I've never seen it even CLOSE to being this bad before, and I've heard several other members (who have been here longer) state that as well.
So... LPD, ChicagoSam, Onslow, and Snoozan... four highly respected members of OUR community have left... If it helps Snoozan told me she was leaving again last week. We had a nice long chat hashed out a few things we had disagreed on in the threads. Then we discussed our lives, work, etc. Snoozan is married, she has a toddler and she has a successful business she operates from home. She doesn't have time for the vitriolic infighting that has plagued LPSG.org since about mid April. Because of the shit that this site has turned into. I've been thinking about leaving for a month or so now. This place sucks, to be quite honest. All people do is argue over stupid bullshit. It's the veritable plethora of trolls and angry folk who like to start shit that have made it so uncomfortable for me as well. I was an innocent victim of The St. Valentine's Day Massacre aka the Ray6955 debacle. As a result Mattness won't speak to me to this day and I did nothing to him. But those first few attacks by Onion in chat really shook me up. I know many people here think it's silly to take seriously anything that anyone says on the internet; but they weren't there and they have no clue just how awful it really was. I used to come to LPSG because it made me feel good... now I come here because it's part of "going through the motions" and as soon as I logon, I wonder why the fuck I even bothered. Pretty much, the same here. Just more posts of people thrashing each other. Sadly, I agree. My gold membership ran out Monday and I didn't renew it, because I don't have the money; but also because I just don't feel like I want to be a member of what's going on here of late.
Where is Madame Zora by the way? I didn't always agree with her but she always spoke intelligently unlike many here of late.
Don't worry, it's the usual ebb and flow of the board. There's periods of drama, then no drama, and then drama again. Some members threaten to leave, some do, some come back as someone else, etc. It's just part of "As lpsg.org Turns" drama.
I hope things do get better. I'm not ready to leave but I have left other groups because of online bickering, most of which I was in the middle of.
I think the difference here is that I am not in the middle of any of the bickering here. I hope to keep it that way.
Guys, things really do go in cycles here. It has absolutely been both this venomous and this troll-filled at times, but that passes. The key is that you have to be a part of making it better by what you contribute. Each one of us should really think about whether we are steering things in the direction we'd like to see them go, or dragging things further down with negativity.
I know that some of those people you mentioned will be back, Meg. And others that have left as well. I wouldn't still be here myself if I hadn't taken some time away.
Guys, things really do go in cycles here. It has absolutely been both this venomous and this troll-filled at times, but that passes. The key is that you have to be a part of making it better by what you contribute. Each one of us should really think about whether we are steering things in the direction we'd like to see them go, or dragging things further down with negativity.
I know that some of those people you mentioned will be back, Meg. And others that have left as well. I wouldn't still be here myself if I hadn't taken some time away.
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Tee hee hee you said truthiness. :tongue: I like Steven Colbert. :biggrin1:
I like Jon better. :biggrin1:
I like Stephen; but I LOVE John. As you can see I just changed my avatar to reflect that. :smile: