BionicleEvolution Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) So I know that BZP has been going strong for maaaaany maaaaaany years and its well known within the Bionicle community but does anyone see reddit.com/r/bioniclelego thread as a possible threat to BZPower? Does anyone think that /r/bioniclelego will come out on top in the future as reddit in whole is a more popular platform? #BioTube2017 Edited April 26, 2017 by BionicleEvolution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 In the past, BZP has been kindof unfriendly to rival sites, but it remains the largest bionicle fansite on the web, and even with the community dwindling I immensely doubt the bionicle subreddit will threaten BZP's presence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Imrukii Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 In short, Nah. In long, BZP has been around a very long time and I think will always be on top to close to it. But ever since BZP's initial downfall so many years ago the fans were divided and needed places to go, we can still see this today. But overall it is not a threat to the integrity and or longevity of BZP. BZP is the only force than can weaken itself. Quote Quote: "Love has no fear, and no vengeance." | :i: | Andekas ⴳ A RUDE AWAKENING - A BIONICLE G1 Continuation and Video Game Project (ARTIST AND CONCEPTUALIST) | I am an ENFP, that is my Personality. Check Out Makuta Teridax: Reaper of Darkness | Check out my Taknuva Stars MOC | ⴳ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan McOwen Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I very much doubt it lmao Quote I inadvertently predicted Vorox armour's use in G2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I've never heard of rbioniclelego until I read this topic. Regardless, I agree with everyone else in that it isn't a threat to BZP. Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I generally don't think so. While it is a continuing struggle for BZP to maintain relevance in an ever broadening internet with a focus on an increasingly niche franchise, I don't think any individual alternative sites for discussing Bionicle pose much of a DIRECT threat to BZPower (except in the infrequent but verifiable cases in which actual cyberattacks on BZPower have been plotted off-site). Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azani Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 See, I can understand concern over BZP's status and level of relevancy in the community as much as the next guy; the site has seen better days for sure. That said, I'm pretty confident that BZP's specialized focus and close affiliation with TLG will keep it above some random subreddit for a while. And if they do grow more successful, what's wrong with that? Quote Find (digital) me under the name Azani on YouTube, Eurobricks, Discord, the BioMedia Project and the TTV Message Boards. Please check out Project AFTERMAN on Tumblr and Facebook; I'm proud to have worked as their PR Manager and as a writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manducus Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The only thing that can take down BZP is BZP from 8 years ago 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaTImeLord Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I've never even heared of that website.Like others have said before me, BZP is the only thing that can take down BZP.The members we have now are the one that can last to a potential G3. Quote Hey I got a Flickr because I like making LEGO stuff. https://www.flickr.com/people/toatimelord/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfahome Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Yes. Now that there is an alternative place to discuss BIONICLE online, there is no way that BZPower will be able to last for a decade and a half. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanchir Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) Social media in general presents a challenge for this site's growth, but I don't see Reddit specifically as any more of a threat than other social media hubs like Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, or YouTube. The Bionicle community today is pretty decentralized compared to in 2006 or so when it was concentrated on big forums like BZPower, so I don't foresee any one site replacing BZP. Edited April 27, 2017 by Aanchir 2 Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiriamu Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Yeah, I don't go on Reddit for anything, and I doubt I'm alone in that. Quote Voicing your opinions with tact is the best way to keep a discussion from becoming an argument.So far as I'm aware, it's pronounced like this: We're ee ah moo. Check out my Creations:EpicsG1 Battle for Spherus Magna - G2 A Lingering ShadowShort StoriesG1 Fallen Guardian - G2 Shadows of Past and Future (The Legend Continues Entry) Head of Stone, Heart of JungleMOCsMask Hoarder, Desert Scourge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Imrukii Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 (edited) The only thing that can take down BZP is BZP from 8 years ago Thats almost exactly what i said. But overall it is not a threat to the integrity and or longevity of BZP. BZP is the only force than can weaken itself. Great minds think alike. Edited April 28, 2017 by Toa Imrukii Quote Quote: "Love has no fear, and no vengeance." | :i: | Andekas ⴳ A RUDE AWAKENING - A BIONICLE G1 Continuation and Video Game Project (ARTIST AND CONCEPTUALIST) | I am an ENFP, that is my Personality. Check Out Makuta Teridax: Reaper of Darkness | Check out my Taknuva Stars MOC | ⴳ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Historian Iaredios Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 We are like ol' Rhomania. Our greatest threat is not the multitude of wolves that lurk outside our borders and harass us, steal from us bit by bit, but rather ourselves. If we unify and not seek independent glory and share common respect to one another then we shall last for another millennium. Roman history, applicable to about everything. <3 1 Quote A RUDE AWAKENING - A Spherus Magna redo | Tzais-Kuluu | Pushing Back The Tide | Last Words | Black Coronation | Blue Man Bound | Visions of Thasos ن We are all but grey specks in a dark complex before a single white light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trayn0r Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 