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Thank you for taking the time to share. *NM* everynametaken Send a noteboard - 18/08/2014 04:55:56 AM

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But that's not going to stop me. Hey guys.

I would love to see the site reinvented. Wotmania was a great community. RAFO in ye earlye days was a great community. Great, independent communities have dwindled on the internet specifically because of social media. Everyone congregates on the mega sites, everything is conglomerated in Groups and Circles and Followers and hashtag "parties" and what have you. It's been a meteoric rise of a new way to interact over the past decade, but I've noticed a LOT of my friends getting tired of it. Facebook has evolved from a good way to stay in touch and have fun to a life draining, data driven parasite. (Not to say wotmania wasn't my pre-MySpace/Facebook time sucking crack, but I was younger then.)

I know I haven't been involved at all in the past four years, but there's something here, or there has been. It brings me back about once a year to lurk and look around. I think about what this community was. I think about the people I met back then, online friends that became real life friends. I think it could be salvaged if the model evolved. It could be a bigger, greater community again, and I like some of the ideas mentioned above.

My two cents, screaming in from left field. I'd like to see the site rise again, and I would not in the least mind being some small part of it.


But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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/Poll: Is it time to pull the plug on this site? - 28/07/2014 08:20:13 AM 1669 Views
umm... - 28/07/2014 12:48:01 PM 1093 Views
Yeah, I was in a bit of a frustrated mood when I wrote this - 29/07/2014 07:57:55 AM 1203 Views
I do find your sneering attitude over the site quite annoying, to be honest. - 28/07/2014 02:29:30 PM 1196 Views
*NM* - 28/07/2014 03:12:47 PM 579 Views
I always find these type of responses to be interesting - 29/07/2014 08:04:45 AM 1184 Views
We've gotten old, my friend. - 12/08/2014 06:02:34 AM 1127 Views
Agreed. - 29/07/2014 02:56:21 PM 929 Views
Re: Agreed. - 31/07/2014 01:37:01 PM 1020 Views
I agree. *NM* - 31/07/2014 01:32:43 PM 717 Views
Honestly, I would like to see one more big effort to revive the site..... - 28/07/2014 04:15:26 PM 1071 Views
I like this - 29/07/2014 07:55:04 AM 1083 Views
Having goals is overrated. - 29/07/2014 09:57:39 PM 970 Views
Eh, it's summer. - 29/07/2014 10:44:07 AM 990 Views
If you don't enjoy coming here anymore - 29/07/2014 12:03:52 PM 1036 Views
A better question would be - 31/07/2014 12:08:18 AM 953 Views
Re: /Poll: Is it time to pull the plug on this site? - 31/07/2014 08:56:46 PM 1010 Views
Where on Facebook do you chat about sci-fi/fantasy topics? - 01/08/2014 04:23:57 AM 987 Views
Facebook... ugh. *shudders* *NM* - 05/08/2014 12:33:57 AM 546 Views
My wife and I use Facebook to send around pics of our daughter..... - 05/08/2014 07:18:05 PM 926 Views
Oh, I know, I'm trapped too because of family pictures. - 06/08/2014 02:17:16 AM 957 Views
It would be nice to see a revival *NM* - 31/07/2014 10:19:02 PM 620 Views
Well, I don't know if you should have been scolded or not. - 05/08/2014 01:23:38 AM 1094 Views
Very good post.....we all got old! - 05/08/2014 07:16:54 PM 998 Views
_ - 06/08/2014 08:55:09 AM 994 Views
*NM* - 06/08/2014 03:24:11 PM 545 Views
While I haven't commented in a year and seem to be late to this post... - 06/08/2014 04:05:13 AM 1036 Views
ditto *NM* - 08/08/2014 01:37:19 PM 741 Views
I'd post more if the CMB didn't take literally 10 minutes to load. - 08/08/2014 07:49:47 AM 935 Views
Are you logged in, and have you set your preferences to limit the length of time included? - 08/08/2014 03:22:26 PM 964 Views
WELP. That would do it. Thanks. *NM* - 11/08/2014 02:44:54 AM 518 Views
Expecting flood of posts any minute *NM* - 11/08/2014 11:00:50 AM 732 Views
It's coming. - 12/08/2014 02:21:25 AM 995 Views
This QotM loaded when I clicked this post: - 12/08/2014 10:27:34 AM 931 Views
The QotM is telling me we need more sexual innuendos - 15/08/2014 10:34:44 PM 981 Views
I presumed that was what "it's coming" meant - 16/08/2014 10:47:32 PM 1021 Views
No - 12/08/2014 06:00:37 AM 1131 Views
I am literally among the least qualified people on this site to impart any opinion here - 17/08/2014 06:21:22 AM 1005 Views
Thank you for taking the time to share. *NM* - 18/08/2014 04:55:56 AM 464 Views
De nada *NM* - 18/08/2014 08:42:50 AM 556 Views
No - 31/08/2014 03:15:20 PM 923 Views
No. - 02/09/2014 07:05:02 PM 879 Views
*NM* - 07/09/2014 02:52:34 PM 490 Views

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