Despite the Ukraine War, Ukraine invading and expanding a foothold inside ruzzia and the election for POTUS in a grw weeks it doesn’t seem like there is all that much activity here? Looking at the last post list seems to support that assumption.

Is there anything we can do to increase activity here?

Might do a search to see how this place is faring.

There has been more than enough news and events in our world for a long time.

There are not enough active forum members.

As for me, I cannot speak intelligently on many issues of Australia and the United States, because I am not familiar with their situation and the context of their politics, customs and culture.

I can open up more topics about Russia here, but it is not clear whether it will be interesting enough for the forum members here.

I'm interested. We could discuss how poison was used in Soviet times and recently. That is a technical skill in Russia.

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 27^th, 2024 at 6:02pm:

Despite the Ukraine War, Ukraine invading and expanding a foothold inside ruzzia and the election for POTUS in a grw weeks it doesn’t seem like there is all that much activity here? Looking at the last post list seems to support that assumption. Is there anything we can do to increase activity here? Might do a search to see how this place is faring.

Worry about your own moribund forum - Ozpol is doing OK.   ::)

Au contraire, TYI™, OzPol is not doing well. It is obvious post count is way down on say a year ago. With Gaza, Ukraine invading ruzzia and the US election post count should be way up.

No surprised an idiot like you doesn’t notice what is going on, dumbarse!

Looking at the last 20 posts I reckon only 250 posts were made in the last 24 hours. Five years ago there would have been double or triple that with a lot more active members.

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 29^th, 2024 at 5:11pm:

Looking at the last 20 posts I reckon only 250 posts were made in the last 24 hours. Five years ago there would have been double or triple that with a lot more active members.

People like me don't have full-time jobs. I have been an active member here since 2012. However, I have been neglecting my second job prospects. Guess what I have been doing with my time in the last 4 years?

Yeah yeah, I am not blaming members here but this place is on a downward spiral. It can be rescued.

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 30^th, 2024 at 8:08am:

Yeah yeah, I am not blaming members here but this place is on a downward spiral. It can be rescued.

Worry about your own moribund forum -

get over there and post something interesting  -

Ozpol is doing OK.

Wow, I can’t connect to yabbforum.com at all. They gone?

In any case, it is high time we moved to modern board software.

YABB is about to fall over:


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Since YaBB forums are now at risk of failing, it is untenable and too much of a risk for me to continue with that software, because I could suddenly lose EVERYTHING. Also what was on the forum as history. 18 years of information is now 80% stored on the PC via a backup the rest is on a forum with other software. From that 80% we are going to grind html pages and place them in a kind of library, unimportant news is deleted. If YaBB had NOT stopped, I would not have had to do this now, as this is extra and very much work. Converters are not there, otherwise I would have used them. If one wants help, some ask for a fortune.

https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1551231877/112

So YABB is standing still—apparently there are hardly any staff to work on the software anymore.

Unfortunately—the rest of the web is moving forward and at some stage YABB will just stop working when the software running the board software gets upgraded.

Since the search here is pathetic some up to date software would offer many benefits besides just survival.

Seems YABB needs PERL software and hosting companies are starting to not want PERL on their servers.

Really sounds like it is time to move to something better and more modern.

An illustration of how OzPol is heading to the drainhole.

I made this post in my MRB.

lees made a response in “Environment” and this is my response:


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As I knew would happen lees has “refuted” the above paper. No doubt there were lots of   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D and some   ;) among the crap lees would have posted. In this way lees discourages member from posting in Environment which already, quite frankly, discourages members from posting there. Environment is a board that should be full of debate, references to scientific papers and authoritative sources lifting the SEO rankings of OzPol. We all know that Environment is not what it should be. It has slipped from being a big board to a medium size board, it hosts stupid animal videos not debate about the environment. In this way the toilet of a board that was Environment is dragging OzPol down the SEO rankings. Membership down, post count down OzPol is circling the drainhole. Can it be rescued?

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20.      Cats and Critters      25°C temperature rise possible      Jovial Monk      46      1      Last Post Today at 1:22pm By: Jovial Monk

A post I made at 1.22pm was still visible at 5.55pm! A tiny 20 posts in the whole afternoon?

