While I think contacting the forum owner is a bit of a troll / dramabomb, and the whole "this one will also fail" shows a complete lack of understanding of why SLU switched to VVO, I think we have to be honest that there is a kernel of legitimate feedback in the noise.
Part of the reason why I visited SLU less and less over the last few years, is that the PRS topics usually dominated the new/popular posts. I'm sure I wasn't the only one with a bit of political fatigue. That's NOT to say SLU was doing anything wrong. Community members will discuss what's of interest to them, regardless of the name of the forum or platform, and that's ok. If majority of posters are creating or responding to threads about politics, then that's what they want to talk about.
Users have the option to ignore threads, or ignore entire subforums, as well as add the ones they are most interested in to their favorites. Everyone can manage their own experience. It's like reading the news paper, I skip the sports section entirely and flip to entertainment while I eat my breakfast. Same with TV, there are lots of channels, but most of us only watch a few. Expecting forum content to only include items that interest one reader is a bit ridiculous.
Having said that, it's my perception that Cris would like more virtual world content and he's created dedicated subforums to provide people the platform to do exactly that. If they don't make use of those subforums, or create threads, or respond to the ones that are there, that's hardly other members responsibility. We can all be part of the change we want to see. And, if the community here prefers to post primarily in PRS and ZOMGWTF, then that's ok too.
