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Post by Stephanie ❜. on Nov 18, 2015 21:01:28 GMT
I do think that Bandaids has lost LOTS & LOTS of activity tho. I might be the only one, but it doesn't feel like my home anymore. It's not due to Avril Lavigne or anything, but more like the forum itself. This isn't right to me.. It almost looks dead. There is like what, this few usual group of members posting, and where are all the other ones? No this isn't home to me. The design is too basic, but i've always been putting lots of matter on any design. But.. i don't know. I'm sad.
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Post by sam on Nov 18, 2015 22:28:25 GMT
^ Sadly that's what happens when the big main site goes down and you're left to try and resurrect it- I know the site is fairly dead but remember it always has been in periods of Avril's downtime and we are still updating the site regularly. It may feel different too but Bandaids isn't so big anymore as it used to be (in terms of the forum); this site will always try and capture the feel of the old site but it is isn't perfect. I see what you mean about terms of design though and it's something that we'd like to resolve and make it look a bit more modern. IMO the site is off to a slow start- but it is growing gradually, it may never be a sprawling massive community like it used to be but it always has the potential to be again.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Nov 19, 2015 0:16:48 GMT
IMO the old site would be almost just as dead as this one is right now, simply because there's not much activity going on with Avril right now. She has lost fans over time, mainly due to lack of interest or because she's just not bringing it like she used to. The last era was easily her worst ever and once she got sick, things just went downhill. It didn't really help that Avril went silent just as BA decided to do that massive upgrade. Nobody knew what the hell was going on and as a result I think a lot of fans just lost interest in both Avril and the site in general. Now we are slowly working our way to getting some of the old members back that may have finally heard about what's going on with Avril and that we have a new site now. I've been seeing more and more old members come back since we put the message out there that we've relocated. When Avril releases new music, that will be the real test to see how many people are interested to come back.
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Post by TomX on Nov 19, 2015 2:15:00 GMT
I agree. I´m curious to know if the old mods and staff like Sharifa, Devon, Zach and the others will be back when Avril's next era begins. I doubt it, since they were already absent in the old forum the past year, but will Sharifa return to support Avril? It's interesting to see how this pans out next year (hopefully it's when AL6 will begin)
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Post by Stephanie ❜. on Nov 19, 2015 4:31:51 GMT
Yeah. You guys are right. I never really saw it that way, but i guess Bogo is always bringing us to think further than what we're used to ! at least, in my case lmao! For now i installed Tapatalk, i think it's gonna be much more easier that way to bring back my interest in Bandaids let's see how it goes!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2015 7:48:00 GMT
Just a thought, but if Sharifa, Devon, Zach and the others come back, I think they should have to start from scratch and earn their staff privileges. I hope they don't get automatically promoted just because they were the leaders of the old site once upon a time. They stopped giving a shit, and that should have consequences. There, I said it.
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Post by ⋆niki⋆ on Nov 19, 2015 8:55:19 GMT
Just a thought, but if Sharifa, Devon, Zach and the others come back, I think they should have to start from scratch and earn their staff privileges. I hope they don't get automatically promoted just because they were the leaders of the old site once upon a time. They stopped giving a shit, and that should have consequences. There, I said it. Correct.
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Post by Stephanie ❜. on Nov 19, 2015 15:41:16 GMT
Just a thought, but if Sharifa, Devon, Zach and the others come back, I think they should have to start from scratch and earn their staff privileges. I hope they don't get automatically promoted just because they were the leaders of the old site once upon a time. They stopped giving a shit, and that should have consequences. There, I said it. +1
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Post by Uncle Bob on Nov 19, 2015 17:48:22 GMT
I do think that Bandaids has lost LOTS & LOTS of activity tho. I might be the only one, but it doesn't feel like my home anymore. It's not due to Avril Lavigne or anything, but more like the forum itself. This isn't right to me.. It almost looks dead. There is like what, this few usual group of members posting, and where are all the other ones? No this isn't home to me. The design is too basic, but i've always been putting lots of matter on any design. But.. i don't know. I'm sad. I've touched on this subject before. Forums in general, not just this one, no longer enjoy the participation they used to. They have nearly been replaced by social media. Take for example the instagram picture below. In less than 12 hours, it has more than 59,000 likes. On this forum, it has 3.
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Post by Monet ♥ on Nov 20, 2015 8:21:21 GMT
What Uncle Bob said is true. It is possible that the old forum would be as 'dead' as this one because social media is replacing forums.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 8:34:13 GMT
You can't really compare Avril's official Instagram to a fansite. Even in its heyday, Bandaids couldn't compete with those kinds of numbers.
