So I just wanted to start a conversation about this.
To be honest I'm not even too sure what I'm ranting on about but I think at the heart of it is what do you all suppose keeps the engine chugging away for some when it just up and seizes for others?
That got me started on the thinking. Over the years I have been a part of a lot of different community groups on the Internet from the much loved days of old on mIRC and email lists (remember those) to the much more current forums we find today. What does baffle me as well is that there comes a time for many of them where they just fizzle away into nothing. Being a new member here I cannot comment on what this form has been in the past, nor can I really compare it to anything because this is my first hobby related forum but what I can see is that it does seem at the very least active. With the advent of Facebook I find myself locked out of many discussions on the interwebs because I just am not interested in such a tool, however I see more and more community groups leaning in this direction. When this happens I find you lose the connection to the knowledge base that I find here and in other related forums and it degrades into more of a sharing entity. One that perhaps is more active, yet from what I can tell lacks the true substance that accumulates from the collective participation and knowledge of dedicated membership.
To be honest I'm not even too sure what I'm ranting on about but I think at the heart of it is what do you all suppose keeps the engine chugging away for some when it just up and seizes for others?