Complaining about the site is NOT gonna improve it, and we have seen our fair share of ""announced" departures.
Lurker, if you are not feeling the site and wish to leave, it is much more respectable to do so without all the Fanfare. Or are you looking for the members to beg you to reconsider and stay ?
I agree, your "Headie" contest was a cute idea and could have been really fun, but if people werent into it, they werent into it....
I could spend 4 hrs preparing and posting a picture gallery, get 80 views, 1 comment and perhaps 2 "likes". That's just the way it is....
Anytime a member has tried to "rally the troops", (ie: You and Lucky) to participate, it is met with resistance and has backfired.
The only times the troops seem to rally is when there is a good, juicy fight going on. Then people seem to come out of the woodwork and have plenty to say....
So what's the moral of the story here? People will find their own way and speed on these sites and should just be left alone... Each member takes what they want and need from the site.
And as I have said many times before to gentlemen like you and Lucky, if this site doesnt fit your needs, create your own and run it as you want. That way, you have noone to blame for its success or failure but yourself.