So what do you do?

[solferino]

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.

I hear ya- when I was pregnant with DD I was part of a group that went on until she was about 5 and the site had this blow up. The group wound up starting another site and we're still going strong and for that I'm happy. And when the first site blew up, it hurt, a lot. And it feels like that again with this. But when I see it as when you upset the applecart, the pink ladies and the fujis might look alike, they're still a little bit different from one another and getting used to the new apples takes time. Ok, it's a crappy analogy, but the best I can come up with.

I still have that other group, but they don't have the same love of Disney that I do. That's why I came here.

 

[DVCLiz]

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.

Then I'd say you don't have any need to be on this thread any more.

 

[phillybeth]

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?

Almost 90 now, that we know about.

 

[ladysoleil]

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.

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 ....

That wasn't the MyCoupons great breakup, was it? I still miss people from over there. That was horrible watching people who had been online at least really close and friendly turning on each other. I really hope it doesn't get that bad here.

 

[SplshMtn99]

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.

I was not lecturing you. Sorry you took it that way.

 

[OceanAnnie]

It is sad. Lots of people missing. People gone that we're used to seeing just about daily for years! It's weird. Here one day and vanished the next.

You know about these people's neighbors, funny things that happened to them, seen their kids grow in pictures, and now they are just gone. No it isn't easy. I miss them too.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

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

Thanks! My little guy turned 1 yesterday. I'll be cleaning cake out of the walls for years....

 

[kbeverina]

There are people who are gone and you can't post HERE and say that you'll miss them and you can't post THERE and say that you'll miss them. You're just left with being silent and feeling like a jerk.

 

[tinker&belle]

Thanks! My little guy turned 1 yesterday. I'll be cleaning cake out of the walls for years....

Sounds like he loved his first cake! How fun! He always looks so cute in the pics you post.

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

I was not lecturing you. Sorry you took it that way.

Its all good, Splash. I am also reeling from the loss of many friends here and I am willing to accept it and move on with DIS.

 

[Evil Genius]

I have met alot of people from through these boards. I have made many friends. The folks here have cried with me and laughed with me. I have lost many of those people this week for no reason that anyone can see. They don't know why they were booted. I can't imagine what the powers that be on this board think they are going to accomplish by doing all this. At least tell people what they have done! I'm sad and I'm angry.

 

[Byrd]

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.

Is it wrong for others to have more that one under favorites? I have dozens. What is wrong with that? Who makes those decisions?
I hope that we will always have the right to select what we want under our favorites!

 

[LoraJ]

Well yes I'm sad about it all but more than anything I'm just pissed off about it. I haven't had time lately to really post on here. I've been reading and checking up and it just seems to be getting worse.

I'm pissed that there is no rhyme or reason to what's going on. Some people are gone and they weren't even around but on vacation. Others were away from the board for whatever reason. I'm sure me saying this is going to help myself out the door as well. I really do love the DIS. Never have I seen such an ecelectic gathering of people thoughts and ideas. I've met some great friends here, I've cried on here more times than I can count and soemtimes when it felt like I had no one else in the world someoen from the DIS would give a damn about those minutes in my life.

Right now it's like a tomb around here and maybe we need a funeral for what was and what won't be for some of us anymore. More than anything I'd like to see an open discussion for the members that are still here with NO intereference from anyone that is gone. I would think that it's due and time at some point. No they don't have to give us answers but at some point I would think something has to give. The constant bringing it up, threads going poof and postings disappear is just pissing people off even more. It's not the community board anymore. Sometimes it feels like it's the war on free speach board.

Like I said I love the DIS and I'm heartbroken about what's going on for sure but I'm still pissed and would like an open discussion about it if at all possible. I hope my posting won't show me the door but if so know that I love the DIS.

Tina,
You've said so well what so many of us our feeling.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

EG you can't leave. How will I get my Miss Info fixes

 

[Planogirl]

Not everyone can get over things so quickly...

I wonder why this thread is still here? It's kind of spooky.

 

[solferino]

Thanks! My little guy turned 1 yesterday. I'll be cleaning cake out of the walls for years....

Aw, those are happy mess memories though. Happy birthday to your little guy.

 

[disneynutt1225]

At least tell people what they have done! I'm sad and I'm angry.

I think that's the major problem I'm having with this. The people that I know personally that were banned weren't given a reason for their banning. At least tell them why. At least respond to the emails asking why. Or at least post on the board a better explanation of what happened - without being vague about it. I'm both sad and frustrated.

 

[vickyBaby]

I'm glad this thread is still here and hasn't gone poofy. I didn't know you could become friends with people on a screen until this website.

I'm just feeling very sad.

 

[Stephanie218]

I registered way back in '03 and lurked on and off for a few years, and really only started posting recently. However, I can to recognize a lot of people over the years - and definitely noticed there was not much happening on the boards today. I'm not sure what to say, but I think Tina and everyone else has covered it pretty well already...

 

[Dolce27]

EG you can't leave. How will I get my Miss Info fixes

I 2nd that! I need my Miss Info fixes!