AndyDufresne wrote:Serbia wrote:Thinking that you can invite some old, previously banned members back to the site and return it to the "glory years" is ridiculous. It ain't happening. You can't manufacture something that just isn't present anymore. The site has changed, and I don't know that it's possible to recreate the old days. Really, I think it's silly to try. Don't live in the past; look to the future. And good luck with all that.
Bollocks.
The early CC community was very much a product of its time. Reddit and Facebook and Youtube were just starting to be adopted social community spaces and other social community spaces ( Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Steam, etc) were further on the horizon. I think based on anecdotal reports, forum communities across the web have dwindled in numbers -- even as more and more people are moving online, their interaction and drive is further pushed outside of the traditional model of forum communities that have been around since the 80's.
Your essay is a bit short and you haven't quoted your sources so I'm gonna have to give you a B- on this one Andy.
/ Professor Gillipig