Posted by OddipusRex on April 5, 2003, at 21:49:49
In reply to Re: The Golden Age of Babble, posted by paxvox on April 5, 2003, at 20:17:22
I think there are posts pre-2000 yearning for the old days too. I guess it's natural for people to become attached to the particular group they first bonded with. And to resist change.
My guess is that for most people the good old days would be the ones in which they were most active or when they began posting.
I'd say the board can't NOT change. But I agree that it can't go back to what it once was.
Thanks for giving your viewpoint.
> I can answer that one for you. I think I made my first post in early 2000. I think 2000-01 was a "pretty good year" for these boards. Soon thereafter, however, a few individual personalities began to adversely affect the flow by "baiting" others into mindless diatribe. This led to most of "us" (read: Expats) to get booted, because we weren't playing nice. Some of us would do our time, then come back. Others, after several bootings, took the hint that this was not a place of objectivity. There were some "great minds" that no longer post here, who had some great information that was useful to many of us. in essence, they (like eventually me) were chased off out of frustration. Will that "golden age" return? No. Can the current board change? probably not, as the dynamics have morphed. Can the Expats return? Well, some of us have until we get booted again. Let's just say things were more of a community then. I don't "know" any of these people here now, so how can I be of much use? So, I'll just chip in when I think I can make a point, but it will never be the same.
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