Canreef - the most active Reef Forum in Canada???

wickedfrags · #1 02-23-2009, 06:06 PM

Is this board doing anyting differently? What can the the recent increase in traffic be attributed to?

Whatigot · #2 02-23-2009, 06:11 PM

definitely the best forum I've ever been banned from.

traco · #3 02-23-2009, 06:16 PM

All I know is I was away off the computer for 2 days and when hit New Posts, seven pages popped up. Lots of reading to catch up on!

Great forum and nice people. I also love the fact you can hit the "Search" button, enter what you want to and off it goes to search, not like Reef Central where I can never do that.

BlueAbyss · #4 02-23-2009, 06:21 PM

I was going to get a membership at AquariumPros.ca but they require you to have a 'real' email address. I use hotmail because it's easier, and they don't allow that.

So here I am!

Though realistically I belong to a host of sites... this one, NR, RC, Marine Planted Tanks, and Ultimate Reef.

KennyKen · #5 02-23-2009, 06:29 PM

Yah i definetly find this forum's members to be a whole lot less snotty then the "other" one.
So kudos to canreef and its memebers.

mseepman · #6 02-23-2009, 06:46 PM

I belong to a lot of other sites but this is the only one that is on all day on my PC.

I got temporarily banned from AP for not going on for a few weeks...what the heck is that? Plus, their admins seem like there are there for the power, not the info or discussion.

NR and RC are great too but they get soooo many posts that every thread I make is off the front page in about 20 - 60 minutes. Then no-one ever replies once you're buried.

fmelindy · #7 02-23-2009, 06:53 PM

been on every other reef board in this country and a few in the US and can definitely say that canreef has the friendliest people. When you have the friendliest people you also end up with the nest information, because people post for knowledge or to share info rather than just bashing/insulting each other all the time.

a4twenty · #8 02-24-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by traco

I also love the fact you can hit the "Search" button, enter what you want to and off it goes to search, not like Reef Central where I can never do that.

you have to take into account that there is usually between 1000 and 3000 people online and the search function is taking nonstop abuse. if you want to search RC, go to google and after entering your search click on 'advanced search' and enter 'reefcentral.com' under the 'Search within a site or domain" heading. this gives you loads of links to the forum and their archives.

not trying to take anything away from the search engine here but i hear a lot of people say the same thing about searching RC and it's so simple.

HTH

Snaz · #9 02-24-2009, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a4twenty

you have to take into account that there is usually between 1000 and 3000 people online and the search function is taking nonstop abuse. if you want to search RC, go to google and after entering your search click on 'advanced search' and enter 'reefcentral.com' under the 'Search within a site or domain" heading. this gives you loads of links to the forum and their archives.

not trying to take anything away from the search engine here but i hear a lot of people say the same thing about searching RC and it's so simple.

HTH

You can do the same google search without advanced search by including "domain:reefcentral.com" anywhere in the search.

ie - dendro domain:reefcentral.com

lastlight · #10 02-24-2009, 07:16 PM

I'm a premium member at RC and the search nearly never fails. Very rare.

Regarding the people over there though...it seems to me the really opinionated and elitist posters post much more often than the normal folk. This really inflates that sense that the board is overrun. I think for the massive userbase it's still pretty good. I enjoy browsing canreef a lot more but RC is so massive that it's very useful. Without premium search I doubt I'd go there much though.