I just counted users on the feature page......I got 32......this place is dying.....anyone remember back when cops and Silverwhisper had their big fight?....there were a lot more people on here back then.....posts would hit the 100 mark with regularity within the 1st day.....now look at them......30 is big......what do you suppose happened? Is there a better blog community out there that I don't know about? This is getting boring. *sigh*
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diabolicdame said on Jan 18, 2009....
I like it here.. I guess things have slowed down.. I like it here nonetheles.. I miss a few old posters though.. -
PAPERBACKWRITER said on Jan 18, 2009....
I am sorry you are getting bored from SC, D6.
I share diabolic´s sentiments though, I like SC and I am staying and definitely not pulling the plug on the site.
Although I have not been an active blogger in the past, and was (still am) a sporadic commenter, I have been making an effort to keep the site alive with my small personal contribution: blogging and commenting...
What I have to say or post may not earn a comment or get a discussion going with a thread of 100 comments but I am satisfied and personally rewarded by the connections I have made in the 28 months, I have been here....
So many bloggers have moved on elsewhere never to be heard from again but some do come back every now and then to give us an update.
Some cannot manage to reconnect anymore and rekindle what ever it was that spark many to blog on this site.
Some where just here for a short period of time, and some have come here to stay.
I belong to the latter...
I did not care for the fights... but I do miss silverwhisper´s postings, and I wished cops continued writing his memories instead of getting into discussions that led to dissonance among the SC community members...
..and I am a cock-eyed optomist, I am thinking my reward for staying in SC is seeing it buzz with life again, as it did over and over again, from 2006, 2007, and 2008... I like witnessing it happen over and over and over again . . .
;)
paper ~
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zykore said on Jan 18, 2009....
i can appreachate the sentiment that a few core users seem to keep the vibe going, but at the same time, it depends what it is your looking for. blogging is all well and good, but one could say that the idea of it has possably reached it's own .com bubble burst.everyones and author, everyones got something important to say.a couple of years ago this was true, but maybe things are changing now, and the idea that listening to the storys of the everyday boys and girls of the world is starting to reach a certain milestone. readers need more.also, with soulcast, the number of reads to a post does not necesitate a lack of interest in the piece itself. personaly, i've wrote pieces that have had over a 100 reads without one reply. either my writtings are as average and benign as the best of them or people simply choose to take a private strock of the piece and leave.the blogging world is changing. -
D6fer said on Jan 18, 2009....
I have been here almost everyday for about 3 years now I think.....I do like this format and enjoy many of the people, but my god.....you can almost hear crickets! -
zykore said on Jan 18, 2009....
my apologese for the inacuraces, that was supposed to be over a 1000 reads, not a 100. -
D6fer said on Jan 18, 2009....
zykore......welcome to my post!....I've never seen you here before.....I checked out your blog a bit....very interesting......I'll be back ;) ....soulcast has some issues with the view counter.....it is not uncommon to rack up some huge numbers that just aren't there.....I don't put much faith in the counters anymore. -
PAPERBACKWRITER said on Jan 18, 2009....
Well, D6 ...ALIEN has a point in the blog he just posted regarding the lost of adsense...
....money motivates...
...although one realize sooner or later that blogging in SC will not create any monetary rewards it did brought in new people in the past, and yes the illusion of the possibility of earning through posting a blog kept some from coming up with wild post ideas...
... I don´t know...
I am glad you posted though, addressing the relative "silence", instead of just deleting all your blogs and disappearing.
paper ~
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PAPERBACKWRITER said on Jan 18, 2009....
grrr editing is still disabled....
loss* of adsense...
realized* sooner or later.. and blogging in SC did not create any worthwhile monetary rewards...
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brit said on Jan 18, 2009....
yeah, sometimes this place either gets a little boring, or the posts are all on practically the same topic. or a topic that's of no interest to me! -
fearing said on Jan 18, 2009....
D6fer, SC really has changed lately hasn't it? I was here a couple of years ago too when it was a hopping place. Even the Pot-Stirrers have left.
