Cynthetiq

but that's what the most interesting part about forum communities are... sometimes they disagree with the direction that is taken by new management and they pick up their marbles and go play somewhere else and start a new forum.

How is this any different than catering to your PROFITABLE market? So there is some people who were serviced as well, but the new management decides they don't want to play with those folks anymore and would rather put their resources to better use in a different direction.

That's the beauty of this all. We get to see what we want to see, we don't like it, we can change it, turn it off, vote with our feet, etc. But as the proprietor, they have a slightly different view, they can change the menu completely and cater to a whole new crowd of people, all because they want to.

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