Interesting thought. Personally, it makes no difference to me. I'll hit the ones I do, and when a new one pops up, I check it out. If value is added, then I tend to start visiting more often, to see what is going on.
While I am fairly confident that the site I admin is what started this thread, I really don't think it matters. We all have our loyalties to various things. My loyalty is to my family, friends, and the love of fishing/boating, not to any particular website.
I have been poking around here since I found out about the
incident, and find alot of useful information. You guys have a good thing here, no doubt.
Lastly, the site I run was fledged due to a small scale bansihment from another site as well. There's plenty of room to play on the web, it's your choice as to where that is.
Enjoy & Happy Holidays !!