See what I mean about post count declining? Need to create more interest to attract more members!

Reduce the miles long front page

Boot non-performing MRB Mods like the idiot not modding Environment!

Get rid of the sewer it—has only OzPol members as members there so reduces advertising revenue here. It has lost all worth YEARS ago!

Move to new software—and my offers of a $100 or $200 contribution stand. This is now urgent! YABB might fall over any moment!

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 30^th, 2024 at 8:08am:

Yeah yeah, I am not blaming members here but this place is on a downward spiral. It can be rescued.

When there is a desperate need for new workers in regional and rural areas, people don't have time to wait around typing in forums.

Doing a trivia night at a local pub on Saturday night. Wondering how busy my restaurant will get beforehand.

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 31^st, 2024 at 7:17pm:

Doing a trivia night at a local pub on Saturday night. Wondering how busy my restaurant will get beforehand.

USR's whole life is a sequence of trivia. Why cause yourself more suffering?

Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 27^th, 2024 at 6:02pm:

Despite the Ukraine War, Ukraine invading and expanding a foothold inside ruzzia and the election for POTUS in a grw weeks it doesn’t seem like there is all that much activity here? Looking at the last post list seems to support that assumption. Is there anything we can do to increase activity here? Might do a search to see how this place is faring.

I don't think you want to increase the public image of this place.  It survives being on the fringe and not shining a spotlight on what's posted here.

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 10^th, 2024 at 1:30pm:

I don't think you want to increase the public image of this place.  It survives being on the fringe and not shining a spotlight on what's posted here.

Concur.
This forum is remarkable as far as freedom of speech and expression goes and increasing traffic will put it on the radar of government and special groups interested in curtailing said freedoms and in thought control. 
Security by obscurity works well.

tallowood wrote on Sep 10^th, 2024 at 3:35pm:

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 10th, 2024 at 1:30pm: I don't think you want to increase the public image of this place.  It survives being on the fringe and not shining a spotlight on what's posted here. Concur. This forum is remarkable as far as freedom of speech and expression goes and increasing traffic will put it on the radar of government and special groups interested in curtailing said freedoms and in thought control.  Security by obscurity works well.

It's already happening though.

This place has been monitored by the Executive Council Australian Jewry, or at least it was from 2012 given the antisemitic comments that find a home here.

I've seen posts on Reddit about this place too, especially around the voice and racism.

This place is all public, there is no obscurity, not for those posting anyway.

It's interesting to think that one day the anonymity some people think they have here when calling for the genocide of certain races or people of a certain faith, it might come back to haunt them.

SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 10^th, 2024 at 3:47pm:

tallowood wrote on Sep 10th, 2024 at 3:35pm: SadKangaroo wrote on Sep 10th, 2024 at 1:30pm: I don't think you want to increase the public image of this place.  It survives being on the fringe and not shining a spotlight on what's posted here. Concur. This forum is remarkable as far as freedom of speech and expression goes and increasing traffic will put it on the radar of government and special groups interested in curtailing said freedoms and in thought control.  Security by obscurity works well. It's already happening though. This place has been monitored by the Executive Council Australian Jewry, or at least it was from 2012 given the antisemitic comments that find a home here. I've seen posts on Reddit about this place too, especially around the voice and racism. This place is all public, there is no obscurity, not for those posting anyway. It's interesting to think that one day the anonymity some people think they have here when calling for the genocide of certain races or people of a certain faith, it might come back to haunt them.

True again.
Data mining and AI technology developments are awfully fast and keep accelerating. Globalization is global.

Another bitter cry-baby rant from this Forum's biggest social suck-back loser: Monk.
Obviously his usual 'reaction' of hate against Ozpol when he shoots himself in the foot again to receive another ban.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 31^st, 2024 at 8:11pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 31st, 2024 at 7:17pm: Doing a trivia night at a local pub on Saturday night. Wondering how busy my restaurant will get beforehand. USR's whole life is a sequence of trivia. Why cause yourself more suffering?

Oh, there is nothing wrong with training your replacements and finding other outlets to serve.

The trivia night was a bust anyway.

