- Ciaran
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Posted by: Death v1
Bungie.net is simply going through the same thing as every other forum which is rapidly expanding. You feel as though the community is dying, because there are more varied posters, and you are less likely to see posts by your "e-friends" due to the fact that they are diluted by 50 other posters. You start out with your original core, which becomes very close, and slowly it gets dispersed due to hundreds of new posters.
Define 'varied'. Many of these posters can't even spell half a sentence. We're plagued by 'I can haz recon' with half page locks being a daily sight. I welcome new sensible posters, I really do, but I have yet to see many of them. I'd say there is about the same amount sensible posters as there used to be, despite the overall population growth, as many have been driven away. This relates to my last point.
This has happened in every individual forum on bungie.net…
Your random text generator is top notch by the way.
1. These two areas have their sad little elitist cliques who lament about how much fun it was back in the day when the whole group was together and they were the "big group" on Bungie. Everyone who asked for their groups to be mentioned in the OPs list are the exact types I'm referring to. ZOMG a list of important groups and WE'RE not on it?
I don't like you simply defining people who miss a better situation as 'elitists', and this is what we are dealing with; a situation. The Septagon made itself from the sprit that it was. The same people are there, the same opinions, but we can't operate in the environment I explained above.
2. The other areas don't allow threads like we see so commonly here, so it isnt as much of a public concern. How much of this good old days sympathy crap is actually genuine, versus how much is manufactured by the constant restating of how much better the past was?
The solution is simple, stop being cliquey, stop posting those damn old timers threads, and have some personal responsibilities over your actions. Be good posters, nothing more is needed, and there is no way you can ever expect to get the same feeling now, with over 2 million users, that you had however many years ago, with far less posters.
I'm glad you read my posts, because that's exactly what I'm suggesting. This is by no means an 'old timer' thread. I am not lamenting with a bottle of brandy how the old days were. What I'm doing is exploring then, now, the reasons why changes have occurred and what we should do in the future to continue enjoying the Seventh Column. And funnily enough, it’s the thing you’ve just come around to in your post, though you seem to present it as if we’re all missing the point.
Edit- Formatting.
[Edited on 02.21.2008 9:32 AM PST]