I'm kinda bummed

[millring]

I worried quite a lot over the appearance that the action to move over here would seem to some, at least in some way, mean-spirited.

And if the way it all transpired was about getting back at someone, or banning someone, or demanding to have my way, I might agree to a degree of "meaness" that went beyond mere misunderstanding.

But that's not how it happened. At least not in my case, or the case of others with whom I've discussed this new place.

What happened in my case was that I was gone. Past tense. I didn't think it my right to demand changes at the old TTT. Heck, that would not only have been hubris on my part to think that TTT should mold itself to my wishes, but as far as I knew, everyone but me was as happy as a clam at high tide with the forum just as it was. I still think that's true, even of a majority who have come over here to the new site.

But what was different was that coincidentally -- NOT conspiratorially -- I found out that not everyone WAS as happy as a clam at high tide. I found out that coincidentally -- NOT conspiratorially -- others were deciding that they'd had enough as well.

That means that, regardless of what did or did not go on at the old TTT, there were several of us who had decided to call it quits there. When we realized that we had all thus decided, Cribbs graciously took it upon himself to make a place for us to go.

There was never any intent on my part to rub anyone's nose in the change. I doubt that it was anyone else's.

It merely came down to those who were leaving to either keep in touch by email (which proved to be quite clumsy) or come, when invited, to this new place.

[andrewg]

I don't feel bad at all about leaving, nor with the manner in which it became necessary to establish this place. There were enough warning signs and second chance offers to those who forced the change. They chose to go their way and eventually TTTT became a fait accompli.

[Cribbs]

I want to also say that I didn't create this place to replace TTT. When everyone was using mass emails as a communication device, I thought it would make more sense to just create a free forum quickly to let everyone post there. In just 3 days, this is what it has become.

I just happen to be cursed with having the time, knowledge, and ability to set it all up.

That being said, I am glad I did. I would have hated to fall out of touch with people.

[millring]

That was all that I was hoping to convey when I said:

That means that, regardless of what did or did not go on at the old TTT, there were several of us who had decided to call it quits there. When we realized that we had all thus decided, Cribbs graciously took it upon himself to make a place for us to go.

There was never any intent on my part to rub anyone's nose in the change. I doubt that it was anyone else's.

It merely came down to those who were leaving to either keep in touch by email (which proved to be quite clumsy) or come, when invited, to this new place.

I hope I wasn't misunderstood.

[j]

But what was different was that coincidentally -- NOT conspiratorially -- I found out that not everyone WAS as happy as a clam at high tide. I found out that coincidentally -- NOT conspiratorially -- others were deciding that they'd had enough as well.

Yah John. my experience too. I was one of the first out and really surprised when I got Todd's email and the whole list of disgruntled people it contained.

[Marshall]

Sure I'm a little bummed. But I was secretly in a situation like millring. I had already stopped posting over there. And ya know, I never heard anyone asking "what happened to _____ ?" about those of us that weren't posting.

I didn't do this to spite anyone. I did it because I surf the net to be with my friends, and my friends weren't there anymore.


. . . , I'll always have a crush on Heidi.

[Tim Alexander (fmrly. Camalex)]

I'm not bummed. Change is the only constant we will all know our entire lives. This is a good change and in my opinion -- a change for the better..... not for the bitter.