The forum is silent

1 last thing whilst I have it in my mind, the "like" feature which has been added on here like it is on FB, I personally think it's a bad thing as folks think hitting the like is interacting & I feel it stops many posts (even if only a that's cool etc) from happening & is part of the general laziness of social media & instant gratification vibe, that could be scrapped I'd say - don't shoot me, just airing my musings

That is true while on the other hand it does get repetitive seeing a bunch of "nice" "good job" "that's amazing" etc. kind of posts. When people are extra amazed at the topic they usually end up posting.

I joined this place on a prop/costume related search and started with the prop section. Then I found out it's primarily vintage toy collecting, not only that it's also primarily oversees while I'm an American. The name of the forum does not convey that. I assumed it was a catch all official forum. In my honest opinion that hinders the forum. I particularly don't care for toys even though they seem to be the main focus when it comes to collecting anything Star Wars. I prefer the very thing the actors held or wore on set of the films because that's what I grew up watching. I wanted to be immersed into the Star Wars galaxy. Be the very thing I loved watching and interact with others through cosplay as these characters with the props and costumes they use. That's my idea of expressing my fandom to Star Wars.

I sometimes post in the Prop section but I still can't help but feel a little out of place because the focus is on vintage toys. I feel expanding the forum would help it dramatically and possibly help attract more people.

Right now it is very limited in my opinion.
 
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