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Originally Posted by stmatthew
I have to be honest in saying that I am growing more and more bored towards the forum. I am finding less and less substance, and more and more bickering taking place. It is slowly becoming a "I know you are but what am I" type place.
At the beginning it was not so. Anyone that was at the original Faithchild Forum will tell you that there was a dynamic that was there like I have not seen since. There was heated discussions, and debates on subjects that still interest us today. There was still the views of those ranging from Conservative to Liberal there. But there was a respect for each other that caused most folks there not to become cynical, sarcastic, and attacking in their posts. So as I have pondered all this, I see that maybe it is that respect has come up missing. I really don't know.
Maybe some of you that where there can help us out?? How did Jim do it?? How did he make a forum where folks could discuss things the way we did then, and yet still be respectful?? And in your opinion, what can we do to duplicate it??
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Matt...........
In my opinion part of the problem is that we've gone over and over and over again so many of the "issues". There's just not the same dynamics. For one thing neither nFCF nor AFF was started by the man who had the heart, soul and vision. And a reminder here too that FCF was still relatively small when Jim passed on. It grew to be the awesome forum it was after his death.
Some of the "new guys" bring up great topics but everyone is kind of tired of going over and over the same things, IMO. A lot of the calibre posters are no longer engaged. That makes a difference too.
Just a few thots.........