I mean this in the most sincere way and I hope Justin isn't offended:

How in the hell is the OC #1 for most of you? Place is fairly dead anymore

dlazz;1620848 wrote:I mean this in the most sincere way and I hope Justin isn't offended:

How in the hell is the OC #1 for most of you? Place is fairly dead anymore

I can't see why he would be, he's hardly on here anymore himself. Even though there's only the usual suspects on here, I still enjoy the banter and sometimes good info and insight, especially on the sports forums.

ccrunner609;1620852 wrote:this place died in November of 09

This isn't uncommon. The other popular sites many of us used to/still get on like JJ Huddle & Yappi have died down considerably. The last time I was on JJ's (over a year ago), the place was on life support and it seems like a lot of the posts on Yappi are just a user with multiple alters (see "said/salto" over here) trolling the site. It's gotten so bad in their general forum that Yappi himself is starting multiple threads to create chat.

aljazeera.net
grindr.com
lemonparty.org
obama.com
myspace.com

TedSheckler;1620885 wrote:aljazeera.net
grindr.com
lemonparty.org
obama.com
myspace.com

Why would you be on grindr.com often? The site has no functionality, it's just a place to download the app.

I'm starting to hit up www.dlazz.net more. It might creep into my top 5 soon.

I Wear Pants;1620888 wrote:Why would you be on grindr.com often? The site has no functionality, it's just a place to download the app.

I buy lots of their apparel.

TedSheckler;1620891 wrote:I buy lots of their apparel.

Do they sell shirts and shit? Why?

BR1986FB;1620858 wrote:This isn't uncommon. The other popular sites many of us used to/still get on like JJ Huddle & Yappi have died down considerably. The last time I was on JJ's (over a year ago), the place was on life support and it seems like a lot of the posts on Yappi are just a user with multiple alters (see "said/salto" over here) trolling the site. It's gotten so bad in their general forum that Yappi himself is starting multiple threads to create chat.

Many of the Ohio sports forums have sucked for awhile, I cannot hardly go to SEOPreps, Yappi, or Rocket Corner anymore. Even the ol' MVL Forum is pretty nonexistent.

OSH: What do you think happened?

I Wear Pants;1620892 wrote:Do they sell shirts and shit? Why?

They do. I like to get their name out there. Plus, I like to advertize I'm always up for a good dicking.

OSH;1620893 wrote:Many of the Ohio sports forums have sucked for awhile, I cannot hardly go to SEOPreps, Yappi, or Rocket Corner anymore. Even the ol' MVL Forum is pretty nonexistent.

My guess is that it's a combination of younger users growing up and moving on (starting families, settling down, leaving the gangsta internet life behind) and the others taking to social media and more specialized sites like buckeyeplanet, obr, rcf for their fix.

espn.com
soundcloud.com
residentadvisor.net
beatport.com
This piece of shit site

cruiser_96;1620894 wrote:OSH: What do you think happened?

I think a lot is this:

Mohican00;1620899 wrote:My guess is that it's a combination of younger users growing up and moving on (starting families, settling down, leaving the gangsta internet life behind) and the others taking to social media and more specialized sites like buckeyeplanet, obr, rcf for their fix.

I imagine forums could come back around a little more, but they won't be what they used to be. We all know what JJ used to be. I don't know what Yappi, SEOPreps, or Rocket Corner used to be, I probably have only read them in the last 5ish years. For the MVL Forum, a lot of it is the original users have grown up and moved on (not around the area anymore, families, etc.)...but, I also think that many don't know about it (the MVL Forum started 13 years ago, with no marketing but word of mouth and 1 newspaper article). If the forums want to survive, they have to do some marketing -- especially if they are as specific as the MVL Forum is (location and sports). Like any other website, if they want to be "good," they cannot just continue to operate by word of mouth or on their old members.

Can they rebound from the grave? Maybe not completely, but could at least get more participation.

cruiser_96;1620889 wrote:I'm starting to hit up www.dlazz.net more. It might creep into my top 5 soon.

dlazz.net has been retired

dlazz;1620917 wrote:dlazz.net has been retired

Why's that?

Reddit
Google/gmail
slickdeals
Yahoo fantasy baseball
ohiochatter

dlazz;1620848 wrote:I mean this in the most sincere way and I hope Justin isn't offended:

How in the hell is the OC #1 for most of you? Place is fairly dead anymore

Not offended at all. The OC isn't in my top 5 lately, though not necessarily by choice. I am trying to spend more time on here now that my free time is starting to pick back up.

ernest_t_bass;1620918 wrote:Why's that?

Because

A lot of people bitch about this site being dead, etc., but I still really enjoy it. I find something entertaining to read or post about pretty much daily.

Fab4Runner;1620928 wrote:A lot of people bitch about this site being dead, etc., but I still really enjoy it. I find something entertaining to read or post about pretty much daily.

This. It's dead as shit, but I like the people here. Except said/salto and dlazz.

dlazz;1620924 wrote:Because

I figured it was the wifi filter. It's a sad day in my world.

dlazz;1620924 wrote:Because

I figured it was the high volume of traffic on the site. Or the wifi filter. It's a sad day in my world.

Ive got no issue with the traffic on the OC. The topics I enjoy posting in and reading constantly have new posts.

cruiser_96;1620932 wrote:I figured it was the high volume of traffic on the site. Or the wifi filter. It's a sad day in my world.

Laley23;1620934 wrote:Ive got no issue with the traffic on the OC. The topics I enjoy posting in and reading constantly have new posts.

I think he was referring to http://www.dlazz.net/