I don't care how patient you have been with me. I have been patient for the last 35 years. Don't bugger me around any more.

Jasin wrote on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 5:07pm:

Another bitter cry-baby rant from this Forum's biggest social suck-back loser: Monk. Obviously his usual 'reaction' of hate against Ozpol when he shoots himself in the foot again to receive another ban.

I have been patient with Monk for the last 20 years. Even if he does not know it from the yahoo days.

Pretty active - some of its policy ideas mooted become mainstream - seen it with my own eyes.

Some very words used here appear on national television out of the mouths of politicians and pundits ...

Lessee now (I'm battling a heavy cold with headache so bear with me:-

Which policies do we NEED here?

Hmmm...

1. Need to ask the people what they want in terms of immigration.
2. Bringing out of control Aboriginal issues under control by the same standards as applied to everyone else.
3. Reverse Boat People Policy for recalcitrants and criminals
4. Immediate deportation of criminals without further ado.
5. Enough of this Native title nonsense, and clearing it all up once and for all
6. A full study and full and proper review of the 'transgender' fantasy and what it is actually costing people.
7. Enough of the affirmative action and policies of exclusion and division and discrimination.

Anyway - there's a lot more... and no, darlings - I haven't turned on Sky news for weeks.... I know they already check here to get the views of The Noble Dissenters.... The Knights Templar of Online Media, lead by very poor leaders.

Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Sep 12^th, 2024 at 1:13pm:

Pretty active - some of its policy ideas mooted become mainstream - seen it with my own eyes. ...

In Grappler's hideous, perverted world, the rants written on public toilet doors become Mainstream.

Goes to sleep pretty quickly once LTYC shows up.....   zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The party starts when LTYC arrives. House music to the max.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 11^th, 2024 at 6:19pm:

Jasin wrote on Sep 11th, 2024 at 5:07pm: Another bitter cry-baby rant from this Forum's biggest social suck-back loser: Monk. Obviously his usual 'reaction' of hate against Ozpol when he shoots himself in the foot again to receive another ban. I have been patient with Monk for the last 20 years. Even if he does not know it from the yahoo days.

I have never posted on yahoo.

How active is OzPol?

Not very, compared to some time ago.

Daily post count is declining from 300/day to 200/day. How that affects FD’s advertising revenue I don’t know or care.

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 13^th, 2024 at 9:11pm:

How active is OzPol? Not very, compared to some time ago. Daily post count is declining from 300/day to 200/day. How that affects FD’s advertising revenue I don’t know or care.

You get about 3 to 4 posts per day at your moribund forum.   ::)

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 13^th, 2024 at 9:09pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 11th, 2024 at 6:19pm: Jasin wrote on Sep 11th, 2024 at 5:07pm: Another bitter cry-baby rant from this Forum's biggest social suck-back loser: Monk. Obviously his usual 'reaction' of hate against Ozpol when he shoots himself in the foot again to receive another ban. I have been patient with Monk for the last 20 years. Even if he does not know it from the yahoo days. I have never posted on yahoo.

My apologies. It must have been someone else.

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 13^th, 2024 at 9:11pm:

How active is OzPol? Not very, compared to some time ago. Daily post count is declining from 300/day to 200/day. How that affects FD’s advertising revenue I don’t know or care.

I could boost freediver's revenue, simply by doing a video later tonight.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 14^th, 2024 at 6:00am:

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 13th, 2024 at 9:09pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 11th, 2024 at 6:19pm: Jasin wrote on Sep 11th, 2024 at 5:07pm: Another bitter cry-baby rant from this Forum's biggest social suck-back loser: Monk. Obviously his usual 'reaction' of hate against Ozpol when he shoots himself in the foot again to receive another ban. I have been patient with Monk for the last 20 years. Even if he does not know it from the yahoo days. I have never posted on yahoo. My apologies. It must have been someone else.

No probs.

Interesting that this topic got moved to Tavern. Usually crap is swept under the carpet in Relationshits. Maybe less members visit here?

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 14^th, 2024 at 1:17pm:

Interesting that this topic got moved to Tavern. Usually crap is swept under the carpet in Relationshits. Maybe less members visit here?

I might have to start moderating State and Local. That will get people visiting.