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Account Hawk said:
The guy replied to more than 10 HAF threads in the past hour, all of them related to a different topic. This isn't going to end well.
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He even asked for a discount from me and didn't reply at all. I hope he's trying to resell and not scam.
 
jstover77 said:
Enough for some pizza and maybe some ice cream after. You interested?
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I'd go for a beer and some pizza with you or even a cheesesteak and a beer.

No ice cream though as that gets in the way of the beer.
 
"Quality of the posts have reduced "

Now a days only a few people post quality content... Which is lower than the before...


BHW is down
 
hims.000 said:
"Quality of the posts have reduced "

Now a days only a few people post quality content... Which is lower than the before...


BHW is down
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There's quality in threads AND replies. I always read the replies of a topic I'm interested because some people leave some golden nuggets hidden in sight. :)
 
I think there are a few reasons that contribute to useful information being shared less now than it used to be.

Time changes all. In the old days, you could throw a rock and hit a new undiscovered method, try it out, and share it with the world. there was no reason to hide this method because there were already so many more to choose from that were all equally valid. As time moved on, fewer and fewer working methods were easily found, which drives up competition for these methods and makes people less likely to share them publicly.

This leads to people experimenting less, especially the newer generation of SEO'ers, meanwhile, the older generation is slowly backing out of the scene because they've already made it, and are retiring or doing something new with their lives.

More and more internet regulations make it more and more difficult to do crazy things that might work, and fear of overreaching governments is a real thing for many of us.

With the continuous advancement of AI, varying methods are being pushed aside for AI brute-forcing things to work. Content generation is a big one recently, But it's not the only field affected.

And most importantly, the bigger the internet gets the smaller it seems to get for us. We are being standardized and patched slowly out of existence.

Smaller break-off communities are forming in things like discord or Facebook groups. Less is being shared in the open in general.

I'm sure there's more to it, but that's some of the things off the top of my head that are probably affecting the spread of new information.
 
To do some things (jr vip,conversation.) people have to write messages and these messages are usually empty messages. I think this is the wrong strategy. In my opinion, other methods can be developed for such things. For example, the reference system. Or something else. The forum is still not too bad in my opinion, but it could be much better.
 
Another reason for this (and anyone can disagree with me) is overall decline of forums in recent years. I remember when I was new to BHW (before 2015), forums were the go-to place for social networking. Now, we have mass adoption of social networks, Reddit, Twitter, Discord, Telegram etc. I have seen this decline in forum activity on many forums (most are even closed now compared to pre-2015).
 
QualityService said:
It is because 100's of members get banned every month
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This isn't true.

There are a ton of reasons, and it's more likely to forums not ranking well in Google. I don't think the forum's management is causing the downfall. I think management is near the best it's ever been actually.

There is a minority of members lost as well, but it's not the core reason. These people have outgrown the forum.

Years ago, Execs would basically all earn $10k+ per day. Now, it's totally different.

Exec and Jr Exec doesn't mean anything to the holder, but it does signify to the new members that this person has superior intelligence in the space. The problem is, a lot of these members don't make a whole lot of money.

I know a member here who's daily income would put most people's annual salary to shame but his Exec VIP status is always on the ropes. Members like that should be saved and welcomed. Instead we got dudes making $50/day thinking they have superior knowledge and noobs actually believing it. Also, that guy isn't the only example... a decade ago, there were some crazy earners on here.

I'd like to see a lot of these positions require minimum income. Maybe $250k/yr on paper. BHW could use a 3rd party verification that doesn't reveal the members exact income to BHW but they can release whether or not said person meets the minimums.

Idk, might be stupid, but just thinking. Forum will probably be sold realistically.
 
macdonjo3 said:
This isn't true.

There are a ton of reasons, and it's more likely to forums not ranking well in Google. I don't think the forum's management is causing the downfall. I think management is near the best it's ever been actually.

There is a minority of members lost as well, but it's not the core reason. These people have outgrown the forum.

Years ago, Execs would basically all earn $10k+ per day. Now, it's totally different.

Exec and Jr Exec doesn't mean anything to the holder, but it does signify to the new members that this person has superior intelligence in the space. The problem is, a lot of these members don't make a whole lot of money.

I know a member here who's daily income would put most people's annual salary to shame but his Exec VIP status is always on the ropes. Members like that should be saved and welcomed. Instead we got dudes making $50/day thinking they have superior knowledge and noobs actually believing it. Also, that guy isn't the only example... a decade ago, there were some crazy earners on here.

I'd like to see a lot of these positions require minimum income. Maybe $250k/yr on paper. BHW could use a 3rd party verification that doesn't reveal the members exact income to BHW but they can release whether or not said person meets the minimums.

Idk, might be stupid, but just thinking. Forum will probably be sold realistically.
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whisker?
 
I'm pretty sure BHW staff evaluates the numbers and take corrective steps if needed.
On one hand you're talking about quality and on the other hand you're talking about low number of members. How are you sure more number of members are going to automatically bring the quality?
I see a lot of 'active' members around that are of no value to the forum in terms of IM, which is what this forum is about. Forced registrations are only going to bring in more such people.
Organic registrations bring in quality members as they're truly interested.
 
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