So, I had a thought after reading
Soukuw's wholesome Fried Rice recipe post - we all know social media loving sucks, why don't we make an active effort to use these forums again?
So that's exactly what I did as an experiment,
I got something cool that I wanted to share with my friends so I made a post about it like old times instead of just sharing it on social media, and that along with Soukuw inspired me to write this. I know that making one post in the semi-dead Games board isn't going to revitalize the community, but it's a good-faith effort toward making quality posts that people might actually want to engage with.
Now obviously some of us are still here and continue to lurk and have lurked for eons, and the rest of us are in the one political thread in off-topic, but that being active isn't the same as using the forums for its intended purpose like we used to.
Nothing is stopping us from making posts here. You can delete your Facebook and Xitter tomorrow and this can be the only blue website in your life. Check in, give us a little update. Post what you've been drawing in creativity. If you're still playing the game (or Rebuilt) post your builds in the gallery. Post about the new Switch 2 game you got that cost $80 and you want your money back. Whatever. The beauty of these forums, this time around, is that the community and the game we love hasn't changed, but now most all of us are in our late 20s if not our 30s instead of being 12, we can use this place with a little more dignity than we once did lol.
We could have a nice little internet pocket again if we actually use it. Not everything needs to be an algorithm feed or a Discord scrollback. Post a topic, reply to one. Even if it flops it's still better than shouting into the void elsewhere.
And then one day Badspot closes the server down for good and everything some of have posted on here for the last 20 years goes away forever. But
before that happens, why the hell have we let it die? We all say, all over the internet, that we miss the days of classic web-forums and bulletin boards and that social media killed it, but like, it's still loving here ain't it? Yeah this isn't a classic like SomethingAwful or a FacePunch or even a GameFAQs, but it's still ours, right? You can just, keep posting, like before. And if we actually respond to posts, people might just stick around again.
I've been using these forums since I was 14, a whopping 18 years of my casual writings exist here. Sure, most of it is stuff - but it's
my stuff. I don't know, maybe that's just me being sentimental, but I figure if we're all still checking in here from time to time, that's proof enough it meant something.
So post. stuffpost. Make a thread about your cat, your car, your half-finished map. Dig up an old build and screenshot it before it's dust. Let's treat this place like it's alive instead of a memorial.
My goal for 2026 is to legitimately use this forum as it was intended again, to the best of my ability, and forego social media entirely. This is the opposite of a Blockland is Dead post. Because one day it will be gone, and I'd rather its last years look like a community than a tombstone.
