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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion What has happened to chat room participation? |
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06/21/2020 09:26AM
What has happened to everyone that used to be in the chat rooms? Last night, the chat rooms wouldn't even open up. I haven't heard anything from cowdoc or Kip in a while. I know we lost a few recently. Hope everyone is doing well.
06/21/2020 10:35AM
I've felt bwca.com participation has been dropping for years. I remember threads that would amass hundreds of posts in a couple days. This site is as sweet as ever, but the paddling community is growing older and naturally shrinking. It's a little like my church, which is a group of old people and about every two weeks to two months, one of us dies.
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
06/21/2020 11:19AM
Well.....I'm around. Been some changes at work that have made life busier. In summer, I'm outside in evenings, not inside chatting. Kip just finished a lot of work on his PhD. And started new job. Although, he was on a solo all last week....actually paddling...not chatting about it. We're around....all good.
"What could happen?"
06/21/2020 11:19AM
The chat room at night hasn’t been the same since the days of Kanoes, Jan. During the weekdays there are chatters.
As far as the overall threads here, I’ve not seen much difference in numbers. Ever looked at a thread from 7-8 years ago? Most of those people are not even posters here anymore. New people pick up the baton and carry on.
As far as the overall threads here, I’ve not seen much difference in numbers. Ever looked at a thread from 7-8 years ago? Most of those people are not even posters here anymore. New people pick up the baton and carry on.
"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD
06/24/2020 12:45AM
The Facebook group is also probably peeling away new & existing posters. I know I've been around here less since working from home started.
When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"
06/25/2020 06:58PM
Savage Voyageur: "The chat room at night hasn’t been the same since the days of Kanoes, Jan. During the weekdays there are chatters.
As far as the overall threads here, I’ve not seen much difference in numbers. Ever looked at a thread from 7-8 years ago? Most of those people are not even posters here anymore. New people pick up the baton and carry on. "
I agree with Jan gone, it just hasn't been the same place
"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
06/28/2020 10:52AM
I try to get in there as much as possible and usually someone will join in. But I have been so busy this past month that I haven't had much time to sit and wait.
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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