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Originally Posted by 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.
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I always felt that the most interesting part of forum communities are the conversations...
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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.
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To what are you speaking? Yes, they're doing what they think will be most profitable for some criteria of profit. Do you think anyone was disputing that?
I'm saying that this particular change they're making is lame. They used to welcome having their beliefs critiqued and challenged and now they're saying they don't. The origins theology was probably the most educational forum in that whole site and they want to change that. I can only imagine what it's going to be like, now...
It's like they're against education. I'm not saying this isn't what the market wants, I'm saying that market is pathetic...
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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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Do you have a point anymore? I'm trying very hard to see what you're getting at but you don't seem to be saying it. I can summarize your last paragraph as "the beauty of all this is that you can do what you want and so can they." Is that really the beautiful part? Are you sure there wasn't something more specific you were trying to say?
Incidentally, I could have sworn we've had a conversation about
Pascal's wager but I can't find that thread so I'll just remind you that's it's rather flawed reasoning...