Why do you conceal your Friends list?

@LucyFuhr True but I suspect that some that troll use all types of information to do their stalking.

@Pfuzylogic: Nosy strangers worry me far more than trolls do.
It's the sad and lonely that do the "stalking", not the trolls.

@LucyFuhr: Good point! Normal sad and lonely do it.🤔

@Pfuzylogic: Yes, trolls will also use friends to get to ya. 🙁

@sweetpea: I hate when that happens. It defeats the idea of what support groups are about here.😟

@Pfuzylogic: Unfortunately, the majority of these support groups stopped being "supportive" while they were still on EP.

What started as peer to peer support has become (for the most part) social networking for the angry, lonely and aroused.

@LucyFuhr: That is a very valid point.
I do like your philosophy posts.
I really hope that a certain percentage of all posts that people make would be about something serious.

@Pfuzylogic: Thank you!

I love cartoons, comics and rap just as much as I love "philosophy" LOL I'm guilty of a number of trivial posts myself.

I like a good balance too :)

@LucyFuhr:

I consider all of your posts "serious" , by that I mean intelligent.

It is so much more "stimulating" when the mind is engaged.

I concur. Why ?

@LucyFuhr: Oh I'd say that's the best definition of what EP became does anyone recall the free messengimg service on EP that then went to pay only ? Why can't we chat on here in real time ? I guess funding its not a technological issue :/

@2cool4school: I find that different people feel more comfort at openness than others and hear the default setting is not hidden. There can be so much intrigue in learning about others that many will get nosy!

@2cool4school: Considering what EP started as, what it became was nothing short of shameful.

I'm not 100% positive since I've only heard it through the "grapevine" but I believe chat is something SW might be considering for the future.

@LucyFuhr: @2cool4school: It is sad what EP became at the very end it just seemed to be a bunch of trolls and teens that were out of hand. I do hold a lot of hope for the promise that Similar Worlds can be with legitimate support and discussion groups.

@LucyFuhr: I need to get on that grapevine ;).

@2cool4school: @LucyFuhr: I saw the admin and action yesterday and I am very impressed with technical capabilities. I do find them very serious about their support of this website and have a vision for the future. Anything that we had over at EP I'm sure will be replicated over here.

@Pfuzylogic: I like it better than EP so far, although it was a different place and time when EP was first created, a shame they "let it go" like they did.

@sweetpea: So true. I miss chatting now it's messages only I hope that changes I caught the last two year gasp of EP we always wondered though is this the experiment project ?

@2cool4school: I got disgusted with it and left a year before it shut down. As a volunteer there I could see the writing on the wall. 😣

@sweetpea: I was a volunteer too I know what you mean :/

@2cool4school: EP just used us, they had no intentions of doing anything about the sick things going on there in the end. I was glad to leave, I could breath fresh air again!

@sweetpea: perhaps it was really just the "experiment project" ?

@2cool4school: 😂 I think you got that exactly right! They were just gathering data.

@Pfuzylogic: Yep I got that feeling ESP by the islands of users in the world on its site. Only seemed to be known in certain countries like it was a trial run ?

@2cool4school: They weren't very transparent about the true mission. I did notice that they were normally the first listing on a Google search. Either that was paid for or a very strong connection with an important service.
I would be curious to see any data that might have been collected!