Is there anyone no longer on SW that you miss?

@Rumination Almost all members were EP refugees then...

@helenS Yeah. It was fun and almost addictive. I was looking through old posts of my original account. Definitely felt more like an online community of friends

@Rumination Here's my pictorial comparison of EP and SW:
https://similarworlds.com/social/experience-project/4907308-Experience-Project-vs-Similar-Worlds-a-Pictorial-Approach

@helenS pretty darn accurate!

@Rumination Thank you! 🌷

@Rumination @helenS do you think the type of people that come here are different now?

@Rumination Indeed.

@Ghostinthemachine Yeah. It felt like a community back then. We had our user names, but for the most part, I knew these people in real life. I’ve talked to many on the phone, met several

Developed legitimate friendships; celebrating life’s victories and sitting with folks in their dark places and through hard times. Today, this feels like a less sophisticated, anonymous version of twitter. Not very personal at all

I just went back in time to grab a random post from 2016, using the search bar. This is how SW started out. It was special

https://similarworlds.com/random-subjects/something-say/60375-Guys-can-you-smell-what-Saffie-is-cooking-Yeah-tha

@Rumination I see what you mean.
Now it just seems like drive-by posting and replying, and I’m guilty of that too

@Rumination it was a lot of fun but man, it was a lot of drama as well🤣

@Rumination yes..definitely choose your army wisely🤣 because they’ll be the first to turn on ya

@Ynotjenn or group together to make a fake account to harass you

@Rumination mmhmm 🤓 Can’t say I ever participated in that one but I’ve definitely been on the other end of some troll accounts. But ya kinda always have a good idea of the players behind those accounts. Not that you can prove…or that it even mattered. It was semi-amusing 😆

@Ynotjenn I was always on the receiving end… good times