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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 10-26-2006, 06:01 AM

What's wrong with posting on the old threads? Heren Istarion does it regularly, and it often triggers some interesting conversation. Since I don't personally care who started a thread or how long ago the last comment on it was made I'm usually quite happy to do that. I seem to remember that this is what the forum guidelines suggest as well, but perhaps those aren't the things to bring up just at the moment.

The problem is that our turnover of members is slowing now that film fever has begun to die down. It's inevitable that someone who's been around here for five or six years might have lost a bit of steam when it comes to certain issues, and there just isn't the influx of new blood there was in '04. The answer is simple: post well. If you can't think of a new thread, try looking at the old ones: I guarantee that nobody can remember them all, and even H-I can't have read every single one. I know for a fact that we left some issues unresolved, but lacked the right perspective to round things off. Even if you don't find inspiration in the musty archives, you'll get a different slant on matters. Some of my favourite members haven't been seen here in an age, and I know that their posts were well worth reading.

The oldest threads here are only six years old. How out-of-date can this sort of discussion get in six years anyway?

10-26-2006, 06:01 AM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Forum archaeology: not as dull as it sounds What's wrong with posting on the old threads? Heren Istarion does it regularly, and it often triggers some interesting conversation. Since I don't personally care who started a thread or how long ago the last comment on it was made I'm usually quite happy to do that. I seem to remember that this is what the forum guidelines suggest as well, but perhaps those aren't the things to bring up just at the moment. The problem is that our turnover of members is slowing now that film fever has begun to die down. It's inevitable that someone who's been around here for five or six years might have lost a bit of steam when it comes to certain issues, and there just isn't the influx of new blood there was in '04. The answer is simple: post well. If you can't think of a new thread, try looking at the old ones: I guarantee that nobody can remember them all, and even H-I can't have read every single one. I know for a fact that we left some issues unresolved, but lacked the right perspective to round things off. Even if you don't find inspiration in the musty archives, you'll get a different slant on matters. Some of my favourite members haven't been seen here in an age, and I know that their posts were well worth reading. The oldest threads here are only six years old. How out-of-date can this sort of discussion get in six years anyway? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?