God, hasn't it been quiet in the forums?
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:45 pm
Oh well, would the last person to leave please turn out the lights.
TPFC Forums
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25602
I feel like I've said this before but just to reiterate, the site isn't going anywhere, things during the summer get kind of slow, and if you're bothered that it's quiet, then post something. What are you working on? What freeware are you using? There's no commercial or Android programs you wouldn't mind seeing some kind of freeware alternative for?
webfork wrote:More to come.
As someone who has spent his entire adult life building and refining commercial forum community platforms, the notion that forums are dead continues to surprise me. Some of the world's biggest brands have invested heavily into forum platforms to help reduce support overhead, build relationships with customers and gain valuable first-hand insight into customer needs. I've worked with a good number of them. That is not to say that the internet is not littered with dead forums. It is.
I agree. There is a general migration towards Reddit and Facebook Groups, where it is crazy easy to setup any SIG at the snap of the finger.
Forums as a support platform for customers, as well as doubling up as a solutions archival/FAQ module, is still very popular with commercial interests.Some of the world's biggest brands have invested heavily into forum platforms to help reduce support overhead, build relationships with customers and gain valuable first-hand insight into customer needs. I've worked with a good number of them.
I do admit there's definitely something about the "upvote" feature with some sites. You don't have to have some specific opinion about a post or have some kind of long response. I just care that someone saw it and thought it was interesting. That's such a boost sometimes. I've got probably 200+ posts on here over time that don't have any kind of response. That's fine, but sometimes you can talk yourself out of posting something if the last few on the same subject garnered exactly zero response.