[On states of things]

No idea why I see this as its by a blocked member...

 

I can give additional data out of a German BO forum, for this blog’s reason I give in especial the view counts for their subforum for the US:

it is an area where a lot of views without so many posts in relation in comparison to here, and for some reasons people do not find it accidentally per a search engine, means the views are to a very high % done by members only or people like us, who also are active here.

Till February 7 the views were pretty normal for the time of year, than increased a bit to a lot (+ 50%) see discussions about possible impact, till up to March 22, the last of the high view counts. From one week to the next in fell to ~ 30% of the normal views, means it fell roughly 2 thirds of the pre discussion increase for a couple of weeks and is still falling, to in a view of those not even 5% of what was (and even less of what it should be for the time of year).

Why is it falling? Not because people wandered of or got banned, its the missing data. the missing news. And people have in part their own problems caused by the virus, in especial if you work in the cinema business (as a lot of the people there do, incl cinema owners)

 

About people being more in the Internet: yes and no.

 

It depends a lot for what the forum or YT-channel or... is about.

Like news about the virus, how to cook, how to store, how to do e.g. canning, sewing (including masks), ... those increased a lot.

Home-schooling.... too

Book/audiobook recommendations, ... those I see an increase too.

DIY tips, how to build e.g. a shelf or clean out rainwater pipes,... tools, ... increased too.

Positive mood/stories at YT channels, eg animal rescue, wildlife sightings,... increased. 

 

People with children have often way less time or energy to go to a forum to bick or discuss no new news about their interest as some seem to use a forum it seems.

The same counts for people working in health care and / or education, people working in the delivering business too, many of those work tons of overtime (at least here it is so).

 

Also where to get articles that increased price-wise a lot during the lockdowns, for a reasonable price (a sheet of building plates got op fro. $17 to $54  as an example), comparisons of prices and quality too (DIY and foodstuff...)

 

If there are no new news there will come a time where it gets boring to rehash, so why to even think about revisiting an old thread?

 

If there is no real reason for a visit at a very specific forum, why being ‘surprised’ about the lower numbers?

Why start a blog with such a ‘tone’? Sadly I am not surprised, not the first time I am very much wondering why people feel so negatively from the start.

 

I probably wont get an info about a possible response as by a blocked member, just in case.

 

(btw, I think the November numbers might be higher again, see election = an actual reason to meet and discuss... and it involves even the nice litte numbers, percentages,... some of us love so much)