MaiOtaku: Abandoned?

So I just joined this site a few hours ago (yay, newbie) and I've already noticed a couple bugs as well as how...simple and not-so-moderated the forums and such seem to be. Does anyone know the details as to the origin of this site?

Sephiroth is the administrator, web master for this site. I believe he runs a few other sites, Cecil knows the best out of all of us. I can't speak on Sephiroth's behalf, I believe he knows what he's doing but he seems to be really busy, as far as I know he's listed as "staff" for a bunch of conventions so I don't know what that means. I've heard of people letting their sites self suffice for a while without any updates or changes, yeah the forum is really simple and there are bugs but we have no control over that. This site does some sort of advertising, I just don't know how much.

Ah okay, thanks. :) I wasn't trying to comment on the competence of the webmaster or anything, I was just wondering if he/she was just really busy or decided to let us all manage on our own. The forum is indeed simple: I think that's what gives it charm. Sure, there are some functions I wouldn't mind it having...but the lack of them isn't the end of the world. As far as the advertising goes, I've only ever seen it advertised at conventions. I think with more advertising, MaiOtaku could become a lot more popular...though to be honest, I wouldn't want it to become TOO popular: I really like the sorta homey/niche feeling of the community.

If it became more popular, I don't know if it would really hurt. There might be more of a chance for singles in their own state to meet instead of most of us spread out. It will never be as big as okaycupid or plentyofish and I don't know of many othr dating sites that cater to otaku.

As far as I know, there aren't any other sites that cater to otaku; though it's not like I've searched for others. And that's what I mean by "too" popular: more popularity would be good for just those reasons, but any more popularity and you start getting trolls and other people of the like.

I suppose. it's laughable because I haven't had any success here other than some back and forth posting but at least there is a "stage". With the more popular sites, the males send out messages en masse and the contents are usually distasteful. I would like to think nice guys have a chance here. There is no one from MN though.

Haha yeah, same here. Though to be honest, I started out on this site with zero expectations. And I wouldn't say "no one"...you've tried the search function, right? I do agree that there are those states who literally only have no more than ten people (if that) but I mean...there's at least one or two people from every state, I would say.

Okay so I lied. Apparently there are 14 users from MN including myself, whether or not most of them are active is questionable. If Mai Otaku continues to advertise in some fashion at conventions, it might pick up steam depending in which state the con is located.

Yeah, I think it all just comes down to whether or not people are active. And that's true. It just seems like the potential for friend-zoning here is ridiculously high

Dude. I just said the same thing in someone's profile. I don't know why that is, unless it's the structure or layout of the site or just the fact everyone is spread out and no one in their right mind wants a long distance relationship.