Meteorologist/journalist Eric Holthaus gives a shout-out to the Forum as "a fairly obscure message board of sea ice enthusiasts"
from The 2016/2017 freezing season message Reply 946 message 94661 Sigmetnot
Well, we will see if we get a spike of new members with the increase in publicity. I remember when I started at Distributed Proofreaders via the post at /. (Slashdot). What a zoo for a few weeks with a boatload of new members at DP. Note- I like the utf8 formatting and life plus 50 copyright rules at Distributed Proofreaders Canada and Faded Page more these days, but I do reside in Canada. And Rachel Carson has books there. Along with more than a few books about Arctic exploration, old but good.
It would be nice to get a few more excellent posters with strong signal to noise postings. However it is also nice to not be overwhelmed. Neither of these will probably happen.
For myself, I find that adding a person to my ignore list about every two to three months works wonders for keeping calm here. I am up to 4.
To all those who post scientific papers, AGU or other quality videos - I deeply appreciate it. I was spending lots of time sitting in hospitals and getting paid to be with friends who are mentally challenged. Printing out a paper or two to take with on the bus ride in and time they were asleep was a counterpoint I enjoyed. Peace out.