Possibly a serious topic?

[Ryllharu]

I have noticed that the IRC does have a lot more people in it recently, but they're probably just bots or people who are sitting for releases by the subbing team.
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Most of the regular posters here have high reputation, seniority and are considerably more older than most other anime forums.
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Again, this isn't bad per say because I certainly enjoy the higher intelligence of others here, but newer members feel intimidated when posting for fear of being ignored or corrected.[post continues]

a) You're in the wrong irc channel. There are exactly two bots in the real one.
b) The second part is a good point, but people shouldn't be intimated. The problem is a lot of the new members that came in due to the fansubbing only make comments on the fansub episode link pages, and don't continue on to the forums. I do not know that that is fixable, unless they are forced to come to the forums to get release links. Now that they have their own page, this is probably impossible.

Conclusion: DO should say more in the IRC channel when he has time, and post in the forums in the general sections topics.

[Kraco]

Conclusion: DO should ... and post in the forums in the general sections topics.

Uhhuh... You should be careful with what you wish for.

I don't think the creators of this place had any high ideals, but considering only one of the them sticks around anymore, though posting very little even if still investing time in the maintenance, it should be safe to assume this site already fulfilled whatever realistic expectations they might have had. Now we are only running on fumes.

I'd expect anime to be more popular than ever today, so it would make sense anime forums would be more popular than ever as well. But maybe the net emphasis has moved to facebook and other shit like that, leaving forums a thing of the past.