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Originally Posted by exwhysee  I've been a member here for years. I come on and take a hiatus when I need to. Its not hard. You control your engagement with the site. It should not control you.
Some folks spend way too much time here...get burned out...and feel the need to leave. Then they miss the void left in their life, and some come back. I've seen it happen many times before.
In the end, this site really gives back what you give. If you like to fight and argue, others here are more than happy to fight and argue back. If you enjoy "standing your ground" others will challenge your ground. If you make friends and have fun, you will have tons of friends and fun. If you are depressed and negative, you can get even more depressed and negative here.
By and large, you get what you give. |
Well put, apt and true.
There is nothing wrong with a good argument.
There is nothing wrong with people disagreeing with you.
While I don't like being called names... surely there are times when its called for or at least understandable that it happens.
How long would you watch a television show where everything was hunky dory all the time?
As to those who bemoan that the ole gray mare ain't what she used to be....
1- its a community. It will be the interplay of those who are a part of it... stop demanding it be otherwise.
2- YOU make the community what it is to the extent and nature of your contribution.
3- maybe you're just suffering from a false nostalgia.
4- you do not improve a community by withdrawing from it.
If you lose interest, get tired of defending your ideas, or the folks you used to like to chat with are all gone... then leave.
But don't blame the rest of the community...
The site, like life itself, will go on without you.
Every hundred years the earth is full of entirely different people.
.....and thru all human history the old timers have been complaining that things ain't what they used to be...
And the Newbies they complain of will soon enough be chanting the same old saw.
