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Quite DomA Send a noteboard - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM

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View original post If it's to remain a WoTmania fansite, it can stay as it is and probably die of obscurity in a few years time.

As a WOT site it died pretty much around the same time as RJ. It's already an "obscure" WOT site for almost anyone but the old timers on various WOT sites.

There's really no point trying to keep that side of it, though I think the "other literarure" aspect would also take a huge amount of work and rejuvenation to lift off the ground.



Book forums as a whole seem to be either stagnating or dwindling in activity, as I've noticed this even with those dedicated to very visible writers like Martin or Neil Gaiman (to name two boards where I was either once active or am semi-active even today). Social media (and blogs before them) cannibalized much of the social aspects of forum participation when they created more focused elements of news/discussion than the hodge-podge that used to be seen at sites like wotmania.

Sometimes, I wonder if running a book forum would be akin to having UseNet discussions in the 21st century...


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To whom do you turn when you want to learn more about new books? - 10/11/2013 06:17:07 AM 1352 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1069 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1008 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 953 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1080 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1010 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 980 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 870 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1288 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 984 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 965 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 994 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 949 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 952 Views
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I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1111 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1132 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 966 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 959 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1076 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1073 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 919 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 950 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 878 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 787 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1028 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 918 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1168 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 904 Views
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I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 891 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 919 Views
here, mostly, but i also have less time to read (sort of) and a lot to read... - 19/11/2013 03:49:15 PM 851 Views
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I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 864 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 873 Views

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