Forums getting quieter

[goat68]

Yes even the long running *Trading What I see* thread of GOAT is not being updated as much. It's a gloomy outlook for the whole betfair exchange eco-system on multiple fronts.

I'M STILL HERE

[ShaunWhite]

It's a gloomy outlook for the whole betfair exchange eco-system on multiple fronts.

It's a gloomy outlook in the economy in general and in tough times its leisure/entertainment that goes first rather than the essentials. The exchange just needs higher wages, lower inflation, no pandemics, no wars and for us to rejoin the EU .

[jamesg46]

I was of the opinion that this is what the forum wanted… only people with gold stars that rarely contribute are allowed to speak. The things people write probably have consequences.

[Trader Pat]

[Kai]

Last year there was a post about declining liquidity year-on-year... it feels like the forum is getting quieter recently and I've saw a couple of other people mention the same.

What are your thoughts?

Ye, for sure feels like it, compared to previous years at least, not counting the automation support sections. It's a shame though, a lot of good traders out there that never really ended up joining any forums, I assume in part because of different software rivalries and such. Because as you've seen, some of the most active contributors over the years weren't even BA users, with some migrating here from other inactive forums.

But besides that, you can't really blame people if they prefer fast slick social media platforms over clunky traditional forum boards which are probably slowly declining every year and becoming more dare I say "archaic". From what I've seen, companies today mostly use traditional forum boards for product support purposes.

Regarding communities, as you already know newer generations especially prefer platforms like Discord because of their many features and versatility (I for sure do for 95% of my trading stuff and in general), or Reddit because of the popular upvote system which is honestly a great way to filter out quality content and consume it on the fly without any real effort, etc.