Plans to revive this site

The distinguished TulipsOfLove spake:

It's good because it give people a place to talk to other decent people.

It’s a good idea socially. But for “potentially reviving the site” no. For one that’s not something we can just market to, or is it something we can just find out about somebody. This is a DSi painting browser not the abuse helpline.

The distinguished Finrod spake:

The distinguished TulipsOfLove spake:[quote]
It's good because it give people a place to talk to other decent people.

It’s a good idea socially. But for “potentially reviving the site” no. For one that’s not something we can just market to, or is it something we can just find out about somebody. This is a DSi painting browser not the abuse helpline. [/quote]

IK, but this site certainly is serving that very function to a large extent RN.

Dang near everyone IK here has some kinda messed up situation with their parents IRL. :(
(Although none of them have it as bad as Thi did, or as bad as I do now, AFAIK.)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:

The distinguished Finrod spake:[quote]
The distinguished TulipsOfLove spake:[quote]
It's good because it give people a place to talk to other decent people.

It’s a good idea socially. But for “potentially reviving the site” no. For one that’s not something we can just market to, or is it something we can just find out about somebody. This is a DSi painting browser not the abuse helpline. [/quote]

IK, but this site certainly is serving that very function to a large extent RN.

Dang near everyone IK here has some kinda messed up situation with their parents IRL. :(
(Although none of them have it as bad as Thi did, or as bad as I do now, AFAIK.) [/quote]

You provided no new solution to what I just debunked! : )

The distinguished Finrod spake:

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished Finrod spake:[quote]
The distinguished TulipsOfLove spake:[quote]
It's good because it give people a place to talk to other decent people.

It’s a good idea socially. But for “potentially reviving the site” no. For one that’s not something we can just market to, or is it something we can just find out about somebody. This is a DSi painting browser not the abuse helpline. [/quote]

IK, but this site certainly is serving that very function to a large extent RN.

Dang near everyone IK here has some kinda messed up situation with their parents IRL. :(
(Although none of them have it as bad as Thi did, or as bad as I do now, AFAIK.) [/quote]

You provided no new solution to what I just debunked! : ) [/quote]

True, I have no idea how to reach out to people like that, all I'm saying is there are thousands (if not more) of us out there, and if there was someway to reach those people, it would be a great thing for both them and Paint. :)
(I have no idea how to actually do that, though.)

Also, one idea that I had that I do actually (kinda) know how to implement is simply promoting Paint om other (more popular) websites.

For example, I put a link to my profile page here on Paint in my profile on E-shuushuu (which AFAIK has WAY more users than Paint does RN), and while I haven't been nearly active enough over there for it to have any impact, doing stuff like that could (in theory) draw more attention to Paint, and hopefully more members, as well.
(I can't really do that myself RN, though, because of my current RL limitations.)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

Poyo!

The shitposter glitchy64 spake:

I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it.

Poyo!

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:

The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :) [/quote]

Yea, but sometimes 3DSPaint gets boring.

Poyo!

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :) [/quote]

Yea, but sometimes 3DSPaint gets boring. [/quote]

If 3DSPaint DOES get a influx of users, then keep check on how many dicks that have been drawn.

Poyo!

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :) [/quote]

Yea, but sometimes 3DSPaint gets boring. [/quote]

If 3DSPaint DOES get a influx of users, then keep check on how many dicks that have been drawn. [/quote]


I honestly think chatrooms are not used that much, I'm not saying people should stop painting and go to chatrooms but give them some love while we're the BfBB community in Late 2015.

Poyo!

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :) [/quote]

Yea, but sometimes 3DSPaint gets boring. [/quote]

If 3DSPaint DOES get a influx of users, then keep check on how many dicks that have been drawn. [/quote]


I honestly think chatrooms are not used that much, I'm not saying people should stop painting and go to chatrooms but give them some love while we're the BfBB community in Late 2015. [/quote]

Yeah, the only reason I'm not in the chatrooms as often (other than that I have trouble keeping up sometimes, lol) is because my RL situation makes it kinda awkward for me, and I tend to prefer the groups' shoutboxes, instead.
(Being interrupted by RL stuff doesn't affect me as much when doing that, because of how shouts work.)

Also, being a pretty hardcore blogger here myself, I also think that it'd be nice to have more people writing blogs here (and possibly more blogs being featured, as well), as that's one of the things that I enjoy the most about Paint, myself. :)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :) [/quote]

Yea, but sometimes 3DSPaint gets boring. [/quote]

If 3DSPaint DOES get a influx of users, then keep check on how many dicks that have been drawn. [/quote]


I honestly think chatrooms are not used that much, I'm not saying people should stop painting and go to chatrooms but give them some love while we're the BfBB community in Late 2015. [/quote]

Yeah, the only reason I'm not in the chatrooms as often (other than that I have trouble keeping up sometimes, lol) is because my RL situation makes it kinda awkward for me, and I tend to prefer the groups' shoutboxes, instead.
(Being interrupted by RL stuff doesn't affect me as much when doing that, because of how shouts work.)

