So what do you do?

[KikiFan]

I don't give a rip with what happened. I lost my mom this week and so many DISers provided me with so much comfort. There is absolutely no way I would ever leave the DIS and no, I am not a tool. So to me, it is a no-brainer where I belong. DISers come and they go. In the grand scheme of things what happened here the past week is very trivial. Get over it people because there is so much more to life. THIS is where I belong.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Our mothers are a precious gift.

I would like to point out it wasn't the board that gave you comfort. It was the people on the board. And those people are disappearing by the hour.

This whole thing makes me so sad. I haven't developed a lot of close friendships. But this board means a lot to me. I work at home and spend most of my day alone. So getting on here and having witty, intelligent people to "talk" with means a lot.

And now, not only am I missing a lot of posters, I'm wondering if I'll get banned. Which seems ridiculous, since I've never even gotten points.

In the absence of a better explanation from TPTB here, I can't help feeling like whats happening is fundimentally unfair. I'm willing to listen, why aren't they willing to talk?

 

[Caropooh]

Exactly, I never joined the clique groups either. Maybe I should have and formed better friendships and I wouldn't feel so torn and making the leap would be easier. Who knows.

having been a member of a group here that has already split once(and it was ugly) it's very hard seeing the split happening again. I can only hope and pray that as members make that choice to leave or leave unwillingly that friendships will still remain. Even though my group of friends is from around the world(and one from overseas) I don't think they will ever realize what a support they have been to me over the past year. I have a really tough next 2 weeks coming up and this is just bringing me down even deeper emotionally. I've stayed out of all the discussions about it until now except with just 2 people and still can't make sense of it.

 

[Dolce27]

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

The same with me. I'm not apart of any message boards except the DIS but watching what has gone on here this week has been very sad. We lost one from the political threads tonight.

 

[SplshMtn99]

Then so be it.

Sorry about your mom's passing. I can surely imaging you are hurting much more than we are at this time. While I can appreciate that, it doesn't lessen the pain many of us are feeling. So please kindly extend us the courtesy of expressing our pain as we have allowed you to express yours. Thank you.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

Well said Tina.

I agree
Tina, I hope you stay around. You helped me maintain my anger a bit on one thread awhile back that had to deal with the military. You always seem to keep a level head here.

 

[LBelle]

tevagirl: thanks for saying just what I was thinking. The Dis is the 1st (and only) computer place I'm part of. At first, I thought it was weird...cyberfriendships and stuff. Now...alot of these people are part of my life. Friendships without the pressures of real life interferring.
God...I've had some great laughs in this place. I'd hate to not be a part of it anymore, but it just 'feels' different now.

I don't know....maybe it's time for me move along. I need a laugh.

 

[Doe]

Tina, you got a way with words girl!

 

[catsrule]

Time for me to quit hiding behind the blinking collar. I miss you guys. I don't post much anymore but I sure do read alot on all sites.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I've never been a huge poster, but most of the people who are gone were ones I looked forward to reading. I know other people will fill in the empty spots, but no one will replace them, you know? And I guess that's what I'd like the PTBs to know - to them, these people were just another account. To the rest of us, they are people, and we miss them.

 

[Planogirl]

I don't know....maybe it's time for me move along. I need a laugh.

Assuming the TPTB allow it, I'm hoping to see where all of this is going. It's hard though.

 

[reddixie]

I feel the same Splash. I think maybe my time for coming and reading are gone. I am so glad to see Tina, I know it's stupid but, now every time someone isn't posting I wonder are they gone as well.

I am wondering when freedom of speech, something many have died for, was discontinued amongst Americans. I know this is a private website, however, Pete is American, I would think he would value this right above all else.

 

[grlpwrd]

I am breaking my silence just to say that I am sad and that is why I haven't been posting here. I only break my silence this one time to mention that I have been through 2 board wars in the past - a couponing board and then a breastfeeding board... of all places. ...Cross that - make that 3 board wars - another one was my Frugal Friends forum which has now whittled away into dust.

