For precisely the opposite reason that I love this forum, I loved Landthieves (albeit more when it first started - aka when I was younger).
What makes OKCTalk great is 1. A real focus on something that has real impact on our daily lives and 2. A real sense of being in the same room with someone. OKCTalk is "The internet as an extension of the community".
What makes Landthieves great is it doesn't tip-toe around the reality of the internet. It's unabashed and allows people to "be themselves" and/or be what they what to be on the internet. I think what comes out on the internet is often a truer version of ourselves than we'd like to admit, even if it's not our best selves. At the very least it can be intensely cathartic. I like that Landthieves does not require that facade.
I will actually really miss shaggybevo's politics board because the beauty of any internet forum, this one included, is that you can quickly find the voices worth listening to, and who creates the best dialogue between disparate perspectives. Landthieves had a few good ones, but not as many. Both were definitely the place I went in political season to get some good information and feel out the political climate as well as refine some of my own thoughts.
Landthieves also has the best Thunder discussion on the internet owing to about a dozen high quality posters.
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