10 Years
 

I have been on Music Banter for 10 years. It feels so weird! I know I haven't been on much lately but will try pop on when I have time. Been working lots at the library it's a great job in the interim. What have you guys been up to lately? Is it quiet here now?

I've been banned. Twice.

Within three months I may add.

Vanilla!! It's so nice to see you post again! Let me be the first to congratulate you on your ten years residence here (though I see that anniversary was really six months back).
That's a lot of time in anyone's life; do you feel you have changed a lot ? And I wonder if any of that change is down to MB?

I'm glad to hear that you're busy, as that is so much better than being bored. I also am working a lot and only post about 3 or 4 times a week. A lot of the "old guard" have either gone or are lurking, I guess, so yes, imo MB is quiet, especially as that posting powerhouse, Trollheart, has gone AWOL. :(

I've been here just over two years. :beer:

MB seems quieter than it was, but that could be because I'm less active than I was. There are undeniably a bunch of missing faces--nice to see you're not one of them any longer.

I am here 1 year just not more.

but why tho?^

Longest I've been with a forum is 5 years, and over there we talk about that like it's some kind of feat, 10 years is amazing. It really is impressive for such a small site to stay relevant to its users for so long.

I think MB is actually one of the bigger music forums out there.
It's just that there are so few active members nowadays.

Yeah I'm pretty certain I ended up here simply by Googling "music forum", it's at the top of the results. But 10+ years later, this place is small even relative to mid-sized forums. Forums in general just don't seem to be the medium of choice anymore. There are a few massive forums kicking around still but in general I think most people just go to Facebook for discussions of any size now. I like it like this, though. For me the ideal forum size has always been 20 - 40 active members, anything more than that and the characters kind of get drowned out, the personalities get buried.