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Buster Beetle Goddamn citrus! Level: 47 Posts: 135/459 EXP: 740809 Next: 25394 Since: 10-20-08 From: The Bowels of Hell Last post: 5516 days Last view: 5412 days |
What do you think's gonna happen when most of our active users turn into elders? Do you think Board2 is going to survive that long? I highly doubt that.
I just think the internet will become obsolete by that time. We'd be going to our possible grandchildren; "Back in our time, we only had this thing called the internet!". It'd belike the time where OUR grandparents talked about only having radios. Speaking of old people, who's the oldest member in Board2? I believe it is Zaxamillion, a contributer of the Fraxy community/compendium/whatever. Based off of one of his posts in GenericBoard, he appears to be around 30-40 years of age. ____________________ RAEG |
blackhole89 |
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The Guardian Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Level: 124 Posts: 2172/4196 EXP: 21546211 Next: 290390 Since: 02-19-07 From: Ithaca, NY, US Last post: 479 days Last view: 92 days |
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Arbe |
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go away Level: 86 Posts: 1328/1788 EXP: 5991033 Next: 151074 Since: 02-23-07 Last post: 4977 days Last view: 1546 days |
I don't think board2 will be around by the end of 2009, personally, if things keep going the way they are now.
And ... the internet of the future? Piloted by search engines who are paid to put certain sites on top. Smaller communities will die out, more of our shit will be stored online, etc. As for myself, I imagine I won't spend that much time online by mid 2010. In the 10 years I've been actively browsing the internet I've watched the .. "vibe" of things change drastically, especially on a personal level. When I first registered at a message board I pretended I was 18 (I was 10), and everyone there believed me, so I assume it was a pretty good act, where as now I'm told I act immature ahaha |
CyclopsCaveman |
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Level: 59 Posts: 135/755 EXP: 1602511 Next: 70617 Since: 01-02-08 Last post: 4501 days Last view: 3314 days |
when we're all old fart's the internet will be something like Otherland's, except more GNU ____________________ havin' a ball |
Thanatos-Zero |
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Nipper Plant Level: 45 Posts: 46/423 EXP: 653293 Next: 6871 Since: 11-25-08 From: Germany - Rheinlandpfalz - Wittlich - Zur Phillippsburg 25 Last post: 1099 days Last view: 1061 days |
Haha! Board2 will survive, as long as someone will care about videogame hacks. Even after 50 years, I shall be with you, after all, videogames are my passion. ____________________ I was a prisoner enclosed in the void, were everything might end up just as myself. There I was called the death in the void, but after a long sleep my drill was ready to pierce the void. I came back... to guide those who are in doubt and to crush any corrupted mind. "Just who in the hell do you think I am?!". |
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Giant Koopa I might be alive, but chances are that's not the case. Level: 73 Posts: 154/1273 EXP: 3423100 Next: 62768 Since: 10-15-08 From: Lulzerland Last post: 4596 days Last view: 4502 days |
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Xeruss |
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Sledge Brother Compromised account. Level: 86 Posts: 694/1815 EXP: 6129551 Next: 12556 Since: 02-19-07 From: Oregon Last post: 1821 days Last view: 1820 days |
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Trapster |
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Morton Koopa Feel the pain of those inferior beings...as you burn in hell! Level: 98 Posts: 1233/2410 EXP: 9378365 Next: 275988 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden Last post: 4522 days Last view: 4504 days |
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carsr4carpeople1 |
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Red Goomba Level: 16 Posts: 14/40 EXP: 19607 Next: 649 Since: 11-22-07 From: Illinois, USA Last post: 5352 days Last view: 4832 days |
Who knows? I think board2 will be here for a while, but maybe not when were old geezers. ____________________ Come join #NekoCentral on IRC! |
Ailure |
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Hats Steam Board2 group Level: 121 Posts: 3187/3965 EXP: 19791301 Next: 265395 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden, Skåne Last post: 3309 days Last view: 2060 days |
Posted by blackhole89It's strange being one of the youngest in a community and then being one of the oldest after sticking around. ____________________ AIM: gamefreak1337, MSN: Emil_sim@spray.se, XMPP: ailure@xmpp.kafuka.org
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optomon |
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Leever Level: 33 Posts: 146/198 EXP: 220610 Next: 8569 Since: 03-05-07 From: Vancouver, WA Last post: 2464 days Last view: 2053 days |
I always think how funny it is that when I'm old I might still be keeping in touch with some people I knew almost exclusively on the internet back in the 2000s. |
Sukasa |
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Red Birdo Level: 92 Posts: 1411/2112 EXP: 7694103 Next: 62834 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4455 days Last view: 3227 days |
I don't know what will happen. I know I generally (read: 98% of the time) keep in touch with people via IRC, so I suppose as people leave that I'll fall out of touch with them. Myself, I see the internet as being a 'wild west' of sorts right now, with lawmakers trying bravely to corral it. As for board2, I think it'll last longer than the end of 2009- because as a whole, it's not dying right now, it's expanding and growing. Eventually it'll die, yes, but the matter of the death itself I have no clue on. Who knows, perhaps a ||board-style split, or server crash, or whatever. The real question I'd have is, what next?
