You can say "SOTW", "Steve Goodson", "Sneezy.org" or anything else. I have no problems with that. If you develop Scarface Syndrome (rent the movie if you don't know what that is), we'll have a chat. If you start posting libel, you'll be banned. Other than that, it's generally kewl.
First, as an offhand comment, possibly the "main" reason why I agreed to help Ed out over here was because I felt that I did have a good deal of stuff still to say about a variety of things and SOTW wasn't an appropriate platform for that. Hey, I can post here about how I really admire the saxophone, as an instrument (verification of that: saxpics.com), but I can also say that I hate 99% of the saxophone playing out there and not get shouted down. I can also talk about clarinets and stuff as a primary interest, rather as just relegated to "doubling". Hey, I started as a clarinet player and moved to sax. I also love jazz flute (and well played flute, in general), even though I can't play flute. I also happen to know a bit about some obscure double-reed instruments. I also rather enjoy bassoon music.
And I prefer a lot of classical over jazz.
Second, Ed, Jim and I have constantly talked about the direction of this forum. We've all had suggestions and comments going back and forth. Some of those things have been implemented, some have not.
Third, I've been busy trying to complete my BS degree (yes, I started in 1988). Add to that an increased workload (I'm doing my job and the job of a coworker who died in January). That means I haven't been able to be around much. There are topics I haven't started yet that I find interesting.
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The MAJOR difference between WooF and SOTW or Sneezy.org has been that we do have folks that we've designated as experts in particular fields and they're here to help y'all: Content Experts. The SECONDARY difference is that a very large percentage of our membership is professional and a tad older than, say, SOTW. Not that there's anything wrong with that; just a different focus.
I also think another good difference is that in SOTW we tried (OK, I tried: I wrote most of 'em) to come up with rules to cover every eventuality so I could ban someone if I needed to, without Harri's involvement (although he could overturn the ban). Here, the rule is simple: be nice or go somewhere else. And we give the CEs wide discretion, rather than requiring everything to go through Ed, Jim or me.
Personally, I agreed with the oft-heard comment on SOTW that all of the stuff for beginners, such as which mouthpiece/horn/whatever you should use should be put in a FAQ. Other things I'm a lot more happy to help out with. Hey, it's a FAQ because it's frequently asked: there are no problems with the question, but check the FAQ before asking.
Also, personally, I haven't been on SOTW much in the past, oh, three years. There are a lot of "worthless threads" when I last checked -- many of which are being confined to SOTW's Lounge, but they do tend to spill out, some (especially into General Discussion) -- and I don't have time to sift through them for the ones that are worthwhile. I occasionally visit Sneezy.org, but I never registered there: I find the layout there very user-hostile and I already deal with enough user-hostile applications at work. Additionally, I feel that I have to be an uber-expert to post there or I'll have someone on my back about what the actual range of the chalumeau register is or some such. Life's too short.
One could also argue that SOTW's a bit too big for its own good. This necessarily leads to threads being duplicated -- like the few dozen threads about "post a pic of your horn". Hey, combine 'em all and you've got something really special. Leave 'em as is and you've just got a bunch of random threads.
FWIW, I'd LOVE to go through SOTW and create an index for them: SOTW needs a librarian more than they need another moderator. Check that: they need a STAFF of librarians.