Hiccupx:
Hopefully you have noticed that we've been trying to build the community on here, with the St. Valentines day give away and Messy March, but it can be pretty difficult getting people to respond.
We're constantly working to try and make the site better, and sure the interface could be more modern, but I don't think this is the real issue. I've been on the internet from it's conception so i've seen the nature of it change over the years. I would say that in general people are less responsive than they were, not just here but on most sites. They seem less inclined to make connections, and many BBW dating sites and smaller sites have died as a consequence. People are more used to content and connections being delivered to them, rather than reaching out to get it. We try our best to provide and engaging platform/facility but it's down to you pelple to decide how you want to use it.
Hopefully you have noticed that we've been trying to build the community on here, with the St. Valentines day give away and Messy March, but it can be pretty difficult getting people to respond.
We're constantly working to try and make the site better, and sure the interface could be more modern, but I don't think this is the real issue. I've been on the internet from it's conception so i've seen the nature of it change over the years. I would say that in general people are less responsive than they were, not just here but on most sites. They seem less inclined to make connections, and many BBW dating sites and smaller sites have died as a consequence. People are more used to content and connections being delivered to them, rather than reaching out to get it. We try our best to provide and engaging platform/facility but it's down to you pelple to decide how you want to use it.
It’s remarkable that you have achieved such longevity. Congratulations. As someone who has been present in one form or another since more or less the beginning, FF has become an institution.
I think the problem being described here reaches far beyond this website. Over the past two decades, digital technology has fundamentally reshaped how we relate to one another online. Facebook is the archetypal example. It began as a reliable way to stay connected with friends, near and far. Now it often feels oddly hollow, with little in the way of genuine conversation beyond one or two stalwart voices in most people’s feeds.
I’m no social scientist, just an observer, but it does feel as though the surge of Web 2.0 hit its high water mark more than a decade ago and has been receding ever since. Much of that shift seems tied to the pull of profit, as the priorities of a handful of platforms have come to shape the tone and structure of online interaction itself.
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