Any one still here?

I'm here and posting trip reports from earlier this month!

Rarely. I think this is the first time I've been on here for some time. I don't do much on social media, either, anymore. I got tired of people politicizing *everything*. The Disney boards I frequented once upon a time feel like ghost towns now.

But, I'm interested to see what the new site looks like!

LOL, just came back to check to see if my old forum was still kicking.

Anthony;2534877 wrote: LOL, just came back to check to see if my old forum was still kicking.

So, "I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in" LOL

Haven't been on here in ages. Used a couple social media groups to plan our recent trip. Definitely not something I prefer over the forum format. Without a doubt social media has had it's impact, but what also had a huge impact, and continues to go unaddressed here, is how ugly things got here in recent years. I saw some very benign comments deleted, and some really horrifically ugly ones allowed to stand. People interacting in a more intimate forum need to feel that the moderating is solid. And I'm saying this acknowledging that moderating is not an easy job, and it's typically thankless. Although, when this site was very active, people were great about expressing appreciation for the moderators. John, can you give us some insight on what the moderating will look like on the new site? I think it may be hard to draw people back if this topic isn't openly addressed.

TheVBs;2534914 wrote: Haven't been on here in ages. Used a couple social media groups to plan our recent trip. Definitely not something I prefer over the forum format. Without a doubt social media has had it's impact, but what also had a huge impact, and continues to go unaddressed here, is how ugly things got here in recent years. I saw some very benign comments deleted, and some really horrifically ugly ones allowed to stand. People interacting in a more intimate forum need to feel that the moderating is solid. And I'm saying this acknowledging that moderating is not an easy job, and it's typically thankless. Although, when this site was very active, people were great about expressing appreciation for the moderators. John, can you give us some insight on what the moderating will look like on the new site? I think it may be hard to draw people back if this topic isn't openly addressed.

Believe it or not, all the same comments are posted on social media as well. They just have automatic software that flags a lot of it and prevents it from showing and then they also have a substantial paid staff that reviews flagged content and takes it down quickly.

I used to be a moderator on a couple of forums and it was almost constant nonsense at times. We would take down posts and then the poster would go on a tear posting garbage everywhere. They were often just there to start trouble for their own entertainment or perhaps were there to push some sort of agenda and we would have to ban them. They just come back with a new user name and start again though. Moderating a forum is not easy like you would think.

You also have to keep in mind, we had quite a bit of social issues all happening over the past few years that caused a divide and gave everyone plenty of things to disagree about. It did not take but just a few posts in a thread and it would devolve into basically what equated to a forums version of a bar fight. lol

I am here but not on it as I should be. But love Disney as well as everybody else on here. Maybe more than I could ever love. But yes still on here.

Im here

I'm here, but not nearly as often as I once was. As our kids have grown older, we don't visit as often as we once did.

I am still here. Hope that the place will finally get to being busy again.

BrerKevin;2534804 wrote: Any one still here?

Yup, don't check it everyday anymore. Honestly I miss the discourse I had here for years. I love the community! Loved when I went to the Intercot meetup way back in 2007!!

Interesting that no one has commented on this thread since the boards reopened.

How about we have a 'virtual roll call,' just to see how many, and who, are back visiting the boards?

"Hello, I'm P0pPhan, formerly PopPhan, formerly BMan62
Long time lurker, sometime poster, relative newbie WDW visitor (Only 21 years now and 17 visits. LOL)
How are y'all doing?"  

@p0pphan I'm here too, and every time I see your new username I think it's a phishing email where they tell you to click on the chɑse website link instead of the chase website link!  I guess John didn't have both red keys to turn at the same time to force the new system to allow you to retrieve your username without access to the old email?

Ok, why does that GIF I posted look like this instead??

I was getting the same thing and if you refresh the GIF is visible.  Maybe a glitch?   

BTW I do miss the old list of Emojis and all the pictures and being able to customize your signature with different fonts and colors, etc.