clbent04 Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) Why is the only featured topic on here a post about covid vaccines from May 2021? I'm all for keeping that one up there, but there's really no other posts to feature besides that? Has site activity gone down? Edited March 5, 2022 by clbent04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, clbent04 said: Has site activity gone down? Not really. I think posters come and go, like they do with other forums. The best way to combat a slow forum is to take matters into your hand and post more/be more involved. clbent04 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhold Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 27 minutes ago, LDSGator said: Not really. I think posters come and go, like they do with other forums. The best way to combat a slow forum is to take matters into your hand and post more/be more involved. Pretty much. I've been on forums that continued to be "active" for years after the bulk of the users left for one reason or another. What kept the ones who remained was an overall sense of community and purpose. clbent04 and LDSGator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ironhold said: Pretty much. I've been on forums that continued to be "active" for years after the bulk of the users left for one reason or another. What kept the ones who remained was an overall sense of community and purpose. Exactly. You’ll never find a forum (or a community) where you agree with everyone and everything 100% of the time. We should be grateful that the More Good foundation keeps this one going. I know I’ve been incredibly blessed by the people I’ve met here. Fether, askandanswer, scottyg and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhold Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, LDSGator said: Exactly. You’ll never find a forum (or a community) where you agree with everyone and everything 100% of the time. We should be grateful that the More Good foundation keeps this one going. I know I’ve been incredibly blessed by the people I’ve met here. As it is, there's the question of what anyone here might be doing to help promote the forums to others. That also helps engagement. LDSGator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, Ironhold said: As it is, there's the question of what anyone here might be doing to help promote the forums to others. That also helps engagement. Totally fair. In church one time several years ago I told the quorum about Ask Gramps. Hopefully they checked it out afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Just a (sad) reminder, the future of Thirdhour is a tad murky. clbent04 and LDSGator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said: Just a (sad) reminder, the future of Thirdhour is a tad murky. Whatever happens, I’m grateful for Third Hour and the More Good Foundation. Might be a good idea to swap emails, Facebooks, phone numbers with everyone soon though. 😞 Edited March 3, 2022 by LDSGator NeuroTypical and clbent04 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Here's the Thirdhour Forums facebook page - we've only really used it to ask each other what's happening when the forum was down, but folks are welcome to join up. If/when we get the end date, I'll have a couple of options to suggest for folks looking for friendly LDS-centric discussion. LDSGator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 This may be a little to hip and cool for you old geezers…. But Discord is an INCREDIBLE and free platform. It’s more of an organized chat room than a forum, but I have found a few Latter-day Saint groups there. I don’t stick around them though because I have to limit my addictions to a deliberate few LDSGator and NeuroTypical 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 Discord. Sounds like a great place for Gospel discussion. Fether, SilentOne and Traveler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunt Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Fether said: This may be a little to hip and cool for you old geezers…. But Discord is an INCREDIBLE and free platform. It’s more of an organized chat room than a forum, but I have found a few Latter-day Saint groups there. I don’t stick around them though because I have to limit my addictions to a deliberate few The only Latter-day Saint group I've seen there isn't very faithful. I'll have to poke around more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 I found a Latter-day Saint video game group a while back that seemed to be full of faithful saints. the other more faithful groups are fairly small, but not any smaller than third hour. LDSGator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, Fether said: I found a Latter-day Saint video game group a while back that seemed to be full of faithful saints. the other more faithful groups are fairly small, but not any smaller than third hour. Living in 2022 is amazing, isn’t it? Thirty years ago if you wanted to find Latter Day Saint gamers you had better hope your ward has them. Now, we can reach out with people who share interests/values all over the world. Fether 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhold Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Vort said: Discord. Sounds like a great place for Gospel discussion. It was originally created for gamers, and was meant to be disruptive to other social media platforms. Hence the name. Yes, I'm in several groups on Discord, including GWES, the Global Weather and Emergency Alert Society, where I'm a moderator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhold Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 https://discord.com/invite/P5WrGCEum8 For those who want to tinker with Discord before any possible move, here's an invite to the GWES Discord, where I'm one of the moderators. It's centered around STEM (specifically meteorology and the communications systems used to generate alerts), and has a number of radio and TV enthusiasts as well. NeuroTypical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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