In some of my lurking moments on Bungie.net, I have noticed a fairly prominent split in how people see Bungie.next and Bungie.old.
Brand new users, those who have joined since the Destiny reveal trailer, or even since E3 seem to view Bungie.next as just another normal website with a cool community. Even more so, they see anyone who has been here for a while (say, '10) as crotchety old timers overwhelmed with nostalgia for the "good ol' days."
On the other hand, those same old users (never thought I'd call a '10 old...) lament the loss of what they believe made Bungie.old their home on the Internet. I confess that I am a member of that group, but that's neither here nor there. Somehow, we cannot get the point across to the newer users that Bungie.old was gloriously different from other places, but now I am digressing into rambling nostalgia.
So for newer users, I am curious. How do you see Bungie.next?
For older users, are you happy here? Or do you find yourself drifting away, as though the tether has been cut?
For really old users ('04 and before) did you notice a similar split in thinking during the arrival of the New Hawtness?
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it's not where you are my dear friend but who you're with that counts this place could be the most broken, unappealing, non functional place on the internet and none of that would matter for as long as Bungie is running it and (the true) community is chasing it ;) i'll be here, even when you think i'm not to me... Bungie.old (as you put it) just put on a new T-shirt, you know because they grew and the old one didn't fit anymore and apparently i'm not even seeing it in it's full glory... soon it will turn to me/us and go "check out my logo... here and here... and here and... if you're nice i'll let you see that one there ;) ye that's what i think