What happened to everyone?

[Christoph]

I do more reading than posting these days most posts are responding to where are all the oldtimers 😗

 

[alpg88]

i do not log in as often, nor post, nor i build as much anymore. new baby takes a lot of time, plus he took my "shop" away as well, hopefully in a decade or so i'll be building lights with him, who knows.

 

[MichiganMan]

And yet... no one over here seems to really care 😉

Honestly, the arbitrarily strident moderation I observed is what led me to leave long ago. Mind you, I'm absolutely not talking about you Greta.

I don't recall hoping that anyone would care, so I guess that worked out...

But OP asked the question, and I was in the neighborhood.

This experience, of course, is only my own, not anyone else's that may have also found themselves somewhere else.

 

[Nitroz]

😛

Seriously it is my experience that when the weather warms up people are out doing other things, this place usually ramps up when people are hunkered down for winter. We shall see if it remains true this year.

I knew it! You're the guy on the left. You should change you profile name. 😛

 

[Cyclops942]

Honestly, the arbitrarily strident moderation I observed is what led me to leave long ago. Mind you, I'm absolutely not talking about you Greta.

I don't recall hoping that anyone would care, so I guess that worked out...

But OP asked the question, and I was in the neighborhood.

This experience, of course, is only my own, not anyone else's that may have also found themselves somewhere else.

I've been here even longer than Greta, and "overly strident moderation" is not something I can point to. But then, we each have our own subjective definition of that, so my comment could very well mean nothing at all. Then again, I've been a moderator on other boards, so perhaps my perspective is of more value than the average Joe's, rather than less.

 

[F250XLT]

Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

Been gone a while, but now my interest in getting focused back on the hobby. I remember "back in the day", the B/S/T posts were so plentiful, that it was actually difficult to keep up. Now, it seems we end up with hours between sale threads, what happened?

 

[Fish 14]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

Been gone a while, but now my interest in getting focused back on the hobby. I remember "back in the day", the B/S/T posts were so plentiful, that it was actually difficult to keep up. Now, it seems we end up with hours between sale threads, what happened?

I think it's just like anything else. You lose interest after a while. Then you take a break, after a few months out of the game you get the interest back. I jump around on many different hobbies, from guns, to batteries, to flashlight s, and everything in between. I only have the spare funds to focus on one hobby at a time.

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[F250XLT]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

Not sure the active membership is that much lower (could be?), but the transactions have certainly dwindled.

 

[Kestrel]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

If others were on the same ~4 yr post hiatus as well, maybe that's the reason things have slowed? 😉

 

[F250XLT]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

If others were on the same ~4 yr post hiatus as well, maybe that's the reason things have slowed? 😉

Yeah, no doubt, but it's literally a few posts per day for the BST, and you remember how fast and furious things were 10-15 years ago.

 

[thermal guy]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

I'm on every day 😁 see you around.

 

[F250XLT]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

I'm on every day  see you around.

I know you are, and always have been. :twothumbs

 

[richbuff]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

I check in multiple times per day, just to keep up with acronyms and abbreviations that I need to re-figure out that I have forgotten.

And also to keep up with small lights that need fitted with Osram W2.1 emitters and with large lights that need to be fitted with SBT90.2 emitters.

 

[badtziscool]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

Social media, competing forums, and other hobbies all had a factor in the slow down. In a way, it's kind of good because i've been able to acquire and own some lights that I previously have never been able to even think about owning. But it's nice to see the familiar names popup again.

Does the name F250XLT still apply or should it be change to maybe F250Lariat or F250KingRanch? Maybe F250Platinum?

 

[ChrisGarrett]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

"He's dead, Jim."

Chris

 

[F250XLT]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

Social media, competing forums, and other hobbies all had a factor in the slow down. In a way, it's kind of good because i've been able to acquire and own some lights that I previously have never been able to even think about owning. But it's nice to see the familiar names popup again.

Does the name F250XLT still apply or should it be change to maybe F250Lariat or F250KingRanch? Maybe F250Platinum?

Who knew there was a better flashlight forum than CPF?


Technically, it's RAM2500Laramie6.7MEGA :naughty:

 

[knucklegary]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

I check in multiple times per day, just to keep up with acronyms and abbreviations that I need to re-figure out that I have forgotten.

And also to keep up with small lights that need fitted with Osram W2.1 emitters and with large lights that need to be fitted with SBT90.2 emitters.

..and some small lights Lumintop GTvn mini can be fitted with SBT90. I find it interesting just wish GT mini had a tailcap switch

 

[Lateck]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

I would agree with the OP, to a point. I have not been a daily driver here like I was a few (3~4) years ago.
But the main thing I see that has changed is the number of manufacturers and new lights. Back in 2015~17 there were hundreds of companies (okay maybe not hundreds) that were pumping out brighter and brighter lights. Bigger and smaller, more LEDs and different batteries.
Well it seems that only the strongest survived and now the industry has slowed. Hence less folks on the forum.

Just my two cents.

 

[F250XLT]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

I would agree with the OP, to a point. I have not been a daily driver here like I was a few (3~4) years ago.
But the main thing I see that has changed is the number of manufacturers and new lights. Back in 2015~17 there were hundreds of companies (okay maybe not hundreds) that were pumping out brighter and brighter lights. Bigger and smaller, more LEDs and different batteries.
Well it seems that only the strongest survived and now the industry has slowed. Hence less folks on the forum.

Just my two cents.

Mass manufactured options are definitely playing a role, lots of decent quality readily available.

10-15 years ago, custom Ti & Alu, and modded SF's were flying around like M&M's. I miss those days, but the new pace will definitely save me some money.

 

[jrgold]

Re: Dang, this place sure has slowed considerably

Been gone a while, but now my interest in getting focused back on the hobby. I remember "back in the day", the B/S/T posts were so plentiful, that it was actually difficult to keep up. Now, it seems we end up with hours between sale threads, what happened?

The BST has slowed down even more over the past couple of weeks because of the global situation. People are worried about their jobs, so they aren't spending. I think some may be worried about receiving mailed goods right now as well


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