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Post by oneofthoseguys on Jan 5, 2018 23:07:47 GMT
Omg she always look so young... Lucky her It was a mistake, they already confirmed it, just like fih said: they probably got it from somewhere and believed it’s new as well. Brazillian fansites at least update the fanbase with news and informations about Avril. We can't say the same about Bandaids... I actually don't know what's worst. But ok, Avril is coming back and the time to pretend some interest about Avril is coming too. Then free passes for her private parties comes along with all this "support" given by Bandaids crew. AvrilBandaids is her most famous website, their support for Avril during the golden years were very important for her success, especially in North America. Nowadays there's no real updates about her in any Bandaids media. Bandaids' facebook page is huge (1 million likes) and if they used it frequently, we could probably achieve too many people around many countries. It's sad that Bandaids became nothing but a good reference from Avril's past.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 6, 2018 0:16:28 GMT
What exactly is Bandaids supposed to update on when we’ve got no news from Avril herself?! IMO Bandaids is one of the best and one of the few active, English-speaking sites left. Someone here always finds the latest news or articles.
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Post by pllforlife on Jan 6, 2018 0:40:38 GMT
It was a mistake, they already confirmed it, just like fih said: they probably got it from somewhere and believed it’s new as well. Brazillian fansites at least update the fanbase with news and informations about Avril. We can't say the same about Bandaids... I actually don't know what's worst. But ok, Avril is coming back and the time to pretend some interest about Avril is coming too. Then free passes for her private parties comes along with all this "support" given by Bandaids crew. AvrilBandaids is her most famous website, their support for Avril during the golden years were very important for her success, especially in North America. Nowadays there's no real updates about her in any Bandaids media. Bandaids' facebook page is huge (1 million likes) and if they used it frequently, we could probably achieve too many people around many countries. It's sad that Bandaids became nothing but a good reference from Avril's past. That is total BS. During Goodbye Lullaby it was the same thing. Between UMS and TBDT it was the same thing. There was literally nothing to talk about. In top of that, the old admins and mods were bullies. They berated members and in all honesty they are the reason why a lot of people jumped ship Fromm bandaids. It's awesome now. But the golden Years you speak of weren't that golden on this site.
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In Wonderland
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Post by In Wonderland on Jan 6, 2018 1:25:51 GMT
Well it is been done things to get new members on BA. And to keep members active. There has been events and polls trying to create some activity. Weather or not members participate is another case. The facebook page and twitter is regularly updated and the BandaidsNews account is used for less important talk and announcements. Tho there is room for improvements i admit to that 100%. I have a serious disease and gets worse every month now for the past year. So my activity and contribution is verry depending on my day to day shape. So on my behalf, i am sorry if that brings some of your experience with BA down. But the second there are new pictures, song registrations and any news, BA is quickly out and spread and promote it. And sometimes we drown in the other fan accounts timelines. Thats the thing when there is so many accounts. There is no necessary need for 1 official fan site for any celebrity any more, thanks to social media. But still we try to keep it up and be more than a twitter feed. And focus a bit more on the community we got. We did ask for new staff. Both a moderator and a event team.. not many if any, applied. So if you do have an idea how we can make BA better. Help us out next time. Deal?
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 6, 2018 1:35:16 GMT
The site becomes more active when Avril is active. When the next era starts, there will definitely be more people as well as new people.
Once the old site went down, many didn’t know we switched to a new site. Some are also just too busy at this point in their lives for BA whereas 8 years ago when the old site was going during GL and it had many members, we were all like high school and college students. Now most of us are grown with jobs and families. If there’s no Avril news, there’s even less inclination to log in every day. The site always picks up when Avril is active. It’s literally always been like this. It’s not new.
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In Wonderland
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Post by In Wonderland on Jan 6, 2018 1:43:48 GMT
And btw maybe this aint the greatest numbers you've seen, but it ain't bad either. Around 900 people visit each day. And 65 members. You are here, dont be shy to post something Users Online in the Last 24 Hours 4 Staff, 65 Members, 811 Guests.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 6, 2018 2:00:13 GMT
I think something also needs to be said for the fact that forums in general are an dying breed compared to 5-10 years ago. Everyone communicates on social media now. Forums are viewed as old school. Av’s Twitter and Instagram get loads of comments on each post. Not so much on forums anymore.
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Post by katy on Jan 6, 2018 11:48:22 GMT
Completely agree that some of the mods and admins on the old site drove people away, some were condescending and rude but seemed like the site needed them to keep contact with Avril. This forum is much nicer, more of a community feel and everyone gets on (mostly). Not too bothered about the number of members personally, as long as we have somewhere to discuss news etc I’m happy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 11:58:09 GMT
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In Wonderland
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Post by In Wonderland on Jan 6, 2018 14:56:02 GMT
I don't get what this thread about, but I saw Katy mentioned how nice current admins are and thought, yes exactly, dear admins, could you please take off my 20% of warnings? I got them in 2016, I guess their period has run off a long time ago. Send one of us a pm
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Post by marliz. on Jan 6, 2018 15:12:31 GMT
Bandaids used to have plenty of more active users back then despite there being little to no news. Now there's maybe 30-60 users who log in at all, and even less who consistently post. People are STILL jumping ship from bandaids, and there's a reason why... and it's not like there's anything being done to invite more people to join,,,, there definitely is. - removal of the old forum - forums being outdated - fans growing up and putting less time into bandaids - avril not being active so fans have nothing to talk about - fans losing interest in avril because of that - people simply stop being a fan need more?
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Post by ben545 on Jan 6, 2018 18:26:30 GMT
Being "member most likely to be banned" I must admit I have lost interest in Avril Lavigne due to her inactivity. I think I use this lack of interest as a defence mechanism against investing too much time and interest in a pop star that doesn't do anything . When she starts her next era of music I will have more time for her. We have been having to make our own entertainment for some time now on this site. It's almost as if Avril is dead to me at the moment. I'm not even interested in her Instagram stories at the moment because it's the same old shit. I hope Avril is bored of doing the same old shit all the time and is looking forward to making a comeback herself. Usually MOTM would win on the back of sharing Avril related media on this site (that's how I won it) but even that has started to be won by people who have more interesting things to share.
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Post by pllforlife on Jan 6, 2018 18:59:38 GMT
Or everyone moved to Facebook Groups which are nothing but drama fueled doxing camps. I'm good with the members here who aren't all children, who respect one another for the most part and gives us a place to have actual conversations about Avril without fans who have no idea or don't follow her and shit post about how it is coming in 2017 or whatever.
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Post by Sarah93 on Jan 7, 2018 21:57:10 GMT
I've always known about the existence of Bandaids, it's always been Avril's biggest and most important fan community. I've only been a member for 1 year, but I've met incredible new people and learned new things about Avril Not only is Avril a great place to be updated but to also share and learn facts and experiences about Avril What I like the most about this forum is that it is a community Yes, it is true that social media are the place where people talk and forums are getting old, but as I said before, it is a community, and I like it Beside, if we have no news from Avril, it's hard to find something to talk about... we try our best to find new activity to help members being more active, but we can't force anyone to be active
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Post by marliz. on Jan 8, 2018 19:56:17 GMT
there definitely is. - removal of the old forum - forums being outdated - fans growing up and putting less time into bandaids - avril not being active so fans have nothing to talk about - fans losing interest in avril because of that - people simply stop being a fan need more? those are definitely some of the reasons why people didn't make the move from the old bandaids to this new server but I can tell you that there's a lot more to the reason why a groups of people have left very recently and it has nothing to do with it being a "trend" for what reason then?
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