Alright, maybe it is just me (it probably is), but I've noticed a slow-down in posting lately. I'm partly at fault, because, hey, I'm not posting either.
I started thinking about why I wasn't posting, though, and I realized the problem (at least on my end): there is nothing *BIG* to post about.
Seriously.
I mean, as Green Lantern Fans (or Fanterns), we don't have a movie coming up (unless you count that never-gonna-happen Justice League film), our cartoon has been cancelled, and the current status of the comic stories are arguably somwhere between "eh" and "meh."
And, without the *BIG* things to post about, what do we do?
Well, if you are anything like me (and, by all that is holy and just, let's hope it is only a bit) you have probably thought of something along the way that you thought was neat or cool or keen or swell, but maybe wasn't worth giving its own thread. I know I have hit that "New Post" button several times and after about a sentence worth of typing, I just closed it, knowing it wasn't worth posting. A single thought does not a thread make.
But, what if there was a generic little open thread where the random thought, image, opinion, whatever could live happily? A place where one throw out that one-off idea without worrying about starting a whole new thread "just for that."
This is that place.
Maybe, along the way, something might catch fire, and be able to spring off into its own thread. Or, it'll sit in here and rot on the vine. Either way, maybe it will help spur us all forward in posting activity.
Housekeeping stuff - Try to keep to a single subject per post. Having five random topics in a single post decreases the attention given to each one. It'd be better to post five separate times and let people reply or ignore what they wish.
Have at it!
I started thinking about why I wasn't posting, though, and I realized the problem (at least on my end): there is nothing *BIG* to post about.
Seriously.
I mean, as Green Lantern Fans (or Fanterns), we don't have a movie coming up (unless you count that never-gonna-happen Justice League film), our cartoon has been cancelled, and the current status of the comic stories are arguably somwhere between "eh" and "meh."
And, without the *BIG* things to post about, what do we do?
Well, if you are anything like me (and, by all that is holy and just, let's hope it is only a bit) you have probably thought of something along the way that you thought was neat or cool or keen or swell, but maybe wasn't worth giving its own thread. I know I have hit that "New Post" button several times and after about a sentence worth of typing, I just closed it, knowing it wasn't worth posting. A single thought does not a thread make.
But, what if there was a generic little open thread where the random thought, image, opinion, whatever could live happily? A place where one throw out that one-off idea without worrying about starting a whole new thread "just for that."
This is that place.
Maybe, along the way, something might catch fire, and be able to spring off into its own thread. Or, it'll sit in here and rot on the vine. Either way, maybe it will help spur us all forward in posting activity.
Housekeeping stuff - Try to keep to a single subject per post. Having five random topics in a single post decreases the attention given to each one. It'd be better to post five separate times and let people reply or ignore what they wish.
Have at it!