Also, being a pretty hardcore blogger here myself, I also think that it'd be nice to have more people writing blogs here (and possibly more blogs being featured, as well), as that's one of the things that I enjoy the most about Paint, myself. :) [/quote]

LOL, I was just thinking about writing a blog!

Poyo!

The distinguished glitchy64 spake:

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]
The distinguished glitchy64 spake:[quote]
The shitposter glitchy64 spake:[quote]
I made an account for DSiPaint one year ago.

This place has really died down and when i tell my friends about 3DSPaint they say I won't try it. [/quote]

Yeah that sucks, because I bet if they actually gave this place a chance, they'd like it here. :) [/quote]

Yea, but sometimes 3DSPaint gets boring. [/quote]

If 3DSPaint DOES get a influx of users, then keep check on how many dicks that have been drawn. [/quote]


I honestly think chatrooms are not used that much, I'm not saying people should stop painting and go to chatrooms but give them some love while we're the BfBB community in Late 2015. [/quote]

Yeah, the only reason I'm not in the chatrooms as often (other than that I have trouble keeping up sometimes, lol) is because my RL situation makes it kinda awkward for me, and I tend to prefer the groups' shoutboxes, instead.
(Being interrupted by RL stuff doesn't affect me as much when doing that, because of how shouts work.)

Also, being a pretty hardcore blogger here myself, I also think that it'd be nice to have more people writing blogs here (and possibly more blogs being featured, as well), as that's one of the things that I enjoy the most about Paint, myself. :) [/quote]

LOL, I was just thinking about writing a blog! [/quote]

I say go for it! :)

I still need to check some blogs out myself, and quit bouncing between all of these different shoutboxes, lol! :[
(It's pretty fun doing that, though.)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

This thread is now more important (and dead) than ever before given the shape that this website is in.

Aside from fixing things here (like making the BBs fully dark mode compatible), what else can be done to save this place? Why is it that so many former members will still visit the SDK Discord server, but not SDK itself?
(I mean, most don't even log in once a month to see who's still around here. Why is that?)

This thread began back in 2016, about 3 years before I joined in 2019, and although people may have been trying to revive this place back then, obviously they're ideas didn't work very well, or this place wouldn't be in the sorry state that it is in now. :(
(It didn't seem that bad back in 2019 IMO. I can only imagine what this place was like back in 2016, when they first thought that it was "dying fast".)

I obviously have more questions than answers, but we NEED to start asking some important questions (and coming up with some answers), or this place really will die, regardless of what the few truly loyal people like myself think.

Why do people abandon this place? Is this place that much inferior to all of those mainstream social media websites that censor politically incorrect speech and sell user's data?
(I don't get what is so good about Facebook, Twitter, etc., other than their size.)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

The distinguished DCTheGamr spake:

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]This thread is now more important (and dead) than ever before given the shape that this website is in.

Aside from fixing things here (like making the BBs <span style="text-decoration:underline">fully</span> dark mode compatible), what else can be done to save this place? Why is it that so many former members will still visit the SDK Discord server, but not SDK itself?
(I mean, most don't even log in once a month to see who's still around here. Why is that?)

This thread began back in 2016, about 3 years before I joined in 2019, and although people may have been trying to revive this place back then, obviously they're ideas didn't work very well, or this place wouldn't be in the sorry state that it is in now. :(
(It didn't seem that bad back in 2019 IMO. I can only imagine what this place was like back in 2016, when they first thought that it was "dying fast".)

I obviously have more questions than answers, but we NEED to start asking some important questions (and coming up with some answers), or this place really will die, regardless of what the few truly loyal people like myself think.

Why do people abandon this place? Is this place that much inferior to all of those mainstream social media websites that censor politically incorrect speech and sell user's data?
(I don't get what is so good about Facebook, Twitter, etc., other than their size.)/quote]I agree. This thread is very important now.

They haven't made it fully dark mode compatible yet? Haven't noticed [bold]yet[/bold]. I believe that they should also make it so you can edit BB replies. I don't know why people are so active on Discord and yet not this site to a major extent.

I joined in 2021 and I believe that was when this site was the most dead. There was me, banjo2, mods, you, and like maybe one other person I could find. It did basically revive itself in the later half of 2021 though.

Basically people like you and me are loyal to this place. Others mainly because they have to be. SDKPaint discord server is still not that active actually but even so, this site is dying. I know that I will be one of the last people here.

I have no clue why people abandoned this place. It isn't that inferior in my opinion. Maybe they need to make it better but it isn't bad enough to abandon mostly free speech and not have a lot of people's data stolen. It's closer to the old days of the internet where you only really get banned if it's too chaotic. Don't believe me? Go to any group and stay around long enough for drama to happen. Almost nobody ever gets banned or even warned. It's freeland. I hope more people come on here eventually but it sucks they won't. Also, selling user data is pretty bad due to the extent.

