[Taiki]

Well, they may understand what a forum is but the fact that there is extras and avatars to dress up may just be misleading them as to what it really is if they're not already familiar with the concept of an "avatar site".

If Gaia actually dies out, it may in the end hurt all other avatar sites because Gaia was usually the starting place for most people because of it's size. Even if all the users went to the smaller ones at first, unless another one becomes as famous, I think it will be hard to successful for all.