[sluttycub]

Originally Posted by Keith

" On the other hand, my impression of many New Englanders was that going from Provincetown to Providence to Boston to Portsmouth was not a huge stretch. It might not happen weekly, but for the right guy it did -- and does."

"Those who have pointed out they weren't consulted are right: we did this based on traffic patterns -- both real traffic/commuting on a highway and also web traffic within any given forum. The Connecticut forum is popular, while the southern New York forum is lonely."
Keith

Thanks for your response Keith, I am not against change in general, and I am usually more than willing to go along with the new. I had not been on the site for a couple of weeks and when I logged back in, I couldn't find my message board, and when I did, I was disconcerted.

Perhaps there is a way to create message boards for larger geographical regions, New England, The Tri-state area, The four corners, etc... for folks that are willing to travel to play, and individual state message boards for those not so inclined.

Many of the men I have met through CFS are "finding" time to play in a busy work schedule, many are married, or are otherwise "entangled" and are looking for NSA playtime that can be covered up with excuses of errands, traffic, working late, etc. The single guys, with the freedom to play where and how they want do not seem to be well represented here. Perhaps there is some stigma attached to using this site for them, or maybe they are more likely to use a "dating" site with the idea they may meet someone special.

Finally, I do understand the frustration you must feel. I am the president of a large gay men's group and no matter how many times I ask for ideas the response is disheartening, but the criticism that comes with change is huge and sometimes violent. I suspect you have rather broad shoulders and normally this stuff rolls off your back but we all reach our breaking point.

Please keep an open mind on making more changes to either reverse this new format or to tweak it to be more accomdating.

Thanks for your efforts, Happy Hunting