Well, that's my two cents. |
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Boomboom Level: 90 Posts: 652/1975 EXP: 6957636 Next: 230973 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3588 days Last view: 3211 days |
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Zaximillian |
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Red Paragoomba Level: 19 Posts: 38/59 EXP: 34095 Next: 1682 Since: 11-03-08 From: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Last post: 5048 days Last view: 4398 days |
Posted by nutman217 39. And spell my name right, y' young whippersnapper! *wields my cane threateningly* ____________________ For FOOOOOOD! |
RANDY Ruler of Zexernet |
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Shyguy Level: 23 Posts: 51/89 EXP: 65769 Next: 1954 Since: 07-17-07 From: Arizona, US Last post: 4638 days Last view: 263 days |
By the time we reach old age, either civilization as we know it will have ended (global nuclear war, economic collapse, a super-virus that wipes out all computers or most people, or something like that), or we will all be living in the Internet or its successor. Or both.
Either way, if this board still exists, it will be a curious relic of the past. |
Marzen |
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Giant Koopa I might be alive, but chances are that's not the case. Level: 73 Posts: 193/1273 EXP: 3423100 Next: 62768 Since: 10-15-08 From: Lulzerland Last post: 4596 days Last view: 4502 days |
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Emuz |
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Co-Founder Acmlm's Board Owner Kafuka.org 3.14159 Error - Pi(e) Not Found. Level: 16 Posts: 7/39 EXP: 19097 Next: 1159 Since: 07-04-07 Last post: 3332 days Last view: 4284 days |
I am an old geezer in a way. I've been off and on this board alone for 10 years. I was there since day two. Now I've lost contact with many many people over these years, I still have contact with some too.
The fickle nature of the internet, I think this board will continue one in some form for a long time after even this generation stops posting. It outlived Acmlm and Myself. The code powers two RO servers' front ends, and a few other forums. I stopped working on EmuNET and Bouche continued the idea a new with his IRC services. Connections with people can remain, it just takes effort on both parties to do so. ____________________ "You must delete this ROM after 24 hours" |
Arbe |
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go away Level: 86 Posts: 1358/1788 EXP: 5991033 Next: 151074 Since: 02-23-07 Last post: 4977 days Last view: 1546 days |
Wanting everything to stay the same is .. fickle, to say the least. A lot of friends I had before I went to college were scared nothing would be the same, and if any of them sought comfort in me, I was honest with them. Things change.
Life isn't about going up or down. Everyone is going forwards. Tragedy is, no-one is going in the same direction. |
Mariofan0 |
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Koopa Level: 25 Posts: 35/104 EXP: 83188 Next: 6432 Since: 07-01-07 From: Around And Back Last post: 5411 days Last view: 5200 days |
when we are old then noobs will come and become experts eventually adding new power-ups to SUPER MARIO GALAXY and crazy stuff like. that right now is nearly impossible even with the right tools. ____________________ Currently Working On A Website Project Called Club Chaotic Looking For Supporters For My Website Project Club Chaotic. Currently Looking For Coders For Club Chaotic. I'm Thinking PHP myself. |
Xeruss |
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Sledge Brother Compromised account. Level: 86 Posts: 706/1815 EXP: 6129551 Next: 12556 Since: 02-19-07 From: Oregon Last post: 1821 days Last view: 1820 days |
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