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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 1729 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1407 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1360 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 1303 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1456 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1380 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1324 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 1209 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1671 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1350 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 1263 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1344 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 1325 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 1316 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 1319 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 686 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1485 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1496 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1287 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1292 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1455 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1435 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 1262 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 1306 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 1243 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 1146 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1475 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 1289 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1614 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 1274 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 1270 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 1240 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 1277 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 1170 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 1117 Views
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I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 1258 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 1195 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 1217 Views

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