15-05-2022, 08:01 AM
Keeping in mind that coming into Winter is traditionally that time of year when ham radio activity slows down for Australians.
Forums such as this absolutely have their place online.
Facebook may have a place too, but I fear its days are numbered with all the advertising bombardment, censorship and control for other agendas. The only real advantage is the potential wide array of people you can expose the hobby too which otherwise may not have any exposure into it.
I check in here now and then to see if there is any new posts or things I need to read up on. I think there is more activity on the forum now compared to what there used to be, seems to be growing though im not really looking at any factual stats. I cant say that I would check in every day, but mostly because there is not that many new posts.
Also if you can see post topics displayed on VKSpotter and they dont interest you or there has been no updates or additional posts, then there is no need to even visit the forum pages, so that could be another reason it could be lower visits to the forum itself.
So of course from my perspective I think the forum should remain in operation.
Forums such as this absolutely have their place online.
Facebook may have a place too, but I fear its days are numbered with all the advertising bombardment, censorship and control for other agendas. The only real advantage is the potential wide array of people you can expose the hobby too which otherwise may not have any exposure into it.
I check in here now and then to see if there is any new posts or things I need to read up on. I think there is more activity on the forum now compared to what there used to be, seems to be growing though im not really looking at any factual stats. I cant say that I would check in every day, but mostly because there is not that many new posts.
Also if you can see post topics displayed on VKSpotter and they dont interest you or there has been no updates or additional posts, then there is no need to even visit the forum pages, so that could be another reason it could be lower visits to the forum itself.
So of course from my perspective I think the forum should remain in operation.