[quote name='Shinje' date='15 June 2010 - 07:56 AM' timestamp='1276602962' post='695329']
It's always been called TheOtaku. o_O;
I've been a member here since all TheO had in terms of user-created content was the chatroom and OtakuBoards. To say that it has evolved into a "horrible non-communicative place" is a little naive. TheO has evolved from it's origins as a place where anime news and screenshot captures were it's backbone into a place where user blogs and fanart now lie at it's core. Put simply, [i]TheOtaku is now more user content and interaction driven than ever before[/i].
MyOtaku was a huge step towards getting the site to where it is now, and the worlds are simply built to intergrate with the site better. I would compare it it to a relay race; MyOtaku has passed the baton on to TheO: Worlds.
It's great that Adam kept MyO around for the users that put a lot of time and effort into their pages, most website admins in his situation would have just thrown it into the dustbin of history and forced their members to start over.
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I know it's always been called TheOtaku, but now thats the main name.
It's not naive at all! If you think about it, does anyone ever talk? Sure you get subscriptions here and there but my art never gets noticed because it seems no one cares anymore to even comment. I say thank you to them for favoriting on my art piece and they never reply and it pisses me off. The main thing about that is that they don't show new art on the front page, they show most active which ticks me off too.
MyOtaku isn't even working anymore, so he didn't really keep it around. More so, TheOtaku went downwards after they made the changes for TheOtaku to be the main site. So many people hated it, and still hate it. I especially despise the stupid, Worlds. They're not as great as your own special page like on MyO. I just think they should've kept MyO, make improvements on it here and there. And keep TheO for new art, news, cards, comics, writings and etc..