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blah, whatever Halx says, blah blah,
Blah blah blah, bleet little sheep.

My impression of the site is not like many others, and I'm taking your invitation to say so.

Well, I tell you what. I don't like where this is going.

First of all,
I've always respected and appreciated the work done for me here. The upkeep, mods, etc. That's why I post, and donate.

But this is getting to me.

I do not consider myself a guest here, I claim an ownership. If the users make the community, I have every right to claim ownership.

The rules are set by the mods, fine, no problem. But those rules have grown more and more constrictive over time, and I'll be damned if I'm just going to agree with it. I don't like it, and I'm saying so. Loudly and clearly I hope.

I've been around a little while now, not nearly as long as some, but people should remember me being all the heck OVER the last board. (For those of you that would judge my by my post count, my current # isn't even a third of what I had on the last version. Yes, I'm proud of my high post count there. I really felt I contributed to a lot of threads, started quite a few, and was able to hold my head high when the chips were down.)

Now I post an average of 2-point-crap/day. Why?

Because the board isn't there for me now. I can't post <i>this</i>, without following <i>these</i> rules. I can't say I don't like <i>that</i> because it'd be wrong; I should use my back button instead. I can't disagree. Do you see that? I can't even say I think a thing is ugly. I should "use my back button." What is there if all I can do is agree?

I just can't follow this drive for further restriction. Nor do I understand the ready compliance by a large number of members. If this is the place where people fall right in line, with no discussion, then I think the TFP has turned from what it's supposed to be: a place for the expression and exploration of humanity.
It's seeming more like a place to follow the rules, agree and salute.

Two word posts aren't cool anymore, so there goes that. Thanks, really. What if my two words would be <i>funny?</i> What if I make my contribution that way?
That IS how I made my contribution when I was new. I eased in to the TFP by testing the waters and running away… Now everyone has to write a damn dissertation, with a freaking bibliography before posting. Are you going to want footnotes too?

I’d also like to add that anyone can take that self-righteous crap about me having the nerve to “complain” and shove it.
If you consider this a complaint, and think I have no right to say it, then YOU need to remember what this place is supposed to be.

I’ve never complained that a mod was a jerk, that the server sucked, or that the work put in by the staff was substandard. That’s the type of complaint that has no place here.

I’m disagreeing with the direction MY community is going, and I have every right to.
I associate a lot of value with the TFP. It’s too bad that’s all fond memory.

It's like having a conversation with a gag in my mouth.

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