Is NS dying?

safarisamDolan isn't funny. He never was, and and never will be

His humor was just very high brow.

I feel like all this has something to do with nike suits being angry that their wonder girl sildaru got shit on by a truthful physics argument.
I think on an internet where u can get free speech everywhere, sites that censor are effectively paying a tax they dont have to pay.

NS is honestly just one big shit show, its a complete joke. All ppl fucking do is try to out troll one another.

Mr.BishopIts a definite change of who logs in. Many of the new viewers to NS are passive, which I do agree creates a shift in the way community is perceived. We're by no means giving up on the forums, as I absolutely love the experience. The tricky part is finding that balance. The "entertaining" element you speak of so quickly devolves into stupidity is the main issue. We tried letting NSG rip with whatever people wanted for a few years just like you suggested - but that triggered a small group of people who weren't funny in the slightest bit destroying the experience for many others.

In fact, the glory days you speak of had heavy-handed moderation. It was only when we truly opened it up and removed almost all moderation that we started to see a decline in conversation.

The way back to forum activity is to work as a community to stimulate good conversation, and threads that are actually funny vs. extremely stupid trolls. I'm confident that things will level out, and then start to improve in the forums now that we have implemented more strict moderation. The "glory days" were built on those principles and letting our equivalent of "fatpeoplehate" run rampant is not the solution to success. I consider my decision to remove almost all moderation one of the biggest mistakes I've made in my time at the helm of this site.

Mobile is the other factor here. You simply aren't as engaged in huge discussions when hammering on a touch screen, and its rise has made it that passive viewing is by far the most used form of interaction. Forums not only are extremely interactive, but require a huge amount of typing and as our traffic begins to cross 50% mobile - and accelerating all the time - forums in their current format aren't ever going to go back to what they were.

Remember, even 5 years ago basically the only way to access the internet was by whipping out your laptop and slaying that keyboard.

I think the main problem is that if free speech isnt a drug to you, then youre probably not a very interesting person.
So if you kill off free speech you wont be left with a very interesting place.

if your not selling free speech, the ubermensches of the internet will go elsewhere to get their fix. People dont necessarily crave drama, but if its interesting, the hoards of ppl will follow the interestingness wherever it goes.

Nobody wants to hang out with a bunch of politically correct losers

Ns really had everything going for it too. It was a raw hangout for ppl who enjoyed the aesthetic of the most aesthetic sport there is.
The site looks great, is easy to use.... It should be hopping like it used to be.

I first found ns in a gear search in 2005

It used to be raw, thats what was so great about it.

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Yauch
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Oh the red pill!

This is my first post in about 2 years. Glad to see nothing has changed at all.

Does anyone still "Bang me like a hammer"?

The vision that NS wants to achieve of providing a community where skiers meet skiers is bound by the fact that the internet provides too much anonymity where we need to judge character before a potential hang out occurs.

Is there a model that exists where account holders use full names and profile pictures kind of like facebook?

IncognitoXLNobody wants to hang out with a bunch of politically correct losers

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IncognitoXLNobody wants to hang out with a bunch of politically correct losers

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.frenchywork work work

fish fish fish

Well, frenchy is still here.

I just think it all kinda comes down to the fact that other forms of social media have surpassed ns. ns was my first form of social media and I'm sure it was a lot of your guys' too, however as we all get more sucked into Twitter, Instagram, etc. this just becomes less of a priority to us. I still love ns and come on every day just to watch the top few videos, check forums, and just read up on different news throughout the community, but I don't have the same ties to the website that I once had back when I was like 13 and 14.

I'll admit I'm usually only active during the winter.

IncognitoXLI think the main problem is that if free speech isnt a drug to you, then youre probably not a very interesting person.
So if you kill off free speech you wont be left with a very interesting place.

if your not selling free speech, the ubermensches of the internet will go elsewhere to get their fix. People dont necessarily crave drama, but if its interesting, the hoards of ppl will follow the interestingness wherever it goes.

Nobody wants to hang out with a bunch of politically correct losers

Its not about killing free speech, its about killing off harassment. There's a difference.

