User blog:UltimateMegaGeo/Annual "Save RNW" Project: 2015 Edition

I'm not really sure how to begin this blog in a different way so let's just get to the point: RNW is at it's most inactive stage ever...or at least since it's early years. We all know we're all maturing and getting a lot busier with our actual lives. That's completely understandable, and this place shouldn't be prioritized over jobs or schoolwork at all. Please don't think of this blog as pressuring or insulting, that's not what I'm trying to make it feel like.

This year especially, we've gradually reached the point where we are now, at least on the main wiki. I'm not sure how chat fares at late-night, though, so sorry if I may be a bit inaccurate.

The last few months of 2013 and the first few months of 2014 we had activity, but not much. We had that war project/game "How we split up the world" in 2013, and some Bunker 2.0 drama in 2014.

Even the summer was pretty inactive, and in the second half of the year, we've descended to immaturity. Remember that one guy in summer 2012 who caused a massive scene and got banned for a while? Go check the bottom of his block log...a lot of that stuff is regular conversation here these days. I'm not saying we have to be all goody-goody and censor every word, but this is pretty much the extent of our conversations here.

Finally, we've reached the point where the "Hot Spots" section of the wiki is almost always at 30 days (as opposed to the 3 we used to always see), and the wiki activity shows multiple days without scrolling down. Few of our regular/main users come on, and most new users don't stay long...and the loop just continues.

I know we can't be on here as much as we used to be. I know we'll likely never be back in our prime, but we're genuinely inactive now. The holidays are essentially over and we're in winter break, so now could be a good time to actually make this place fun again. Even if we don't get too organized (RNW Calendar/events, etc), we have a new admin and a pretty cool logo/gag, and we can probably do a few little things to make it interesting here.

You may not have noticed, but I have barely talked directly to anyone here in months. It gets boring checking the wiki activity these days, but I still try to do it each day, even if I don't edit. It's mainly because of my hope for the community and that this place can be more than small talk and meme jokes.