Does anyone know why donations are down?
I had a coworker who did work in the church they attended. She noted that when inflation kicked up or people felt the economy was suffering, contributions dropped.
I think to a great degree, it is the hostility on the forum. If you are even somewhat critical of the state of Israel, you are viciously labeled an antisemite. If you don’t support the US funding Ukraine, you’re a Putin puppet. Honest open debate is one thing. Childish ad hominems make the forum less attractive. I really think that is what is going on. Also, agent provocateurs like FUZZ need to be shown the door.
Zeepers and Foreigners.
I’ve been here since May 1998 and, as others have pointed out recently, the site is kind of running out of gas.
JimRob created a wonderful, at the time unique platform, but now there’s a lot of competition, issues are different, and the signal to noise ratio is way down.
Probably some combination of all those things.
We have been INUNDATED with anti Catholics....Anti-Semites ....anti-Trumpers and run of the mill Democrats. Sad.
Welp, the Biden Regime crushed many businesses and then the vax crushed the ability to continue working for others....
Maybe it has something to do with the old timers who have left due to the devolution of civility and the rise in intolerance and radicalism........
Check out threads posted 10 years ago and beyond and see how many posters just left or were banned.........