Personally I feel a site where we, as a community, have more of a say in how it looks, operates and is run and moderated is a wonderful idea. I just get the feeling it would be incredibly difficult to get off the ground. I also don't really know a lot about exactly what it would take to do this, so can't really offer much of an input there.
I've been here five years and I often go through lengthy phases away from here, and when I am here a lot of things annoy me. How annoyed I become by being here is something that has gotten stronger with time. I come here because there are a few people here I like and enjoy conversing with, and of course I come here to read about music I may enjoy, and use this site for reference. I would be lying if I said I haven't, at some point or other, been critical of many things here and of things I think we could do better. From the approach we take in the way things are run and moderated, to the treatment of new members, and many other things that don't make this as friendly a place as it could be to visit for all users and potential users.
I don't want to see this place die, but I think one thing to consider, which would hopefully not become an issue but always could, especially as we don't exactly have a huge amount of active, registered users, is one day this site could close. What then? I think at least having these discussions now can only be a positive thing.
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