Early 2024: Fakeologist Audiochat Renaissance?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:33 am
Earlier, I had typed up a far more detailed post, but when I went to publish it, the forum logged me out and it was all lost.
So I'm not going to type it all out again.
Basically, I summarised some key factors which I think have led to the recent upsurge in activity on the fakeo audiochats, such as the
* Appearance of two new fakery-aware regulars (Toby and Zero1)
* Return of several veterans (e.g. Armunn Righ, Velocet, GoldenSkidmark)
* Addition of new tech (the call-in streamer bot, the soundboard)
This has all occurred in the past few months.
Now we are seeing regular 10+ hour megacalls, which often feature some insightful and entertaining conversation.
This is in contrast to how things were for large parts of 2023, when the audiochats had become stale and stagnant.
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I have some questions
1) Are we seeing the dawn of a new golden age of fakeologist audiochats?
2) Do many people listen to files which are more than 3 or 4 hours long?
(And, if not, are these megacalls actually counterproductive in some ways?)
3) How long will this current uptick in activity last before the next downturn / exodus?
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From my vantage point, I am enjoying the fakeo audiochats in their current form.
It has been terrific to see some of the former stalwarts return, especially when they converse with the newer crop of chatters.
The soundboard in particular has added a whole new dimension to the calls and indeed to the community element of the place.
Self-referential clips and in-jokes help foster and reinforce a the subcultural element of the broader fakeo platform.
Consider the smash hit taking the Euro dance charts by storm, 'Stop It' by Crazy DaveJ and the Meta-Scriptors:
https://fakeologist.com/stopitbycrazyda ... fakeotube/
This kind of thing is only possible because of the audiochats which have been taking place lately.
Credit has to go to Ab -- and, yes, also to wildflowers -- for helping to foster what the fakeologist chats have become lately.
It isn't easy to maintain and manage a community of people who are so disparate and individualistic by their nature.
There will occasionally be spotfires and even full blown catfights from time to time, this is inevitable.
Overall, though, there is plenty of wheat to be found amongst the chaff in recent audiochats.
I hope things can continue as they are for a while, hopefully well into 2024 (and maybe even beyond?)
So I'm not going to type it all out again.
Basically, I summarised some key factors which I think have led to the recent upsurge in activity on the fakeo audiochats, such as the
* Appearance of two new fakery-aware regulars (Toby and Zero1)
* Return of several veterans (e.g. Armunn Righ, Velocet, GoldenSkidmark)
* Addition of new tech (the call-in streamer bot, the soundboard)
This has all occurred in the past few months.
Now we are seeing regular 10+ hour megacalls, which often feature some insightful and entertaining conversation.
This is in contrast to how things were for large parts of 2023, when the audiochats had become stale and stagnant.
---
I have some questions
1) Are we seeing the dawn of a new golden age of fakeologist audiochats?
2) Do many people listen to files which are more than 3 or 4 hours long?
(And, if not, are these megacalls actually counterproductive in some ways?)
3) How long will this current uptick in activity last before the next downturn / exodus?
---
From my vantage point, I am enjoying the fakeo audiochats in their current form.
It has been terrific to see some of the former stalwarts return, especially when they converse with the newer crop of chatters.
The soundboard in particular has added a whole new dimension to the calls and indeed to the community element of the place.
Self-referential clips and in-jokes help foster and reinforce a the subcultural element of the broader fakeo platform.
Consider the smash hit taking the Euro dance charts by storm, 'Stop It' by Crazy DaveJ and the Meta-Scriptors:
https://fakeologist.com/stopitbycrazyda ... fakeotube/
This kind of thing is only possible because of the audiochats which have been taking place lately.
Credit has to go to Ab -- and, yes, also to wildflowers -- for helping to foster what the fakeologist chats have become lately.
It isn't easy to maintain and manage a community of people who are so disparate and individualistic by their nature.
There will occasionally be spotfires and even full blown catfights from time to time, this is inevitable.
Overall, though, there is plenty of wheat to be found amongst the chaff in recent audiochats.
I hope things can continue as they are for a while, hopefully well into 2024 (and maybe even beyond?)