While it is a great idea, I don't know how feasible it is, because I don't think the new forum would continue to be successful as MusicBanter is. The reason being is that MB gets a lot of new members who probably find the forum via Google searches, because MB has soooo many past posts from past members that are great that come up when you search on Google. Often many of these new members become regular members - just look at all of our join up dates - they are all varied, which means we are not all from the same time period but we have all joined up at different times and the influx of new members that become regulars is what really keeps a steady community going as old members leave. Do you really think a brand new forum with less threads/posts/members/tags/search criteria would attract as many new members?
Also, I don't know how feasible it is to ask people to pay to help set up the new community. And I don't know how many people would actually migrate over to the new one. In theory, it is a great idea and I agree that the regular community on MB should have more of a say BUT I just don't know how realistic the idea is and if it would be as successful in the long term.
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