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Message # 54935.1.1.1.1

Subject: Fully agree on the tablet issue

Date: Sat 14/07/12 19:22:57 GMT

Name: mwet

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By AnthonyX - anthonyx@jowc.net Sat 14/07/12 00:26:15 GMT

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Especially when you consider that UMD defines itself with a larger scope - messy as well as wetlook, where this forum defines itself as wetlook only (despite the "off-topic" messy posts).

You'd expect audience size to have some connection to scope... the finer the niche, the smaller the audience. One might also expect that "open" (non-membership) forums will have greater popularity than membership-based forums, because its less of a hassle for a new visitor to render his/her two-cents worth.

The shift you describe could have any number of causes, and may be a combination. Perhaps some recent tweak makes a commonly-used feature just a little less convenient. Maybe there is growing reluctance to participate in membership-driven forums. Maybe it's part of the shift from desktop/laptop computing to smartphones and iPads (at least for non-business purposes) and UMD is somehow less smartphone or iPad-friendly than this forum, if any of them are at all.

By MK - wamtec@comcast.net Fri 13/07/12 23:06:05 GMT

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The data is all here on our Topwam rankings site.

http://topwam.com/toplist.php

This data is gathered independently from the Alexa traffic rankings site (which is owned by Amazon.com --so the rankings data is not influenced by anybody from the wam world).

For years UMD has always held the number one spot cos their forum has all the bells and whistles and features that this forum does not have...but for some weird reason UMD's traffic has been going downhill in the last 6 months while this forum's traffic has remained constant. I am pretty sure I know the reason why this wetlook forum ranks number 1 and the Styx wetlook forum is number 8 in the rankings.....and the owners of that forum know the reasons too....i.e. this forum allows candid media to be posted and also focuses on Youtube links a lot, while the Styx wetlook forum has always banned candid videos and does not encourage youtube postings....and that was their decision and perogative to do that.....so this forum is much more diverse and liberal, whereas the Styx wetlook forum is mostly focused on modelled wetlook only....and they prefer things that way.

The real mystery to me is why UMD's traffic has dropped off so much in the last 6 months....cos this forum's traffic has remained constant.....so this is like a top of the line Mercedes that is running out of gas...and gets overtaken by a more fuel efficient pickup truck....ha ha

MK

By AnthonyX - anthonyx@jowc.net Fri 13/07/12 22:27:39 GMT

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The downside you identified is actually an absence of accountability, which is what a membership system would create, even if only in a small way. Being accountable for your words doesn't deprive you of the freedom to express yourself, but perhaps it prompts you to adequately consider the effect those words will have on others before you utter them.

By walter - Fri 13/07/12 22:03:39 GMT

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The downside is you sometimes get comedians making a nuisance of themselves, but on balance free speech works best.