After a long discussion as to whether or not we're still relevant, I get the feeling that a lot of you guys may be getting a tad bored with the fetish or coming here in general due to inactivity. In order to stimulate the forum, maybe we could organise some sorta rota jam packed with events.
I know we have stuff like Prose That Blows and the occasional artist competition, as well as Another Canadian Guy's polls which I look forward to, but even then it seems that there's a scarcity of activity. I think there's been a few threads made already which have tried to rejuvenate the forum but that thread from the other day asking if we're still relevant got me thinking.
I guess we only make ourselves relevant if we take part in the community. It may not be the wider body inflation community, there are other sites out there, but this little community right here. I don't really know what to bring to the table though but I'd love to take part in any events you guys have in mind.
Being a lucky 14th reader of this thread, I can divide all our activity into "Balloon to Balloon" (B2B, not to confuse with "blow to burst") and "Balloon to Community" (B2C).
B2B runs its course - I'm not an RPer, but I always see "X new messages" in their section regardless of all stills and storms.
Recent examples of B2C are the first inflatable art museum, a new convention inviting our presence that will try to take off later this month, and new Youtube channels for 3D art and for inflatable suits. This all raises the quality bar - you have to offer something new, and make it good enough to be interesting.
You are right, "I want 5 "how would I inflate you" stories for 5 totally different guys: 5'7", 5'8", 5'9", 5'10" and 5'11" - all completely different please!" might give a sense of hopelessness. Still, let's not forget that balloons can't get "tired" or "old" - they can only fly away or pop. Proven recipes are never old - what about a new PTB? ^_^