I just wanted to comment and what I've seen here and similar boards over the last few weeks. There's been a dying off of discussion/comments, as well as (for understandable reasons) limiting of access for members to parts of forums and specific threads.
This compounded with the issues the southerners have had over the past several months, and the general downturn in this "scene" over the last several years is disheartening.
Those who have been a part of this for any length of time have gone through periods of boom/bust and have certainly seen favorites rise and fall (or vanish altogether, maybe even taking customer's money on their way out) and we're certainly not seeing new vendors rise up nearly as fast as the various conglomerates and individuals have vanished.
My reason for posting this is in hope of getting some consensus out of the community and wondering what, if anything, we can do as an information source and support network for each other in light of, what looks to be, an increasingly dark age for those who rely on these vendors for relief, comfort, and continuing to live a fulfilled life.
Don't know if this qualifies as a rant or a request, but there it is.
DBC
This compounded with the issues the southerners have had over the past several months, and the general downturn in this "scene" over the last several years is disheartening.
Those who have been a part of this for any length of time have gone through periods of boom/bust and have certainly seen favorites rise and fall (or vanish altogether, maybe even taking customer's money on their way out) and we're certainly not seeing new vendors rise up nearly as fast as the various conglomerates and individuals have vanished.
My reason for posting this is in hope of getting some consensus out of the community and wondering what, if anything, we can do as an information source and support network for each other in light of, what looks to be, an increasingly dark age for those who rely on these vendors for relief, comfort, and continuing to live a fulfilled life.
Don't know if this qualifies as a rant or a request, but there it is.
DBC