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pt_tangles) wrote2007-04-25 01:58 pm
pt_tangles) wrote2007-04-25 01:58 pm
New Forum Idea
As many of you know, PW is sinking again, and I am not entirely certain that I am going to make the effort to save it. Most have jumped ship, and those who remain are infrequent posters at best (except of course for the ever verbous LadyK).
And I am sure that most of you have seen me complain about PC, which has become and will continue to become nothing at all like I wanted it to be (already it has failed to provide a place where Mysteries can be discussed without someone or other comparing those trads to dangerous and useless cults). Honestly, and without any sour grapes, I just don't think that there is enough in common between the creators/maintainers' vision and mine to make it a place where I could feel at home.
This makes me long for TT. I miss it. I miss everyone who was there, and I miss the Witch-focussed conversations that we had. I was thinking a bit about the idea that was tossed around the first time I was bucking at the core concepts of PC - creating my own forum. I have some time on my hands, and I could create a place that could strive to fill the hole TT left in me.
I was even thinking of names (names help to cement concepts for me), and what sort of tribute I could make to TT. I came up with Wickets. Simple word smooshing. I looked it up, just to make sure that there weren't any meanings that I didn't want associated with the site (I knew about wickets in cricket and croquet), and I found this: A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
I think that is about the perfect image for what I am going for here (we all remember what the front page image of TT was ... Wickets made me think of This). I will have to do some research on what I will need in the way of software and hosting, but I think that Wickets has already had the first breath of life breathed into it. I am excited to see what this brainchild will become.
--Phae
And I am sure that most of you have seen me complain about PC, which has become and will continue to become nothing at all like I wanted it to be (already it has failed to provide a place where Mysteries can be discussed without someone or other comparing those trads to dangerous and useless cults). Honestly, and without any sour grapes, I just don't think that there is enough in common between the creators/maintainers' vision and mine to make it a place where I could feel at home.
This makes me long for TT. I miss it. I miss everyone who was there, and I miss the Witch-focussed conversations that we had. I was thinking a bit about the idea that was tossed around the first time I was bucking at the core concepts of PC - creating my own forum. I have some time on my hands, and I could create a place that could strive to fill the hole TT left in me.
I was even thinking of names (names help to cement concepts for me), and what sort of tribute I could make to TT. I came up with Wickets. Simple word smooshing. I looked it up, just to make sure that there weren't any meanings that I didn't want associated with the site (I knew about wickets in cricket and croquet), and I found this: A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.
I think that is about the perfect image for what I am going for here (we all remember what the front page image of TT was ... Wickets made me think of This). I will have to do some research on what I will need in the way of software and hosting, but I think that Wickets has already had the first breath of life breathed into it. I am excited to see what this brainchild will become.
--Phae
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--Phae