1) Why were you active on Zombians instead of Neocodex?
Even though I did find Codex long before Zombians (I used to lurk codex a bit before I even made this account), I basically forgot codex existed when I took a long neopets hiatus around... I guess 2010/2011ish(?) I still checked Neopets every once in a while, but I only really became semi-active on neopets again around 2014. When I was looking up mystery pic answers, I happened upon the site http://mysterypic.logicalgamers.com/ and used that for a while to get MPic answers. The site eventually stopped posting answers, and I saw someone advertizing Zombians in the comments saying they had the answers, so I joined up. A few months later I did realise Codex still existed, and I was aware it was a bigger community that had better/more programs, but there was something about Zombians that felt more home-y to me. Felt small enough that I could make an impact (and when I joined up it was on the decline, so it did need help), but it was still a big enough site that it felt like what I did mattered.
2) How did you feel about Neocodex as a member of Zombians?
I thought Codex seemed kind of... too big and established to find a place for me. Even though Zombians had a lot of old members from places like DZ, Zombians itself was pretty young and I felt like ZB could be my DZ; my first young forum to be active in. Codex had members who had been there for soo long, I just didn't know how to dive in.
3) How do you think others felt about Neocodex on Zombians?
Honestly, I'm not sure. Objectively speaking, it's hard to say why people would have joined Zombians instead of Codex, honestly. I mean, I loved ZB, but besides my personal bias, Codex is bigger, more active, more established, etc etc. I think a lot of newer ZB members didn't even know about Codex. Somehow I suppose they might have just happened upon ZB first? Plus, a lot of (newer) members had no particular reason to know about other neopets forums since there were some people who weren't interested in neo. Other than that, I think some people moved to ZB because they had their own personal bad experience on Codex/other forums, and they were looking for somewhere else. ZB was kinda the underdog, outside of the "monopoly" of places like ck and codex. At least that's the impression I got.
4) How did you think Neocodex felt about Zombians?
I don't think many codexians thought anything about zombians much. People who were deeply involved in codex probably looked down on zombians a little, but didn't really care about it. I mean, just a glance at the membership stats: last time I checked, we had under 4000 members on ZB. Codex has over 50,000. I think Codex saw Zombians as a small rival with some users they didn't get along with, and thus slightly disliked Zombians (which is fair. Rivalry is rivalry, even when things are kept civil). But I think the bottom line is (from my point of view), Neocodex didn't "feel" or think much about Zombians. Just wasn't really relevant.
5) Has your opinion of Neocodex changed now that you joined?
Yes and no honestly. I trust Codex a lot more now. I always used to worry about using programs from sites that were TOO big, always kind of felt like something was going on behind the scenes that I didn't understand. Obviously by this point I do trust codex though. And I feel like it is a lot easier to get involved in codex than I originally thought. I just always figured it was too big to do anything in, but I see that I can still be a part of it and just dive into the conversation. The reason I say yes and no though, is that it does still feel like I can't really have an impact here in the same way, which is no one's fault, but it's making me a lot less active here than I was on ZB. I'm not really a part of a "group," I don't know many people personally at all, and I can't really find a "role" to take on here. I don't know what to talk about because everything's been said, every topic has been brought up, and my help isn't really needed. My goal on Zombians was actively to move up in the ranks, and as I became more trusted by staff and community I moved up from smaller roles like greeter up to sectional mod and eventually up to moderator. I just saw chances to help the site and I took them. I suppose I'm not certain how to make enough of an impression here to even hit Advanced+, because everything is kind of already done by the time I think about it.
Anyway, long rambling post. I'm glad Codex is taking in us Zombians refugees is the bottom line. Just kind of feels like I'm hanging out with ZB's big brother now.