Strenght in numbers: Why ToS?

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Originally Posted by stdout

I think I joined AF too late in the day to feel any loyalty towards it, and when I take a look back at it I am struck by two things that make me prefer (and exclusively frequent) ToS:

1. The style- ToS is really elegant and clean by comparison. There isn't the visual noise, it's just one column, running down the centre of my screen, and I like that.

2. AF 'feels' impersonal when I look at it now. This could be down to my arriving there quite late, but I don't get any sense of belonging, as I do somewhat here.

I like the simple style of ToS much better as well. Mainly because ToS scales better to different screen resolutions. I go to ToS from my HDTV, my 1024x768 monitor, and my tablet. It's smooth, slick and simple. AF messed with their style sheets and templates a bit too much, now it looks bulky, gaudy and sunglasses-bright.

Originally Posted by Eltu

But regardless the past, let's look at the situation we have right now. We have two forums that are drastically different. And I am NOT talking about looks now. ToS is a forum that is much smaller, and that is a GOOD thing in this case. Everyone knows everyone, and can share really deep things with each other.

We have our strength in closeness and friendship - not numbers.

Oel ngati kameie. ToS is one of the few places (if not the only place) on the Internet that isn't about number of friends, it's about friendship.