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quietone said on Jan 18, 2009....
Yes, it was about 2 year or a bit more ago when I joined, it has changed so very much. Very, very quiet, I must say it has lost my interest mostly. I do come and read but don't comment much or even post that often. -
RollingC said on Jan 18, 2009....
I like it here too...although it's a shame so many of the original bloggers are gone.
Rc
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BEWELL said on Jan 18, 2009....
WTF....I have never blogged before, it is strange to share the madness that sometime runs in my head and even harder to put it to words but sometime it is like getting a public spanking. I hope Soulcast comes back -
truthsayer said on Jan 18, 2009....
Hello friends. Nice to see all of you here. Isn't it nice? I am thankful that we have SC. I wouldn't join a place like MySpace or most other blog spots. This is where my husband signed me up, and this is where I belong. I checked out the new members D6fer, and there are really quite a few. I don't even think I am on the "featured" pages. I never have been on the top of the list. But I keep writing anyway. Popularity has never meant much to me. I write for other reasons. It's more about the Truth to me, as I am sure you know. This place has always been full of truth-seekers, and we have also had our share of tub-thumpers ; ) I hope I am in the former and not the latter category. : )
Just wanted to say "hey".
Take care,
Truth
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uniquely-ironic said on Jan 18, 2009....
It is slower, and there are fewer bloggers. I will hang in here until there really is a pull of the plug. I'm hoping it is a cyle, but if not, I cannot replicate the friends I've made here. -
D6fer said on Jan 18, 2009....
I hope it can make a comeback......if any of you have e-mails from some of the old gang....why not try and get them back here for some sort of reunion?.....might be fun.....mom......silverwhisper......momsrock.....anyone you can think of....lets see if we can get them to check in.....I will make a post called soulcast seance....lets see if we can bring back the dead for at least one post! -
truthsayer said on Jan 18, 2009....
lol D6fer! You old SC necromancer you. ; ) I might still have mom's email address. Polar's has come back the last few times I sent her something. I'll look around and see what I can find.
Truth : )
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D6fer said on Jan 18, 2009....
great! thanks truth! here's the link! -
sheltercrow said on Jan 19, 2009....
Dfer: You my old friend have left us with a wasteland of meaningless and poultry posts. How do you survive now that your ideology is hijacked by the democrats?
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sheltercrow said on Jan 19, 2009....
Soulcast is not on life support - we are on life support. -
sheltercrow said on Jan 19, 2009....
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PieterOpie said on Jan 19, 2009....
People do die you know. All those old stalwarts are probably pushing up daisies. Dead. Deceased. Kapoot!!! Overrrr and out!!
So you know, cheer up. You're here alive and moaning about it and pining for the old days. Don't worry. Things will pick up. We can have recruitment drive. If we target young folk they might last a bit longer.....
Let's see now..... who do I know?
ehhh....... no, he's dead. what about..... oh, wait.... so is she..... hmmmm......
OK, I only had two friends. I'm all out of ideas.
hello?
<chirp chirp.....>
sigh~~~~
........... ?
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PieterOpie said on Jan 19, 2009....
this IS boring, isn't it?
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scipio said on Jan 19, 2009....
I will stay on as long as I can & give my two cents worth of comment.I enjoy reading and being around . -
WriterCarlDobbs said on Jan 19, 2009....
Conceptually the answer to this is simple. Tell your friends the value of the site, what you find good about it. Next, make sure your entries aren't boring.On my blog I just wrote an article explaining how anti-gravity exists everywhere in nature. You don't get that in just any site. It is a real, scientific explantion that virtually anyone would be curious about.I have 3 full fiction books there. Two of these are available at Barns and Noble. There are real articles on science, religion, human rights, jokes, short stoires, jokes and lots more. Tell them about how some writers take it very seriously and publish their best works there.This site is a quality site and has a reason for people to join. Take part at making it the best site you can then invite othere from other sites.Go to Dailystrength.com. It has lots of people looking for emotional support. Put a comment on each of their blogs telling them how they can get friendship and counsel from soulcast.I am an entrepreneur and know about marketing and advertisement. This is a viable way to do something about the stie. Word of mouth advertisement. Tell people. Invite people. Put good articles in. Invite people who are writers to join the site to publish their works as a means of advertising their writings. Tell people with politcal or religious zeal that this is the place to get their ideas known. Give people a reason to join. This is the way any blog site works. -
husbandhater said on Jan 19, 2009....