Some folks who are now banned have helped me through rough patches in my life and they have laughed along with me, too. We've gone through a lot... It was like a family. Doesn't that count for something?

I miss my DISfriends. That's all ....

 

[tinker&belle]

I've never been a huge poster, but most of the people who are gone were ones I looked forward to reading. I know other people will fill in the empty spots, but no one will replace them, you know? And I guess that's what I'd like the PTBs to know - to them, these people were just another account. To the rest of us, they are people, and we miss them.

JeninNH I always enjoy your posts, I think our babies aren't too far apart.

 

[Buckalew11]

I feel like I went through all the feelings folks are having a long time ago. I amde the decision to stay even though the DIS will never be the same for me between the *old* days and when I met Pete. At that point, the whole thing really changed for me. The DIS is not a place I'm emotionally attached to anymore.
I am, however, emotionally attached to internet friends. Just not here, not anymore. The DIS is just a place to spend time, read, find out what's happening in the world etc. etc. for me these days.

The one time I really needed to make a decision to stay and post some place or not was a a very emotionally draining time. I cried. I was mad. I was stressed out (I actually got the shingles! eek!) I made the decision to walk away and it was a good decision for me.
Life's about choices...ya just gotta make'em.

 

[FSUMARCHIEF]

It is really interesting how the internet has allowed us to make friends with some people that we might not ever meet in 'real life.' 5 years ago if you had told me that some of my closest friends would be people I met on a Disney message board, I'd have told you that you were nuts

I've said before that for what ever reason, many people come to the internet to make friendships to fill holes that were missing in their 'real' lives. Originally I came to the DIS because my wife told me about some hilarious trip reports. I got connected that way. I wasn't expecting to make friendships. But it happened. And when friendships are forced to end, it's sad.

The internet has become so much a part of all of our lives that we can no longer think that friendships made here aren't real. They are, for many, as real as real gets. And it never matters how friendships end, it stinks. All the time.

Blessings!
Mark

 

[SplshMtn99]

tevagirl: thanks for saying just what I was thinking. The Dis is the 1st (and only) computer place I'm part of. At first, I thought it was weird...cyberfriendships and stuff. Now...alot of these people are part of my life. Friendships without the pressures of real life interferring.
God...I've had some great laughs in this place. I'd hate to not be a part of it anymore, but it just 'feels' different now.

I don't know....maybe it's time for me move along. I need a laugh.

Your last sentence is the hard part for me. See, I have posted at the other place from time to time. Its served a purpose for me when I needed it. Just as the DIS does. I have other boards I go to also. To have to decide to give up the other place feels like killing off a part of me that I need sometimes. Or leaving here, that just feels even worse.

One board can't be everything for everyone. It just can't.

 

[mickeysgal]

It's so gloomy around here.

This board used to be the place I came to to unwind after a day in "real life". To participate in silly threads, serious threads, and everything in between. I used to enjoy "seeing" certain posters. Now I feel lost and surprisingly very lonely.

Seeing posts disappear in the blink of an eye is confusing to say the least. 80 people? And counting?

 

[Byrd]

We are all still waiting for the great one to explain. It's what the DIS need now before everyone .....

 

[Byrd]

It's so gloomy around here.

This board used to be the place I came to to unwind after a day in "real life". To participate in silly threads, serious threads, and everything in between. I used to enjoy "seeing" certain posters. Now I feel lost and surprisingly very lonely.

Seeing posts disappear in the blink of an eye is confusing to say the least. 80 people? And counting?

Thought it was more than that.

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

Sorry about your mom's passing. I can surely imaging you are hurting much more than we are at this time. While I can appreciate that, it doesn't lessen the pain many of us are feeling. So please kindly extend us the courtesy of expressing our pain as we have allowed you to express yours. Thank you.

Splash, I am very well aware of what EXACTLY was going down this past week. I also know who is gone from the DIS and also grieve their loss and I have had it to my eyeballs with that feeling. I took time out of my gawd awful week to decide which way I want to go given how all of this originally occured. My ultimate decision was to remain here. I do not need a lecture nor do I care how others feel about me. Lets just say I edited my Favorites on my computer.