The Juggling Edge - Small Talk

The Green Eggs Report for June 2012 is now available. Last month 33 people made 172 posts containing 63 links.

# by Marvin, 2012-07-01 08:00 BST

Big drop in activity there!

If you've stopped chatting, why not pop up and tell us why you've stopped?

# by Little Paul, 2012-07-01 09:48 BST Parent

I think the lower post count is partly due to the fact that I've ironed out a lot of bugs, so there is a lot less to complain about now.

I will throw in some random problems if things continue to slide.

# by Orinoco, 2012-07-01 10:15 BST Parent

...& as ever I'm doing my best to ensure the word count is high.

# by Orinoco, 2012-07-01 15:24 BST Parent

finals, summer, ..
I've been studying for the last weeks and now it's summer.
Expect me back somewhere in the second half of september.

# by Marlon, 2012-07-01 11:35 BST Parent

Apathy, and not being bothered to watch videos.

# by The Void, 2012-07-01 12:34 BST Parent

Apathy. I have seriously considered putting my juggling bag in the loft.

# by emilyw, 2012-07-02 08:32 BST Parent

Pardon me for taking a full fortnight to respond to this, but that is symptomatic of the Edge for me - I've tried it for a while but I just can't seem to make it gel, it somehow doesn't quite fit.

Although I intend to keep an eye on the place, my visits are already quite irregular and an interval of a week or more between visits is probably the norm now. Reading this thread today was the result of checking in and discovering 150+ ST posts and around a dozen from BT. And of course a half-arsed lurker's reading habits tend to lead to half-arsed lurker's posting habits as well, i.e. little and infrequent.

I've already spoken to Orinoco about this, albeit briefly, and I'm afraid I haven't got a handful of pixie dust to make everything better, and the truth is that I'm not even sure why I'm failing to engage with the place, but failing I am. And that's despite the fact that I've backed the Edge as being the most-likely candidate to replace r.j for me.

So, I've stopped because ... well, not sure really, but I don't seem to be finding the motivation or inspiration I need. But there's one thing I know I would like, although I can't guarantee that it would actually work : A much more compressed overall view. I'm used to reading r.j on a newsreader, where the overall view of threads and individual messages covers a lot of ground and gives me a good feel for the big picture. I'm used to browsing reddit obsessively, partly because the link view (as opp. the comment view) crams a lot of stuff on one page. I don't know why I find this a good thing, but I do, and personally I'd recommend it for a place such as the Edge too.

# by Cedric Lackpot, 2012-07-15 17:42 BST Parent