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<p>[QUOTE="Catbert, post: 913640, member: 12718"]I too miss the ease of use of the Thread of the Week format and the inspiration received from reading some great posts. Fish's post was great because I learned something I didn't know before, and that was valuable even though I don't own a half cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>That kind of inspiration led me to write several historical context threads, among other topics, regarding a few Conder tokens I acquired. These threads were recognized by forum members as TOTW winners. I don't say that to brag in any way, but only to say that I don't feel as motivated now to spend the time to write an informative thread that will likely be drowned out by "look what I saw on ebay" threads. I understand that many now don't care about this loss or think me an axx for saying that, but I think it was a golden moment to see threads by members who clearly had something interesting and valuable to share. IMO, those kind of threads made this place special.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, Doug, you've presented an alternative path but it ain't the same in my book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Catbert, post: 913640, member: 12718"]I too miss the ease of use of the Thread of the Week format and the inspiration received from reading some great posts. Fish's post was great because I learned something I didn't know before, and that was valuable even though I don't own a half cent. That kind of inspiration led me to write several historical context threads, among other topics, regarding a few Conder tokens I acquired. These threads were recognized by forum members as TOTW winners. I don't say that to brag in any way, but only to say that I don't feel as motivated now to spend the time to write an informative thread that will likely be drowned out by "look what I saw on ebay" threads. I understand that many now don't care about this loss or think me an axx for saying that, but I think it was a golden moment to see threads by members who clearly had something interesting and valuable to share. IMO, those kind of threads made this place special. And yes, Doug, you've presented an alternative path but it ain't the same in my book.[/QUOTE]
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