When was the peak of Newschoolers

Shewlur...I joined when I was pretty young back in december of 08. i postwhored everywhere and got shit on by most of the old time members, rightfully so.

people just don't invest the same amount of time or energy into forum discussions. The consequence to this is, obviously, less content. people aren't creating cults like they used to, largely due to the fact that the cults traffic close to no activity (besides LM, which has slowed down quite a bit as it is). Hell, I remember joining the "learn to write with your bad hand" cult which generated at least a hundred members and tons of stupid yet amusing content by those that desired to become ambidextrous. members aren't ripping apart the newbs anymore which, as a product of 'NS hazing' if you will, is something i miss. all in all, the forums just aren't a priority for a lot of members anymore. I remember back in '08-'10, i'd post something in a thread and refresh the page 5 minutes later. Within that time frame, i'd have garnered 2-4 replies to whatever stupid, troll-ey post i made. i miss seeing a lot of the same people around. i miss the joy of finding out that some of the big posters on NS were in fact older kids from my home mountain. in general, i miss how tons of people created E-reputations for themselves, and every post they made reaffirmed whatever preconceived notions I had of that poster. Yes, there are still trolls. yes, there are still post-whores. yes, there is still funny, quality content in NSG. it's not just of the same quantity or magnitude.

these forums just aren't generating a lot of new and engaged posters. we've lost many involved members presumably to real lives - they aren't pimple faced teenagers scouring through posts and talking shit to eheath for being a fatass. most of the involved members that we have now have been around for a while. let's face it, 13-14 year olds nowadays aren't really interested in the forums like I was when I first joined. They'd rather scroll through instagram or facebook and watch an edit or picture that NS posted, then check the pictures Cayla the neighborhood slut posted just below it on the newsfeed. social media has evolved to the point where you can combine all of your interests into one feed. you don't have to retreat to an internet forum anymore to fulfill your ski fix. thus, those kids will never be exposed to the amusement of NSG.

Mr.BishopThe rise of facebook and mobile were very detrimental to the forums. People these days aren't hanging around on their laptops all night, rather staring into a tiny screen with a shitty input method. Very hard to bang on in endless threads under those circumstances.

As well, the mainstream social media offers a very curated experience where you can tailor your friends and block trolls.

Its definitely very different these days. Going through a huge re-birth, though I think its going to end up being the best thing that ever happened for us.

casualSi.

When Rowen posted everday, and nomensteven was a guy that posted things and whatnot. I remember when iggyskier was making threads about building a skipress in his garage.....turned into On3P.

PH was poppin'.

I came to NS because I watched the original Road Trip Challenge, and the first hyphy edit and googled them later to show someone and there was newschoolers.com.

I think that was late 06 or early 2007. Didn't even know the forums existed for a few months.