Now time to explain the mainstream social media sites.

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This is a video sharing site. It isn't as much like the typical social media site but still technically one. It makes sense why people like this one. So much content (videos). It is very fun in my opinion however it is getting worse and the only competitor is Odysee.

<span style="color:darkblue">Facebook:</span>
I have no clue about this one as I never used it. From what I can tell, it's worse than google and is stupid. Myspace (and if you want to have a clone, SpaceHey) was better from what I can tell than Facebook. Facebook was originally for college students but now it's for everyone so it doesn't make sense anymore.

<span style="color:cyan">Twitter:</span>
This is a site for sending short messages. 2006 Twitter made sense but after they added chain tweets and stuff like that, it removed any argument you had. Character Extension was whatever, but chain tweets defeated the need for a character limit (that was major) so just remove it. Twitter is easily offended too and even has accounts for p3d0 shit. Horrible. Don't get it really.

<span style="color:orange">Reddit:</span>
This was originally another place of free speech. I'd argue it had the power to change the course of history. If it wasn't due to the horrible mods on this site half the time (such as awkwardtheturtle), it would have likely still made the rest of the internet have free speech. This site showed that with enough censoring, the backlash of stuff could be minor. That's why pro-BLM posts also get 1000s of updoots whereas posts exposing it are often removed and hated. Also, at one point, Spez (a person who did stuff like moderate and "improve" reddit) changed comments and stuff that he personally and I mean personally, didn't like. 6% of all posts have also been deleted before too.

<span style="color:purple">Discord:</span>
Discord makes sense. It still is kinda free speech for smaller servers and in DMs but otherwise, it really isn't that much. Bigger servers you have to be careful about that though. It is better to say the least in most cases so at least Discord is a good reason. Also, great for gamers.

<span style="color:green">4chan:</span>
This isn't really big but it is the last place with actual free speech. In fact, it is so free that people take it a bit too far I bet. This is one of the few sites that also compete.

<span style="color:gray">GBAtemp:</span>
GBATemp is only now kinda a competitor as it has groups and blogs now. Even then, its mostly focused on technology stuff so who cares about this one for now. It's a bigger site that's more like older sites to say the least.</div>

Essentially, idk why ppl like most of them so much. YouTube, Discord, 4chan, and GBATemp are basically the only ones I see. This site really needs to be revived, but how...

As a person who is still pretty new to the internet (or at least the social side of it), I found those descriptions of the mainstream social media websites helpful, thanks! :)

The only part of the BBs (that I noticed) that doesn't look right in dark mode is the page where it shows all of a user's BB posts.

IDK, it seems to me that for people who are interested in a kid friendly, old device friendly, free speech and privacy friendly website, with lots of friendly people, this place is a dream come true. :)

Do people LIKE being censored, spied on, harassed by advertisements, and exposed to all sorts of inappropriate content?
(If so, then no wonder this place is dying, lol!)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

PAINT IS RISING AGAIN

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The distinguished noobishpro spake:

PAINT IS RISING AGAIN

You're correct, it most certainly is. :)

BTW, I'm a bit curious what y'all think of this version of the history of Paint?
(The recent parts seem a bit off to me, personally.)

……想像力が 足りないよ —伝承者ヒガナ

I made a post on Miiverse, which got about 25 likes, and a few people signed up so hopefully that helps!

The distinguished DCTheGamr spake:

The distinguished Draconid_Jo spake:[quote]You're correct, it most certainly is. :)

BTW, I'm a bit curious what y'all think of this version of the history of Paint?
(The recent parts seem a bit off to me, personally.)

Actually, he's right on the last one.

We colonized Paint, we're the Top G's around here, and we made it so well that it arguably competes with 2019 and 2020 levels of activity (according to testimony from members such as you anyways Drac). Multiple people in chatrooms daily, multiple people joining per week, frequent group usage, more than 2 or 3 groups active, and much more. Bulletins also work again, blogs are getting constantly featured, so on so forth.

We're having people of all sorts finally using the damn website again. Our colonization of this glorious place has finally paid off, i believe we're actually in the 2nd golden age of Paint. In spite of all odds, you and I especially have revived the website as much as we could. blueturtle helped majorly too. And in 2024, we also have members like noobishpro who manage to get groups like 10 members in less than 2 weeks, it's genuinely amazing. Oh and also:

Amjam spake:Thanks for that XD, it's nice to see new members around here yknow? I'm still trying to recruit wherever actually possible myself, although I have quite the trouble doing that even at my best (at one point I practically advertised this website to hundreds of people and maybe got a few on here with next to none of them staying, even if they were Nintendo related communities, I often failed XD). I need to probably change my strategy if I want to get more people here though, since I took forever with my method and while I still got top group in less than 2 years as a result, it would still be useful to get more members in a more efficient way. [/quote]

@DCTheGamr No problem! It's an amazing website, and I'd love to see it thrive sometime soon!

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