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I'm almost NEVER into the 'in' stuff so it means nothing to me. Everyone knows there's only one kind of 'hot' I'm interested in. burning_eyes

And I don't know who Justin Bieber is either. I saw his name mentioned on a commercial on the Disney Channel once, I assume he's a singer? confused

i first heard the name Justin Butterbur, Biaper, or whatever the hell his name is when i was at an elementary school helping my mom out with an event the charity she works for was running a couple weeks ago. a bunch of the kids were requesting some song by him (since some people from the radio station were there reporting the event), but i wouldn't have been able to pick it out one bit from all the other mainstream pop they were playing. i've been seeing the name pop up on the odd occasion since, and i have yet to find out who this person is.

as for having forums dedicated to "popular" topics, i'm sorry, but i think it's a stupid idea, and i would still think it's a stupid idea if they decided to have forums dedicated solely to certain anime or video games. maybe as a one-time thing to promote something like Gaia has done before, but not a permament thing. i don't see the main forums as being focused on any particular thing. that's what guilds are for. if you want to discuss Twilight and other stuff with other fans/haters, go do it in a guild. it's not THAT much more difficult to go join a guild rolleyes

EDIT: crap. just looked up that Bieber kid. he's Canadian. as if we didn't have enough music artists to apologize about.

i think the overall idea of having a "hot topics" forum is a good one. it keeps people updated with what's supposedly popular in the world to date.

the part that bothers me about it, is it's geared towards the 12 - 16 age range audience. i mean, i know Gaia has a wide range of users, but only catering to the tweenboppers is a little biased. i could really care less about twilight and justin beiber.