tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post6323082766954908384..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: My declining interest in forumsLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-74620954893703544512010-06-15T11:13:27.178-05:002010-06-15T11:13:27.178-05:00Dear Anonymous,
Thank you for your astute evaluat...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />Thank you for your astute evaluation of the situation. I is so stoopid for being capable of change over a period of years. May I learn to be as inflexible, rigid, and as brave as you are when you make such a strong stance under the Anonymous umbrella. You are an inspiration to us all.<br /><br />xoxoLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-89296626433267699642010-06-14T13:03:07.292-05:002010-06-14T13:03:07.292-05:00Let´s make this really simple: You are an idiot! Y...Let´s make this really simple: You are an idiot! You joined a board about science fiction and fantasy literature and then you write some whining phrases about those user avoiding other literature. That´s like joining a board about baseball and then whining about those users avoiding soccer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-51123701281979828732010-06-07T14:23:47.154-05:002010-06-07T14:23:47.154-05:00Gonna miss you at westeros, Larry! But I'll ha...Gonna miss you at westeros, Larry! But I'll have you know I'm reading 100 Years of Solitude right now because of your praise for it! And that happened there on that forum. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01480490898426184251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-81211710554898470552010-06-07T10:32:17.314-05:002010-06-07T10:32:17.314-05:00Oddly enough, while you're disengaging with fo...Oddly enough, while you're disengaging with forums, you're becoming a rather excellent Twitter-ite. We've already had a very interesting conversation on there and you've since become on of my favorite new Twits. Ha!<br /><br />That said, I imagine some of your disengaging is due to age, but probably a lot of it has to do with a shift in interests. That's usually what makes me leave a forum. I'm currently only active on one, and that's the one I co-own (so, kind of obvious why I'm active there).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-76523751414094286512010-06-07T09:36:30.201-05:002010-06-07T09:36:30.201-05:00Same here, though the reason is more that forums c...Same here, though the reason is more that forums can become a worse time sink than reading a select list of blogs. Though I agree on the repetiveness (is that a word?) of several topics in forums. <br /><br />I still peep into the Westeros and Malazan forums but I restrict myself to some subforums for the most. Haven't been on SFF for ages and let my account on several other forums slip.<br /><br />I'm somewhat active on Absolute Write, a forum for writers where you can get the occasional useful feedback, and one about historical fiction, for the same reason. But I'm not one of the most avid posters on either. ;)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-48811303016583082732010-06-07T02:39:55.793-05:002010-06-07T02:39:55.793-05:00I can appreciate the sentiment. I’ve gone to the ...I can appreciate the sentiment. I’ve gone to the trouble to register with a couple but never had the inclination to post regularly. I find that the circular nature of discussion themes means forums can seem to stagnate. And while I love certain authors’ works, I’m not one to get right into the detail to participate in the deep analytical or speculative debates. The occasional re-read is definitely enjoyable, a la your recent forays, and I have my own guilty pleasures, but I prefer to move onto either a new book or author.<br /><br />These days I lurk on blogs of both authors and reviewers and occasionally I contribute a comment or two ;). I enjoy the fact that following a number of blogs makes for sampling a more diverse range of literature and opinion. <br /><br />Keep up the blogging!JamesYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152850062648450444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-55970504369860818142010-06-07T02:35:24.320-05:002010-06-07T02:35:24.320-05:00I've experienced a similar thing. I used to be...I've experienced a similar thing. I used to be a very active member at SFFworld and also had a minor presence at Westeros. Since starting to blog however, I have pretty much lost all interest in forums. Blogs these days give me all the genre news and debate I need, so forums for me have become somewhat redundant. It doesn't help when the same topics get discussed over and over again. I still dip in and out, to keep in the loop, but rarely engage in discussion.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.com