So what do you do?

[SplshMtn99]

There are things I want to say, that might make me feel better, but I'm afraid to. I keep typing things & erasing them.

 

[solferino]

I am not close to anybody on these boards, except my bff that posts pretty much only on the DVC boards. However, it is still really sad to see so many people I respect and enjoy reading disappear.

This is exactly how it is for me. I'm not friendly with anyone outside of the boards, but I miss the familiarity and the fun.

 

[Byrd]

I used to work for this one company for too many years. They kept making the usual promise. Just wait. We'll take care of you. You're important to us. You now the drill.

Anyways, reality set in that they were just pretty much full of it and I took a leap of faith and left. I'm in a much better company now. While I wished that I had left sooner, I wouldn't have been with the people I am with now. Obviously, my situation was work **cough** don'tshopatpacsun **uncough** but it can certainly apply to all sorts of personal situations too.

Usually when a company goes bad there is a reason. Usually it's poor management! But when so many disappear you know it's something evil and scary.

 

[BelleBoo&AmisMum]

What is TOS?

Terms of service, that thing we agree to when we start our membership here.

 

[Cruisin]

I know that if I lost my very good friends that I have made here that I would be very sad just like all of those of you who have experienced this are feeling right now.

With most of my friends though I have other ways of communicating with them if all of a sudden this place did not exist anymore.

to all of you who are feeling the lose of a big part of your lives

 

[NCDisneyMom]

What is TOS?

Terms of Service. What you agreed to when you signed up for this site.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I'm struggling too. Shortly after I discovered this board, my son died. I remember sharing with a complete group of strangers how he was going to the hospital, and then having to update everyone with the horrible news. The amount of support I got was overwhelming. Since then, I found this to be a place where I could come and just vent, cry, laugh, or whine, a place where I felt I could really be myself. Sharing my story with others helped me through my grief, since it was hard to talk about it with friends and family. I had a cyber family here, from the posters who always seemed to know the right thing to say, the ones who constantly made me laugh, to the ones who got on my last nerve. I appreciated them all, and now many of them are gone, for reasons that noone will explain. Threads calling the powers that be out on this are immediately banned (much like this one probably will) and even innocent threads are disappearing. This is no longer my "home away from home", and it really bums me out. People have been tossed from this board just for visiting another one, or defending those that have been banned. The pixie dust is gone.

I don't like to be forced to make decisions either, but just by posting this it will probably have been made for me.

 

[HelenePA]

I was involved with the demise of another message board I did cry over that one. I haven't let myself get emotionally attached to alot of people on the net because of it. I still wonder about people I posted with for 3 years. Most of us went to another message board (sound familiar?) and I had a rough year. Instead of support I was kicked out because I wasn't my happy self anymore. Anyway. I'm very sorry for those who've lost close friend like I did 2 years ago. It still hurts.

 

[tevagirl]

There are things I want to say, that might make me feel better, but I'm afraid to. I keep typing things & erasing them.

I've done that myself many times this past week.

 

[lyeag]

I found this place back in 04 when we were planning our first trip to celebrate my dh's safe return from Iraq. I have a few friends here I have made, but mostly I have been a free spirit. I have loved coming to these boards knowing I would see "familar faces" and could find a shoulder to lean on if I needed one. I am just so sad to see what is happening.

 

[BratTink]

I'm another one who isn't close to anyone here. But it feels different and sad. The CB is moving much slower and there's really not much to read/respond to now.

 

[LindaM]

It's a different feeling here now, which is sad. This was a place I loved to read and have a good chuckle, it's just not the same

 

[DVCLiz]

I just feel sick. I needed to cut way down on my DIS time in order to get caught up IRL, but I never expected this. So many....

 

[kbeverina]

I've done that myself many times this past week.

Same here.

 

[LisaZoe]

What I find saddest is that people feel they have to choose at all! Variety is the spice of life, right?

 

[CF'er]

What do you do? You do what you want and what feels right. We are adults and as long as it isn't illegal..... last time I checked it was still a free country.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm here for the political threads and one other board. I don't know what to think.

 

[SuBeat]

This is exactly how it is for me. I'm not friendly with anyone outside of the boards, but I miss the familiarity and the fun.

Me too. I don't post much, but I read a LOT here. I miss seeing the contributions of those that are no longer with us.

 

[solferino]

What I find saddest is that people feel they have to choose at all! Variety is the spice of life, right?

Variety is good, but I guess what it boils down to for me is I'm not sure I fit in on either one anymore.

 

[JodyLynC]

Terms of Service. What you agreed to when you signed up for this site.

Now, I'm even more nervous. I think I'm going to stop posting for the night and go to bed.