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This is the new, improved Warrior Forum. All new membership and nothing much going on. Lots of reasons but I'm sick of talking about it.

Yeah I can understand, its just a different vibe tbh then im used too. Usually when I post something on a forum with a bunch of members, which should spike some interrest, there is an response in an hour latest. Currently there are 200+ members in the freemarket section, but since this morning there was no response, which doesnt feel right

You can find various threads talking about problems with WF.

They became more significant after WF was sold to Freelancer and actions were not taken swiftly enough.

There were technical problems with the interface change that were not fixed until very recently. The moderating deteriorated quickly in the transition from existing mods to new mods.

A lot of spam and threads that normally would not be allowed were not removed fast enough, or not removed at all.

This led to a large exodus of long time members which just caused things to further deteriorate.

If you look through the main marketing forum for useful threads you will find few compared the the amount of chaff.

Most threads are either misguided "how to" threads intended to expose a signature, "how long is a piece of string" kind of threads (like "how much traffic to I need to make $100/day"), rants, or ads for Viagra sites in Russia.

Too many helpful members have responded to honest sounding questions only to realize (after the OP never returns but starts other threads) that it wasn't a question at all, just rhetorical signature exposure.

After a while people just stop responding to the same questions that come up day after day.

Once the experienced members left or disengaged the quality of content and information sharing dropped dramatically.

Go in the main forum and it is literally the blind leading the blind out there.

There are still good threads and discussions but they are few and far between. The only threads with any traction are rants with lots of replies on either side of the argument, stupid posts that get trolled (guilty) or any other random post where a fight breaks out.

Those last can be fun but they seem to happen more here in Off-Topic these days.

Things have been changing but too slowly to stop people from leaving or complaining.

A lot of the WF discussions are about whether the WF can salvage its reputation and lure people back. Even if they get everything fixed, so many have already left.

There are other problems but I'll let Alexa tell you about them...

Massive thanks!!!

I am by no means an IM pro, I am experienced, jack of all trades, but some BS Ive came across in the SEO & WSO section gave me the chills. And you are right, in most cases people ask "stupid" questions (even though I stick to it, there are no stupid questions, if I know something you need to know, why not share) and dont even bother to comment / thank for a usefull answer.

The Freemarket section is never very active. Some spammers post there to try to shill their domains and websites, but Freemarket is pretty new. I used it once. Went back to Flippa to sell my domains. Didn't have any luck with Freemarket. Has a way to go, if ever, before there are real buyers and quality offerings.

The long term members that are still around are mostly hiding in the Off Topic forum cracking stupid jokes.

Here's just a few of the threads discussing what's been happening with WF

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...rs-new-wf.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-payments.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...um-coming.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...ior-forum.html

There's a lot more, but like I said, most of the older members are just tired of talking about it.

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...ss-i-quit.html

thank you for sitll taking the time to answer my question - I registered in order to find similar minded people, so if I find them in off-topic - Awesome, if not, Ill form a group on facebook

nah, Im a net citizen for 2 decades almost, I sometimes grind a border line, but rarely cross it

I believe FL is trying to do the right thing. They recently revamped the WSO forum trying to clean it and its reputation up. That was a positive step.

The next step needs to be the discussion areas. I think that's even more important than the banner ad rules or anything else. They need to figure out how to get the discussion going in a way that people want to take part. The WAMA isn't it, though, because Perry Marshall, for example, isn't going to be posting here everyday.

If the discussion piece doesn't turn around and fast, then it is of no hope/use.

What you have got, for the most part, is idiots leading idiots into the ditch. You've got people that know the answers but they only put them on their blog. You've got people with all the answers but you get it only through their sig.

And note I'm not talking about rules only. I'm talking about a whole new approach is needed to enhance and build conversation. The discussion forums need resurrecting and it should be clear several months after the acquisition and the continuing declining traffic that the same old same old approach isn't working.

Mark

It has to be more than merging duplicate posts and appearance/organizational things only, in my opinion. They have to figure out how to stimulate positive, helpful, business/marketing discussion.

Mark

Hi all,
Being new to the forum and having come across this post, I'm curious to know if you think it's worth being on here?
I'm guessing as with all things, some people will think so and some will not.......