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These days, a forum is secondary to the site itself. An image hosting site with a forum on the side. A blogging site with a forum on the side. A gaming news outlet with a forum on the side. And that's alright. But back in ye olde times, forums used to be a main attraction, not just a side thing. Forums were the de facto form of social media before even MySpace came along.
This forum aims to bring that back. And not just that, to be the one forum to rule them all. To give members as much posting freedom as possible while still keeping things stable and under control. We do gaming articles although that's not what we focus on. We discuss history although we're not a history site. We share blueprints although we're not an engineering site. This is what the Sanctuary is. Not another website with a pathetic me-too forum attached to the side of it. We are the draw. We are the attraction. That and the freedom to say what you mean. To post what you want within reasonable limits.
These days, the internet would have you believe that unless you're famous, your views don't count. That you need to obey everything a corporation says. That nobody cares about what you contribute. But over here, we care, because you are truly our source of "content". We want to hear your questions. We want to see what you're good at. What you know. What you wish to know. You need to get out of the mindset that the internet has put you into for way too long. We want you to open your mind.
You definitely won't agree with everything here and we don't and never expect you to. There may be some sub-forums that you will never even look in. (Although I think every sub-forum deserves at least a look.) But as long as you try to give everything a fair chance, that is the spirit of what we are. Just keep these things in mind as you browse and post on this site.
This forum aims to bring that back. And not just that, to be the one forum to rule them all. To give members as much posting freedom as possible while still keeping things stable and under control. We do gaming articles although that's not what we focus on. We discuss history although we're not a history site. We share blueprints although we're not an engineering site. This is what the Sanctuary is. Not another website with a pathetic me-too forum attached to the side of it. We are the draw. We are the attraction. That and the freedom to say what you mean. To post what you want within reasonable limits.
These days, the internet would have you believe that unless you're famous, your views don't count. That you need to obey everything a corporation says. That nobody cares about what you contribute. But over here, we care, because you are truly our source of "content". We want to hear your questions. We want to see what you're good at. What you know. What you wish to know. You need to get out of the mindset that the internet has put you into for way too long. We want you to open your mind.
You definitely won't agree with everything here and we don't and never expect you to. There may be some sub-forums that you will never even look in. (Although I think every sub-forum deserves at least a look.) But as long as you try to give everything a fair chance, that is the spirit of what we are. Just keep these things in mind as you browse and post on this site.