Oh dear, and Sammy put up such a concerted and prolonged recruitment campaign. And it all came to nowt...

Streetlight said: "The Ivy Room seems to have gone."

Yes. Although the Ivy threads are still there, the distinct  section dedicated to Ivy has gone. The separate section was at a guess  provided as a special favour to Ivyists given the problems with this part of FNB. However, given the lack of appreciation for this favour that notion was abandoned.

Last edited by Sammy Ambrose (2022-09-19 05:21:17)

Dulouz - A very accurate summation unfortunately. The most popular topics are non-clothes related, or sneering at posts on other forums. ‘Discussion’ for most of the regular contributors consists of posting an internet link, often to cranky news sites, accompanied maybe by a sentence of their own, there are some oddballs and illiterates on there for sure. Check out the donations part of the site, I was surprised at the amounts that some of their members are willing to contribute to keep the DW drivel going.

As to the Ivy section closing; it wasn’t being used and as it’s their site it’s their prerogative to shut it down. We could have migrated there en masse and set up our own Ivy republic, but people here didn’t fancy it. Sammy Ambrose showing up here as a recruiter, with his track record of years of trolling on Talk Ivy, didn’t help much either.

So be it, we’ll just have to think of something else.

They've certainly got the platform, but it should be renamed Jacobin.net where they can all whine about the royal family and attract the non-sartorial crowd it's evidently now aimed at. Kingy was banned for no good reason, other than being English, Formby gave up on them as a lost cause and that 4F Hepcat/Leslie Howard chap goaded them into banning him with the owner complaining he was inundated with complaints of the offensive music videos he had posted as justification. Check it out. A quick glance of the music video thread will reveal that's definitely the case if you find ska, modern jazz, punk and new wave, 80s pop, reggae and analogue synth tracks very offensive indeed. Which they evidently do, if you don't fit in. And Brits don't over there. Except for Sammy, for now, but they're rapidly tiring of him, he'll get the cold shoulder too, soon enough.

We need the right platform, this is a legacy one and so we must wait, or develop one ourselves.

Pimpy and Formby and others would have been better off over here. However, they are not so interested in Ivy, they are more Wardrobe. If The Wardrobe was still active FNB himself might take more interest.

Note that the Dressedwell inner sanctum are losing no time having banned Pimpernel Smith to mentioning him with more than a nod and a wink in several ongoing threads. It seems having got rid of him, they just can't get enough of his wit and perspective on their rather humdrum lives as displayed in their current affairs, famous people who died, climate hysteria and leather clad middle-aged Lou Reed wannabee forum. Resplendent with aviator sunglasses in budget no thrills hotel rooms. How very apt and sad indeed.

One should immediately go to Page 406 of the What Are You Wearing Today thread:

https://www.dressedwell.net/threads/what-are-you-wearing-today.86/page-406

Magnificent ensembles by inner sanctum member, Dropbear. Super-duper, unlike Gary Cooper, a leather clad trooper!

Two thumbs up too. There will be several more as they all step into line.

Who can deny? It's a great edgy look. Bespoke and yet quite sinister.

They've all got it on today over there!

'One should immediately go to Page 406 of the What Are You Wearing Today thread:'

That's hilarious. He justifies that jacket by saying it's so well made it'll outlive him and his kids.

As will anything once you realise it looks awful and quietly put it in a box at the back of the shed.

Maybe it's not so exciting that fewer than a handful of users in a dysfunctional forum talk almost exclusively about what John Simons has to offer and gossip about other forums.

It is psychologically understandable that it is easier to meet justified criticism with embarrassing insinuations than to think about why this forum is in such a desolate state. That's not productive in the slightest, but it's very amusing.

Ah dear old Skip, driven mad by the nutty Brits banging on about madras popovers and The Blessed St. John Simons. Dont'cha just love it? Stroking that handsome hound of yours should bring that blood pressure down a bit old chap.

Dulouz: ''Ah dear old Skip...'' He certainly wants to participate here and that's a good thing.


I'm conflicted about this. This used to be a really good forum that I enjoyed hanging out in. Then it suddenly disappeared because the operator had missed updates for years. When it surprisingly reappeared, most of the users were gone and it hasn't worked properly ever since. In addition, the range of topics has also become significantly smaller, which I criticized exaggeratedly.
What became of users, e.g. "stanshall" whose contributions I greatly appreciated? Isn't there a way to get them back? For this, however, one would also have to offer a platform that is technically up to date. Because I used to be a forum administrator myself, I know it's not rocket science.
But I've written all this several times in the past and nothing has happened so far. It's no wonder users are migrating.