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I agree that forums are kind of an old medium. I find most people go to forums when they have questions or want recommendations.
Someone comes in and posts, "what movie is this?", they get their answer (or they don't) and then they don't come back.
I was over at Bloody-Disgusting for many years. I only visited this forum because the Bloody-Disgusting forum changed designs and I hated it. I still wanted to occasionally discuss films and look for recommendations, etc. so I started an account here. I actually like it here more than I ever did at Bloody-Disgusting.
I honestly love the polls and tournaments here and how much work V puts into a lot of that stuff. I wish more people where here and participated.
But I don't think anything is really going to make things more active.
I agree with V that it doesn't help that the genre doesn't have much going for it right now. I'm so sick of the whole "reality tv" style movies with "lost footage". The franchises are all pretty much dead in the water right now because of the economy and financial issues. I end up watching SyFy Channel movies just because at least a Giant Shark jumping out of the water and eating a plane that's 30,000 feet in the air is laughably entertaining.
But back to the forums, they're a lot like life. People drift in and out of our lives, much the same way users do on forums.
I admit I do it. I go a few months on some forums and then come back for a while and post everyday, then I get busy with life for a while and disappear again.
I honestly haven't been watching many horror movies these days and when I do, it's usually old ones I've seen before. I like to look through the "recently watched" to see if there's something that maybe catches my eye, but I don't have any real "questions" about horror movies to post about. I've been trying to come here everyday just to vote in tournaments and the like because I think they are a lot of fun and I know V puts in a lot of work and time putting them together.
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