BZP is still always going to be better than Reddit in my mind. I have been part of this community for about 10 years (lost my old account because I was very young when I made it and didn't remember my password or have a recovery email), and it is definitely the most inclusive Bionicle Fan community. I am a member of Bionicle Maskposting on Facebook as well as /r/BionicleLego, and the people there are generally just not as nice. I posted a MOC on here and the people who replied were all very friendly and gave great advice/insight. Can't really say the same about Facebook or Reddit communities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaTImeLord Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) BZP is still always going to be better than Reddit in my mind. I have been part of this community for about 10 years (lost my old account because I was very young when I made it and didn't remember my password or have a recovery email), and it is definitely the most inclusive Bionicle Fan community. I am a member of Bionicle Maskposting on Facebook as well as /r/BionicleLego, and the people there are generally just not as nice. I posted a MOC on here and the people who replied were all very friendly and gave great advice/insight. Can't really say the same about Facebook or Reddit communities. Yeah those other websites can get pretty mean.Post a moc on Facebook there is always going to be someone going to call it trash and use rather crude language. BZPower is a safe place for MOC makers. Edited May 16, 2017 by Toa TimeLord Quote Hey I got a Flickr because I like making LEGO stuff. https://www.flickr.com/people/toatimelord/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Imrukii Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 BZP is still always going to be better than Reddit in my mind. I have been part of this community for about 10 years (lost my old account because I was very young when I made it and didn't remember my password or have a recovery email), and it is definitely the most inclusive Bionicle Fan community. I am a member of Bionicle Maskposting on Facebook as well as /r/BionicleLego, and the people there are generally just not as nice. I posted a MOC on here and the people who replied were all very friendly and gave great advice/insight. Can't really say the same about Facebook or Reddit communities. Listen, with my experiences with TTV, I can say first hand that in terms of civility, if that's even a word, that BZP is really the best fandom forum, or really any place of interaction in general, that I have been a part of. Regardless of just BIONICLE in fact, I've been a part of a few other communities in my day, and though they have their perks, BZP really is the best place that I have personally been a part of. In it's past it may have not been anywhere near as good as it is now, but it has certainly made up for those days. And I will say that I have had my unfortunate run-ins with some rather immature or just frankly uncivil members here, but I never felt like I was going to be vilified here for defending myself in such, unlike my experiences with TTV some odd years ago. Where I would be cherry-picked out, and put the blame on, for really anything, because I had made mistakes. I was used as a scapegoat, and always felt hated, and because of that I was on edge. In fact, BZP was my last haven for a time, and when I came on, I was not vilified, but people actually for once cared about me and helped, and became my friends. Never before than did I feel such love. I have been a fan since 2001, but only until around 2011 did I really start to get into the broader community. And though I've had my ups and downs, my personal best experiences have been with BZP. Heck, I went to BrickFair NE this year as an exhibitor, and felt the same amount of love there as I do here on the site. That's something I can say I never felt with TTV, even though for a time I gave them far more attention and frankly love of mine as a fan. Now, there have been a few occasions that have not been so good with BZP, not with me, but with others. And though they weren't handled as well per say as they could have been, it's not like it was full of anger and hatred and uncivilness, as my experiences with TTV were like. From what I can assess, BZP does their best to try and fix difficult situations, and they do an admirable job I feel in finding solutions to problems. With all those regards combined, I feel very personally and strongly that BZP will almost always be better than any other fan-site or group, because BZP always tries to fix problems. Unlike those other place where you'll always have that one toxic individual, and a group of people who don't know how to fix it, and who do not know forgiveness. And let me say this, as a person who has been thrown under the bus several times, left for dead. I don't just mean online, I mean in real life too, harassed, abused, humiliated, I know true pain and true evil, so much so that I can say that BZP will last a long time. Despite it's darkest hours. Quote Quote: "Love has no fear, and no vengeance." | :i: | Andekas ⴳ A RUDE AWAKENING - A BIONICLE G1 Continuation and Video Game Project (ARTIST AND CONCEPTUALIST) | I am an ENFP, that is my Personality. Check Out Makuta Teridax: Reaper of Darkness | Check out my Taknuva Stars MOC | ⴳ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedefeaterdragon Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Can't both co-exist? Shouldn't we be on both places at once? XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazdakka Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 In short, Nah. In long, BZP has been around a very long time and I think will always be on top to close to it. But ever since BZP's initial downfall so many years ago the fans were divided and needed places to go, we can still see this today. But overall it is not a threat to the integrity and or longevity of BZP. BZP is the only force than can weaken itself.When/what was this "downfall" you speak of? Quote Steam Name: Toa Hahli Mahri. Xbox Live Gamertag: Makuta. Minecraft Username: ThePoohster.Wants: 2003 Jaller (from Jaller and Gukko), Exo-Toa, Turaga Nuju, Turaga Vakama, Shadow Kraata, Axonn, Brutaka, Vezon & Fenrakk, Nocturn, ORANGE FIKOU.I got rid of my picture, are you happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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