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Published on March 6, 2008 By dharmagrl In Blog Communities

Blogging here just isn't fun for me anymore.  The new format seems to have turned a lot of good bloggers right off, and the only people left are computer geeks and hypochristians. 

I've met some great people here, and I'll be in touch with them via email and IM.  I am not, however, going to be posting regularly - if at all - here at JU.  It's just not the same, and I don't care for it.

 

Goodbye.


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on Mar 06, 2008
Dharmagrl, stay and chat about Buddhism.

(I also practice Buddhism)
on Mar 06, 2008
I feel bad about leaving Zoo hanging to battle it out on his own


He won't be left on his own. I'm not planning on going anywhere. But I do miss a lot of the old regulars. Oh well, I guess I'm going to have to try and find some new regulars.

Dharma, I know we'll stay in touch. But I will miss you here, for sure. You were one of the first people to make me welcome and I've never forgotten this.
on Mar 06, 2008
He won't be left on his own. I'm not planning on going anywhere.


It's always good to have an Aussie watch your back.   

Thanks, mate.

~Zoo
on Mar 06, 2008
It's always good to have an Aussie watch your back


So long as you watch mine, mate.
on Mar 06, 2008
So long as you watch mine, mate.


Sure thing.

~Zoo
on Mar 06, 2008

The new format seems to have turned a lot of good bloggers right off, and the only people left are computer geeks and hypochristians.

Which am I?

on Mar 07, 2008
Which am I?


Excellent point... I'm not a Christian and I'm definitely not a computer geek. I may be one of the remaining few liberal, agnostics left on this site. Wow, the responsibility...
on Mar 07, 2008

Other people's content is boring so you aren't going to blog anymore? That makes no sense at all.

When I started JU, I was the only blogger which means there was no other content at all and strangely, that didn't have any affect on my desire to blog or not.

If you personally don't feel like blogging anymore or want to take a break from it, that's understandable. We all go through periods of different moods on it. Even I have gone for months at times being inactive.  But trying to argue that other people's content somehow determines whether you want to have a blog or not is baffling.

on Apr 05, 2008

Brad:  I don't like the new format.  It's really that simple.  I don't like the way JU looks or operates.  I've adapted to every single change JU has been through since 2/14/04 and have remained a loyal JU-er for over 4 years now, so to be treated with what I felt to be a dismissive 'see ya later, don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out' by a member of Stardock staff was a little...umm...disconcerting.  I don't need or appreciate that kind of treatment, so I left.  And, I might add, today has been the first day I've logged in and commented since the start of March.  Don't get me wrong, Im not asking anyone to kiss my arse.  A wee bit of consideration would've been nice, though.  A soucon of 'wow.  The people who have been loyal through some major upheavals and changes are unahppy and are leaving.  What's changed?  Why are they unhappy?' would have been nice.  I know that you (Brad) asked me once 'what changes would you like to see', but by that time I'd heard 'it's a cycle, people come and go, that's the way it is and if you don't like it, leave' three or four times - all, I might add, from people who started working for you AFTER I'd already been blogging here for a while.  THAT is what irked me more than anything else.

Things here aren't going to change any time soon.  Yes, the community goes through cycles, and I've been a part of the cycles for 4 years.  I've seen people come and go, but overall the spirit of JU stayed the same.  Not anymore, though.  Things are different now. 

I do owe you some thanks, though.  You have allowed me to become a better writer.  You've let me express myself here, and in doing so, I've grown and developed in areas I didn't even know existed.  You personally have taught me a lot about the American political and economic system; things that I'd never have learned from simply reading a book.  I am a more savvy consumer, and I have you to thank for that.

 

I wish you personally (Brad) the best in life and have no doubt that your determination will lead you and your family onto bigger and better thaings.

Karma, thank you for being a friend to me when I was at my lowest.  Oh, and vive les weiner dawgs!

The rest of you (you know who you are)...I'll be in touch. 

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