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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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Cinnamon · 31-35, F

Wow we have different experiences! Perhaps you were on EP for longer than I was. As I experienced it over the last couple of years of its existence, it was wellnigh flooded with trolls, pervs, and bots. It was not at all clear who was running it, and unlike here, the admins and moderators did not have accounts of their own where you could talk with them directly. The groups, though clearly they were set up to provide mutual support, were often used for attacking the points of view they were supposed to represent (e.g. atheists posting arguments under I Believe In God, or the reverse).

My experience here, both in connecting with people and in getting needed support, has been better on all counts (except for some heavy-handed censorship, but I can understand the reasons for that).

Since it hasn't worked out for you, I hope you can find what you're looking for somewhere! All blessings.

Riffster · 61-69, M

I'm really happy you're having a better experience and I hope that continues.

I would also like to say I hope nobody thinks I'm somehow saying the people who run this place are lax or denigrating them in any way because I'm adamant that is not where I'm coming from.