Death of a Board and a Friend

Sep 03, 2006 13:18

Well, okay so the board didn't actually die, so much as change so much over the past year or so, that I could no longer be a member. Today I resigned ( Read more... )

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blade_girl September 3 2006, 21:57:12 UTC
Madi, it's not that I don't understand that it wasn't "just a board" in a lot of ways. I used to feel the same way about it. I guess it's just that I started mourning the board a lot sooner - like at least a year ago, maybe earlier. It's not just that the board changed; it's that the change was one of people actively becoming hostile and cruel to a certain group of other posters, and this hostility and cruelty being not just tolerated but encouraged by the supposed leadership. I would have objected to that even if I hadn't been part of the group that was being targeted ( ... )

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crazymadi September 3 2006, 22:57:37 UTC
Blade,

Don't take what I said in the wrong way. I neither felt you were harsh, callous, or unwise. It's true, in the end, it is just a board, one that I enjoyed, and grew through, but just a board. I don't mourn the loss of what it is now. I walk away happily.

I do mourn what it meant to me. I mourn the loss of the beginning. I will continue to grow, from the seeds planted there. I will always have the friends, which were its greatest gift. Maybe I should have made this more clear... I mourn the beginning, but I celebrate the journey.

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blade_girl September 3 2006, 21:59:08 UTC
Just want to assure you that I didn't actually mean to type "shrunked."

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crazymadi September 3 2006, 22:58:22 UTC
Did you mean to say shrinked? *EG*

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