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A couple of bits that I would add to your comments Larry Send a noteboard - 30/10/2013 08:01:10 AM

Around May 2007, when I finally accepted that Mike wasn't really going to do much with/for his site, I shifted my focus away from OF and re-established the OF Blog as a means of furthering certain interests that I felt weren't being addressed well at the site. It is interesting to note that there were at least three others who did post at OF/wotmania from 2005-2008 who went on to establish some very important SF/F (OK, one mostly joined to pimp his blog, but still, it took visibility here at least as much at Westeros back around 2005-2007 to gain influence) blogs. Yes, today Westeros' Literature section is slightly more active than OF was post-2005, but it never really focused on creating content (discussing it, however, was much better than at OF in its latter days, alas).

Certainly didn't help that almost all of those who did try to provide content for their various sections did not become leaders here, although our reasons for that differ, as you already know.

Two other things addressed either in this thread or not mentioned at all:

1) The layout/format is very unfriendly for those who use social media or other forum layouts. Might as well use Usenet, I suppose.

2) The notion that combined boards would improve matters is strange, considering it wasn't until the Other Fantasy subtopic was removed from the general board in October 2001 that there really was much discussion of anything. Too often, such threads were lost in the "Off Topic" posts of the day, something that I suspect would happen here (after all, when I joined wotmania in October 2000, there wasn't all that much activity as well).

Just don't think there is a panacea here for this site's terminal woes. As B.B. King sang, the thrill is gone.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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When did traffic on this site drop so much? - 25/10/2013 06:39:46 PM 1346 Views
Not really. - 27/10/2013 01:09:02 AM 888 Views
Which is why the other boards that have no political posts are dying too? *NM* - 28/10/2013 11:27:41 AM 442 Views
The other boards have always lived and died by the general forums popularity - 29/10/2013 12:24:04 AM 868 Views
While Community used to have more posts - 29/10/2013 11:48:21 AM 804 Views
Re: While Community used to have more posts - 30/10/2013 01:39:41 AM 951 Views
A couple of bits that I would add to your comments - 30/10/2013 08:01:10 AM 967 Views
Re: A couple of bits that I would add to your comments - 30/10/2013 04:17:26 PM 788 Views
That was an awesome reply! - 30/10/2013 12:04:12 PM 846 Views
Outstanding post. Very interesting. - 30/10/2013 04:22:06 PM 824 Views
The RPG board tends to stand on its own *NM* - 29/10/2013 06:39:54 PM 416 Views
Aww! I am sorry. - 07/11/2013 07:14:57 PM 1089 Views
It's always been dropping - 27/10/2013 08:28:07 AM 927 Views
The main issue is a lack of new blood. - 27/10/2013 11:19:28 AM 897 Views
I agree. *NM* - 27/10/2013 03:21:40 PM 401 Views
This. *NM* - 28/10/2013 11:06:09 AM 430 Views
I blame Facebook. *NM* - 27/10/2013 03:20:38 PM 439 Views
Me too. Fuck them. *NM* - 27/10/2013 11:46:17 PM 434 Views
How about combining all the boards into one again? *NM* - 28/10/2013 01:44:48 PM 484 Views
I've advocated for that for years. - 28/10/2013 01:54:03 PM 886 Views
Yes. The general board was fun. - 28/10/2013 07:43:15 PM 856 Views
Speaking of general boards - wasn't CMB3 promised - 29/10/2013 11:42:43 AM 864 Views
Yeah - it was. - 29/10/2013 02:36:25 PM 820 Views
Yep. - 30/10/2013 10:07:33 AM 876 Views
Agreed.....boards should be consolidated. *NM* - 28/10/2013 07:54:28 PM 455 Views
I vote for this - 28/10/2013 02:22:24 PM 1035 Views
Re: I vote for this - 28/10/2013 07:29:58 PM 834 Views
I think that was/is part of the problem. People have become soft and squeamish. - 29/10/2013 11:45:36 AM 833 Views
I agree *NM* - 29/10/2013 12:09:58 PM 502 Views
Yeah, blaming ghettoization for our problems and then advocating further ghettoization - 29/10/2013 03:51:00 PM 802 Views
I fail to see how he is advocating further ghettoization. *NM* - 29/10/2013 07:13:42 PM 448 Views
I meant to reply to praziquantel there. - 29/10/2013 11:05:35 PM 863 Views
OK. - 29/10/2013 11:33:59 PM 882 Views
Please explain to me where I advocated for further ghettoization. - 29/10/2013 09:32:16 PM 793 Views
Re: Please explain to me where I advocated for further ghettoization. - 29/10/2013 11:03:41 PM 786 Views
No worries - 29/10/2013 11:37:55 PM 842 Views
Yup *NM* - 30/10/2013 02:03:00 AM 494 Views
It is something I'm working on. - 30/10/2013 10:06:48 AM 888 Views

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