Floating an idea

The last two blog entries have contained some revealing comments to me. I wasn't aware that the Listverse Forums had dwindled so much. I also wasn't aware how severe the disconnect has been between some very good online friends. And I wasn't aware how badly many of you wanted to rekindle the so-called "old days" of Listverse Forums.

So let's do it.

What do you think of going home again?

I have an idea that needs a lot of feedback before we try it. Don't you think it would be cool as shit if a boatload of us just suddenly showed back up on the Forums and started posting again just like we used to? Same old topics? Same old funny, classic threads?

And we would all show up at the same time and pick up right where we left off WITHOUT A WORD! How cool would that be? We would all vow that we'd NEVER refer back to the "black hole" and we'd resume our posts and threads just as if nothing had ever happened. En masse. Simultaneously.

It would be like something out of The Dark Tower - "there are other worlds than these." A large group of folks would reappear like ghosts and pick things back up as if nothing had ever happened. And not only would we not ever refer back to the "black hole," we would all deny that it ever happened. If anyone asked about what the hell was happening, we'd reply with confusion. We'd all agree to say that we don't know what they're talking about. We would all pick right back up where we'd left off completely and totally as if nothing had ever happened and have a chance to rewrite reality.

The funny thing is that almost exactly one year ago, I attempted something very similar with the drive to get the most possible people online at the same time. Although we didn't hit our target number, I think we succeeded very well. It failed and worked at the same time.

The absolute only way - ONLY WAY - this could work is if we really all do it simultaneously. If we trickle in one or two at a time, it won't work. We couldn't pull of the "deception" unless we all showed back up at our previous posting levels all at the same time. And the second part of the key is total deniability.

Round 'em up. We all need to know how many folks we can get BEFORE we do it. It's possible that enough people aren't interested in this idea, and we need to know that. Once again, we all need to pick a specific date to give this a shot so that we all show up at the same time. I have lost touch with almost everyone. I speak fairly regularly with Lizzie, Gezza, and bucslim, but that's about it. The only significant contact I've had with cheeshygirl and Shifty have been through this blog. And that's it for me. It's going to take all of us to round up everyone BEFORE we do it.

Can we all agree to at least contact all the old regulars and report back here as to what their feelings are? What date should we shoot for? I have jury duty next week, but I would certainly be able to post early in the morning (like this) and in the evening during that week.

And it would be a much bigger impact if none of us posted anything on Listverse about it. We can discuss it here, on Facebook, or through e-mail, but let's don't make any kind of pre-event tip-off on the Forums. It's much cooler if we don't announce it - we just do it.

Can we get this rolling by the weekend? Is that too soon?