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Originally Posted by right-track
If we didn't have a current affairs forum the political stuff would just end up in the Lounge anyway.
I don't see how any of the non music forums take anything away from MusicBanter.
And if we didn't have a Lounge, I don't think this site would be as busy as it is.
If anything they help to keep the members coming back, even when they have nothing to say about music.
It's all about choice.
If people want to talk about music they can. Those who want to talk about nothing else but music don't have to go in the Community forums.
I don't see any members who used to post in the music forums posting exclusively in the Community forums either, so I don't personally see how it's to the detriment of MB.
This topic of how "MB aint what it used to be" crops up at least once a year since I've been here.
The best comment I've seen about this subject was made by one of the Admins (not sure which one). Basically he said, that these boards belong to us and we make them what we want them to be.
It's as simple as that.
This thread is on 8 pages now and if some of the energy that's been put into some of the posts made in here was directed elsewhere instead of the bitching that's going on (this isn't aimed at you Lee) then we all wouldn't have much to bitch about would we?
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I don't see any members who used to post about music exclusively using the community forums either but thats why they don't post in the music forums. I know for a fact talking to many members that the ideology of the forum has changed but my opinion as to why has already been stated. Mine is only one opinion but now being an outsider, it's more than coincidence that many regulars are nowhere near as active as they were since the introduction of that forum.
I have been on both sides of the coin and can say hand on heart that the heart of this forum has always been the discussion of music and these days the focus has shifted a lot.
Moderators are still doing a great job regarding maintenance but input has dramatically dropped IMO for sure over the last 12 months regarding the site and healthy threads.
As for coming up once a year? I don't see that myself and didn't feel that on my side but then it is a free forum so I can't expect the site to fulfill all my needs but as an ex moderator I feel I at should at least point out why I am not so active at least.