I disagree with the last point there. Changing skins all the time is not really the point. Making a strong community is. And I don't understand the whole PB dying off thing I get to read everywhere either. So SZ and SSD have maybe lost some steam - but they're still large enough communities to sustain themselves - they've been here for years. And then you have PV and SI = probably 2 of the 4-5 best gfx/design/coding/support forums on PB or on anyplace else. They're both doing excellently. And neither have changed skins too often - rarely as a matter of fact. We have new stuff at PV all the time. Just cos we don't make a new skin every week doesn't mean there's nothing happening behind-the-scenes. Same goes for SI. And definitely for SZ or SSD. Come what may, they have stood the test of time and are still here. While most of the others are gone.

I agree with all the other points. But this Josh you keep referring to - is that sunjo? Now that guy is one in a million. Terrifically talented. And yes Mas had tons to offer. Quite the benchmark in real terms. I wish it hadn't closed down. It was nice.

VF is new. But I am certain that within a year we will have large communities that will grow really big. Till date the only forum on VF that I saw a spark in was wrighty's wR. That could've been huge.

I do agree that wR could have been huge who checks wR when it's like broken up into tiny little pieces last I checked?