From: sailorterra@gov.crystaltokyo.jp   
      
   On 2009-01-04 23:10:28 +0900, espie@lain.home (Marc Espie) said:   
      
   > This is definitely so not the issue.   
      
   Sailor Moon still gets significant attention online. So I think the   
   fact that usenet is so obscure is indeed a major reason for AFSM's   
   collapse.   
      
   > There hasn't been significant new sailormoon material in ages.   
   > People have mostly moved on to other things.   
      
   Nope, not likely to be either. There was the live action series, which   
   I just got around to watching since moving to Japan. It kind of   
   revamped my interest, although it never really ceased.   
      
   However, the fact that there are now four of us (and Phoenix will   
   eventually pop up, I predict), in the span of what? 24 hours? Shows   
   some hope.   
      
   So you guys tell me, is there any reason for any one of us to be here,   
   do we even want AFSM to live? I remember when this place was rocking.   
   When I couldn't even reply to all the posts. It just wasn't possible.   
   Perhaps it doesn't need to be that busy again, and likely never will   
   be, but if enough of us crawl out of the wood work...   
      
   > I still read this newsgroup, but I don't really need to post, there's nothing   
   > going on.   
      
   Is that a no?   
      
   > There aren't no new readers, which I do see as kind of a good thing.   
   > webforum, avatars, posting images, yeah right. Why is that necessary for   
   > discussion?   
      
   Really? You think no new blood is a good thing? I am not arguing one   
   way or another, I am just trying to follow you. What are your reasons   
   why? This has seriously wandered off topic, of course, but it's   
   actually generating zOMG relevant Sailor Moon fandom discussion!   
      
   > And most of the old-timers still around here are tech-savvy enough: you want   
   > to post pictures, you know how to do it, and we will know how to grab them ;)   
      
   Well, of course. And I will do so now that I know there are people who   
   want them.   
      
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