Feldgrau.net

Hi

Does Jason look at this board?

Thanks

Colin

John P. Moore wrote: Even though AHF has more registered members than Feldgrau (42,351 to 8,828 on Feldgrau) the visitor counts at Feldgrau always seem to be substantially higher at Feldgrau than AHF when I look. As an example, there are currently 226 visitors at Feldgrau, but only 150 at AHF.

The answer might be how the visitors are counted:

AHF wrote:In total there are... users online...(based on users active over the past 5 minutes)

Feldgrau wrote:In total there are... users online... (based on recently active users)

Regards, Juha

In total there are... users online...(based on users active over the past 5 minutes)

In total there are... users online... (based on recently active users)

But what's the time interval between user counts on AHF?

bump

How is the financial sitution here now?

Fred

What's the latest on this? Is the server paid for, is our help still required?

Effective today, September 18, 2015, I hereby resign my position as a moderator at Feldgrau. I no longer wish to be associated with a site where the site owner, Jason Pipes, no longer takes an active part in the administration of the site.

John P. Moore

Why? You certainly have the right to resign but what's the difference whether Pipes participates or not?
Jerry

I think Facebook is a big factor. I am thinking about a conversion to another software to see if that would help us.

I have not heard back from John. Sorry to see him go and much thanks for all the contributions. Jason is still around. I talked to him the other day.

To be frank, if AHF goes under, good riddance as due to Wendel's policy of supreme political correctness as is apparently required by the current suicidal Sweden. Good historical debate is impossible without complete freedom of opinion and freedom from political agendas.

That's wrong : complete freedom of opinion is impossible and would lead us to a catastrophe.

I think part of the problem we face is that these sites have been almost too effective. They have created people very capable of researching on their own, and many have projects of their own which take time. Another key factor is members willing to share and guide other members. Losing John Moore is tough because he is a researcher and is a valuable mentor to others in his area of interest. I would be willing to bet that he gives more than he gets from Feldgrau, but he has stuck it out here for quite awhile. I will miss him.

Facebook is not the problem....thats too undirected, too unstructured there to have any value , at least for myself.

To keep a forum running is hard work, I know that.

Have been off for so long because I simply did not have the time, being online meant that enough people regristrated that (and multiplied my bunch of work). We will see what the future brings.

My respect to people like Marcus, Jason, John P. and so many others !

Jan-Hendrik

Lorenz wrote:So few use the site anymore, moderators have become redundant. Axis History Forum is rapidly approaching the same fate. The old high traffic days of the 2000 - 2010 decade are long gone and will not return. My contention is that most of the clientele were siphoned off by social media, particularly Facebook, but Marcus Wendel rejects that argument. Anyway, it's sad to see the history websites disintegrate after such a short lifespan.

Lorenz

Hi Lorenz

I haven't visited Feldgrau since Feb 21 2015 and in that time there have been just 267 new posts.
The AHF despite what you perceive is still very active (it averages over 100 new posts per day) though granted not maybe at the halcyon levels you mention or remember.

Forums still provide a valuable asset for those seeking information and whilst I agree that FB/Twitter etc have had an impact, it shouldn't be overstated.

Regards

Andy H