Wayne wrote:
After 10 years of running Amiga.org and being spat on by a few of the loudmouth children, it's sometimes very, very, very, very, very difficult to find any justification to continue all of this.
Well, let's see. I'm sure I speak for the vast majority of us when I say I really appreciate the effort you put into the site and supporting the community in general.
There's an old saying about not being able to please all the people all of the time, but I think on the whole your'e doing a great job of pleasing most of us all the time.
I imagine the problem is that an "in your face" kind of attack from some disgruntled individual is hard to ignore, whereas the silent appreciation of the masses is often equally hard to notice.
Amiga.org is pretty damn unique and a great site. It is
still the foremost amiga resource on the web. You only need to visit the amiga specific sections of the site to see that. You won't find me asking questions about how to use some particular amiga API or how to fix a dodgy blizzard etc anywhere else, for example (ok I might do so on AW.net occasionally too). That's because I know that someone here will know the answer. Likewise if I see some amiga related problem someone else asks I can help with I'll chip in whatever I can.
Now the expanded CH forums may give the impression of a loss of focus, but it is merely a side effect of the fact that a lot of us amigans have a lot more to talk about than our amigas.
Think on it for a moment. There are countless places on the web where we could all go and chat about whatever and have the odd rant about this that or the other. So why do we come here? Again, because it's unique and I would still say has a strong sense of community, despite everything that has happened to us as a community.
Like many others, aside from my amiga needs, I like to come here to unwind, chat with similar (and sometimes completely dissimilar) minded people about whatever is going on in the world, enjoy the bits of silliness here and there.
Amiga.org basically serves both sides with equal aplomb. You get your amiga problems serviced and you get to enjoy a good debate, silly joke or two and some class company.
It's a great accomplishment of which I think you should be proud.
