Is it just me?

[DYLAN150]

It is just me or does it seem that this board does not have the activity that it use to?

[despritfreya]

While it is still the most active board that I frequent as it relates to bk issues, you are not alone in your observation.

Des.

[DirkDiggler]

I think the downtime the site experienced a little while ago hurt the site's traffic....

[Freddy03]

I think the downtime the site experienced a little while ago hurt the site's traffic....

I think you are right.

Also I have noticed a lot of discharges happening lately so that's a good thing

[IamOld]

Right...and frogger and catleg - I haven't seen them lately...

[keepsmiling]

and tobee! where are you my friend?

[banca rotta]

I see it too but I'm sure it's temporary between the holidays and football season.

Since a lot of economic statistics are pointing to a slowdown and I keep hearing credit card usage is on the rise at the same time personal savings is shrinking I feel that Jan,Feb and March of 2012 will be the presumption period for a lot of today's holiday shoppers.

You will see these people in the news this Friday crashing through the doors in large herds like cattle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvhnO6S-CY

They will be joining us by next year!

[ValleYum]

I have noticed a decline, too.

PS: I miss Pandora!!

[debtprison]

Unfortunately you are right.

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/bkforum.com/

Over the last year it lost about 9/10th of it's traffic. I thought it might have had something to do with Google.

[lillymarlene]

Unfortunately you are right.

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/bkforum.com/

Over the last year it lost about 9/10th of it's traffic. I thought it might have had something to do with Google.

That's a big drop. I'm just curious, did you mean that maybe Google is now giving this site a lower listing against similar sites, than it did previously?

[GoingDown]

The downtime hurt it a lot. Some of the people who couldn't get back on during that time may be gone forever. And yes, I have noticed how once a person gets a discharge, they fade away rather rapidly. Most of the ones from my era have long since disappeared since they got their discharges in 2006.

And let's face it. There are several competitors for this site which are becoming more and more popular.

[lillymarlene]

And let's face it. There are several competitors for this site which are becoming more and more popular.

That is such a shame, this is such an excellent site. I didn't find this forum until after I filed, but there is such a wealth of information here and so many nice people. 13's anyway, take a long time until discharge, and there are so many little things that can come up. Then, I always like to remind myself "where I came from."

[Flamingo]

I've been on here a long time, even lurking for a while before joining; when the forum was down recently, it was down for quite a while as explained in previous postings by HRx. I am sure that contributed to a large part of a decline of members logging in as they may have found other sources/forums during that period. Over the years, a wealth of information has accumulated in this forum and there are still many long term folks who have stayed on here. The trend is that most people seem to leave within a year or less after discharge as their life moves on. People come and go in all forums as anyone who belongs to any other forum on the internet well knows.

[despritfreya]

And let's face it. There are several competitors for this site which are becoming more and more popular.

And I keep getting banned from them so I guess you folks are stuck with me.

Des.

[HRx]

Changes in forum traffic is common for all forum genres. People simply move on with their lives after a while----especially after a BK discharge and simply become less active on the forum.