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A lot of people seem to think the Golden Age has passed, a lot of people think it’s all over…
Well, I think if recent history is anything to go by, Barbelith doesn’t need love, or provocation, or to be saved, or burial, or for that matter spurious Conversation threads, but if it could always use anything it would be the considered contributions of all its members. So, if you don’t think Barbelith is a shambling corpse that doesn’t know that it’s dead yet, this is a thread for posting about your desire to make Barbelith continue as a vibrant, engaged cultural space. Not as a last melancholic last hurrah, or a rear-guard action, but as a triumphant community Renaissance*!
To that end, each post could be considered a pledge of what you, as an individual member, feel it’s in your power to do to improve on the discussion, if for no other reason than to act as a spur to your own better instincts, and in specific an ongoing statement of topics and areas you want to contribute in, and a space to suggest positive ideas for how members of Barbelith can continue to maintain its health under the current format. And lots of members probably don’t need this thread, they’re out there doing it already, and that’s great; but for the rest of us:
Ask not what Barbelith can do for you - ask what you can do for Barbelith!
* With, no doubt, all the ignorance, politicking, warfare, cultural elitism and witch-hunts that term implies. |
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