----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Schroeck" <rms@eclipse.net>
To: "StudioPC" <studiopc@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "FFML" <ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: [FFML] Re: Why the FFML is really dying

I've been on this list for *ten* *freaking* *years* -- I remember when
it was alive and vibrant, when I could post a question about a detail
of canon and get good answers without being shot down by a mod for
"spamming".  I remember when this list *looked* like it had hundreds
of members.  Yeah, I also remember when the list server would spasm
and collapse, but the rules emplaced to prevent that are no longer
relevant -- not enough people even *care* to post here any more to
make it even a moderate risk.

At one point a long time ago, someone once described the list as a
"small nervous chihuahua" that would bark and bark and bark
until it fell over with a seizure.  Well, I hate to tell folks this,
but the chihuahua is comatose.  It doesn't have seizures any more,
but it doesn't bark, either.

I'd rather have the barking.

I bet everyone is forgetting about the time when the FFML had to search for
a new home.  It lost it's old hosting site and was in search of some place
to be hosted with enough bandwidth and able to do 24x7 operation.  During
the time it was down... www.anifics.com and www.fanfiction.net were born (at
least got a major boost in popularity).  When the  new FFML came up... some
old timers came back and some didn't.  We lost a significant numbers members
and have never managed to get membership back up to the level it used to
be...


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