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Ito reacted to reminiscing2004 in Fuuuuuck why are office chairs so expensive?
To keep the masses posturally strained, vulnerable, and controllable...
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Ito got a reaction from Ada Suilen in This place is dying slowly, isn't it?
While I pretty much agree with everything already said, one major thing I think is getting over looked - do the kids even know what the fuck a forum is?
That's a bit extreme, but it's hardly an exaggeration to say that social media has mostly killed off forums in general. Back in the early days of MH/TW, and hell, even before it, forums were -the- way to have an online community for a specific thing. Social media has largely changed that, for better or worse. Honestly, the fact that MH is still around given how forums have mostly died off is kind of amazing to me.
Even if interest in VK and Jrock abroad had never decided, I still think forum usage would have a steep drop off. And we're no where near that peak interest. I truly think Kpop had taken the mindshare that VK used to hold. I'm not talking for hardcore fans, but for all the casuals. I'll not going to get in to it deep here, but I know at Anime cons every Jrock vendor has been replaced by Kpop ones.
To be totally frank, I expect MH to die some day. The fact that this place has lasted a decade blows me away. But with the current trajectory of VK and the internet, I just don't see this place lasting another decade. And that's ok. While the idea bums me the fuck out, when this place does burn out, that doesn't erase everything that has happened here. All of that said, I'm not wishing the end comes any time soon and I hope that some day we can be celebrating the forum's 20th anniversary.
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Ito got a reaction from togz in This place is dying slowly, isn't it?
Living is just slowly dying anyways.
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Ito reacted to Peace Heavy mk II in This place is dying slowly, isn't it?
@Ito I have actually seen people on FB/TW say that they haven’t joined here because they don’t get how message boards work. This being an antiquated platform isn’t a fabrication on your part: the kiddies would rather use discord or twitch than a forum because that makes more sense to them.
We’re old 👴🏼
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Ito got a reaction from platy in This place is dying slowly, isn't it?
While I pretty much agree with everything already said, one major thing I think is getting over looked - do the kids even know what the fuck a forum is?
That's a bit extreme, but it's hardly an exaggeration to say that social media has mostly killed off forums in general. Back in the early days of MH/TW, and hell, even before it, forums were -the- way to have an online community for a specific thing. Social media has largely changed that, for better or worse. Honestly, the fact that MH is still around given how forums have mostly died off is kind of amazing to me.
Even if interest in VK and Jrock abroad had never decided, I still think forum usage would have a steep drop off. And we're no where near that peak interest. I truly think Kpop had taken the mindshare that VK used to hold. I'm not talking for hardcore fans, but for all the casuals. I'll not going to get in to it deep here, but I know at Anime cons every Jrock vendor has been replaced by Kpop ones.
To be totally frank, I expect MH to die some day. The fact that this place has lasted a decade blows me away. But with the current trajectory of VK and the internet, I just don't see this place lasting another decade. And that's ok. While the idea bums me the fuck out, when this place does burn out, that doesn't erase everything that has happened here. All of that said, I'm not wishing the end comes any time soon and I hope that some day we can be celebrating the forum's 20th anniversary.
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Ito got a reaction from CAT5 in This place is dying slowly, isn't it?
While I pretty much agree with everything already said, one major thing I think is getting over looked - do the kids even know what the fuck a forum is?
That's a bit extreme, but it's hardly an exaggeration to say that social media has mostly killed off forums in general. Back in the early days of MH/TW, and hell, even before it, forums were -the- way to have an online community for a specific thing. Social media has largely changed that, for better or worse. Honestly, the fact that MH is still around given how forums have mostly died off is kind of amazing to me.
Even if interest in VK and Jrock abroad had never decided, I still think forum usage would have a steep drop off. And we're no where near that peak interest. I truly think Kpop had taken the mindshare that VK used to hold. I'm not talking for hardcore fans, but for all the casuals. I'll not going to get in to it deep here, but I know at Anime cons every Jrock vendor has been replaced by Kpop ones.
To be totally frank, I expect MH to die some day. The fact that this place has lasted a decade blows me away. But with the current trajectory of VK and the internet, I just don't see this place lasting another decade. And that's ok. While the idea bums me the fuck out, when this place does burn out, that doesn't erase everything that has happened here. All of that said, I'm not wishing the end comes any time soon and I hope that some day we can be celebrating the forum's 20th anniversary.
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Ito reacted to Zeus in I cannot find the first member, the original admin of this forum. Anyone know more?
That's a long history lesson, but the original name of the forum was Tainted World and the original admin is still here.
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Ito got a reaction from suji in I cannot find the first member, the original admin of this forum. Anyone know more?
Spike760 and I created the forum together a long as time ago. A lot happened between then and now, including a decent amount of drama that can't be recapped quickly, but also Spike eventually grew out of his interest for Jrock.
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Ito got a reaction from reminiscing2004 in I cannot find the first member, the original admin of this forum. Anyone know more?
Spike760 and I created the forum together a long as time ago. A lot happened between then and now, including a decent amount of drama that can't be recapped quickly, but also Spike eventually grew out of his interest for Jrock.
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Ito got a reaction from Dillinger in I cannot find the first member, the original admin of this forum. Anyone know more?
Spike760 and I created the forum together a long as time ago. A lot happened between then and now, including a decent amount of drama that can't be recapped quickly, but also Spike eventually grew out of his interest for Jrock.
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Ito got a reaction from Zeus in I cannot find the first member, the original admin of this forum. Anyone know more?
Spike760 and I created the forum together a long as time ago. A lot happened between then and now, including a decent amount of drama that can't be recapped quickly, but also Spike eventually grew out of his interest for Jrock.
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Ito got a reaction from rekzer in I cannot find the first member, the original admin of this forum. Anyone know more?
Spike760 and I created the forum together a long as time ago. A lot happened between then and now, including a decent amount of drama that can't be recapped quickly, but also Spike eventually grew out of his interest for Jrock.
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Ito reacted to zombieparadise in Getting married in 2 days – AHHHH.
Thanks peeps! It's been a stressful but exciting time. Looking forward to my honeymoon in ze Deutschland. Cheers @Ito, hope all goes well : )
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Ito got a reaction from platy in Getting married in 2 days – AHHHH.
Congrats! Month and a half left for me.
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Ito got a reaction from zombieparadise in Getting married in 2 days – AHHHH.
Congrats! Month and a half left for me.
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Ito got a reaction from togz in I see a lot of tech savvy people here. Can you give me any good digital camera recomm
Tbh, I don't really do any video work so I have a hard time recommending anything since though the are similar, obviously there are different things that you want from video than for photo. That said, either way £70 isn't going to get you much of anything. I'm not trying to be a downer, but man, even looking at like fairly old used gear you aren't going to get much for that. The -cheapest- I could find on ebay for a t2i (a 7 year old Canon camera) with a lens was $200.
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Ito got a reaction from Himeaimichu in Unpopular opinion: Saver Tiger, Mephistopheles, D'erlanger, and Dead End are just as
I mean, hide was in Save Tiger before X, so yeah lol.
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Ito reacted to tetsu_sama69 in of course I get incredibly sick while on vacation...
this is my true fear this next week
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Ito got a reaction from Seimeisen in OMG this Plastic Tree banner is giving me so much life <3
It's almost like I should have done a Plastic Tree one earlier... XD
(also, that D'espa one was absolutely my first thought when I was starting these oldschool banners.)
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