I remember when the boards used to be a gathering place for all kinds of topics. Why isn't there as much chatter as there used to be? I feel like the website improved too. What gives?
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I remember when the boards used to be a gathering place for all kinds of topics. Why isn't there as much chatter as there used to be? I feel like the website improved too. What gives?
It's too bad. I enjoyed hearing from individuals from different parts of the state, getting other perspectives, and even the trash talk. Not sure if peolpe get too offended nowadays, or just too busy posting on social media to post here. It is what it is, but I sure miss the old days when the boards were loaded with local talk on all of our favorite teams.
Agreed. It’s state championship week and the boards are silent
There's only a small handful of people on here anymore, I think when they switched to the new format a lot folks just didnt update their accounts. It's unfortunate there used to be a fair amount of good discussion on here and now folks get offended if you have a different opinion than them and start name calling.
I believe that it's a result of two things. First off the change in format left a lot of people behind. I personally don't feel there has been enough promotion from the powers that be to get people back and talking which brings me to my second theory. Twitter! There is tons of updates and instant updates however you don't get the trash talking and the opinions from around the state there that you would get here. That's just my 2 cents
I remember cbs sports was very active. They shut it down much to my dismay. These boards look to be fun and informative. I look forward to this bball season.
I think a lot of the back & forth/smack talk was from high school kids, with the occasional adult, who would get on here to get people riled up. I actually wonder if that demographic has moved on to different formats like Twitter and Instagram (as Bigfoot mentioned).
I'm not sure how you get the word out to get people back this way...Maybe the admins of this site put out teasers on Twitter/Instagram to get traffic directed this way...i.e. "Is the East going to dominate again this year in Basketball, or will the West finally provide a challenge? Come give your opinion at OR "Which local fans do you love to hate? Tell us why at
Then (I don't know why this is underlining), when you come to this page, instead of having the boards divided up by sport, just have a main page with those questions...and let people have at it...
I was at the Nampa Blackfoot game. Later in the game I was giving scores from Friday night flash. People were asking where I was finding the updates. When I said Idaho Sports they asked "whats that"? Might need some advertising.
I use to post on these boards quite alot but then it got really conteneous with alot or trolls just trying to cause fights. Now I don't have any kids in school so I don't follow it as much but it would be nice if it could get back to the volume of about 12 years ago.
I blame a lot on the new format. I think a lot of people may not have known how to switch over and were scared to come here. I had a hard time logging in. Eventually I found another way to do so. There's several people I never see on here. Razor, Crybaby and Stinger. Others that are still here are Raider, XPlaya and yellowtwinkie.