I could rant on why I'm not fond of the other boards, but it's mainly due to the censorship, and people getting carried away with moderating stuff. Another reason I don't like facebook and the like is because people always leave such short, dimwitted responses.

I still wish some of the old board regulars would give this place a fair chance. Some of them registered back when the place was ugly as fuck, so I'm sure they would be a lot happier here now if they actually tried it out. It's come a long way, and has more functionality than a lot of other forums out there.

And of course, sometimes, the freedom of speech here is what turned a few people off. I still have no fucking clue why certain people were being so pissy about some political talk, but they made a conscious choice to get offended and not explain why, so yeah... the freedom has its ups and downs.

What about the format do you think they wouldn't like? I'm an avid fan of nested comments, because you actually know who's replying to who. Some people are deadset on their ways though, and I can understand it. Some people like it viewed in flat, threaded, etc. If it's something easy like that, I can always make a skin for it, like I did for tedb. I even thought about snagging the look of zed's now defunct site and making a skin for that, but I didn't have enough sentimental attachment towards that place to maintain the desire.

It's a shame that beatnik, peeps, and smerd runoft, but maybe they'll get bored eventually and come back on here. I took a look at ICM and it ain't pretty. A generic forum template of a website, and I can't seem to figure out what "ICM" actually stands for.

I have trouble keeping up with just 1 challenge a month, so anymore than that is pushing it. I liked having 2 challenges last month, but it does offset your focus. I'm a regular guy, so I have work and other errands in life. Can't keep up with entertainment as much as want to.

There are an abundance of memes on facebook, and while some of them can be quite funny, most of them aren't. It's all about keeping people interested, right? Why do people post some of the shit they do then? Nobody wants to hear about your boring day, or your cat, or whatever it is. People only want to talk about themselves on facebook, where message boards are here more for actual discussion. A dying concept these days, I suppose...