A lot of people mention how atrl isn't as active as it use to be years back. But what caused it's downfall?

 

 

Edited July 21, 20242 yr by Distantconstellation

Banning Cupcakke

Blonde pixie haircut

Ads that make the site borderline unusable
 

Removing that section at the top with the 3 most recently posted in topics with the redesign

 

insufferable users

 

pop music lowkey being a snooze fest the last several years

Forums are actually kind of dying now. I'd say that ATRL's activity in mid 2024 is actually pretty impressive

ATRL just had it's most popular browsing days in years a month ago. I'd say with many new members coming to this forum it's actually far from dying. 

 

People on here probably just prefer to use this instead of the actual pits of the internet that is stan twitter. 

1 minute ago, cOe said:

Forums are actually kind of dying now. I'd say that ATRL's activity in mid 2024 is actually pretty impressive

This.  The activity right now is in Twitter or discord. This is a dying medium pretty much and for that it's quite active to a certain degree 

everything changed when the fire nation attacked

selling out for ads and sponsorships 

 

ATRL is the only board that's kinda active out of those I've joined over the years.

The 503 errors a while back.

 

The security risk where people were logged into other people's accounts and quite a few people voluntarily deleted their accounts 

 

 

We're still standing. I honestly didn't think the forum would make it this long

Although it might seem like it's "dying", I honestly can't think of many forums that have this much consistent traffic from its user base. 
 

That being said, like one user said, removing the three most recently responded to threads was an error imo, as well as not being able to change themes anymore. 
 

The ads are a bit annoying, but I understand why they are there. 
 

Overall, we are doing pretty good for being a 2000s pop site. 

it's doing really well compared to other forums

Here and LSA are still chugging along. LSA is basically our sister site the way y'all steal posts from over there! 

i mean, how many forums are still active from the ATRL hey days? how many forums are still active in general tbh...

ATRL is still the best online forum in the world. 
There is nothing quite like waking up and listening to music and coming on here.

And i'm 100% sure at least 1,000 other users feel the same way. 

Edited July 21, 20242 yr by selena_lavigne

it doesnt seem very different/quieter from when i first joined

Didn't it hit a new active user peak this week?

THOTS

everyone who made threads that weren't ur typical "stat x stat. Why?" got their thread making privileges revoked

1 minute ago, May said:

everyone who made threads that weren't ur typical "stat x stat. Why?" got their thread making privileges revoked

I remember i was in Miami getting my COVID vaccine when i found out the news, i could not make threads anymore. 

32 minutes ago, Keter said:

Here and LSA are still chugging along. LSA is basically our sister site the way y'all steal posts from over there! 

Even the Roof on ATRL is a rip off of Dark Room

is the downfall in the room with us now 

Considering what this site has been through, it's still very active.  I can't really think of any other place where people can talk about pop music, politics, global news, technology, and celebrity memes all in one location.  It doesn't make any sense and that's why it's so great.