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Hi Mr.AK, how did you find the forums? We don't see too many new faces these days, though we are a welcoming bunch.
I have been a fan of the podcast for a very long time. I was unaware that these forums even existed until a google search for for “something+filmspotting” brought it up.
(I don’t even recall what the “something” was!)
I believe it. We're a bit of a funny appendage to the show these days. Before other social media platforms took over this forum was THE space to interact with the hosts and discuss the show. People arranged meetups, followed the marathons, participated in the top 5 of the week, etc.
That's not so much the case anymore, as is to be expected with the show growing larger, and the rise of newer more popular platforms, and forums being somewhat antiquated. Nevertheless the forum lives on.
It has taken on a life on it's own now. You'll still find avid listeners of the show here, and sporadic listeners and former listeners as well. But the day to day discussion and activity is fueled largely by our own personal film watching experiences, and not so much (or at all) in reaction to what was discussed on the lastest filmspotting episode. Mostly people are doing and watching their own thing here, and the vibe is laid back. It's a smallish community so unlike a lot of places where you might discuss films, you'll actually encounter the same person here more than once.
Like I said though, it's rare for a new face to show up. It's like those scenes in westerns when some cowboy from far away shows up in a saloon of a quiet frontier town, and everyone turns and looks who just walked in. I think we're more welcoming than that though