Foo Kin stopped posting a couple of year ago.

Because of circumstances whereby Footymad was down for a long time, he'd received a fair bit of 'abuse' from temporary Tekel Towers Members who had joined Tekel Towers because Footymad was down.

Once Footymad was repaired, these folk themselves have'na posted since and no longer post.

Got a couple if Emails from him explaining. Fine lad.

Billy_Hainey wrote:

Foo Kin stopped posting a couple of year ago.

Because of circumstances whereby Footymad was down for a long time, he'd received a fair bit of 'abuse' from temporary Tekel Towers Members who had joined Tekel Towers because Footymad was down.

Once Footymad was repaired, these folk themselves have'na posted since and no longer post.

Got a couple if Emails from him explaining. Fine lad.

Wish he'd get back on here posting: save him sending me a lot of pish on What's App  

Mass Debates wrote:

I’ve no posted for ages, just time wise for me, I’ve popped on and quickly read others but just got out the way of regular posts. I’ll maybe get back to it a bit more if I can.

You get back posting, Mass Debates: the greater variety of opinions, the better!

redford_must_score wrote:

 
 
I stopped posting on here, still keep an eye on it from time to time.

I felt the forum is very cliquey to be honest. Often I would post something and no one would reply directly, so no conversation occurring from what I was posting.

Couple of times certain regular posters would repeat parts of what I'd posted in their own posts on the same thread!

Its probably not what you want to hear but you have to ask yourself why so many posters register, post for a while then don't bother any more. It seems like a wee club for about 7/8 of you.

Most posters want a wee bit of conversation, banter, feedback on their thoughts, but it's in short supply here.

Not trying to be negative for the sake of it but you asked the question.

Thanks for that: I recall you posting a similar query some time back regarding folk posting, and never realised some posters thought of the place as 'cliquey'. 

I'm wondering how to overcome that issue, as I never felt I was part of a clique, or dismissive of other posters.

Apologies if you feel that has been the case, and I hope you get back to posting.
 

Long time reader going to games and other platforms such as Facebook (Arab anonymous can make you want to not contribute) means I feel I’ve contributed to Untied discussion a plenty before even setting foot on a forum so tend to read only but will post if I feel the need to do so.

Zarab82 wrote:

Long time reader going to games and other platforms such as Facebook (Arab anonymous can make you want to not contribute) means I feel I’ve contributed to Untied discussion a plenty before even setting foot on a forum so tend to read only but will post if I feel the need to do so.

 
Thankfully I’ve been banned from Arabs Anonymous. Pretty certain it’s run by a guy (or guys) who keep making new excuses as to why they don’t go to games and ban people who disagree with them.

kingdomarab wrote:

I personally post on here much more than elsewhere since I registered and if cliqueyness is an issue on here then it could get pretty much every other forum shut down.

Whenever anyone disagrees with someone on here it usually seems to result in a civil debate from what I’ve seen.

On EastFootball and FootyMad there seems to be groups of posters who’ve taken a dislike to certain other posters and will slander them at any opportunity regardless if they’ve made a valid point.

This forum is far superior to all other united forums I feel, just not as many posts on here as on others.

Thank you for the kind words KA.🖒
 

Kind of agree with RMS here.  I do find that sometimes my posts are made into a vacuum and ignored, but I've got a pretty thick skin.  There is definitely an in-squad, probably not quite a clique.  I do think this is better than other boards in that respect however.  That said, you do feel the views of the in-squad are treated as more important than others, even when, in my view, they are sometimes less interesting than some of those on the periphery.  Perhaps the odd quote of or reply to some of the outsiders might make them feel included.  For me, as I said I'm pretty thick skinned so I actually don't give a damn if you agree with me or not...!!

I think it's a bit of a leap from getting no replies to a post, to saying the forum is "cliquey"

Possibly your post was just boring 

That was a joke, by the way...

I post sporadically and haven't posted much in the last year or so because I wasn't at many games. I read every day though...

 

I haven’t used any forum since the St mirren game. Around Betfred Cup time it’ll give people something to talk about Instead of rumours.

lifesanocean wrote:

Tbh I've not posted as much for a while because of similar thoughts to RMS.  I tend to put more on Twitter these days though.

I don't post on East Football but do look in on occasion. The Utd part of the forum has been completely derailed by one poster (Tangerine Mujahadeen) who appears to be a dog with a bone, a shit stirrer, a sociopath and a professional victim all rolled into one.  Hardly anyone posts on Mad these days.  This place probably has more traffic than it does now.

 
You're 100% wrong about UnitedMad. Its doing fine and has more active threads and variety of posters than this forum. By some distance,  just have a look for yourselves.

I would say that one of the main differences is that non United posts here get punted to the  lesser teams forum and as a result get little attention and very few replies. Which imo is a bit boring unless you just want to watch the main forum here which can go from morning to night with nothing posted some days.

I completely understand that using the word clique in regard to this forum is not going to sit well with some posters but I'm just saying how it felt to me. Again I would say until the regular 7/8 engage with new posters and respond to/value their contributions they'll stop posting. Again as said earlier the evidence is here on the page, just click on the user list and scroll through it and you have your answer.

I'm not trying to have a pop at the forum, the people who use it like it so that's fine by me. Just feedback don't shoot the messenger lads.

blackandtangerine wrote:

Theres certainly no clique on here. Can not think of a more ridiculous thing to say.
Maybe folk just dont like your posts rms.

 
That's your opinion mate and your entitled to it. Its definitely not a ridiculous thing to say though because some have more or less agreed with me. The ability to accept feedback and see yourself as others see you is a good thing surely? I wont waste your time posting any more though.

I am always open to constructive criticism on here and would consider myself to be pretty thick skinned. But i do find some of the comments about 'cliques' etc to be a bit off and a wee bit dissapointing if i'm honest.

RMS you seem unhappy that your posts were being dismissed or you weren't getting enough feedback or whatever. I offered you the chance to do a Fans Q+A on here just 2 months ago (this is when you still frequently posted) and you turned down my offer. Fair enough. They're not for everyone, but given your comments now i do find that a bit strange. Was the perfect platform for you to put across your points and get replies and tell us a bit more about you.

You also around that time were very praiseworthy of myself and the Forum in private correspondance.

Also to say Utd Mad has more variety of posts/posters i find bizarre. I have nothing against that site at all btw. But on here we have had Q+A with Utd legends, current players, Utd employees, Fan Q+A's, Music competitions, DUFC competitions, film competitions, Random great Scottish matches thread, WYOWYN threads, endless posts about politics, music, tv, films, etc etc etc.

There is a fraction of that content on Mad.

It might get more posts a day or whatever (i really don't know), but as i said before i am ok with the hits this site does get. It's always quiet during the close season.