Frank:
> Ironically enough, I've been shying from mailing lists more often these
> days and moving towards message boards. Probably part of the reason is
that
> the sheer amount of mail I get these days is about 2/3rds more than I got
> when I was really active around 1996-98 or so. I'm kind of reluctant to
put
> in a point here or there when there are about 100 or so other mails in my
> box. On a message board I'm less hesitant, just because I can come back to
> it at any time with no penalty to anything of mine but my own time. ^_-

    Well, if you run sites with any kind of popularity, you'll get a lot of
mails.  That's why I don't run websites, at least not anymore.  Too much
junk to filter through.  Heck, T.J. Simers of the LA Times got 7000 flames
when he was making fun of the 76ers in his column..

> Of course, some anime boards are still kind of weak on the discussion -
> IGN's generate a lot of traffic, but the meat of the anime discussion
isn't
> so great. Animeboards.com generates enough discussion, but the sheer
number

    The bigger the board, the less reliable it is.  That's just a universal
truth I've found.  You might get lucky, but you usually won't.

    Of course, bigger boards have higher potential of someone intelligent
reading it, if it doesn't get drown out by all the spam and whatnot.

> Actually, a couple Ranma ML folks are in my relatively young message
board,
> which has actually been around since the days of the Ranma 1/2 Library but
> was since changed to a better system with the creation of AnimeInfo.org.
> Not very much traffic, but it's getting there. Color scheme's a bit
garish,
> but I think that's what we were shooting for for the board design ^_^ Feel
> free to stop by.

    Though no one ever believes me, I'm actually not that into Anime.  :)
Manga, on the other hand...

> Of course, if you think message boards about anime are bad, try the
> chatrooms, sans IRC. Good God those are horrid. I think 90% of the time
> people don't even talk about anime in there. Though most of them have
heard
> a little bit about Ranma...

    Heh, IRC can get pretty off track too.  IRC is used more or less for
warez more than anything else nowadays.

    This new Chrono story project should keep me busy for a while.  Chrono
Cross WILL end the way it should've been.  A fight between Janus and Serge
to determine who gets to keep the girl, and who goes home.  :)

Don