I'm here with a very heavy heart tonight. I am disappointed in the actions of some. A few of you I have figured out, there are a few that it's only time until someone figures you out.
I came to Gather just over a year ago. When I came to Gather it wasn't all peaceful but people knew where to post what. Some things were handled in private. Other things were in ONE post and didn't go beyond that.
When I came to Gather people wrote amazing articles, shared beautiful pictures. We all supported each other when someone was down, when happy times came we laughed and congratulated people. We played silly games and chat was being invented about then.
That's the Gather I came to know and love. I was hooked on Gather. I neglected dinner for my fiance, laundry would back up until I was kindly grumbled at, people would call 2 or 3 times to get things because I was on Gather. I loved Gather. I loved the people on Gather. Gather was my escape and it was my home away from home.
Sadly it's not that way anymore. Since Monday I haven't really wanted to log in, just from my emails I could tell that someone was being picked on or low rated for no reason. Wednesday almost made me sick to know that my friends on Gather were hurting by someone they didn't know. Today I backed out of the 2 for 1 commenting because I had things to do but those things could of waited. It was because of all the crap that people are doing on Gather. Then mid afternoon Randy wrote and article about icons being flagged. Randy worked for days and long hours putting this promotion together and promoting it..
As I said before. I know who some of you are. Others I will figure out. It's not hard for anyone that truly loves Gather and watches to figure out. To this point I have not "outed" you. I was / am hoping Gather will deal with you.
As for my opinion of you low rating people. I think you suck. I think you get your jollies of other people getting upset. It's pitiful that you take people's hard work and trash it. I think you need to grow up, take care of your families and maybe it's time for a break from Gather. Maybe you need to check your own life and deal with it. Deal with what is going on so that you don't have to take it out on innocent people who DID NOTHING TO YOU!!
I pray for a better Gather Day tomorrow. I truly hope this goes back to being the place I knew it as . .
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Sorry you're having such a rough day. I know what you mean though - the anonymous flagging and low ratings do get to people. I'm not on here half as much as I used to be though it's due to things here at home, rather than things at Gather - but when I do log on, it seems like there are lots of people that are unhappy and that's just so sad. Better day tomorrow?
Marilyn
When things are done out of spite it's ridiculous. These cowards don't have the b@lls to come forward and face the person or group they are attacking face to face so they hide behind their flagging and false accusations. What happened to Randy's group was a prime example of why this needs to be changed drastically. It was all uncalled for.
Maybe it the star ratings were in the comment box so you HAD to leave a comment or at least your name before leaving a comment would help. As far as flagging, I think the person should be named and a legit reason given before the flag even goes up. Randy promoted this and is supplying the prize himself. This had nothing to do with anything but spite and revenge.
Don't give up on Gather because of a bad apple. They are always going to be around regardless. Maybe Gather will find a way to deal with habitual flaggers and DB1's.
Bottom line is: Treat others how you want to be treated.
Just because "you think" no one knows what you rate or the mean messages sent. Gather knows and they can trace it all. Something to think about....
Good night.
You are a wonderful person, and please do not let a few make it bad for you. We all will have some ugly in our life, and it only makes us stronger, and much wiser.
I hope things are better for you tomorrow, and I hope the person that hurt you finds out that flagging isn't nice, perhaps they will get flagged. I will probably get flagged after this but it is just like the points to me, I really don't care. If you don't like what I write don't read it.
I was on an Internet group with a troll - a deeply poisonous person - and I was surprised the moderators didn't kick her off. I've gotten over the wounds she inflicted (she was gunning for me) but I've become quite wary.
Hope you feel better soon. Those people can get to you, but I think they're vastly in the minority. And you are a generous, warm person. A 10 for you.
I have said this so many times, but I don't know why anyone pays any attention to the ratings. If somone has nothing better to do than to hit people's postings with ones then they are more to be pitied than despised. What kind of mind can waste time doing those thngs?
The rating system is silly and insignificant as it is. For the most part you either get a one or a ten. They may as well take out the other numbers. Don't let any of this bother you because that's exactly what the people that do this kind of thing want.
It's sometimes hard in an e-mail, no matter how well intentioned, for the person to see where you're "coming from".
One woman got amazingly upset with me and wrote a scathing article.
You can't be all things for all people. People come here with their emotional baggage, and react accordingly.
It's a microcosm of the world - and you probably don't get along lovingly with everyone in their world either.
It's Saturday. I've posted some questions and games. I hope that brings some fun and smiles out and about for today. :-) Have a good one.
"As for my opinion of you low rating people. I think you suck."
I'm curious by what you consider a low rating. Judging by your title, it could be anything less than 10.
I realize that there are many hearts-and-flowers types here who believe in rating everything, no matter what it is, a 10 but I am not one of them.
I subscribe to Gather's philosophy on ratings, with "10 representing some of the best content you've seen". I'd be dishonest if I rated everything I saw here a 10. Although I don't rate everything I read (I forget most of the time), I try to be honest and follow some self-set criteria for my ratings, with 1s generally reserved for unoriginal content such as jokes, email forwards, glurge, plagiarism, and copyright violations. I try to avoid such content in the first place and appreciate those that are labeled in the title, so I don't have to bother even looking at them.
"I truly hope this goes back to being the place I knew it as . ."
So do I Sara.
In response to this: As for my opinion of you low rating people. I think you suck. I think you get your jollies of other people getting upset. It's pitiful that you take people's hard work and trash it. I agree with Janna's response. She's much nicer than I am. I would have said something more like, "I'll bet you would think it was rude if I had said that I think the people who write below a tenth-grade-level suck."
I'm working on commenting back for the past week. Some great articles that I might have missed.