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What happened to the OS I knew?

Posted on April 2, 2009 at 01:24 PM.

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So I take a one week (forced) vacation from the forums to come back and find it to be completely different.

The thing that stands out to me the most is the closing of the Off Topic thread. I understand there are some concerns on the moderation of that thread, but to me that thread was the embodiment of Operation Sports. It was a great place for us to come together and to share our days with another and really, in my opinion, get to know one another. This was a great thread and any of the issues that it had, were generally good natured locker room behavior. I also used that thread (along with my blog) to post some random links I would find that didn't quite warrant their own thread but which I thought would bring joy to my fellow OSers. And now that is gone and that really is a tragedy, but Millennium made a decision that had to be made, and as a poster and a former moderator of another site I understand and I hope no one sees this as an attack.

I came to OS a few years ago after being banned from another forum that was similar to OS (it used to be College Sports Utopia and is presently NCAA Strategies). I will probably discuss that ordeal in candid detail in another blog post. Prior to that OS and Utopia had several forum wars of which I took part in, but I was allowed back to OS, and even if it is narcissistic I believe I have been a good contributor to OS over the years. OS is sort of like an internet home so to speak and the changes over the past few months have been disheartening. For starters the newbies are over running some of the forums in a similar matter to that of bigger forums. Whereas I love to have the producers of popular games on this website it is frustrating to see the consequences.

With everything that becomes big, those who were early adopters become disenfranchised when it becomes too popular, and sadly I think that is where OS is currently heading. That is not necessarily a bad thing that OS wants to grow but it does bring consequences. I miss the older, smaller forum, but c'est la vie.

Comments

# 1 moose1619 @ Apr 2

You speak the truth. I always enjoy reading what you have to say so keep up the good contributions.

# 2 njd.aitken @ Apr 2

I'm new here, so I don't really have a handle on how things once were, but I'm trying my best to get involved with stuff so we can keep a strong community here at OS.

# 3 stlstudios189 @ Apr 2

I am pretty new here but, I have noticed many duplicate threads and a bunch of newbies flooding the forums. I think that growth is good and a wide range of people is a good thing but, some growing pains will be felt.