Are there seasonal activity swings in participation?

[The Kiwi]

I have experience going back nearly 30 years with message forums, and many of them had their own "seasons" of popularity that waxed and waned annually. The best example, because there are so many of them, are forums on electronic game-playing (for myself, on PCs only, never consoles). Those are poor weather active, and every year after April, readership and message traffic dwindle to a fraction of the bad weather volume.

Every October, game playing forums begin to warm up, and the cooler the weather, the more participation.

Does this place have any cycle of similar nature?

 

[Wullie]

Don't know about this place but my old scooter forum used to be deader than heaven on Saturday night during the summer when everyone was riding, wrenching, partying, and mowing the grass.

 

[cb91710]

And you can always tell when school is out because the level of derp triples.

 

[DC_MPA]

I don't think so because we have so many subforums that fuel our memberships. For instance, I don't spend as much time on soaps and creams sections during the summer but instead live more on barber shop and the outdoors and clubhouse sections. Come winter I'll probably naturally go back to brushes, soaps, and creams. With the brown leaf forums and other hobbyist activities I'd think that we don't carry the variance shifts as other sites have.

 

[cb91710]

With the brown leaf forums and other hobbyist activities I'd think that we don't carry the variance shifts as other sites have.

It depends.

Rainy season... okay... all 5 days of it... I'm not smoking the pipe much.
Too cold and wet to stand out on the porch, and I have the window in the truck cracked open when smoking on the road.

 

[ackvil]

There are so many forums on B&B that it stays active year round.

 

[The Kiwi]

There are so many forums on B&B that it stays active year round.

I was over two packs of cigarets a day when I quit, about fifteen years ago. I never smoked cigars or pipes, nor ever used snuff / chewing tobacco. I don't think I will start now. I will accept wine on social occasions, but indigestion has been my reward for trying beer or other alcoholic beverages, for about twenty years, and it's not some mild little case of heartburn, it's the full-bore volcanic effect indigestion that is really painful. That's two down . .

The subject that spawned this question was in regard to other sites catering to classic / traditional shaving, what benefit might I enjoy from spending less time here, and visiting other shaving forums? So far, the other question remains unanswered, and I am uncertain whether your response covers what I intended to ask, but didn't narrow the focus down enough.

At present, I have been visiting forums here specifically related to shaving with bladed razors, and I really don't know if nice weather appeals to collectors / shavers as much as it does to the gaming types released from their dungeons during the summer.

 

[DC_MPA]

+1 That was my original point.

There are so many forums on B&B that it stays active year round.

 

[Go West Young Man]

The BST has (or at least, had before the last re-org) definite peaks and valleys for a while. Christmas presents being sold, Christmas money being spent, all that.

In general, though, we're so international that seasons and holidays never line up for a good portion of our members and there's always someone somewhere actively typing.

 

[ouch]

in regard to other sites catering to classic / traditional shaving, what benefit might I enjoy from spending less time here, and visiting other shaving forums?

Pull up a chair, sit back, break out your reading glasses, and read this compendious answer I have prepared for you:

Spoiler

None.

 

[The Kiwi]

I actually expected more answers of a similar vein to Ouch's eloquent comment than I ended up getting, but that's OK, too.

 

[ackvil]

Ah, but how about the Great Outdoors, Mess Hall, Habadashery, Darkroom, and Cafe. Have you no interest in eating, dressing, outdoor activities, or coffee and tea? If not, what outside interests do you have? If none of these there is always the Barber Shop or Clown House.

 

[cb91710]

Ah, but how about the Great Outdoors, Mess Hall, Habadashery, Darkroom, and Cafe. Have you no interest in eating, dressing, outdoor activities, or coffee and tea? If not, what outside interests do you have? If none of these there is always the Barber Shop or Clown House.

My first thought was "Do you not shave during the summer?"

My boss actually does let it grow during the winter. Always has. Another guy I work with lets it grow over winter and into April... but he does that for "the look" for the Warrior Dash that he and his son compete in every year.

 

[SalvadorMontenegro]

I have experience going back nearly 30 years with message forums, and many of them had their own "seasons" of popularity that waxed and waned annually. The best example, because there are so many of them, are forums on electronic game-playing (for myself, on PCs only, never consoles). Those are poor weather active, and every year after April, readership and message traffic dwindle to a fraction of the bad weather volume.

Every October, game playing forums begin to warm up, and the cooler the weather, the more participation.

Does this place have any cycle of similar nature?

Funny you mention this...

It was a beautiful day on Saturday. I woke up and there was actually sunlight in my cavernous studio apartment, a very rare occurrence. But I got out of bed and I thought, "Why the hell is it that I just want to sit around and play video games in my underwear?!?!" Because that's the truth. I had this hankering to play old SNES games like The Lost Vikings or Legend of the Mystical Ninja or TMNT: Turtles in Time.

I thought about it and realized that it's because, growing up, summer time was THE time to play video games. I didn't have school, obviously didn't have work, didn't have any obligations. I could just sit around all day and play SNES. I'd have all night sleepovers with my best friend and we'd play Secret of Mana until dawn. Great times!

Feeling very nostalgic here. And old... (!)

 

[cb91710]

Feeling very nostalgic here. And old... (!)

Thanks a million.

Now I'm going to head out to my storage unit this weekend, dig out the old Intellivision, and waste a weekend playing Burgertime and Zaxxon!