by Mandrake » Feb 23rd, '05, 10:54
Great thoughts but one of the main problems with a links page is that it has to be moderated very carefully to avoid having inappropriate links posted there. On one Forum I checked out last year, many of the 'magic website links' were actually to porn sites so that links section was being discontinued. As mentioned above, a lot of other sites are openly exposing secrets which will ultimately lead to a complete lack of confidence by the inventors and innovators in publishing or distributing magical routines - it's their way of earning a living and it's not right for others to copy and feely distribute such material. As we can't be on watch 24 hours a day, we can't guarantee that inappropriate links wouldn't be posted so, at the moment, the links page is still a good idea waiting for the right time to happen.
Actually, TM doesn't set out to compete with any other forum, we know we're one of the smaller ones around so we just try to provide one way of talking about magic which we feel comfortable with and we leave the others to do it their way!