I did Anne McCaffrey's KT bulletin board host thing for a year, and visited regularly for years before that. Now it's gone, and I am finding that I don't miss it at all. Some of the folks I miss, sure, like Priscilla-the-host and a few others--but the last few months on hostdom before it closed seem to have soured the whole thing for me so much that I don't even desire to visit any of the alternate sites. Even the BPOI board, usually good for a chuckle or two, seems to have faded--at least from the outside looking in.
I guess I should have expected that, since I was mostly only posting in the writer section and occasionally in the Lounge. The parts people loved most--the games, the Pern discussions that were fresh to new folks but worn ground for me--those lost their glow a while ago. I've grown in different directions. But I am glad that the new forums exist for those that enjoy them.
Ah, well. The PBeM is still fun. :o)
I guess I should have expected that, since I was mostly only posting in the writer section and occasionally in the Lounge. The parts people loved most--the games, the Pern discussions that were fresh to new folks but worn ground for me--those lost their glow a while ago. I've grown in different directions. But I am glad that the new forums exist for those that enjoy them.
Ah, well. The PBeM is still fun. :o)
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It ended up something like the end of an era, I suppose. The KT made me really mad some days, but I think a lot of that was because I remembered what it USED to be like before it became overrun with asshats and bad administration. I don't miss it, either. The Pern discussions were rehashed a lot, and sadly, my favorite discussion there ever (silver dragons) eroded into a lot of people being idiots. Waah.
Now I'm thinking about it. Heh.
That place was the sort of environment that saps all your patience and confidence. I don't miss the other hosts (aside from you two and Anna!) and I don't miss "working" for ungrateful Anne.
I'm pretty sure that nothing will drag me to the new site for anything but a surf-by, or at least as long as some folks are there. And I figure they're happier that way, too.
Oh, and I will miss Dragon*Con this year. I'm going to do the Nasfic instead since it's here in Seattle but it will be all writerly and hardly the same at all.