why the hell all the veterans leaving the forum.

[AntonChigurh]

I wish they hadn't taken dexx's farewell post down, I never got to see it

[Tr3vor]

The forum software downgrade change turned a lot of people I talk to off with this forum, that and the fanboying got to be a bit much to bear.

 

I only come back for the 2 posts that show up in the anime thread every few weeks.

 

 

[RadiatingLight]

Reviving this thread, because I only came across it now.

A lot of people leave because the forum is addicting.

I've also felt these effects believe it or not. sometimes, during an important explanation or lecture in class, I just browse the forums, and it sometimes legitimately hurts my education

Sometimes, the forum takes up too much of your life, and you need to take a break.

[yathis]

Addiction is real and should be treated asap.

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Reviving this thread, because I only came across it now.

A lot of people leave because the forum is addicting.

I've also felt these effects believe it or not. sometimes, during an important explanation or lecture in class, I just browse the forums, and it sometimes legitimately hurts my education

Sometimes, the forum takes up too much of your life, and you need to take a break.

 

[Teddy07]

I like to help from time to time but all these questions are so repetitive and dumb. So many bottlenecks, X or Y ....

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

1 hour ago, RadiatingLight said:

Reviving this thread, because I only came across it now.

A lot of people leave because the forum is addicting.

I've also felt these effects believe it or not. sometimes, during an important explanation or lecture in class, I just browse the forums, and it sometimes legitimately hurts my education

Sometimes, the forum takes up too much of your life, and you need to take a break.

Yep, Sometimes you just need a break. 

[BirdyTheMighty]

i come back once a blue moon though most of the post i've done are in off topic lol. according to my profile been here since... 

[mrchow19910319]

On 4/24/2017 at 0:14 PM, arnavvr said:

Same thing, maybe I've just matured (made my LTT account when I was 11) but I'm just not that interested in PCs anymore.

Genuinely interested what are your interests now? 

 

[mrchow19910319]

I've been coming to this forum less and less because I lost interest in pc building and gaming. I'm not a veteran. Just sharing my experience. Another reason I went off for a while was because the apple hate trend annoys me. But on the other hand there are a lot of Mac users at this forum. ( some of them have a desktop pc while others don't ) and I learned a lot from those people. So, if you replied to my post about Mac and macOS, you know I'm talking about you guys. And I wanna say thank you.  

[vetali]

You can't really blanket every reason for leaving into one post. Everyone has a different reason for leaving themselves. Sometime IRL bites you in the ass, you have different feelings than the majority of posters, or you find a different community that suits your needs. 

 

Me personally, consumer PC tech has been super boring since taking interest in 2005. One reason being not much has evolved from the ATX formula. Another reason more recent is you don't get new hardware that blow the previous gen out of the water anymore. All you get is incremental steps because lack of competition. About the only exciting thing in the past 3 years for me has been Ryzen.

 

The reason for me getting into PCs has also fallen off in interest; that is gaming. I got into PCs because of Halo PC, which may seem odd; However, Halo PC was very popular. Then I got into World of Warcraft, that entertained me for about 8 years then my friends started quitting and the expansions slowly became more and more money grab, time gated content to keep you subbed so I distanced myself. I don't like how every FPS now days has a leveling system where you have to "unlock" things. I dislike getting jaded by nostalgia, but there was something more satisfying about just joining a Halo server and just playing the game rather than obsessing over unlocking guns or skins and ranking up. 

 

I essentially made an account here for a contest, and stuck around for the car thread. Cars are much more interesting to me than consumer PC tech. Not to knock fans of that, because its still an interest of mine. Just a lesser hobby. Being part of a car community that dips into both interests is extremely valuable to me socially.