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[QUOTE]Originally posted by FawnDoo: [QB] Being relatively new here, I have to say that I can see some of both sides of the discussion. Flare is not, it has to be said, the most welcoming place for new posters. That's not to say that the people here go out of their way to make new folks feel unwelcome, but I do think this place takes a little more getting used to than most other forums out there. To be sure a thicker skin, a sharper mind and a bit of thought before hitting the post button are required here a lot more than they are on other boards. Not a bad thing. Speaking purely for myself I don't recall ever being made to feel unwelcome - I just lurked for a while, snagged the first discussion that caught my interest and went on from there. I've never been bullied...there was a very quick exchange at one point with Lee that wasn't particularly warm, but that was very quickly sorted in a commonsense and straightforward way...helped along by a little bonding over Doon McKichan! ;) To be honest I think this place is like anywhere else, in real life or on the web - you only get trouble if you go looking for it. As for the dynamism of the forum, never having been around in what seems to have been Flare's heyday I don't think I can comment too much on that. I have to say though that just because Trek has retired from our screens for the moment doesn't mean there isn't more than enough to talk about. In fact with shows like BSG and DW churning out quality episodes and books, webcasts, fanmade stuff and games all over the place science fiction is more alive now than ever and it strikes me we should have plenty to think about. Attracting new blood for Flare will, by the nature of the place itself, be a long hard job, but I wouldn't like to see it change too much. I'd rather a limited supply of a quality product than an abundance of substandard stuff. I'll leave the debate for the soul of this place to those who have been here longer and remember it from years gone by. All I will say is this: relative newbie I may be, but I'm here for a reason...and changing this place too much will remove the reasons I started posting in the first place. And speaking of which it's off to general sci-fi for me! FD P.S. Gallery is a good idea. Granted I'm about as artistic as a tree stump, but it would be cool. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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