Is the Bigfoot Forum losing interest?

[Huntster]

43 minutes ago, NorCalWitness said:

..........This kind of group think attacking response has a lot to do with why this forum is dying...........

 

This type of behavior, common and rampant throughout society in every venue, doesn't happen at Reddit? I'm asking sincerely because I don't  know. I don't utilize that website. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Huntster

[NorCalWitness]

13 minutes ago, Huntster said:

 

This type of behavior, common and rampant throughout society in every venue, doesn't happen at Reddit? I'm asking sincerely because I don't  know. I don't utilize that website. 

I hate reddit and do not go there. It is toxic. If you aren't a part of the group think, they will crucify you at the altar of wokeness. However, they have enough sheeple to fill the barn. 

[NathanFooter]

I should have been more specific, stand alone forums are dying out.   Reddit kind of smashes all the crazies, niche interests and paranormal stuff all into one thing and so Reddit scrolling can pull good numbers across topics.  

 

I agree 100% on the woke stuff, I tried to interact on there a few times in the past but left with an icky feeling each time.

[norseman]

I cant fix what I don't know is broken.

 

Trog is working on more historical content for us. And requested new sub forums to house them. Which I built.

 

And Nathan suggested a hunting and fishing subforum. Which I built.

 

But I am at a dead end for forum memberships. Gigantor hasn't responded to what we are doing about them. And I don't have access to the paypal account. 
 

Any other suggestions I am all ears.

[MIB]

10 hours ago, NorCalWitness said:

Thats the opinion of the ardent supporters here, but your response is actually anti-science. 

 

In what way is my response anti-science?    This should be .. entertaining.

[Trogluddite]

On 11/18/2025 at 1:40 PM, NorCalWitness said:

Reddit Bigfoot has grown from 100K follows 2 years ago to 250K followers today. That isn't insignificant. Forums are as popular as ever, but something is askew with the recipe on this specific site. How many people actually post here in a month?

 

On 11/19/2025 at 7:28 AM, BeachFoot said:

Reddit is a cesspool.

 

To quote Ripley, "has everyone's IQ's dropped while I've been in a cryogenic sleep the last 40 years?" Or something like that.  And the answer is that IQs and attention spans have both dropped, phenomenally.  Someone on Facebook posted an 8th grade civics test from circa 1880.  I'm pretty sure I'd fail if I took it cold turkey.  You can find numerous articles on colleges complaining that incoming classes need remedial math and instruction on how to read and analyze literature.  So, it's not shocking that a forum like this one which doesn't have glitzy AI-generated recreations of "How Bigfoot interrupted our basketball game, dunked, and left" or 15-minute videos of "The Top 10 Most Horrific Bigfoot Attacks in Manhattan" can't compete for an audience used to getting their information in 60 second Tik-Toks.

 

If that's what's askew with this Forum, I'm okay with keeping the recipe the same.

 

Cliff & Bobo and Greg Pruitt mentioned on one of the last Bigfoot n' Beyond podcasts that at one time, the BFF was the place to go for Bigfoot information as it was an improvement over message boards and relatively open (i.e., no gatekeepers who "owned" the forums and ruled them with an iron fist, like some field research organizations).  But now, to get visibility in a monetized world, you need people willing (and capable) of pounding out blog posts in 15 minute increments or video shorts on 18 different platforms.  I just don't think that's what the Forums are (and I'm okay with that).  

 

As to Reddit, never has so much been said with so few words; well done, Beachfoot.  (Okay, technically, the Commander, American Forces in and around Bastogne did better, but you still win the day here.)

 

Even for the non-cesspool aspects of Reddit, it's just not an easy system to use and information in it gets lost faster than virtue in a ... in a place where virtue is lost quickly.  I had a baseball site that was like a local bar.  When Vox took it over, the regulars looked for a new place where everybody knew your name and Reddit was not it.  It was difficult to find even basic threads on the topic there.  

 

Rant over. I"ll go back outside to shake my fist at some clouds now. 

[NorCalWitness]

29 minutes ago, MIB said:

 

In what way is my response anti-science?    This should be .. entertaining.

you have your mind made up and new data doesn't get through because you are anti science and closed minded. 

[NorCalWitness]

2 hours ago, norseman said:

I cant fix what I don't know is broken.

 

Trog is working on more historical content for us. And requested new sub forums to house them. Which I built.

 

And Nathan suggested a hunting and fishing subforum. Which I built.

 

But I am at a dead end for forum memberships. Gigantor hasn't responded to what we are doing about them. And I don't have access to the paypal account. 
 

Any other suggestions I am all ears.

I enjoy the people that are here and there is more content across this boards history than one could ever get through. Nothing needs to change, I was simply pointing out that forums are not dying but smaller communities are. You are doing just fine.