The dearth of spirited discussion

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Ram3500

I think Canreef was the most exciting when the buy and sell popped up in Active Threads.It made for a very active page. I felt that I always had to be checking back to in fear of missing some great deal.
I understand that the vendors maybe didn't like this in fear that they were losing out on business but they are wrong. A more active fourm will only draw more clicks in the Vendor Forums driving customer to there web pages. More users on canreef = more $ in the vendors pockets.

All I get in new posts in buy/sell. Not sure what you mean about active posts?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

All I get in new posts in buy/sell. Not sure what you mean about active posts?

Oh, I see what you might be doing. I simply navigate the site by clicking new posts. It's all there.

[somafish]

Sounds like a lot of jaded folks on here! What could we do to make it more entertaining on the site, coral auctions? More vendor give aways? I thought it was pretty awesome when I had a chance to go to MACNA, actually I think Concept is the only vendor I have seen offer anything for free

[Ram3500]

When viewing the fourm on my iphone or ipad there is no new post tab available. I am sure I am not the only person on ios. I wonder how is appears
on android

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[Ryanerickson]

You have to be logged in to see the new post tab

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Ram3500

When viewing the fourm on my iphone or ipad there is no new post tab available. I am sure I am not the only person on ios. I wonder how is appears
on android

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I think you have to be logged on before the New Posts tab appears.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I think you have to be logged on before the New Posts tab appears.

Correct.

[Ram3500]

Ok lol haha . Am I correct that there was a time when the new posts would appear under active threads ? Or did you always have to hit the new post Tab ?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Ram3500

Ok lol haha . Am I correct that there was a time when the new posts would appear under active threads ? Or did you always have to hit the new post Tab ?

I don't recall ever changing anything, pretty sure it's always been this way. I could be wrong, but I don't remember us changing it.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Oh, I see what you might be doing. I simply navigate the site by clicking new posts. It's all there.

It's not the same, it requires an extra click which sometimes isn't worth the extra effort.


I gave up reefing a while ago, maybe for good or maybe not. At any rate I stick around because I like the community and I myself owe a lot to it as I've grown a tremendous amount since I first joined being that I'm only a partial ignorant douche now. At any rate I can occasionally still offer good advice and enjoy a good build thread. That said I'm visiting less and less and I agree with what has already been said. To add to it, a lot of what feeds this forum are the build threads and the sense of importance each author achieves. Most threads these days are essentially a repeat with original builds being much harder to achieve, this drives down viewer interest and respective comments which drives interest down in general. Low comments = low updates = low bumps = low activity. This causes tank owners to use other sources to show off their work and get that attention they crave. This craving for importance is what drives a lot people after all and it is what fuels social media, not just in this hobby but most aspects of life. As said time is a changing, move on or be left behind.