I quit posting articles at Gather last April, without warning. It was like this: one day I got up and decided I needed to do something more productive with my time. I was doing a lot of writing here, which was fun and cool, but I thought I could use that energy better elsewhere. This site is so extremely addictive, I didn't look back, or I'd have been hooked again that easily.
So I left here and redesigned almost all of my websites (I have over ten) and started a few more, and wrote a lot of articles for my blogs. I've got my online life in much better shape now and it all seems more manageable.
Meanwhile, what has happened here at Gather? Have people stopped arguing? Are people still getting mega-points for posting one-liners while those writing awesome articles aren't getting read much? Is the interface still buggy so that when you post you have to sometimes do it repeatedly in hopes that it will work right eventually? Are groups easier to organize yet?
I thought I'd give it another try today just so see what's going on here. Besides, I've missed some of you quite a bit though I noticed that in my over-500 private mails, nobody seems to say they missed me. I'd say 99 percent of those messages are requests from people to try to get me to read their articles and comment on them. Frustrating! I will delete those without opening them, and I'll never send one to you, I promise.
Now on the good side, I'd like to report that though my account had almost no activity for almost three months, I've been earning points like crazy. How cool is that? I've received another 50 dollar gift card, and can request another one soon, so that's incredibly cool to know. Your account keeps earning points even when your back is turned.
Enough for now... I'm going to check everything out here and see what I want to do next.
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Don't ya just hate all those 'read me, read me' letters. I was gone for a couple weeks and my inbox was just loaded with those. I just delete too! When are they going to get the message??? I can chose what I want to read very well by myself, thank you!!!! And if I miss something it's my loss. I don't have time to read everything!!!
Anyway, like I said, Welcome back! Does seem to be a bit mellower crowd lately. But then I've been off awhile taking care of some of life's other surprises myself.
Sure glad you are back though!!!
Somethings have changed, gotten worse and better - with this photo promo, the gremlins are definitely busy, but lots of positive articles, groups and energies moving about...
I'm the wrong person to comment on whether Gather is better or not. I write for me, not points and don't begrudge the point whores whose only purpose in life is to get a lot of them. I've always thought Gather was great. Yes, people argue, but as I've never seen a community without a few backbiters, whiners, groaners, and moaners, I just figure it goes with the territory. We have gotten a few new people that I know of that are serious writers. One is Charlie D and one is Alisa Kerwood.
My sister quit Gather because she became addicted. I work full time and take care of horses so I haven't been able to get addicted yet. But, I've just been laid off, so I suppose that will be the test.
Whether you eventually decide to stay or go, it's nice to have you while you are here. I'll be looking forward to your articles.
Vanda, I'm not doing much with QT but in my absence I had the three Reiki attunements and am now a Reiki master, more or less. I've still got so much to learn to feel truly competent at it, but it has been a wonderful learning process. I've written a bit about it on my new blog: Geniyyah Energy Healing. I would LOVE to go to the QT seminar with you. That is one of my goals for the future.
TK, I may run across your comment today as I clear out my Gather mailbox. Thanks for good wishes.
Jessie, your sister has my sympathy. We really have to regulate our time, or we miss out on doing some of the things that mean the most to us.
You slipped out of sight after posting your cleaning chronicles ... you had mentioned moving away from the solitude (and isolation) of Happy Camp ... as your departure lengthened it seemed that you had taken more than just a holiday or sabbatical. so many write tearful farewells and then never leave, while the truly departed just disappear into the night ...
Things are much the same with some new wrinkles. The leopard cannot change its spots, but it grows and adds new ones ... (-;