Seven Wonders Web Site

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Originally Posted by starshine

Well, I'm probably one of the few who 'doesn't do FB & has no desire to. I like the message boards as well. There's nothing wrong with being a 'deep' person with alot of insight. Thats what life IS about really. How we share things with others & communicate those feelings. I agree depth does take time lots of time but isn't it better to be deep with feelings than shallow & not really care about anything?? Heck I remember writing fanzine letters that would be pages & pages long. Of course that was the 'old' snail mail days when I had penpals about Mac/Stevie. I do miss those days believe it or not. Getting things instant now by way of info can be nice but it can also be a let down too. So I do encourge you to not stop your depth of whatever you have that depth of feeling for.

Yes, there's many FM fans that don't use Facebook , but it is a factor in decreasing message board activity.

You're absolutely right that depth is better in the objective sense, but when you're pressed for time, it's often the first thing sacrificed. I'm not saying that's a good thing, but again, it factors into message board activity level.

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I'm glad you haven't removed yours. Not that long ago, I visited it to read some of the old SYW concert reviews.


I only posted at Seven Wonders in the beginning and it got old pretty fast for me. Anybody remember Burnish? The administrator (Tracey?) posted one day she was taking a break and then she never came back.

Exactly - even I go back and read those reviews sometimes. We were so detailed! It was wonderful.

I also remember Burnish.net. It was such an interesting and unique site. I never posted on the message board, but I remember there was a lot of drama that precipitated its fall, and it seemed the webmaster Tracey took it personally and lost interest in the site once the message board was closed. If I recall, it did get kind of personal... Lux and some other girl (I think her name was Danielle?) posting controversial stuff and being unhappy with their treatment by Tracey, division between groups of members with accusations of favoritism, some disaffected members starting an alternative board. I was friends with many of those involved and watched it all happen from the outside since I didn't post there, but I remember that at the time it all seemed like such a big deal - we were all so emotionally invested in the fandom and all its aspects that message board drama took on a life of its own.

I have found that many webmasters don't separate the worth of the message board from the worth of the larger site. I wish she would've kept the site up and just closed the board if the drama was too much for her, but it seems that in many cases the webmaster's personal investment fades without the message board's social aspect and encouragement from fellow fans.

Obviously, if there's no personal investment on the part of the webmaster, there's no reason to keep paying for domain and bandwidth that even static maintenance without updating requires. I have always said that I spent too much time creating my site to let it go and so I plan on continuing to pay those fees no matter what, but I understand why other webmasters might not feel the same way and may want to save their money. (When BuckinghamNicks.net goes offline, ask where to send the flowers, 'cause it means I'm dead.)

Originally Posted by CADreaming

If it had not been for your site & board then I probably would have missed out on some of the greatest music I have ever heard. I found The Ledge last. Buckingham Nicks and Seven Wonders were the first boards I joined and helped propel me into full FM fandom.

Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words! That makes me feel pretty good.