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I dunno about golden days. More active throughout the forum? Yes, I definitely remember that. Though I would say that the quality of material in the campfire has only grown, despite the loss of activity. But I guess that's just forum members getting older. I first came to the forum in 2009, when the West game itself was booming, and then started coming regularly at the end of that year. Over time I think that the game and the forum has drifted apart, and the game isn't nearly as popular as it was four or five years ago, so there are less newcomers. Many people got bored with the game/forum or had to leave for RL reasons. Elymr, Hellstromm, JR, English Bill, MoW, Peril etc. Me, Regal and Johann are the only forum members left from back then (not counting the devs/game forum moderators like Slygoxx or Da Twista).
One one hand, it's sad how so many great people have left. OT was much more livelier a few years ago. However I still think its incredible that a core group of us are dedicated to staying here (for now at least) and being as active as we can.
I think it is a stretch to call them 'good old days' or something like that. There was a lot of flaming and spamming and people generally being idiots to each other. And even though they were very funny at times, I certainly don't miss the endless stream of moral/political/social/theological/'scientific' debates that raged around in circles.
So yeah. They were certainly more active, though I would hesitate to say they were golden days.
and what does that have to do with social media?
(That's also why I mentioned BAE, I'm pretty certain they designed it or they now own the rights).
... I didn't say BAE. I said bae.... I take it you don't know of the expression, and therefore don't get the joke. Never mind...