Where is ed nowerdays anyway? I've at least seen cops around a month ago. I miss many too D and your right 30 is now considered "B.I.G" as I have also seen the decrease and although I don't like it I do like it here at S.C. and will be staying put to weather the storm. Life Support Yes but unable to pull the plug. -
seer said on Jan 19, 2009....
is it about how many people are on? I thought it was about blogging.
And hey, if one post touches just one person then that's good enough for me.
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diabolicdame said on Jan 19, 2009....
Lol a pieter -
diabolicdame said on Jan 19, 2009....
Lol @ pieterOpie!! :-Dsry comment gor eaten earlier and my smiley didnt make the cut!! -
PieterOpie said on Jan 19, 2009....
diabolicdame: That's it! No smilies. People NEED smilies. If people can't emote they die inside.... bit by bit, post by post, one-night stand by one-night stand....
In the end it's all just cold hard sex without feeling..... Oh wait, that's my bible group. (hehehe)
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seer said: "...if one post touches just one person then that's good enough for me."
I prefer my post to touch quite a few more than just one, if you get my drift...
WOOHOO!!!! "Touch my post, touch my post!!!" heee heeee heeeeee
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I think I may have a solution for the blog folks. mmmmm..... yep........
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diabolicdame said on Jan 19, 2009....
PieterOpie.. lol.. your bible group sounds too risque for me.. but if you have a fan club I might wanna join in!! :-D -
silverwhisper said on Jan 19, 2009....
hey dude, how's things? :>
i'm not really back, i just wanted to say hi and that i hope you guys are all doing well. :>
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diabolicdame said on Jan 19, 2009....
Ed!! :-) -
fearing said on Jan 19, 2009....
Is it really Ed?
Group hug!!!!!
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yani said on Jan 19, 2009....
This place will always feel like HOME to me.
That even thought we are losing a lot of people here, I'll continue to stay. :)
Hi! everyone! I guess we are just busy with our lives these days, but I also woule like to think that SC will continue on......and on..... and on.....
-elle
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starchini said on Jan 19, 2009....
eh, i very well may be too self absorbed to notice the lower population. Things seem to be running well, uve got lots of views and lots of comments with this one. If anything I enjoy having less people to sift through : P I like reading people here and i think the interesting ones have stuck around ; ) And i cant think of a better blog site. Not that i look around at all.
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cuppajava said on Jan 19, 2009....
Well I have been here for a little over 9 months,practically every day - and yes,I have see a lot of people come and go - i will be doing a post in a little while about my thoughts on this -
PieterOpie said on Jan 19, 2009....
diabolicdame: Of course I have a fan club! I am its founder, primary fan, and as of this post its promotions manager.... I often find I am my only admirer. But anyone is welcome to join. You don't believe me? Here.... check it out then.
"Pieter's Message Parlour" ~ a place where you can be yourself but serious if you really want to as well. Like S.C. there is little censorship and it's hard to get into trouble unless you flash your pink bits at the kiddies. The members may appear a bit hostile towards me.... they're only kidding - I almost sure of it. hehehe
OK, so I do yell and scream a lot, but they don't love me as much as I do........ #@&%%(?&#!!!!!!!!
It's FREE.... (although your credibility may suffer considerably and pay a heavy toll). You are warned. Others welcome... sort of..... maybe.... maybe not.... naaaah, fuck it. Just join and worry later. Hundreds of smilies & More.
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D6fer said on Jan 19, 2009....
Ed?.....for crying out loud....get to the seance post already! I'm fixin fried chicken! -
sheltercrow said on Jan 20, 2009....
