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JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
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Carissimi · F
@JoyfulSilence I don’t know of any. There were a couple of spin offs of EP, but they didn’t last long. There was a site called “Answer Mug,” and some from EP went there, but don’t know if it’s still going. It was only questions, I think.
ReneeT · 61-69, F
@Mountainlady16 That's great. To be able to expand your world even if you can't get around to seeing everything is a good feeling
Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F
@SweetMae sassygirl15 I was just a kid when I discovered EP young and very sheltered. I learned a lot from there
SweetMae · 70-79, F
@Mountainlady16 I am glad that you did!! Maybe you can teach us a few things now.
Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F
Carissimi · F
@Mountainlady16 Same here. I kept in touch with a few for a couple of years, but then we all went our own ways, and lost touch. It’s great you will get to meet your friend. 😀
Carissimi · F
@SW-User That was the last couple of years when it was going down hill.
Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F
SW-User
Yep sure do remember. Those were the days. This place is lacking a ton as compared. They doin a really good job with creating it and the format. But it's the user base and some of the disgusting groups and fetishes that ruin it. Also there needs to be a huge attempt to draw new members.
Saw someone else say this - And so right on.
Saw someone else say this - And so right on.
Any troll can post porn or smut, while thoughtful posts and pics are much rarer, so what happens is the tone of the site changes and what kept people coming back to the original site EP, namely meaningful interaction, is diluted
Carissimi · F
@SW-User I agree. Even though EP had its share of smut and depravity it was more than counterbalanced with the deep and meaningful stories of human experience and interaction.
The majority of the user base here is definitely more shallow and flippant, but I do wonder if that’s a sign of how much the culture has changed in the past 5-years?
The majority of the user base here is definitely more shallow and flippant, but I do wonder if that’s a sign of how much the culture has changed in the past 5-years?
SW-User
@Carissimi Yup but ya didn't notice the smut there as much because there was such good writing and more substance and a ton more members. Here it's more about attention grabbing shallow selfie posts, nudes and juvenile garbage, not unlike middle school.
But yeah gotta give credit to a few good writers that post some thoughtful stuff.
But yeah gotta give credit to a few good writers that post some thoughtful stuff.
gregloa · 61-69, M
@Carissimi there was another lady I can’t remember her name. You three we’re friends and always on. And of course there was Chris who was always asking what do you think of someone and would you do them. 😂 calls himself JohnOlinger on here and of course hipyoungdude could always be counted upon to answer with butt secks 😂 he pops up here once in a while.
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
swirlie · F
I was on EP extensively for the last 5 years of it's existence but had joined during the tail-end of it's first 5 years of a 10 year tenure. Joining right in the middle, I had experienced a little bit of the original site owner's intent and a lot of the subsequent owner's intent. Although operating under the same name of EP after it had been sold, the integrity of the website turned 180 degrees south at that transition point.
EP was a steady, meaningful social distraction for many of us for about 10 years running in total. It started out as an excellent idea by the original owner, which was a website dedicated to disabled people or shut-ins, who simply couldn't get out in the world to discover what is commonplace for most of us.
Those who joined in that first 5 year period of EP's existence were asked to share their life experiences to those who could not get out of the house but could read and visualize on a computer what it must be like to... ride a horse, ride a motorcycle, climb a mountain, etc.
The website really was an 'experience' project the way the original site owner had intended it to be and thus chose to run it. This is because disabled people or the elderly could then 'experience' life vicariously through those with all those experiences with life whom were not disabled.
But then for some reason the creator of 'Experience Project' sold EP to the subsequent owner who then took the site from it's all-time high in popularity, to a 5 year period of it entering a very slow spiral dive... until it crash-landed in a landfill site of it's own making.
Gross ineptitude of the new site owner combined with an overall lack of understanding of what the website was truly all about is what caused EP to change direction half-way through it's 10 year tenure.
EP's eventual implosion near the end was caused by other matters that were allowed to occur and which were directly related to the manner in which EP had been mis-managed overall for it's final 5 years.
What is advertised in Google Search if you type in 'similar worlds', is that SW is actually billed as the official replacement for EP, which when you compare EP to what it once was at first, makes it pitifully obvious how SW is absolutely no replacement for what you described EP to once be!
Carissimi · F
@swirlie Although I know the origin of EP, thank you for explaining it here. I was there for the last 5-years, and it was fantastic, in my opinion, when I joined, but the last 2-3 years saw many changes that gradually saw EP’s demise. It was changing for the sake of change, and not for the betterment of the site, or its members. All complaints (and there were many) about the changes were basically ignored, and so here we are.
At the same time, SW has done well, and I’m thankful it’s here.
At the same time, SW has done well, and I’m thankful it’s here.