Topic of the Month - February: Where Is Everyone?

[homegirl]

Inspired by a recent post from one of our members, February's Topic of the Month asks: Where is Everyone?

Some of us have noticed that there has been a slight decline in recent activity here at Zpeakerbox. Have academic commitments taken over? Has the complexity of the new ZB layout scared members away? Or is it something else? Tell us what you think and don't forget to take part in the corresponding poll!

Homegirl writes:

"I feel that we have reduced surfing on zpeakerbox...
personally i feel that i have stopped comin on zpeakerbox because it has become too complicated for me....
ever since we did the upgrade to the site i noticed that i dont come on often as often..

what is your reason?
if you dont come on here as often as before.....why is it?"

[narius]

Oh this shall be interesting.

[mack]

the honest truth is that the layout of this website totally sux- and narius i hope you are open to constructive critisism- i really miss my yellow theme----- i think the themes represented individuality where ppl were allowed to modify the look of zb to their own tastes- i personally dont like the blue colour and the difficult layout. but cheers on the site! you have done more for parsi youth than u know!

[shahvir]

bring back sunset!
bringgggggg itttt baacccck!
i just can't post the way i used to without that cheery yellow theme.

[shirin]

i personally feed off other people, if they are on . . . i feel like coming on . . .and since things have really quieted down i feel like no one's around to really participate in the forums . . . to be honest, i never participated that much in the first place, but enjoyed reading the posts. . . also, i wasn't that familiar with the old site . . . but this new one isn't THAT complicated, is it?

anyhow, school takes up too much time, crazy profs giving us WAY too much work . . . the joys of grad school.

happy v-day everybody,

shirin

[faramerz]

Not that i came much or contributed much before .. a few reasons i dont come as often as i did..
no1 is online when i am ..
the number of forums / topics have reduced.. most of them dont even apply to any1 outside canada.
which brings me to my next point .. i think zpbox needs more participating ppl from india / pakistan & other areas.

im sure a lot of effort has gone into building this site .. i dont see anything wrong with the new look .. i think it looks professional (for those of us using it at work) ..
i think all it needs a little more promotion ..

[shahvir]

go promote it them framerz, tell all your friends and tell them to sign on.
that's what i did.

[Jimmy]

I think its a chain reaction.. new looks drove a lot of people away, and the people who it didnt drive away got driven away by the people who drove away, since they were away.

Get it?


I do think that facebook is sucking people in too but im not one to forget about my roots on zb Also the lack of smileys lol

[Jimmy]

what an awesome 700th post

[homegirl]

Originally Posted by Jimmy

I think its a chain reaction.. new looks drove a lot of people away, and the people who it didnt drive away got driven away by the people who drove away, since they were away.

Get it?


I do think that facebook is sucking people in too but im not one to forget about my roots on zb Also the lack of smileys lol

yeah i hear you! it makes sense!!
and i miss the drama!!! i want all that back and the smileys!!!

[mack]

i think ppl are tired of the bs drama on here- hence i dont like coming on that much.

Originally Posted by homegirl

yeah i hear you! it makes sense!!
and i miss the drama!!! i want all that back and the smileys!!!

[faramerz]

Originally Posted by shahvir

go promote it them framerz, tell all your friends and tell them to sign on.
that's what i did.

so did they sing on ?
whatd they think after signing on .. ?

[Roopkirani]

Originally Posted by mack

i think ppl are tired of the bs drama on here- hence i dont like coming on that much.

What drama? There hasn't been a peep for months!

[Roopkirani]

You know, Facebook has the exact same colours as Zpeakerbox. I don't hear anyone complaining about how dull Facebook is.

[mack]

everybody moved to crappy facebook :P

Originally Posted by Roopkirani

What drama? There hasn't been a peep for months!

[ana]

Originally Posted by Roopkirani

You know, Facebook has the exact same colours as Zpeakerbox. I don't hear anyone complaining about how dull Facebook is.

I echo that.

[Jimmy]

I think Zpeaker box is getting its groove back ...I think it was because of that serious discussion topic. Aint nothing like a little masala to get the place hoppin!

[Jimmy]

I tried recruiting people from FB here to ZB. but coming from me that probably did more hurt than good :P

[sanaya83]

Personally I feel to some extent I don't/didn't have the initiative to start a new thread or discussion and no one had put up anything interesting..Most of the ZB people I'm close to I already can chat with on msn or google talk so there wasnt much need to log on to the site...And yeah with work it was just a couple of minutes online..

I do miss the sunset theme..This one isnt all that user friendly but you can make your way around

[mack]

Listen to the people narius- thats 3 including me wanting the sunset theme back