Continue talking about the old "Im leaving" topic by ffx-dreamz, the orginal has been moved to the moderators forum so we can discuss it in private aswell.
This is what ws written so far:
Hey people, just wanted to tell you all that I'm leaving, I just don't have time, Its 1:40 on a school night, I should be asleep, but nooo this is the ONLY time all day I can freely visit here, and I'm tired of it..
But, its also the community that is driving me away, it just doesn't feel like a warm friendly place anymore, I don't like where it is headed.
Anyway, I'm not gonna be around hardly at all till I find the time(which is rarely).
So...later people...if you care.
I don't know what ever happened to the community, perhaps we became to big? I don't know, perhaps its us older members that are just drifting away slowly, little by little replaced by newer people.
Its a shame to see you leave, like I said..we all just drift away little by little =/
Well, good luck with school,your future and your dreams.
~Lucius
Well that's the thing, old people are indeed fading away, and for one reason: This board is not our own anymore. The newbs have taken over. I don't really feel at home anymore, like I once did. This drives us community members away, and it further weighs in for those that are left. It was inevitable, meant to be. Nothing is ever meant to last, and we didn't really do anything to avoid this from happening. In fact, I think we did quite the opposite. The adoption and dream guide programs indeed fulfilled their purpose, and, as I forsaw, they ended up destroying the community and making us feel like strangers in our own home. Anyway, I'll stop ranting.
See you around Ffx, I hope you will still visit from time to time. I will make sure I don't go down without a fight, and I hope I won't have to be joining you in absense too....
Well, I think that it is a little mean that your leaving. I mean, shure there are new people comming, and I don't think its fair that just becase new people are comming in that the experienced ones are leave the noobs all by themselves. I wasnt here when this site started, but even in the short time that I've been here I have seen how much the site has grown, and I think its a wonderfull thing. I still feal a great sence of commity when I come here beacse of all the diversity and helpfull responces I get, particualry form the longer-lasting members. More people are getting interested in this topic and there are more topics and post to respond to and learn from. Well, its your desion to leave and Your leaving us will be a great loss to all the knowlage that you could of continued to give and share. Bye.
This is not about lucid dreaming, this is about how the community is dying. I don't mind helping people ld, in fact that is one of the reasons I am a dream guide. I try to help as much as I can in that dept, but in exchange all I want is to be able to post in the lounge and senseless and have a good time. As of late, I have been unable to do so comfortably. I can't just selflessly stay here as a drone and answer everyone's questions, I refuse to do that. I generally did so cause I knew that I was supporting the community and I was having a great time while at it. Don't get me wrong, this is not about you in particular, or about most members, its just about something that once was, a dynamic that was unmatchable, that is now lost. I don't have fun at DV anymore, and that truly puts things in perspective
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I know that I'm new, but even I know what you're getting at, there are just too many people posting the same topic over and over again, or bringing up dead ones. It has even become imature, which is the opposite reason to the one I joined, I joined because it seemed to take a more mature slant to LDing than all of the other dream forums I've visited, but now...
RIP Dreamviews
[quote]Lucius pretty much got it. A lot of the old members are drifitng away
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I noticed a difference in the few months Ive been here, and plus I used to read this site way before I joined. There's a n00b explosion, where I cant seem to recognize anyone with a post count under 500(in general). So Ive basically withdrawn from most things lrecently, as it all does get a bit tiring. Same questions. Lots of people asking questions without reading around, because the answers are all there. Maybe a huge FAQ is needed.
But Il still remain a light presence here. And If I had been around in the beggining I bet I would have withdrawn a bit earlier.
I'm new here, but I've been to many many forums on the internet at various times. I've been members of ones as they started out and watched them start falling apart as the grew. I've been to growing ones. I've been to ones that had matured. All forums have a growth cycle. All experience these problems and it is nothing unique to this forum.
Right now appears to be the make or break point. From what you older members are saying, I would guess the forum is somewhere in what we might call its \"puberty\" stage (growth stage). This is the point where either forums endure and grow into a mature, tight-knit community or fade away into nothing, or perhaps worse, forever remain in this stage.
One problem I see is that there are very few to none of the moderators stepping up to take the necessary steps to ensure the forum gets to maturity. It cannot make it there on its own.
Possibly some sort of validation is in order? Just an idea, but maybe a new group who run a sort of validation forum where new users can only start topics, once this group is sure that these members understand the basics, maybe validating them? I go to a hell of a lot of forums like that, they work VERY well. PM if you want a better description.
That sounds like an excellent idea...maybe this should go to feedback, so we know icedawg is reading it.
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