Is this message board replacing TalkinBroadway.com?

A friend of mine recently complained to me that TalkinBroadway.com which was one of the first and best known Broadway chat boards seems to be slowing down -- posts are fewer, news less up to date. Why is that while other boards (including BWW) seem to be growing more popular?

I for one never liked the format of their chat board. BWW is definitely more accessible. Are there a lot more Broadway themed message boards then there used to be?

Any thoughts?

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 01:23 PM

I never went "talkinbroadway". I've been a fan of BWW.

I've never been to Talkingbroadway.com...At this point when you search for almost anything broadway related on Google BroadwayWorld comes up somwehere in the results list...

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Well one thing I respect TalkinBroadway for is that there are some very intelligent posters on there. Lots of knowledgable people, but I do think the energy is nasty over there. Lots of bitter queens.

Yeah...and we already have a small group of them forming here... *cough*

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lol. It's much nastier. You should scroll through some of the posts!

Oops. Posted that before I realized you can make it flat.

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 01:40 PM

ATC seems a lot more reserved than BWW. I hardly spend anytime at ATC, but I refer to Talkin' Broadway for news rather than BWW. But BWW Boards OWN.

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"It's much nastier. You should scroll through some of the posts!"

I do. On a daily basis for several years now.

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Of course BWW is a great place: It's the home of the Minnelli Family!

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I never used it because when I've tried to sign up for ATC, they've told me that they discriminate against AOL users.

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"At this point when you search for almost anything broadway related on Google BroadwayWorld comes up somwehere in the results list..."

That's so true. Sometimes I search for something and one of the first links is to a thread in which I was part of the discussion. It's kinda wierd actually.

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I've been on ATC fairly longer than BWW, though I lurked on here for quite some time. One of the biggest differences is that you must be 16 to be on ATC (I learned that the hard way). On the other hand, I remember a while ago there was a thread here on BWW started by a 10 year old. That's fine, but that usually means that there are bound to be more, how do I put this, "simpler" threads. Not that they're all "simple," but every now and then, it'll happen.

In fact, there was a mini discusion about the two boards on ATC a couple days ago. Someone was asking for something, and another poster told them to ask it on BWW - it's quicker, then explained that they use BWW for quick info, but ATC for more insight.

Another thing is that ATC is strictly theatre chat. No "off-topic" board, no avitars, no markups, and anything that's considered a "poll" is deleted ASAP.

I love BOTH ATC AND BWW, but lately I've been coming to BWW a lot more often because things are posted a lot faster.

And as far as getting nasty, it gets nasty over here a lot more often, but when it's bad at ATC, it's BAD. You should have seen a thread last year about someone who was offended by Assassins. And there's not much love for Lloyd Webber or especially Frank Wildhorn.

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