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I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.

I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.

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I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.

Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.

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Poll: Should The Basement be Kept?
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YES, it should STAY 82.35% 14 82.35%
NO, it should GO 17.65% 3 17.65%
Total 17 vote(s) 100%
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Should The Basement Go?
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RE: Should The Basement Go?

(08-22-2014 10:01 AM)N.R. Wrote:  Keep it. Something tells me that getting rid of it won't magically make all those "evil" problems go away. The world very rarely, if ever, operates like that.

If that particular forum bothers you so much...then I have a wonderful suggestion...don't read it. Don't add yourself to the usergroup to view it. Pretend it doesn't exist. Magic (referring less to forum helpers who have to "deal with" all that and more to whatever rank-and-file posters who could potentially find their proverbial jimmies rustled).
However, you can't just pretend it doesn't exist because it's clear it has too much say on how SS is run (at least somewhat) and what happens to it even though it's supposed to seclude a certain group away from the rest of the forum.

IMO I'm not butthurt by it but I'm aware that it's exacerbated the issues that happened a couple of weeks ago. If it helps, I'll be leaving the group shortly but my stance won't change.

Seven crappy hours of our lives.
08-22-2014 10:18 AM
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Messages In This Thread
Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-21-2014, 05:21 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Sharpie - 08-21-2014, 05:41 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-21-2014, 06:18 PM
Should The Basement Go? - Evan92 - 08-21-2014, 06:04 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Gwedin - 08-21-2014, 06:57 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Sharpie - 08-21-2014, 07:23 PM
Should The Basement Go? - SoulRiser - 08-21-2014, 10:45 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 02:26 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014, 07:59 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - vonunov - 08-22-2014, 01:07 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014, 01:54 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - vonunov - 08-22-2014, 03:39 AM
Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 04:50 AM
Should The Basement Go? - Alistoriv - 08-22-2014, 06:30 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 06:53 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Sharpie - 08-22-2014, 06:47 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 07:04 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Username - 08-22-2014, 07:28 AM
Should The Basement Go? - Chanku - 08-22-2014, 06:58 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Sharpie - 08-22-2014, 09:01 AM
Should The Basement Go? - NiteRaidah - 08-22-2014, 10:01 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014 10:18 AM
Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 10:20 AM
Should The Basement Go? - SwiftEscudo - 08-22-2014, 10:28 AM
Should The Basement Go? - brainiac3397 - 08-22-2014, 10:33 AM
Should The Basement Go? - SwiftEscudo - 08-22-2014, 10:36 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014, 10:46 AM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 11:03 AM
Should The Basement Go? - Alistoriv - 08-22-2014, 11:04 AM
Should The Basement Go? - brainiac3397 - 08-22-2014, 01:25 PM
Should The Basement Go? - brainiac3397 - 08-22-2014, 01:57 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014, 02:01 PM
Should The Basement Go? - brainiac3397 - 08-22-2014, 02:04 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014, 02:31 PM
Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 02:14 PM
Should The Basement Go? - KFC Nyan Cat - 08-22-2014, 02:54 PM
RE: Should The Basement Go? - GamerGurl - 08-22-2014, 03:00 PM
Should The Basement Go? - Ky - 08-22-2014, 03:07 PM

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