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Hi, Brian!
I'm really glad you brought this up.

This is why I had hoped that lyric 1 would become archives. At first, I hung out on 2 because I had gotten used to going there. I have begun posting replies to topics on 1as well, but not in my usual quantity because I am kind of busy right now. It "looks" like the more experienced and "old hands" comment on board 2 and the "newbies" and many of the Christian writers are posting on board 1. I don't like what is happening either. I also don't see a lot of the writers on board 1 visiting board 2 either, to be fair about it .

Having two boards kind of messes up the support network we build up. If I post replies to songs on 1 but post my topics on 2, the one people don't know I have a song up for critique and vice versa. I don't like posting the same song on both boards either because I think the replies should be all together.

I am kind of absent minded and I think something's gone wrong with the board when my comments don't appear where I thought I put them. LOL

It really is becoming an "us and them" situation and that makes me uncomfortable because I prefer an integrated community. I try to read all the forums and I even peek in on the individual chapter boards from time to time.

I do try to go back and check any responses to my comments or critiques. Having two boards is harder because there are two front pages and two page 2s as well.

Generally speaking, having two lyric forums is like having two page 2s. In the past, a lot of readers had the tendency to not check page two very often. If some of us won't even go to page two, it would be out of character to go to another forum.

Anyway. One board for in progress work is what I would prefer. I would like the old board visible as an archive so I can go back and see previous works and comments. AND I would like to see a showcase board for finished lyrics because that would be a good place for composers who are "shopping" for lyricists to collaborate with and would lessen the misunderstandings that occur when people want to share their lyrics but really don't want critiques.

Anyway, thanks for opening this discussion, if nothing else it serves as a reminder that there are currently two "front" pages to check.

JeanB