i like forums better than some of the fast-paced social media sites, since its kinda hard for me to get into my niche there. like instagram, i post some collection updates and custom work but my posts only get like 2 likes maybe. it gets really discouraging.
very well said, i think "virality" is so strange. someone could try their whole life and not be "viral" but if someone posts a stupid dancing video with like zero effort they get millions. (looking at you, Charli D'Amelio.)i like forums better than some of the fast-paced social media sites, since its kinda hard for me to get into my niche there. like instagram, i post some collection updates and custom work but my posts only get like 2 likes maybe. it gets really discouraging.
I can relate to this. I have Facebook and sometimes I don't get any responses (or a very few) to a post, yet others can say something like "Look at this bug I found outside!" and get a lot of responses.
I'm glad the Arena is still here and active. :) I've met someone here that I consider a friend even though we've never met in person.
I've noticed there are times with less activity than others, but I thought part of it was due to time zone differences.
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I love everyone post on this topic! Social media is very stressful at times and also agree should not be on it.it really is, especially with the issue of kids not liking toys for a long time. its all based in fast-paced stuff abf i do not understand their heads anymore. i love all my ponies so much, and i have been for years... its really dissapointing what mlp is now based on what it used to be. i hope they at least have a holiday release.
I have seen over and over how it's not good for a young mind. Another reason why our world is becoming what it is also! Its sad! :(
I think another thing is on a forum you have to read. Social media is very visually based with pictures and videos. We post pics here too, but the majority is text. I think younger generations don't want to read or even worse, don't know how to read proper words instead of U R 2 cute. I read an article some time back that people don't worry about spelling because it's always being corrected by our devices, and there will be a generation that can't spell.
I love everyone post on this topic! Social media is very stressful at times and also agree should not be on it.it really is, especially with the issue of kids not liking toys for a long time. its all based in fast-paced stuff and i do not understand their heads anymore. i love all my ponies so much, and i have been for years... its really disappointing what mlp is now based on what it used to be. i hope they at least have a holiday release.
I have seen over and over how it's not good for a young mind. Another reason why our world is becoming what it is also! Its sad! :(
I guess maybe im stubborn or I dont like social media much. Yeah its a slower pace here but its not bad. I still just love ponies. I guess im not as active as I used to be. I lurk sometimes. Im an old person here too. I dont understand why people cant read anymore that sounds weird. I dont own anything Facebook and I only have a google page. thats about it. Im content with my collection. :lookround:
You have to post consistently and post the same type of thing and I don't like feeling like a hobby becomes another to do list item.
... if that makes sense?yes it does, exactly! And then everything is clearly organized and less overwhelming.
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Flitter that's a great point! I know that's kind of a big hurdle, especially if you're more of a casual user - and with the death of Photobucket, it's like, where do I easily upload photos? Is Imgur still a thing? Probably! But I don't know how to use it! XD I usually 'cheat' and upload all my photos on Tumblr, but since I'm posting there... I usually don't remember to crosspost. :blush:
I know it's only semi-related, but I saw an interesting tumblr post that said that image hosting is part of what makes starting up any kind of new blogging/social media platform really expensive and difficult, compared to the old-school forum days. It costs a lot of money to have your own server or to pay someone else to host it, so there's far fewer sites getting started in someone's garage, for example. So it sucks not being able to easily upload photos, but it is nice that the Arena is (hopefully) cheaper to run without it!
Does it seem like the activity on this site has slowed down?
I was looking at some of the very active collectors when I joined. And some have not been on here for years!
I can't tell you how many times i've clicked on a trending topic on Twitter only to see porn. i'm not a prude but if i click on a seemingly un porn related topic I don't want to see porn.
I miss the days of LiveJournal and deviantART. I guess they're sort of "social media" sites? But they didn't seem to really have the same problems that modern sites like Tumblr/Twitter/etc have - I mean, they felt like communities.
I miss the days of LiveJournal and deviantART. I guess they're sort of "social media" sites? But they didn't seem to really have the same problems that modern sites like Tumblr/Twitter/etc have - I mean, they felt like communities.
Me tooooo ;_; they were really dying when I started being more active on the internet but I still remember them fondly. Was anyone else on the babydeeeer community on livejournal? It was just for cute and pastel stuff, and I think that's where I got the idea that my put away toys could come back out and be an aesthetic ~collection~. Though I also miss the days of tumblr being super active, with tons of funny gif replies.
I miss the days of LiveJournal and deviantART. I guess they're sort of "social media" sites? But they didn't seem to really have the same problems that modern sites like Tumblr/Twitter/etc have - I mean, they felt like communities.
Me tooooo ;_; they were really dying when I started being more active on the internet but I still remember them fondly. Was anyone else on the babydeeeer community on livejournal? It was just for cute and pastel stuff, and I think that's where I got the idea that my put away toys could come back out and be an aesthetic ~collection~. Though I also miss the days of tumblr being super active, with tons of funny gif replies.
I miss the sense of comraderie and community but mostly I miss the sense of accountability and transparency.
I know this has turned into a discussion about social media, but it still seemed like an appropriate place to pop my head up after years of absence. Sorry if I’m intruding, I’m not sure anyone would remember me…
I’ve definitely noticed forums in general fading as people shift more focus to instant gratification social media. It’s just so hard to have any kind of cohesion there. I miss having drawn out and more insightful conversations about ponies!
People rework things to fit into how they want to see it. I am not even just talking about big world issues - though it happens there too - but it spreads to stupid little things like the plots of films, novels, or what happened in a football (soccer) game.
I don't really understand but apparently everything these days is someone else's fault.
I know this has turned into a discussion about social media, but it still seemed like an appropriate place to pop my head up after years of absence. Sorry if I’m intruding, I’m not sure anyone would remember me…
I’ve definitely noticed forums in general fading as people shift more focus to instant gratification social media. It’s just so hard to have any kind of cohesion there. I miss having drawn out and more insightful conversations about ponies!
I still have stuff. Doubles. Things I need to get rid of. But I just don't want to deal with the hassle
I still have stuff. Doubles. Things I need to get rid of. But I just don't want to deal with the hassle
Same here!
Anything that is less social-media-y gets my vote.
I watched a documentary on YouTube yesterday about a guy who murdered over ponies. There are dangerous people everywhere.
I watched a documentary on YouTube yesterday about a guy who murdered over ponies. There are dangerous people everywhere.
WHAT?! Oh my!
and the whole "if you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about" doesn't work if someone mistakes you for someone else online.
I think people are just so used to having their every utterance displayed for free on the internet that they take it totally for granted as though it's normal, like pinning a sign to a telegraph pole for a lost cat.
I'm sure I've said this before in the thread (or in other threads) but I've seen soooo many "about mes" on blog where people have posted damn near their entire medical history, a big long list of their 'triggers', selfies, etc...
So just to emphasise the 'old people attitude' to privacy, yesterday I legit edited out our living room sofa from the background of a photo of some ponies because it's our sofa and the internet doesn't need to see it. Literally nothing personal in the photo. Just not sharing the sofa. Nope. :)