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I Am Leaving

I have had some interesting discussions here but I feel like this is a shadow of what it tries to replace.

I cannot find that sense of community that EP had... to be truthful I've not found it in any of the substitutes either.

However this place seems to be growing into less of a community and more a collection of individuals. It's not home. I can't find comfort here.

PErhaps it's because communication wtih the powers that be is even more limited than in EP, but I suspect it's more a combination of change, both personal and communal.

I'd like to thank the people who put this together. I'm absolutely certain they worked really hard with great intent, but somehow this just isn't what I need right now.

So I wish you all well, and hope for you everything that you hope for yourself (unless it involves harm for others.)

Best of

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Diane1949 · 70-79, F

There are a bunch of tattle tales and judgemental people on here. That is why it's not the same as EP was.

Serenitree · F

Are you kidding me? At the end, there was NO supervision. Trolls had taken over. Every age group was screaming for the rest to be gotten rid of. And admin wasn't interested, which is why they replaced the real EP Allie with a bot.

Diane1949 · 70-79, F

@Serenitree: in my experience here thus far, there are many rude, opinionated, judgemental people who make comments on all others posts just to be mean. They offer no advice, comfort or anything positive. I don't like everything that I see here but I don't tattle tale and get people in trouble because I may not like it. This is not kindergarten. In all my time on EP I never once blocked a person or was mean spirited. I now block all the people who make nasty or unnecessary or cruel remarks on posts that aren't even my own. I can understand where Riffster is coming from because I have seen it many times. I also never had a problem with trolls or anyone else in EP. We are mostly adults here, How much supervision should be needed, really

Serenitree · F

@Diane1949: well, your experience with EP was different from mine. And I understand what you're saying about not needing supervision, but EP needed it and they dropped the ball. I loved it too, but it really was in big trouble before it shut down.

Diane1949 · 70-79, F

Agree it had issues but I was very lucky to have wonderful friends there. I get upset with SW because there are people who are just nasty and jump on people's posts. This place is suppose to be here for people of all opinions, needs, wants etc. That is what diversity is all about. If you don't like what you see, pass it. You don't knock someone who wants to discuss say spanking, or men who wear panties or a woman who wears a jock strap, religion, politics, or maybe someone who is just lonely and need a hello or a hug.
Ok done with my rant lol

Serenitree · F

@Diane1949: yes. You're right, and maybe you were lucky enough to have not run into Billy or Pezo. Or any number of the trolls. And the religious fanatics who jumped on anyone saying anything that wasn't what they believed. I loved EP. I wouldn't have left if they hadn't shut down, but I was extremely disillusioned at the end. I never knocked anyone who had those needs or wants. I did get angry when one of the fetishists would use one of my stories or posts to talk about those things in place of a response to what I wrote. Something completely unconnected. They didn't like a story about a child's first day of school,,they came and left a story about pooping in their adult diaper and sipping coffee while doing so as a response. Telling them to stop didn't work. Blocking them just got them to tell all the rest of the people who were in that group to harass me. And I wasn't the only one.

Diane1949 · 70-79, F

@Serenitree: I am sorry you had some bad experiences. Let's hope this SW is better for you. I don't have any problems myself here but maybe because I feel if someone doesn't like me or what I say, or wants to block me, I think it's their problem and their loss. I don't get offended. :)

Serenitree · F

Oh,,I don't get offended by being blocked either. And I really don't mind people disagreeing with me. Even telling me I am out and out wrong. I have seen some of EP's trolls have landed here, but I try to block them before they notice me.