Situation: Netcees comes back.

[PancakeBrah]

What's the fallout?

The dramatic dip in both discussion activity and actual battling here is obvious. Many 'vets' didn't make the transition and the majority that do post apathetically. Battling is almost non-existent (although my personal bias towards not giving a shit about battling may shade this statement) even with a legit tournament running. There's a new topic everyday with a poster either stating this site isn't near the level of netcees or a poster 'retiring' (lol Orco). Open mic and the topical scene is suprisingly strong (personal bias again, maybe), but that is not the lifeblood of a successful text site. Battling is the action, and discussion is the pulse of the site's activity. General malaise hovers over everything. The argument would be that text in it's entirety has been in a downward spiral for half of a decade, and netcees death just showed the true level of the lack of interest.

So even if netcees came back, would it be close to it's former self? In no way would it return 100%; this is a fact. The question is how damaging is the loss. Each day an unknown lost percent occurs.

I think netcees death was the symbolic death of text. I do not see a revival. A true revival is stemmed from real life events and the splintered nature of modern music (individualism) prevents a watershed '8 Mile' revival.

Your thoughts?