Anyone know where Chris disappeared did he quit too ?

Last Activity: Oct 4th 2007 10:43 pm is what it shows on chris's profile anyone know what happen why he suddenly stopped coming to dp ? I know it wasnt cause of me cause i wasnt around at dp either during that duration/google ban thingy etc.

 

Is there any other forum where those people are hiding now ?

 

Probably at sitepoint

 

Theres about 50 or 60 that dont visit so much, nobody asks about them, why not?

I miss Morty, what happend to that guy?

 

Hello....

Last i heard he was in the tropics drinking pinacoladas and chasing mini skirts

Actually this place has become quit boresome with the same questions and topics so
that might be the reason why most have rolled out of here...

laterz
malcolm

 

First time i heard of him, and i was going to drop chris a pm but noticed he does not even login, so did not bother, and thought maybe others knew where he disappeared to. afterall that dude put lots of money in lots of folks pocket here on dp, so he surely can surely be noticed missing i would say.

@Malcom ur still here, why have u not left if same boring threads have started to roll out ?

From what i sense google's wrath has a lot to do with directory owners avoiding dp, cause from what i heard google traced/picked targets from DP itself.

 

what can i say some habits die hard...

I dont think Googles wrath has much to do with it to be honest...
but maybe all those threads demanding him to explain himself after what happened
and the comments people where leaving might have had an impact on his decision.

truthfully i dont know...
cause he isnt on yahoo messenger as much as he used to be but i still see he is advertising his sites so...

But thiers many that dont... !ASK!,jeff,chris,duval and many many others

thx
malcolm

 

Actually i think some of the following reasons may contribute:

1. Nobody releases as many mods and shares them out as much.
This makes sense as uniqueness adds quality to what your providing.

2. Nobody has a clue what is happening anymore so it becomes increasingly more difficult to discuss things if you dont know whats happening.

3. Some people feel so self important that about a dozen in the last few months felt the need to announce their withdrawal from using the forums as much.

4. I personally think people are a lot more weary of each other and more cautious, never know whos watching you and what your saying.

5. Everything that people thought was so, isn't

6. This place is fine and has no more problems or annoying threads than any other place, over the years ive visited, writing, music, webmaster, domaining, mobile phone forums and more and they all have the same things going on, DP isn't exclusive with any problem threads or people.

7. A forum should only be part of your working day anyway.

8. Less money coming in (at times) from directories, so less egos, confidence, and less to work with in general, possibly scuppering some plans that were in the pipeline.

Care to add any?

 

Nope
you got most off them i think

nice work as always pipes

thx
M1

 

I remember some fights that seemed like those in P&R or worse. I know I felt disgusting while reading those and I did not participate. If I felt disgusting just reading those threads than I guess I understand why some people left.

 

YaA : Too much of pipe maybe, drug abuse can lead to withdrawal from forums.

But i was more worried that chris might have had a heart attack or something seeing all his investment go down the drain thanks to mr . G.

 

I think he is currently somewhere else...making big money with a different business venture

 

Not a different business venture, still the same he still has his media software company and still going great. He comes on often, not to dp but he comes on YIM quite ofter actually.

 

Damn thats not good for me now is it

 

your still convinced i smoke crack or take hits from the bong.

Regarding investment and loss, it happens to the best of them, from a one man show to a large corporation but often it can be good as it results in a shakeup of everything and the person ends up covering all their loss and then some.

Malcolm, thanks for cooment.

 

Yeah, he was active in e-business long time before directories (I remember that) why should it be different now?
People like him always find good place to make business.
I also moved little bit:
1 - to my old business which is software developing
2 - to my new business which I can't share here

Also still active in directories from time to time - only if people find my services useful.

- D.

 

very well said...

this directory forum needs a little bit more attention by the mods of dp otherwise this will be another peice of Sh*t place where no one will go..

 

I personally think there are useful threads still, so called newbie questions deserved to be answered, sure some come in to take the p*ss but their not all doing that.

Should never forget how anyone started off, if someone asks a question, answer it if you can, if you dont know, just leave the thread as is.

Theres no atmosphere on a forum, nor online at all, its impossible.

Unless your not involved at all in a particular business anymore, you should always stick around, its a bad idea to become invisible when circumstances lead to a change, speak to people and mix and stay on the scene to stay on level with others.

That way if things change for the better in the future then people remember you for that, you stayed around when it was all messy, came out the other end clean and stayed in touch with your customers and community.

Mix with your enemies, its healthy.

 

I think mods recently keep a very tight check over the whole forum, ive seen lots and lots banned, looks like a lot of cleaning out, more than before.