(You'll have to forgive me if I sound a bit crazy in this post, I'm operating on like five hours of sleep )
So as we all know, TheO was down for a few days. I'm told it was down for maintenance, but after two years or so of problems with the site and declining activity, this last issue makes it seem like TheO really is on it's way out.
If you'll pardon my French, it's fucking heartbreaking. I don't want to lose this community, I really don't. It was a place where I felt like I belonged when I didn't belong anywhere else. It's been such a huge part of my life as an artist, and I've made so many friends that I never would have met without this site.
If the mods aren't going to do anything about the community falling apart, then it's up to us. Let's face it, the website itself might not be around for much longer. I know most people have contact info in their headers and we all put up emergency contact posts a few months ago, but I'd like to take it a step further.
Maybe this is a dumb idea, but I'd like to set up a world that everyone could post to that would be sort of a directory for TheO, so we could have everybody's contact info in one place.
The other thing I was thinking about was maybe setting up a Tumblr that we could all post to to act as sort of a hub for TheO users. I know not everyone is on Tumblr, but a lot of us are, and if you don't have an account I'd urge you to start one. If you do have a tumblr, please follow me, I'm kabukigirl1977.
Anyway, I really can't tell if I'm making sense, these are just some things I've been thinking about. Thoughts?