Besides, I think forums have always been a niche interest. I think social media is simply more accessible to the average person, which accounts for its popularity. Let's face it, communicating semi-anonymously with a bunch of semi-anonymous strangers is a pretty nerdy activity, and I don't say that with any shame or regret.
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Post by Uncle Bob on Nov 20, 2015 12:18:11 GMT
^ I agree that it's not a fair comparison. I'm just making the point that even though there might not be much going on with Avril, there is still massive interest. It's good to see that the average number of people logging on here is slowly rising, not falling.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 7:34:16 GMT
What is so nerdy and niche about a place discussing avril. Avrilbandaids is not just a forum to me. Its not just a place to come to talk to strangers. It's a place for me to come and talk about my favorite person and I'm hoping somebody who you also like alot. A place for me to share a common interest and not get judged upon. A place for me to come home to at the end of the day and see if there's any new avril information or songs to discuss about or listen too. To look and find my my Avril images to comment on and share my opinion. Something I can't do on twitter or Facebook. Looking for new avril info and finding the latest pictures on there it's not the same. I've been on bandaids for more than 10 years so im sorry if that doesnt make me a 'average' person but to me it's anything but nerdy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 8:27:40 GMT
What is so nerdy and niche about a place discussing avril. Avrilbandaids is not just a forum to me. Its not just a place to come to talk to strangers. It's a place for me to come and talk about my favorite person and I'm hoping somebody who you also like alot. A place for me to share a common interest and not get judged upon. A place for me to come home to at the end of the day and see if there's any new avril information or songs to discuss about or listen too. To look and find my my Avril images to comment on and share my opinion. Something I can't do on twitter or Facebook. Looking for new avril info and finding the latest pictures on there it's not the same. I've been on bandaids for more than 10 years so im sorry if that doesnt make me a 'average' person but to me it's anything but nerdy. You're not making a very good case against Avril Bandaids being just another forum. The fact that 98% of its content is about an international superstar doesn't change the basic nature of this site. My real name isn't "Harvey", and I'm not Avril's doppelganger. I guess our perspectives might be different, in that I'm comfortable with being a nerd and admitting that my interests are nerdy*. I like the anonymity of forums, I like not having to tell everyone where I went to school and where I work, I like having separate circles of friends with whom I can share common interests without annoying my other friends. It's antisocial, it's nerdy, and I'm totally cool with it. *I'm not one of those obnoxious people who are all like "I'M A NERD!!!" either, so I think I've got the balance right.
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Post by In Wonderland on Nov 22, 2015 9:05:49 GMT
What is so nerdy and niche about a place discussing avril. Avrilbandaids is not just a forum to me. Its not just a place to come to talk to strangers. It's a place for me to come and talk about my favorite person and I'm hoping somebody who you also like alot. A place for me to share a common interest and not get judged upon. A place for me to come home to at the end of the day and see if there's any new avril information or songs to discuss about or listen too. To look and find my my Avril images to comment on and share my opinion. Something I can't do on twitter or Facebook. Looking for new avril info and finding the latest pictures on there it's not the same. I've been on bandaids for more than 10 years so im sorry if that doesnt make me a 'average' person but to me it's anything but nerdy. You're not making a very good case against Avril Bandaids being just another forum. The fact that 98% of its content is about an international superstar doesn't change the basic nature of this site. My real name isn't "Harvey", and I'm not Avril's doppelganger. I guess our perspectives might be different, in that I'm comfortable with being a nerd and admitting that my interests are nerdy*. I like the anonymity of forums, I like not having to tell everyone where I went to school and where I work, I like having separate circles of friends with whom I can share common interests without annoying my other friends. It's antisocial, it's nerdy, and I'm totally cool with it. *I'm not one of those obnoxious people who are all like "I'M A NERD!!!" either, so I think I've got the balance right. I think it is something of a mix of both. And everyone have their own reasons why they come here everyday. For some it is to share news and stuff about Avril. That should be #1. Posting games for fun or to spam, to use your time on something productive Some share their talent, while others the adventures they went on. For someone, this is the social life they are comfortable with. We share small amount of who we are in real life, and that's ok. We don't want to know everything about every one here. The general discussion have so much of diversity that it would be impossible to talk about it on any other platform. I'm not sure if im going to call being a bandaider for nerdy. But who on earth arent a nerd?!
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