Posted by Toph on July 22, 2013, at 14:48:19
In reply to Re: Why Babble is in trouble..., posted by Moishe Pipik on July 22, 2013, at 10:44:42
> A lot has changed on the interwebs since the inception of Babble, especially Facebook, where users can pick and choose their contacts, content, sharing, etc., etc.. It appears that many Babblers or potential Babblers aren't comfortable with a totally open forum, having to see stuff they don't want to see, having their posts readable by everybody, and so on. Basically, Facebook allows a user to create his/her own customized community, and I think that's what many want and are used to, as opposed to Babble. Other online forums, as well, have features to hide content that's unwanted. Folks have more choices now, and more websites to compare Babble to. Perhaps, Babble is just plain obsolete in the current paradigm, especially considering how privacy-conscious many people have gotten since 2001. The stagnation of Babble in the past few years is perhaps proof that its attractiveness has simply given way to other more-customizable forums.
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> On Facebook, if you don't like stuff posted by another, you can omit them from your news feed, or unfriend them altogether. In other online forums, you can selectively hide posts of others that you don't want to see. In Babble, you don't have such choices, and if you don't like something someone posts, your only recourse is to bitch to Bob.
Bob has commented on this. It seems he doesn't mind the differences...http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20130702/msgs/1046839.html
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