTBL... not sure it's helping... Separately, is there any read as to how other forums are going? i.e. BigFooty? BigFooty in general or the Association Football subforum on BigFooty? Or BigSoccer? BigFooty is very busy. The Association Football subforum is busier than here for different topics though. Aussies Abroad content is lightyears ahead here. The BigSoccer Australian Subforum has one or two active posters and is essentially dead. But still operating.
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HappyGuus
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I just had a look at the other forums and sports on insidesport (I didn't know they were there, thought this was a football only forum haha). 99% of the other forums are spam, like a ghost town. Football seems to be the most active here?
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NicCarBel
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+xI just had a look at the other forums and sports on insidesport (I didn't know they were there, thought this was a football only forum haha). 99% of the other forums are spam, like a ghost town. Football seems to be the most active here? Yes, that's particularly why we sometimes post non-Australian football related content in the 'Australian Football' section
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zimbos_05
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+xI just had a look at the other forums and sports on insidesport (I didn't know they were there, thought this was a football only forum haha). 99% of the other forums are spam, like a ghost town. Football seems to be the most active here? This was originally a football specific forum. When IS took over, I don't think they advertised the other parts of it. It was as if the forum was simply a byproduct and they just left it be.
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Melbcityguy
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Melbourne city fans forum is not working
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Quicky
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+xSpent the last few days just observing the forums. I think it really needs some change. Let's start by removing the non Aussie football threads from Aus Football. Yeah agree. Half the front page I don't care about because they're non-Aus football articles.
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+x+xI just had a look at the other forums and sports on insidesport (I didn't know they were there, thought this was a football only forum haha). 99% of the other forums are spam, like a ghost town. Football seems to be the most active here? This was originally a football specific forum. When IS took over, I don't think they advertised the other parts of it. It was as if the forum was simply a byproduct and they just left it be. Ture when 442 owned it twas only Football. Sadly our media companies are so locked into their own sports Football coverage is very poor. Another reason this site is so important
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Melbcityguy
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Was there any update on this?
Noticed the thai spam is back
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NicCarBel
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+x[quote]Was there any update on this?
Noticed the thai spam is back I saw the pic and thought it was Mono spreading the NST love, but alas he must have a generic picture (I always thought the blue and white was a South Melbourne thing)
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Monoethnic Social Club
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+x+x[quote]Was there any update on this?
Noticed the thai spam is back I saw the pic and thought it was Mono spreading the NST love, but alas he must have a generic picture (I always thought the blue and white was a South Melbourne thing) Nah, Im only a relative newby posting here and cant change my prfile image for some reason.... If someone can help that would be great :) 
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onedaywinners...
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Since the posts on the FTBL home page seem to have dried up is this a sign of the site on it's last legs?
As a newbie to the forum I'd be devastated if it just disappeared and I didn't know where everyone up and left to. Should there be a succession plan?
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grazorblade
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+xSince the posts on the FTBL home page seem to have dried up is this a sign of the site on it's last legs? As a newbie to the forum I'd be devastated if it just disappeared and I didn't know where everyone up and left to. Should there be a succession plan? There is a reddit room which we have as a back up. Book it and if the lights go out we go there to point people to a new site
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Dan_The_Red
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+x+xSince the posts on the FTBL home page seem to have dried up is this a sign of the site on it's last legs? As a newbie to the forum I'd be devastated if it just disappeared and I didn't know where everyone up and left to. Should there be a succession plan? There is a reddit room which we have as a back up. Book it and if the lights go out we go there to point people to a new site Got the Reddit link?
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bohemia
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+x+xSince the posts on the FTBL home page seem to have dried up is this a sign of the site on it's last legs? As a newbie to the forum I'd be devastated if it just disappeared and I didn't know where everyone up and left to. Should there be a succession plan? There is a reddit room which we have as a back up. Book it and if the lights go out we go there to point people to a new site Where is it?
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