>There used to be a synergy between this site's identity and
>the people who frequented it. Not just on the boards but the
>whole site & its offshoots.

Yup.

>As time moves on there's been sort of a growing disconnect of
>what OKP seems to want to be and what it actually is.

Yes! And, I can understand why Quest has done that. Anyone would LOVE to go from fronting the bill for a labor of love to turning it into a viable stream of income. And, I feel he deserves it for all the years he has kept the light on for us, BUT, these aspirations of a more mainstream connect should be inclusive of the folks found round these parts.

>The Reviews section was emblematic of that.
>
>How are you gonna bring in new visitors to check for something
>you can't even manage to crossover to the OKPs who are already
>here and have been here?

Hit it right on the head. I do feel that for a longtime, OKP has been a place of tastemakers way before it became cool to be that (or at least pretend to be) and if even WE aren't excited about the Reviews section, I highly doubt that those folks that come to siphon our opinions are going to latch onto it either.

But, as always, I COULD be wrong, but that's just my 0.02.