User blog comment:Bfoxius/New Community Timeline/Project/@comment-24002937-20141205115243

After looking up Yellowstone: 1936, I have to say, the idea (a geological/climatological POD) may have worked if it wasn't a Volcano that shook the world, but rather an asteroid impact (I would say something along the lines of 5 to 8 km would do, depending on the time period the POD took place).

Nevertheless, I would say that a good community project would be one in which an entirely alternative world could be formed, using an insanely ancient POD along the lines of "what if Sargon had died as a child?" With such a departure point, a lot of users could be free to allow for their imaginations to run wild and create a number of absolutely 'new' nations, people, and events never before thought up. My only problem with such a community project would be attempting to actually write up a coherent history of the world over such a long time, and I just don't think there are enough users on this site that would have the patience to carry out such a daunting task.