The activity here seems to be like half of what it used to be a year ago
Why does allkpop forum feels so less active compared to what it was before
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Because people have grown too sensitive. You can't have one normal discussion without someone growing defensive and starting to shade you and your faves just because you share a different opinion. That pushed many people away from the main forum
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Maybe forums are a dying medium in general.
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Twitter has become the main kpop hub for the last few years as people moved on from kpop Forums + Facebook.
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Cause
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Maybe forums are a dying medium in general.
Bring forums back
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I think it's a combination of factors.
A year or two ago, a lot of people were still isolating and looking for online interaction. Most of us are back to work and socializing irl now.
My understanding is that there were a couple major incidents where a bunch of active users left or were banned.
I have been told by or seen others talk about leaving cuz they grew tired of how toxic the site got and all the shading, bashing, and troll behavior.
The guilds were created which are fun but also siphon people away from the main forum. Some people stick to their guilds solely cuz they don't have to deal with any possible negative talk about their faves.
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Because icy doesn't make like 10 threads a day anymore
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Because icy doesn't make like 10 threads a day anymore
Make a thread on how gidle ended 4th gen
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I believe after a while Kpop become less interesting. Besides the new releases and some new controversies is not much to talk about. And talking about the same things (who is the number one, who sell more, who is the better at dancing or singing, etc etc) over and over gets boring for normal people. Also the code of conduct of the forum drive away the people who use Kpop to air out their emottional issues through hate.
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Guilds create a safe place for users, so many people just basically visit guilds.
People consider divergent opinions (I said "opinions", not "hate baits") as "bullying"/hate these days, so no one can really discuss anything online.
Only bashing/troll threads get clicks and engagement. On the contrary of people think about Kpop stans, many people don't like this kind of content, so it creates a toxic view from the forums to them and they leave the site.
Also, my personal opinion, but I think AKP staff is pretty tolerant to these kind of people/trolls.
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No big comebacks, most people aren’t on bored COVID lockdown and the ongoing shift away from forums.
People will gripe and complain about people being too sensitive, can’t say what you want blah blah blah, but those three reasons I mentioned are much larger players. You can see that all the forums are dying and for all its faults, this is still the most active one.
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I'm very interested to hear the various perspectives on this and thank those of you who have already left their views!
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Meant to add: I'd also love to hear any ideas or suggestions you feel might be beneficial to "combat" this. if you feel it can be combatted/is a problem of course.
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