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22:11 / 11.06.08

I was wondering, idly, about the diminishing population here on Babs. Who's here, what they're here for, and whether they, like me, don't check in as regularly as they used to.
Anyone else curious? Anyone had any thoughts? If you're still here, let us know. Post a guess as to how many people you think are still here, and maybe even tell us a little about why you stay. Or perhaps why you are about to leave? Or heck, maybe even a little about why you only came this one time, just to post in this one thread, but that you never hang out here normally. Or, you know, don't post at all. I can't imagine there's that many people reading this anyway.

How many of us are there left?
I'd guess 40, although I suspect there a fiercely silent majority lurks beyond that figure.

You?

22:15 / 11.06.08

Will do. Definitely.

You first, chief.

22:20 / 11.06.08

Me first what? You want expansion on my guess? You want the why?

22:26 / 11.06.08

Ah fuck it, I'll guess.

I know it sounds more like a come on than an honest answer, but you are a part of why. People like you too, sure, but you singular as well. Conversations with you about the site have kept it current in my mind, and involvement with you and your colleagues has reinforced that.
On certain issues Barbelith is an interesting beast, and having someone I can talk to about that is definitely a factor. I have no interest in talking as freely with the board at large as I do with you, and I think that without that freedom off-board, I would have less to say here as well.

The conversations I have off-board with members are also pretty good, and I use barbelith as a source for some of those contacts.

I think that largely I'm still here, though, because I want to see the end. I hadn't thought of it like that until just now, but I think closure on the last few years.

To say any more I think I'd have to say it to you off board. (That's me hiding my soft underbelly...Ganesh used to say soft-under-belly-exposure was what made this place strong) I might come up with more thoughts in a bit.

Now your guess was....?

22:40 / 11.06.08

(and now i'm guessing, going by how long the edit i asked for is taking, that the board is basically just us...)

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

22:51 / 11.06.08

I'm here. I'll have a bit of a think about why it hasn't even occurred to me to leave. Right now I'm at work so don't really have much time to elaborate.

00:11 / 12.06.08

I'm here. I'll pretty much always be here (that's a threat and a promise), as long as the TV and Convo are still moderately active. Haus' recent remark about the inhabitants of the film/tv board being some of the easiest to please people on the planet made me feel a little guilty for posting mainly gushing comments, so I've tried to be a little more critical and thoughtful when posting on the board. My contributions may be a little on the light side, though... and I've managed to piss people off on the Doctor Who topic every year since arriving, which is quite an achievement! Hurray! Also, I'm feeling hugely guilty for rarely contributing to the lab. I do science. I do science til it comes out my ears, but unfortunately I've found it very difficult to engage with that part of the board, for a reason I find very difficult to pin down. Anyway, this was a very rambling late night post which probably won't make any sense even to me in the morning so I'll stop writing now.

00:38 / 12.06.08

I am here every now and then.

00:56 / 12.06.08

I'm still here, though I don't post that often. That's more to do with my various other commitments (time-wise) rather than any discontent with the site.

Like Stoatie, it never occurred to me to leave. The connections I've made with people here, however tenuous and sporadic, are too valuable, as are the insights I've gained.

I suppose if Barbelith dies, it dies. I don't really see why that HAS to happen, though.

01:53 / 12.06.08

I'm still here, mainly for the two Bleach threads which have become massive monstrosities and are enormous fun, in fact the most fun I've had on here in bloody ages.

02:31 / 12.06.08

I fear, lately, that my contributions have been terrible.

However there's always room for being wrong, I suppose.

It's up to you, guys - if in twenty four hours time no one's stood up in defence of my fic suit, my alter ego, if you like, then I/it/she will begin the voyage to Avalon, basically. Never to be heard from again. The sword, and so on.

02:40 / 12.06.08

i'm still snoopin' round. not as much impetus to post as i once had, but work and life have conspired against that.

i have a very nice conversation going mostly with myself over at games, on football. and i like to watch and dabble in threads in headshop and the lab, with a peek at a few others by and by.

i enjoy the level of thoughful conversation and constant humour, with strong and reasoned ethics across a range of issues on 'lith and haven't found anywhere like it, so there'll be non-domesticated equine influence to make me stop. so there.

02:41 / 12.06.08

oh, and alex's grandma's post rock hard.

02:42 / 12.06.08

posts. plural. posts rock hard. sheesh. (including that last one, mai oui)

05:39 / 12.06.08

I still lurk here regularly, and post very occasionally.

06:03 / 12.06.08

I still lurk here regularly, and post very occasionally.

i'm in the same boat.

