How 'bout both?
I pretty much started running when I stumbled on CR in Dec 05. I had a coupla false starts and a stress fracture in the year leading up to that going it on my own.
So I owe much to this community in no uncertain terms. To any of you who are just starting out I
highly recommend finding a group online, off-line, CR, KR, or whatever and be a good citizen if you want to survive the process with the least amount of resistance and the most amount of fun.
When Active.com bought(?) CR I figured there would be some turmoil, some things better, somethings worse -ce la vie. Its the community that counts, the interface while important is not my primary concern. In August, when this brewhaha started ,a smallish group migrated to KR for various reasons (beautiful plumage I might add). I and many double-posted, but I confess my posting vitality was spent in KR. Its just easier to talk in a smaller group for me. CR has exploded in size since I joined which is GREAT, but it wasn't meshing as well with my personal social shortcoming as you will. So my little fantasy would be to see a multiple of sub groups within the masters umbrella, miraclulously arise with high intergration yet with smaller homebases or comfort groups to be centered in that wasn't defined by age, milage, time zone, but just a natural spreading out. Lots of free interaction as one is inclined but few restrictions or obligations. Maybe, if this is best ,it will evolve naturally as conditions in cyber space alternate between bumpy and smooth. Hopefully we can all make it through the bumps to smoother days.
Thanks for the ear
JJJ