See that last thing you mentioned is 3/4 of the appeal for me. An archive AND a list of community recs would be wonderful because there are so many simstories (everything stories really) that I read and loved and would like to find again ... and I can't.

The exchange is problematic though being as it is down again and pretty much everyone fully expects them to just pull the plug one day with no warning anyway.

I think I will go toss a link to this up on twitter. Get some more input. (and maybe someone else will know if that rec community still exists or what happened to it if it doesn't)