What is and what isn't. lol. The sole arbitrage? -
hugecock! said on Jan 20, 2009....
We need more cheap sex talk, and nasty virgins older than 17. Lets start a fight, and watch the viewers go back up! -
TinSoldier said on Jan 20, 2009....
I'm not dead yet! -
gingersoul said on Jan 20, 2009....
Hey Tin!.......Glad you are still alive.....lol.. -
mOOn_platOOn said on Jan 20, 2009....
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CLEAR!
O
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TinSoldier said on Jan 20, 2009....
Hey, gingersoul. I haven't been here for months, but I'm still around I guess.Hey, D6 and sheltercrow and others. -
D6fer said on Jan 20, 2009....
hey tin! good to see you..we are staging a comeback we need your support! -
sheltercrow said on Jan 20, 2009....
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sheltercrow said on Jan 20, 2009....
To my friend tin
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D6fer said on Jan 20, 2009....
good song.....got to love clapton!
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sheltercrow said on Jan 20, 2009....
And more tin
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sheltercrow said on Jan 20, 2009....
When we were young -
diabolicdame said on Jan 21, 2009....
pieter, it really does exist!! lol.. it looks rather complicated.. lets se if I can fingure it out! :-D -
mOOn_platOOn said on Jan 22, 2009....
O
Okay, brother, you prompted a little research...
mOOn platOOn prOOf Or gOOf: sO yOu think sOulcast is dOOmed?
...relax.
O
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mOOn_platOOn said on Jan 22, 2009....
OBTW DS, I like a little stimulus package myself, and I have always enjoyed the hot debates and issue wars, but an apparently LARGE segment of the community finds any type of controversy offensive, and things tend to get blocked and deleted down to oatmeal.Anyone remember SithBorg? Here's just part of what "he" had to say about the bloggers and posts on SoulCast...Alas, if only the byproducts of excessive alcohol consumption and nicotine
absorption could be sold, the Gross National Product would increase a million
fold and SoulCast’s popular clique could all give up the 9-to-5 façade, able at
last to devote that final 24th hour of the day to their favorite activity – spewing
uncooked opinions, getting hooked up and whining about spouses to internet
chumnumbies. At least then something coming out of them would be valuable.
Hypocrites and rhythm-jacked tools that the rest of you are, you undoubtedly
twisted your neck-knots and donned shoulder-padded esteem-substitution
uni-suits this morning to attend those fascinating "occupations" that have
become so routine, you no longer bother to bring your brain to the workplace.
Now rest your gray matter further with this dribble.
With your obese ass infirmly slopping over your woefully inadequate chair,
you anxiously activate your personal computer anticipating yet another eight
hours of rapid-eyeballing a glowing screen filled with sample whores and
endless window-shopping. Your lotion, tissue box and credit card are standing
faithfully by.
Watching your face as it sags and glimmers while klutzy fingerpads lope about
a keyboard so overused that few letters can even be discerned upon it,
the observer becomes amused at the expressions that reveal your "brain" at
work as your eyes shift from downward "verbal" communication focus (typing
and braying) to upward incoming data analysis (reading and looking). These
goofy facial contortions are equally matched by the gaseous emissions
and the pizza-fumed sighs, hacks and noises flatulencing from the rest of your
flab-chassis’ odorous exhaust systems.
In an age of psychological indulgence you live your virtual life interacting with a
monitor screen in the same way your ancestors did once upon a long ago and
far away with people, with each other. You smile at the screen, cry at the screen,
shout at the screen and expose yourself to it. And for once you have a friend you
can’t let down, a confessor you won’t disappoint, a drug you don’t have to eat.
Yet, the choices you make in that virtual plane are reflections of your own mental
state. While it seems to expand globally, your virtual world spirals inward, in
ever-decreasing spires of interest until just a few things with multitudes of
information about them preoccupy your easily-diverted attention.
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O
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D6fer said on Jan 22, 2009....
lol.....yeah I remember.....that sithborg....what a ball of fun!
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