Doesn't anybody post here anymore?

[LAPhil]

I don't know if it would be appropriate to mention the names here, but for those seeking longer threads on the same issues we discuss on this forum, there are blogs which usually consist of a column by a well-known commentator at the beginning which is followed by comments from readers. Depending on the writer and the nature of the column, there can be up to several hundred comments and replies within just a few hours. So it's not like people are becoming apathetic in general.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by LAPhil

I don't know if it would be appropriate to mention the names here, but for those seeking longer threads on the same issues we discuss on this forum, there are blogs which usually consist of a column by a well-known commentator at the beginning which is followed by comments from readers. Depending on the writer and the nature of the column, there can be up to several hundred comments and replies within just a few hours. So it's not like people are becoming apathetic in general.

Generally those blogs and writers are highly factionalized. The one's commenting on them are usually committed to that faction. In addition, commenting one way or another doesn't hold any accompanying or inherent wish for further involvement. There's always been no shortage of commentators. the only thing that's changed there is that there are more blogs, and the mainstream news is a little less controlling in allowing people to comment on subjects they seemed previously to admire strict control of.
In contrast, groups like SOS, NMI, ALIPAC, Minutemen, etc, are always soliciting for action of some type, and so there has always been an underlying current of involvement.