QotM Options

[*kryogenix*]

Question of the Moment: For those that do not blog on a regular basis, what keeps you coming back to createblog?

For the newer members who may not recognize this, I need to introduce this. QotM means Question of the Moment. It was a task I adopted back when I still moderated these boards. It originally started out as Question of the Day by micron, but micron never really followed up on that, so I picked it up and asked every once in a while. I guess its purpose has now been overshadowed by the Feedback section, but I feel it's appropriate in this case.

For the older members who remember this: you may find this question similar; as far as I can remember, it's pretty much the same question I asked for the last QotM.

However, my answer has changed. I think in the last round, I said something along the lines of "staying for the vibrant community." I resigned from my position on staff, and from these boards last time, because I wasn't a blogger and there was no reason for me to come back here. I left for some time, and funnily enough, I started a blog. It started off pretty slow, but at one point, I was getting hundreds of visitors. But I quit that because I felt I had started "preaching to the choir" (actually, almost literally) and also for the reasons why I quite blogging in the first place.

I found some other great forums that I went too. Unfortunately, both experienced downtime so I was left without an eHome. I lurked for a little while, saw people come and go and watched the last two forums I enjoyed the most turn to crap. Most of the posts in debate are either paraphrased from wikipedia, pseudo intellectual rants, or someone just giving their two cents and leaving. Tech has been reduced to fanboy flamewars and people asking for free photoshop. The locker rooms and relationships have always been a joke, but the lounge was semi entertaining at first, but now it's filled with inane topics, people getting easily offended and useless cliques and clubs.

I eventually came back and learned quickly, via the new "Internet: Serious Business Moderating Team™", that I wasn't really welcome back. Makes sense, I think the only person here left that really knows is krnxswat (although I've been pleasantly surprised to see some familiar names pop up once in a while).

The worst part is, I really would have liked to believe it was myself that changed for the worse. I mean, I used to type long and thought out responses like this instead of sarcastic one liners. But I realized on only changed in response to cB changing. cB was the common denominator in everyone else I respected leaving.

So cB, do you still have funny, entertaining and intellectual discussions in you? Are you bad enough dudes to rescue the president? Or has this place changed so much that if I try to crack an inside joke, my topics get closed?

In any case, for those that read this far, thank you. I'm really interested in knowing if there is anyone else that doesn't blog here, but still stays. Maybe there's something here that I'm overlooking.

[*Libertie*]

James

I guess it's true that people don't really get your inside jokes anymore, but don't give up on us. I've made an agreement with a few other people to make an honest effort to become an active, contributing member again - you could join us. :P

[*kryogenix*]

James

I guess it's true that people don't really get your inside jokes anymore, but don't give up on us. I've made an agreement with a few other people to make an honest effort to become an active, contributing member again - you could join us. :P

The answer is 99% no, but I'm curious to know who you are talking to. PM me. Just bringing back the old members will change little; though it'd make me happy just to get some contact information from them.

Thanks, Kathleen. I'm also here only for the laughs, but I'm starting to feel like it's getting too pathetic.