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Originally Posted by Bassturbed
Interesting. MikeP ...if you're reading this correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the last time this happened on the fishing boards was when a bunch of people migrated from ss to sol? (five-six years ago or something like that?)
And even then ... there are still a lot of people who post on both.
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New boards often get started as a reaction to dissatisfaction with another web site. But it wasn't a contemporaneous thing with SS and SOL. The exodus--actually a banishment--was sometime around Labor Day and SOL didn't get up and running until December. The hot board before and after the exodus was WMI. WMI was a national board, but it seemed like all of the regional boards put a stake thru its heart. I still give WMI the credit for showing all of the guys who started regional boards--Tim, Gowge, Tres Irby and the rest--how workable internet fishing sites were. It also provided the regional boards with a base of readership to take along.
The latest example was the exodus of some of the hardcore New Yorkuhs from Noreast to Surfrats, due to dissatisfaction with the flame wars, the over-emphasis on spot burning reports, and George in general.
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