harmony wrote:
Losers? I never said they were losers. I said they aren't here, and because they aren't here, our discussions have lost the savor they once had.
I don't think this is the case. I just think that you sense less of a sense of unity. When this version of the board re-appeared, many here were glad for it since it stood as a beacon against the draconian moderating policies of MAD. A lot of people felt united, since they had been unreasonably and unfairly booted off of FAIR/MAD.
Please notice it's not just one side or the other that is on that list. There's posters from both sides on it.
You're right. You also left off posters like SUAS/coffeecat, Nortinski, Infymus, jskains, Mormon Mendacity, and others.
The group that is not on that list is posters like PP... the nonsubstance contributors who clutter up the board with nonsense, contribute nothing to the conversation (see his comments on this thread), and are so offensive, even the most devoted have departed. We can certainly count on PP to stick around depositing his mental manure wherever he squats.
Well, is this subjective? Blixa said that she sometimes finds him amusing. I also sometimes find him amusing. On the other hand, I am hard pressed to find useful or meaningful content from your dear friend, Jersey Girl. Heck, she admitted on another thread that the only reason she participates is to "play the game" and to jerk people around. Obviously, she has no real Mormon investment in any of this (as does PP). She is, as one very insightful observer noted, an "outlier." (And, naturally, she went utterly ballistic when this was pointed out.)
Another one left this morning. That's 3 in 3 days. Will anyone notice they are gone? They didn't leave a parting message on any thread, to be a target for snide comments and parting shots from the likes of PP and others. They're just fading away. We are less with their loss.
You are attributing the departure of these people (whom you refuse to name; we are left to guess whether they actually exist) to PP. But is that legit? Do you have any evidence?
None of you addressed the message. None of you asked why I posted this. None of you got past your kneejerk reaction. Instead, you gloated, you dismissed, you marginalized, you trivialized... anything so you didn't have to focus on what is right in front of you. You attacked the messenger, not the message. If you can't see how that makes you and this board exactly like the church, then you're as blind as the FP.
No, I get it, Harmony: you want "your" board to feel like it did "back in the day." But times change. Change with the times or let the times change you.