Is tamatalk dying?

[gingjapatchi]

I know this might seem strange, but I think this website is slowly decaying as we know it. People. Are not talking about tamagochi often, too much vip and premeum . The signs are showing. So this post is basically a reminder to keep posting.

See ya- gingjapatchi

 

[-NINJA-]

yes it is.


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[cpvr]

It is, but that’s because the rise of social media taking away activity from forums smh.

Promoting tamatalk on social media can help drive new members in!

 

[BackAt36]

We’re also a very niche community and even those who like Tamas have never considered posting here.

Tamas are seeing a resurgence and some players/collectors like me keep our interest private to avoid ridicule from ignorant people. So I think this will always be a safe haven.

 

[Nazotchi25]

I think it is more of a result of the forum format sorta dying off. which is unfortunate as it allows easy archival of community answers on topics (and the debate of them).

Many moved to Discord or other methods, which ... well I cannot exactly find answers using Google on those.. Gotta hop in and hope a server actually has info...

 

[cpvr]

I think it is more of a result of the forum format sorta dying off. which is unfortunate as it allows easy archival of community answers on topics (and the debate of them).

Many moved to Discord or other methods, which ... well I cannot exactly find answers using Google on those.. Gotta hop in and hope a server actually has info...

the rise of discord has put a dent in a lot of online communities, but its content doesn’t show on google, so forums are still better.

Forums are still flourishing and doing well across the internet. Google recently started more content in the search engines under the “forums and discussions” tab, so this is boasting traffic on a lot of niche forums.

Tamatalk might be able to obtain more members by being listed on some directories that list online communities as well.

 

[kikitchixX]

Possibly, I’ve been around here for one year but never registered. That’s why I registered and the other reason is because I had the urge.

 

[Angotcha]

Thanks for registering. We are hoping you can invite other Tamafriends to join in. And the nice thing about a forums is that stays and is easier to find information than most other forms of meeting with friends.

 

[nizidafabie]

I hope not. I really enjoyed these forums as a kid, and now as an adult I really want it to live on. Though, the social media craze had been the death of so many internet forums and it wouldn't be unlikely that even tamatalk dies to it. I've joined the tamagotchi subreddit if tamatalk goes down one day.

 

[The gotchi noob]

every little bit helps I see over 500 people who are not signed in or signed up and maybe if they sign up it would make the forums more popular like it was a while ago.

 

[ureigao]

Hopefully it doesn’t die

 

[iAM]

every little bit helps I see over 500 people who are not signed in or signed up and maybe if they sign up it would make the forums more popular like it was a while ago.

I think most of them are bots but I could be wrong!

 

[Dizzie]

They can probably set up a discord and have a bot that relays between forum and discord the main boards like rumors and announcements. Im in discord now because theres an app and its easier.

 

[nizidafabie]

They can probably set up a discord and have a bot that relays between forum and discord the main boards like rumors and announcements. Im in discord now because theres an app and its easier.

Is there like a tamatalk discord server? I'd love to join that

 

[clearperspex30cmrule]

Is there like a tamatalk discord server? I'd love to join that

that would kill the forum even faster lol

 

[nizidafabie]

that would kill the forum even faster lol

Unfortunately true. I wish old internet forums gained back their popularity but I think the newer generations prefer Discord and Tiktok :')

 

[angel egg]

As a Chubby Angel, I am always praying for Tamatalk’s life and well-being. I feel like I’m able to really geek out about Tamagotchi and virtual pets here in a way that I can’t do in other online spaces. It’s not like I can log my virtual pets’ progress on r/tamagotchi like I do here! I value Tamatalk and I hope more people find this forum.

<3

 

[Dimetri Rose]

I have always enjoyed forums, as a gamer from RIFT, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy 14, and Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter. I have always utilized the official forums, to those games. As a player and raider. The only thing I ever used Discord for, was raid coordination. In the game, there are in-game calendars you can use to schedule and invite people to events. So Discord for me is only associated with game play coordination over voice. I don't and won't use Discord for any of its other features. Due to those features being programmed into the games I play, and the fact that those games had those features waaay before Discord came out.

So I won't use a raid/group play tool, for anything other than its voice feature. Being that this forum was also created before Discords inception. I feel that this is how it should stay. I also will not use the discord voice chat feature to just "chat" either. Due to the fact that not only does myself and other adults use it, so do minors. So they may hop into voice, and hear a conversation going on between adults, that is very inappropriate for them to hear. Because you cannot police the voice chat feature, other than the owner of the Discord channel kicking them out of the room. But they can just immediately re-enter. The only way to stop a conversation that's inappropriate for a child to hear, is to completely kick them out of Discord. All because a minor heard something they shouldn't have heard. So it's also unfair to the adults to be kicked out of Discord, for having some harmless humorous fun between themselves. Discord ends up causing more problems than its worth when you mix adults with children, on a tool that has voice chat.

I will keep donating to these forums to keep them open. Because it's a safe haven that can be properly policed, to keep certain topics, behaviors, and reactions under control. Also to insure that certain kinds of topics, and discussions are prohibited by the rules set in place. Something that can't be enforced in an open mic situation.