Short story competition ? I'm sure we have some erudite writers among us , use a poll as a voting mechanism...all ways interesting to read novel writing especially by folk who you 'know'
Good idea Blondin. I know the idea was already there but I like this interpretation of it.
Something needs to be done a lot of people must log in and think "fuck sake this place has gone to shit".
One thing I've personally realised. This place is missing the jabs, the passing cheek, said with a grin. A lot of this used to go on in the gibberings and I'm fucked threads. Now I think in general some of the posters have grown up a bit and aren't as high on drugs all the time. Some have completely moved on. The competition idea is a good place to try and bring back the good aspects of what we had before.
I've been throwing the odd comment in the MDMA thread - to keep interesting discussion about this new synth/old synth going on. As it's actually an interesting topic that seems to have been going on years without a definitive answer.
The place needs more drug discussion going on is another thing. That is definitely one reason the board is quiet. Heroin is back. And mephedrone is banned/mostly crap. What about a 3-fmp mega thread? That might bring in some new faces while also providing a few laughs at the usual debacles that arise from stimulant sessions.
Also there is nothing wrong with being a bit of a dick. The likes of Raas and OTW (OTW is more of a dick than Raas, sorry Raas) these people can actually make things more interesting. Forums are made up of Hero's, Villains and people who want to learn. People who need a bit of help too. To run a successful forum you have to learn how to nurture and manage each of these kind of people. Remember to be a discussion board not everyone has to be agree, or there would be no discussion...
I personally do not think the mods are to blame for the drop in posters here in recent month. In fact the behind the scenes presence of people like Shambles who I'm sure probably dispairs of this place now, but keeps on going anyway, is a driving force behind EADD. I don't agree with everything he says but I appreciate what he does. The presence of posters like Treacle in the ecstasy discussion, or SHM in general (I didn't really just admit that last one).
A lot of the Irish posters seem to post much less these days too. Sorry for the lack of structure in this post my phone kept returning so couldn't edit it.