posted September 02, 2012 03:44 AM            

Just read your new/changed policy and I hope you won't think it inappropriate of me to say this but I would like to say a HUGE thank you to you.

The thank you is NOT for any sort of delight in the possibility of ANYONE being demoted. In order to make that clear I'd like to explain just a little bit from the pov of a non-Mod knowflake.

For a few months now, the last two in particular, I've felt like I was walking on egg shells while entering certain threads. This feeling in me slowly grew because it seemed that no matter which thread I entered, the atmosphere was such that I would end up feeling like I had to somehow tiptoe around certain personalities. This made me feel not only quite uncomfortable but was also interfering with my study of astrology as well as in my being able to feel any joy in logging on to LL. For the last 2 weeks I've had very little desire to even check the LL pages.

I know I've been very vocal about my discomfort ... to the point of totally annoying you, but I'd like you to know that my actions have been driven by this extreme discomfort about an atmosphere which felt threatening due to its lack of peace.

I'm not directing this at anyone and just want to say that in general, to me it felt like a Mod was in a position to misuse his/her power and authority over knowflakes. And even though I know that knowflakes are not perfect (myself included), it still felt threatening because of the way fights and even simple disagreements or different POVs were being handled.

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I read where you said---

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Actually, there's no one here at Lindaland who should feel unwelcomed, and if I ever make anyone feel that way, let me know. I have nothing against anyone here.

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For the last 2 months I've felt unwelcomed and excluded and I didn't think that I could tell you why without making you angry. And even if I told you, I felt it would not make any difference because nothing would change.

This is why your recent decision has given me a spark of hope and today, for the first time in two months, I've been able to expel a HUGE sigh of relief. I'm beginning to feel a glimmer of the return of the initial joy I used to feel in logging on.

At the same time I'm beginning to feel a restoration of the original faith I had in LL which was the main reason I became a member here in the first place versus any other site.

So for all this, I'd like to say a very personal and heartfelt thank you!!

posted September 02, 2012 04:32 AM            

It's certainly not you since I love reading your posts. You're a veritable storehouse of information which I appreciate so much. I've meant what I've said in my different comments about your posts including the ones in Sweet Peas (the last place we met)