While I think it's great that Syd's site is starting to get wider coverage and the recognition it deserves, I feel like I'm seeing one of these "OMFG SPREAD THE WORD" threads more and more often. I think that if you want to spread the word of an awesome pop culture site with a pretty laid back discussion forum, go right ahead. But there's really no need to explicitly say that we're doing so every five minutes.

Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't say how torn I am on this issue. Although I'm happy that Syd's site is growing and becoming more popular (as well it should), I'm also a little leery about the new wave of people coming to the forums. I suppose I just can't ignore the correlation between the recent influx of new members and the increase in stupid, nonsensical posts.

I've been posting pretty sporadically recently; partially due to my comprehensive exams (there's a thread about those somewhere), partially due to my counter-terror research taking a front seat on my priority list, partially because I've been in DC, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and soon back to DC, and relevant to the topic at hand, partially because many of the recent posts I've been seeing just haven't been interesting to me. Like I said above, there's been a weird increase in (IMHO) dumbass threads being started and subsequently (and often, justifiably) locked by Jeebus. I mean, really, why was a thread even started asking who thinks Syd is a god? GD Internet fellatio. With all due respect to Syd, of course.

Don't worry though, I'm still around- and my posting will be on the upswing again once I defend my fucking comps. As much as I dig this website, most of my Internet time has been spent on my school's library website these days, I'm afraid.