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[–]hfxB0oyA 11 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

He's sounding pretty forlorn in that thread. Said a lot about not having a community he can connect with.

My speculation is he set up Saidit for that, but maybe he's overwhelmed with being the chief cook and bottle washer to the users here, which would explain why we don't see much of him.

If that's the case, kudos to him for creating the kind of site that can facilitate the kinds of conversations he was looking for, even if he can't enjoy them.

[–]magnora7 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Hello, I saw this thread and just for the record, I don't have any problems running saidit or with the community here. The last year has been pretty easy actually. I don't hate the community or culture or anything like that, that's definitely not true. Plenty of times I come here and see stuff that's very insightful or that I agree with totally. But not always, obviously.

Personally, I've just found that anytime I post here, it causes me and saidit a lot of heartache related to trolling and attacks, and for the longevity of saidit and for my mental wellbeing as well, I've generally decided to not really participate in personally posting on saidit. Everything just works better if the head admin isn't hanging out. It makes people self-conscious so they don't speak freely or they feel watched over. And it also makes people think "oh saidit as a whole is like this? I don't like it anymore" when I simply make a personal statement of opinion. Which makes me super self-conscious, because I want this site to grow and succeed, and thus am not really able to say what I'm thinking freely.

So that's why I don't often post on saidit anymore as magnora7. I sometimes post under a pseudonym though, so my spicy opinions are still around here and there. :) Thanks to everyone using saidit, even though there's quite a few dedicated bad actors and haters around (which I recommend using the 'block user' tool on), we definitely have a nice little solid community these days. Cheers!

[–]DirewolfGhost 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah its a nice space. That is the sacrifice of moses and of christ and of many great artists. They do not get to enjoy the fruits they plant. The world grows great when old men plant trees under whose shade they know they shall never sit.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are too kind. Thank you.