I mean if you're at a bar, is it tolerated for some dude to run around to all the black people in full KKK garb yelling "FUCK ni**ers"?

No. Its not.

Its your right to not be arrested for this kind of shitty behavior, and to not be killed for it. However, if you're fucking up everyone having a good time at the bar then piss off. Bouncers will show you the door nicely, and aggressively if you resist.

To the other point of social media surpassing NS - for one part yes there is many new flashy things to play with so your time gets much more split than the days when we were the only cat on the block.

however as well, almost all other forms of social media are a tailored experience. If you dislike someone's post, you unfollow and never hear from them again. I'm quite confident that our desire to leave open the complete shitshow made these other forms more appealing. Even if your'e the biggest shit disturber in the universe, you completely tailor your friend circles to your own opinions, and anyone who hates you can just unfriend/block/unfollow/whatever. You never know you're blocked and they never hear from you again.

Humans don't like to listen to assholes when they're having a good time. I do not disagree that the small portion of people who were here to just cause shit will hate the new world we're building. However skiers interested in taking part in skiing discussion and posting/consuming media will love it.

Mr.BishopIts not about killing free speech, its about killing off harassment. There's a difference.

I mean if you're at a bar, is it tolerated for some dude to run around to all the black people in full KKK garb yelling "FUCK ni**ers"?

No. Its not.

Its your right to not be arrested for this kind of shitty behavior, and to not be killed for it. However, if you're fucking up everyone having a good time at the bar then piss off. Bouncers will show you the door nicely, and aggressively if you resist.

To the other point of social media surpassing NS - for one part yes there is many new flashy things to play with so your time gets much more split than the days when we were the only cat on the block.

however as well, almost all other forms of social media are a tailored experience. If you dislike someone's post, you unfollow and never hear from them again. I'm quite confident that our desire to leave open the complete shitshow made these other forms more appealing. Even if your'e the biggest shit disturber in the universe, you completely tailor your friend circles to your own opinions, and anyone who hates you can just unfriend/block/unfollow/whatever. You never know you're blocked and they never hear from you again.

Humans don't like to listen to assholes when they're having a good time. I do not disagree that the small portion of people who were here to just cause shit will hate the new world we're building. However skiers interested in taking part in skiing discussion and posting/consuming media will love it.

Nobody was calling ppl n@#$ers.

There was a thread about feminism where the mods were basically banning anybody who had a difference of opinion.

then you had ppl make incredibly false claims, and if you disagreed with them they called you a racist and cried to the mods to ban you...

i have noticed a decline, but i think people are just getting their NS content in different ways. just re introduce the post a pic of a hot girl thread to non ski gabber and i am sure interest will increase again

Mr.BishopIts not about killing free speech, its about killing off harassment. There's a difference.

I mean if you're at a bar, is it tolerated for some dude to run around to all the black people in full KKK garb yelling "FUCK ni**ers"?

No. Its not.

Its your right to not be arrested for this kind of shitty behavior, and to not be killed for it. However, if you're fucking up everyone having a good time at the bar then piss off. Bouncers will show you the door nicely, and aggressively if you resist.

To the other point of social media surpassing NS - for one part yes there is many new flashy things to play with so your time gets much more split than the days when we were the only cat on the block.

however as well, almost all other forms of social media are a tailored experience. If you dislike someone's post, you unfollow and never hear from them again. I'm quite confident that our desire to leave open the complete shitshow made these other forms more appealing. Even if your'e the biggest shit disturber in the universe, you completely tailor your friend circles to your own opinions, and anyone who hates you can just unfriend/block/unfollow/whatever. You never know you're blocked and they never hear from you again.

Humans don't like to listen to assholes when they're having a good time. I do not disagree that the small portion of people who were here to just cause shit will hate the new world we're building. However skiers interested in taking part in skiing discussion and posting/consuming media will love it.

Right on. Seems like we are all adults here so the bar analogy works great. Every bar has standards for behavior even if they aren't all posted. The bartender can always throw you out for the rest of the day at their discretion. Management/owners can always choose to give people another chance or ban people forever if they want to.