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stuckinthemud:
Or, is this site slowing down?  All the bows I have seen posted here for a while now have been stunning.  Way past anything I have made.  Now, this is fantastic on one level, gives us something to aspire to, maybe.  It might just be me, but I wonder if it is also bad for the site.  When I started out there were plenty of us novices posting indifferent bows, and getting really kind feedback.  I wonder if novices aren’t posting so much any more?  I still post pretty much everything I make, but as I only make a couple a year, I don’t really post that often. I would say I am pretty much still a novice, although I’ve been building since maybe 2016 and am still happy to ask for help  Weirdly, I’m asking for people to just post stuff here, not just their best stuff. I only belong to a few forums and several have died as people stopped posting stuff.  They just slowed down and quietly slipped away

Gordon:
Food for thought...

Hamish:
The quality of beginners bows seem much higher in quality than they did in the past. I guess this is due to how much information there is on this and other sites, that help them avoid most of the pitfalls that we went through.
Also newer bowyers may not be posting their learning experience bows, that broke, or had excessive stringfollow. They could be just posting the first bow they feel confident with.

stuckinthemud:
I think that’s kinda my point.  For a forum to die all it takes is people who are too lacking in confidence to post.  If you don’t think this site is starting to fail, check how many posts have been made in each section and compare that to last year.  Warbow, horn bows, arrows, pretty much no new posts in the last several months.  It was only a short while ago the bow page filled every day with new topics.  How many new topics have been posted today? Insecure novices are not asking questions or asking for help and the rest of us are keeping way too quiet.

Selfbowman:
I think the interest has been lost among younger folks unfortunately. The movies gave archery interest but that has faded  and then came covid . How do a bunch old guys bring back the passions? I don’t know. It’s happened to all hunting and fishing sports.  Im listening though. Also this time of year folks have a lot going on . Good topic .

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