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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janos Antero" data-source="post: 891453" data-attributes="member: 4480">You see many posters on both boards for two primary reasons and a host of smaller ones.  The two biggest reasons are:1. When EN first started off it was a small close-knit community as most message boards are, and many of the old time founders grew close and enjoyed one another's company.  But as time went on and thousands of new posters showed up, the less formal relaxed forms, and the spirit of knowing everyone faded.  In essence a generation passed.  Many posters wanted that feeling again.The Pantheon was an embodiment of this feeling.  At one time it was a very light-hearted and accepted part of the board.  But as time went on and new posters arrived, they disliked it and wanted it handled differently on the boards.  These changes alienated some posters whose craving for another place to goof off increased.So in time Nutkinland was formed at first for the first generation of posters to be with old friends, and later on as more of a refuge for those who didn't feel at home on EN World any longer.Those who stayed behind still made frequent visits to NKL though as the friends they cherished were in both locations.  Most of the moderaters were part of this generation, and have strong ties to both forums because of that.2. The second reason many people move to NKL, or post on both, is because of the differences in moderating style.  NKL has become home to those from EN World who want to act more rough and tumble with one another.  This means, among other things, more heated debate, different topics of debate, fewer rules about taboo topics.This doesn't mean NKL is a free for all, but rather that it has fewer off limit topics.  The rules NKL does have are enforced just as effectively as they are on EN World, they're just different rules, and a different theory of conduct and interaction exists on Nutkinland.Many posters on Nutkinland found it easier to discuss topics with heated words, and Nutkinland has a single forum for that sort of behavior.  That forum appeals to many wishing to escape EN World for awhile, so we have a few posters who bounce between boards with basically civil and uncivil moods, and use that one forum on NKL to be bad, and these forums, and the other 20 or so forums at NKL to just discuss games.</blockquote>

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