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  1. Oct 28th, 2011, 02:56 PM #1
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    Is it just me or does there seem to be less activity on the forums? Not just here, but others as well.
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    Re: Traffic

    I've noticed the same thing, though it's really a long-term trend that is coming to a head.

    Probably (a.) fewer programming jobs out there, (b.) fewer people have good Internet access in this economy, (c.) more people are being consumed by the proliferation of passive entertainment, (d.) more forum and forum-like sites out there now to spread the load.

    And maybe numerous other large and small factors that don't come immediately to mind.
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    Re: Traffic

    That might be something that could be determined from the database of this forum. A graph of posts/month, posts/year, threads/month or threads/year, might show whether it is true or not. Personally, I hadn't noticed. The only trend I notice is the large number of basic questions that show up in September and January, the start of two of the semesters in US schools.
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    Re: Traffic

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    That might be something that could be determined from the database of this forum. A graph of posts/month, posts/year, threads/month or threads/year, might show whether it is true or not. Personally, I hadn't noticed. The only trend I notice is the large number of basic questions that show up in September and January, the start of two of the semesters in US schools.
    It was just a feeling I had, and I don't get on as often since going back to school.

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    Re: Traffic

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    Re: Traffic

    *crickets*
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    Re: Traffic

    All the questions have been answered.
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    Re: Traffic

    On somewhat of a tangent, I've noticed recently that
    there are more viewers in the VB6 and Earlier Forum than
    in the VB.Net Forum.

    What could this portend?
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    Re: Traffic

    Quote Originally Posted by Spoo View Post
    On somewhat of a tangent, I've noticed recently that
    there are more viewers in the VB6 and Earlier Forum than
    in the VB.Net Forum.

    What could this portend?
    There's more VB6 apps out there that need fixing?
    More educational courses with VB6?
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    Re: Traffic

    Quote Originally Posted by abhijit View Post
    There's more VB6 apps out there that need fixing?
    More educational courses with VB6?
    I'd bet on the second question.
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    Re: Traffic

    Quote Originally Posted by abhijit View Post
    There's more VB6 apps out there that need fixing?
    More educational courses with VB6?
    I'll vote for the first one.

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    Re: Traffic

    Quote Originally Posted by dilettante View Post
    From the look of the majority of VB6 questions lately it feels like a lot of VBA plinkers have grabbed a stolen VB6 somewhere and are trying to make it work via copy/paste. Tons of very simple questions even a cursory glace at the manual would answer.
    Isn't it easier posting in a forum, than reading the manual?
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  15. Nov 7th, 2011, 11:06 AM #13
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    Re: Traffic

    ..and it is easier to post a disguised homework question, than doing the homework for yourself!
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