No matter how you voted in this poll, know that you are making Booster Gold proud.
Last week's poll question: How is being a fan of Booster Gold reflected in your behavior? (33 votes)
Speaking of mercenary behavior: I don't know if it's the cancellation of Booster's title, the coming of the New 52, the worldwide cultural zeitgeist of impending doom, or something I've done wrong, but traffic here at Boosterrific.com is half of what it was even 6 months ago and trending downward. Outside of less than 5 regular visitors (you all know who you are), participation in the site is practically nonexistent.
Boosterrific.com has been online since 2007, but didn't have a daily blog until 2010. Together, the apparent public dis-interest in the site coupled with my extreme, ongoing personal disappointment in the New DC have led me to have doubts about the value of continuing to update this blog on a daily basis.
What I need to know this week is if anyone even cares if this part of the site goes away. Please honestly answer this week's poll so I can get some feedback from you, the site visitors, about this quandary.
CDN posted on Feb. 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Why is there no 'Once an hour' option? D:
Morgenstern posted on Feb. 23, 2012 at 4:25 PM
I guess I am one of the usual suspects and while I still visit this side at least daily, there is just little to talk about at the moment. Just think about what we had to talk about a year ago:
Booster Solo Title, Time Masters, Generation Lost, his appearances on Smallvile and Batman: Brave and the Bold.
What is left? Once a week we get a slow moving JLI-comic, which has Booster in the spotlight..but is so light on content that it just doesn't cut it. Add to that all the frustration about the reboot...
There is just so much this Blog can do on his own by scouting the news for everyting BG, if DC just isn't doing its part.
We can either wait and hope that things turn for the better at DC for our favourite Hero, or pray that the promised TV might bring the desired new life..but these two things are both out of our hand and even if they should happen, are a long way away from now.
Sean posted on Feb. 23, 2012 at 5:11 PM
I check each day, but I never post anything. Just thought you should know I REALLY do dig your site!
Curt posted on Feb. 23, 2012 at 8:38 PM
I check in every day or at least every other day to read the news, but as Morgenstern put it, there just isn't enough new awesome Booster stuff to talk about. Sure the JLI book is decent, but is nowhere near the level of awesome BG's two previous books were. And has anyone even heard anything new about the TV show? I am dutifully waiting for it to happen, if it even does.
I will continue to visit the site and I will try to post more often, because I don't want you to drop anything.
Jesster posted on Feb. 23, 2012 at 11:33 PM
DC is ruining so much and taking everybody down with them. We just have to wait until Rip and Brainiac find a way to fix everything. I'm a regular but check so much at work that it doesn't show.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Feb. 23, 2012 at 11:42 PM
CDN: If I thought that I could come up with enough content to post multiple times a day, I just might. You know, come to think of it, I don't have any system to tell you what the most recent updates are. Maybe I should work on that....
Sean: Thanks!
Curt: I don't mean to hold the blog hostage. I just need to know that there are people out there who care to visit the site more often than monthly. The blog was added to the site specifically to drive up visits. Previously, there really wasn't much reason to visit the site more frequently than monthly, and I was trying to find a way to give you all incentive to come back more often. That seemed to work for awhile, but is clearly trending in the opposite direction. So I just need to to reaffirm that there are people out there who want this before I make any decisions about its future.
Jobu posted on Feb. 24, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I too have Boosterrific in my daily bookmarks and usually check in with my morning coffee. I guess I would also echo the sentiments of others that I don't post as much with the diminishing treatment Booster's getting from DC. But I feel I should share how much I think your site is terrific and how great it is that it exists. We all need to do our part to keep raising Boosterwarness until the glory days return.
Eyz posted on Feb. 24, 2012 at 2:39 PM
You know what we all need? A Booster on-going back!!!
(and no, the current JLI just doesn't do it for me anymore...)
The other problem with the current Booster is also that he looks a bit too much like Booster BLUE than Booster GOLD... Nothing to do with this above subject? I beg to differ!
Harry posted on Feb. 24, 2012 at 11:00 PM
I check daily and look forward to the blog each day. My lack of participation primary stems from my complete lack of enthusiasm for the New 52. There just isn't much nice to say about it and I can't bring myself to regularly rant.
Grimmy posted on Feb. 25, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Like some of the above posts, I've been reading the blog regularly for a few years but never posted before. Odd that it took DC screwing everything up to change that. Sorry, I guess you don't know how good you got it till it's gone. This is the only place where I can get real Boostercentric news since I'm boycotting DC's "New Universe" until we get Skeets back. Anyway, thanks for the site and the work you put in on keeping it current, relevant and fun. Here's to hoping DC's flagging sales convince them (like Marvel's Heroes Reborn a few years ago) that a quality product not a gimicky reboot is what sells.
I'm with Jesster, just hoping Rip hurries up and sets the Multiverse right again. Skeets would want it that way.
The Irredeemable Shag posted on Feb. 28, 2012 at 10:56 PM
I love your blog and visit about once a week and troll through recent posts. I'd hate to see it go. However, as a fellow DC comic character blogger, I understand the burden the blog can represent. If you are still enjoying it, but want to cut back, maybe you switch to 2 or 3 times a week. Just a suggestion.
Shag
