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I think we need fewer forums so more ends up on the main page. I tend not to read as many threads if I have to go from forum to forum to find them. If they were on the main page , you could scan them all at once.
As far as the controversy over the semi private forum , I do think people have a legitimate gripe.
We went through about 2 most excellent years here. Having been involved with many sites at the time , IMO there was no contest that John had succeeded in creating the site everyone wanted. Then as word got out about how outstanding a site it was , people started joining in blocks. the MSBA block , the CT Surfcasters block , the Newport block , the RISSA block , etc. Suddenly the number of members exploded and they came in as parts of "Clichs" . In an effort to preserve the best of the original group , the Ledge was created as a core group to help decide the direction the site would go in. It was a "good thought" but unfortunately it started going haywire almost immediately. First was the bashing of other sites which we tried to discourage , second came the people bashing which we also tried to discourage.
I also can honestly say that the intentions in creating the semi private forum were for the betterment of the site. Sometimes things don't work out as planned.
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