07:16 / 12.06.08

am here. to stay. [joined late, so i don't want to let go too soon, i suppose. *g*]
and i check barbelith daily, though by proxy of feed reader.

i made it a habit to post only when i felt i had something to contribute or something that seemed important to me had to be pointed out. history has shown me to be a killer of threads - don't know why, but usually there's little to no activity after i post in a thread... - so i kept it to a minimum. which has become nil in the last few months, as there aren't any active threads that i feel i should get involved in right now.

07:48 / 12.06.08

There's usually little to no activity at the moment after most people post in a thread. Most threads have little to no activity.

Erm, yes, I'm still here.

08:20 / 12.06.08

I'm still here intermittently but more for mod duty than anything else. I won't be here for the next 4 months or so, however. I'm escaping Dublin for a bit (and the Barb too by the look of it.)
xxxx
Smell ya later.

Jawsus-son Starship

08:54 / 12.06.08

Still lurk, but have struggled as a poster, so that's really a no no for me.

09:01 / 12.06.08

I'm here, but not as here as I was. I guess I've just grown tired of this place after all these years.

09:58 / 12.06.08

I lurk, as always. And post rarely, as always.

I love barbelith for the wonderful people I've met. I can definitly say that my life would be completely different right now, if it weren't for this board.

10:06 / 12.06.08

I'm still here, though posting even less than usual.

11:10 / 12.06.08

Zack Allen.

I'll be on Barbe-lon 5 until they set the self-destruct and turn out the lights.

...and still failing to get off with telepaths.

Anna de Logardiere

11:16 / 12.06.08

I'm here sometimes because I worry about you all, firstly I worry about you as people (as in what if someone hurts their knee) and secondly I worry that barbelith will lose its capacity to make people think. Really, this whole world is geared towards lazy shortcuts and lack of thought and barbelith was good for stamping on that laziness so I'd like it to continue to do that. I did leave, now I'm around about once or twice a week I guess, there isn't much traffic.

11:46 / 12.06.08

Joined in April. I'm here and contributing as much as I can as long as I feel like I'm learning new things, which I do almost every day.
Besides, checking up a few times a day here at work helps the day go by.
Sucks I joined so late, but there you have it: I jumped on a ship going down, but I'll pick up a bucket and bail as hard as I can.

11:59 / 12.06.08

I look in with a similar frequency (once or twice a week). I really wish Tom would shut the fucking thing down, just so we could all get a bit of closure.

12:18 / 12.06.08

Lurking, the occasional desultory post.

12:23 / 12.06.08

I am El Lurko.

12:33 / 12.06.08

I still post because as far as I can see Barbelith is the only place on the Internet which isn't full of complete arseholes, and thoughtless, spiteful nonsense. Also, I like quite a lot of you guys, and this is still the only place where I can certain kinds of discussions.

And then there's the Lost thread.

13:04 / 12.06.08

Me first what? You want expansion on my guess? You want the why?

Just thought there was a load o questions posed without a follow up in the first post. Was just looking for a bit more meat as to the why. You brought the meat.

Darlin'

Myself, I'm a common lurker and sometime poster. My involvement has always been a bit peak and trough though. Since I came on here I've been through periods where I post a fuckload all the time, and then periods where I lurk for ages. I lurk much more these days, but I'm still hereabouts.

I do love Barbelith. It's been very, very good to me in lots of different ways. My life is also radically different now and so much more interesting and expansive than it was, and that's largely down to this place. Though there's always been lots of stuff that goes on on Barbelith that makes my eyes glaze over and drastically reduces my inclination to post, I'm not leaving until I'm actively booted out the door.

I've never really seen the point of locking myself out. People have their reasons to do so, but to me it's always seemed like a bit of a pointless dramatic exercise in much the same vein as the constant I'M LEAVING AGAIN AND BACKs. When it's not worth posting, I won't post. Then again, there are/were people here who have/had been here for much longer than I and invested a whole lot more. I understand why that can be a bit sore.

My favourite part of Barbelith is precisely Ganesh's identified "soft-underbelly". That was what I really loved about the place when I first joined. It was a really smart, funny and mutually supportive place that was a bit unlike anywhere else I'd seen and was just great fun to be about. I still think that from time to time, but it's been in diminishing cycles for a while now.

Still, there's far too many cool people about here. I'll be stalking you all across the internet forever, whatever happens.

14:09 / 12.06.08

iamus, old chum, I loves your soft underbelly I do.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

15:50 / 12.06.08

I often take months long breaks when the need arises, but for the most part, I feel like I'll here for as long as the 'Lith exists. Not to mention this is how I met my future husband.

15:56 / 12.06.08

I'm still here, but lurking more and posting less. Partly due to real life stuff and partly due to the slow fading away of the 'lith. Mind you I seem to be reversing that to an extent at the moment.

All Acting Regiment

16:02 / 12.06.08

I'm about.

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