Just looked at the "leaderboard" and it is apparent that there are really only a few people keeping AGN alive. (joking)

Keep up the good fight @BackStop!

So whats with the RED REVERSE ARROW icon with a - value on some members ?

Motorhead said:

So whats with the RED REVERSE ARROW icon with a - value on some members ?

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@Motorhead I believe that the red negative number represents a decrease in a member’s posts from the previous time period (yesterday, last week, etc).. The larger number above it represents a member’s position on the leaderboard.

There is a leader board,,,,,, thats very SOSH like

Thought it ODD, be those Red- are on some of the most knowledgeable members ?

Thats makes sense being a few HOT threads were running a week ago that cooled off recently.

I did not know we were even keeping track! It should be quality, not quantity!

rich177 said:

I did not know we were even keeping track! It should be quality, not quantity!

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Here in America quantity is the number 1 quality, guns, ammo, cars, “collectibles”…….FOOD!!!

Every forum is like this. Comparatively a fraction of members compared to the actual membership of any forum actually participate.

Amazing how quickly one can slip down the leaderboard

I was surprised to see that i have only posted once this month so far! But that’s what happens when real life catches up with you. I am in the middle of a major renovation on my house, so don’t have much time for shooting, much less perusing the forums. Still a great place though.

Kind of true. The airgun forums are kind of dead compared to some I used to frequent. Archery talk and Glock talk are examples.

Peashooter said:

There is a leader board,,,,,, thats very SOSH like

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What is SOSH? “ Like”!

rich177 said:

I did not know we were even keeping track! It should be quality, not quantity!

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The ratio of positive reactions to total posts is a good quality indicator. Good to have both Q's.

Septicdeath said:

Every forum is like this. Comparatively a fraction of members compared to the actual membership of any forum actually participate.

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Seems like a large enough number post regularly. Seems a fairly merry band..

I think SOSH are short for Social media,,,,, but i could be delusional, i am a old fart.
My experience with fora is that there will always be a larger number of visitors there VS actual members. Right now it is 24 members and 50 guests.
Thats also okay if people was forced to sign up to harvest knowledge, i would have to consider what i was doing there then.

First off: quality over content. Second, forums largely a driven by content already created! I think one of the recent improvements here is the search function, and it seems to work while thread posting too which is nice for redundancy reasons. All this to say, there could never be another post on this forum again and it would get loads of clicks per month anyway because there is so much content that has already been created here from users (tutorials, reviews, general knowledge and etc.).

I do think as the sport grows however that this forum will continue to grow and others like it. I grew up on the GTA but sadly it seems a bit dusty over there, and perhaps that is its charm. I think more forums usually means more growth per forum too (cross pollination and so on), but I do think that forums of the past are a dying breed because web 2.0 and new social media platforms are taking screen time away from them. But, and there is always a but, just wait for some crack down on IG or FB for users to realize they need a place to post about their Texan without restriction! I got hit with an account strike at IG because I posted a picture of a Bushbuck 45 last month! This is where/when more open/less restrictive forums grow the fastest.

Well enough of my silly thoughts!

Regards,
-Atlas