What do you think makes AT forums so popular?

archcommus

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I've never encountered busier forums than these. Is it just because AT posts so many quality articles, and more articles = more readers, and more readers = more forum goers?
 

Shawn

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I post here because there is so much traffic. Pretty much it.

edit: Oh and because of Zim Hosein. :lips::Q
 

Zugzwang152

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probably the vast variety of forums to post in, as well as numerous experts willing to help you out.

and because it supports ATOT, without which 80% of the population would die out.
 

archcommus

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The traffic and ATOT, exactly my point, what has made ATOT so popular? What has generated all the users to begin with?
 

OREOSpeedwagon

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The reason there are so many people in OT has nothing to do with AT's articles. I think it's just the huge community, there's always a thread where you can talk about something you at least know a little about.
 

Zim Hosein

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Originally posted by: Shawn
I post here because there is so much traffic. Pretty much it.

edit: Oh and because of Zim Hosein. :lips::Q

:Q
 

Wallydraigle

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AT forums are like a pearl. It took years of snot piled layer upon layer on top of each other, and it all started with a single grain of sand. Any grain of sand in all the oceans could have been a pearl, but just a few are in the right place at the right time to get so completely covered in mucus as the one that began the forums here.
 

notfred

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The traffic is what makes it popular... it's like some sort of self-perpetuating fusion reaction that keeps drawing in more matter until eventually it will turn into a black hole.
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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Originally posted by: notfred
The traffic is what makes it popular... it's like some sort of self-perpetuating fusion reaction that keeps drawing in more matter until eventually it will turn into a black hole.

Except that instead of light not being able to escape, it's the lifers?
 
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i came because of the fs/t forums...i was trying to get rid of some laptop parts and didnt want to ebay them...thats actually how i found hardforums as well...and then i ended up staicking around becasue there were so many knowledgable people here...then i found OT...and its all downhill from there :)
 
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Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: notfred
The traffic is what makes it popular... it's like some sort of self-perpetuating fusion reaction that keeps drawing in more matter until eventually it will turn into a black hole.

Except that instead of light not being able to escape, it's the lifers?

haha, yup
 

Colt45

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I haven't read the articles in years. I don't even know what sockets the new generation of CPU's use.