Mosca opened this issue on Dec 24, 2002 ยท 256 posts
BillyJ posted Wed, 25 December 2002 at 3:43 PM
Well, in "that" context of 'Who are you'...being 'green' and all, I am but a new member that after looking at the galleries here for some time, one day finally decided to actually join up to the rest of this big place to see what all the fuss was about. I was astounded to see a whole gigantic online community world filled with artistic folks that shared and cared and learned from each other and in a weird way I wanted to try to be a part of all that 'belonging' I saw here all over. As a newcomer I actually see a lot of value here in resources and especially in talent galore and I think that the folks that create and run this kind of forum that can bring so many mindlike folks together, well, they certainly have to have had some family spirit about them. I know this place is also a business, the front page alone is proof of that, however people like me can still come here and not even pay a penny, post anything I want to if I was that inclined, write here to my hearts content, even complain till I am blue or just shoot the shit if I wanted to. I see all that happening here all over. I think that even though there is indeed a business side to this place, there is also a very wholesome side as well, a side that cares enough to bring all you folks together time after time again and allow many of us to have a home away from home even if it IS online, so that we can sit in comfort in our little real world homes and have a place to escape to and be with many others from all over the world that we would probably NEVER, ever meet, nevermind share so much talent, beauty and knowledge with. Maybe because I am new here I don't really understand the frustration some folks seem to feel from this mistake that seems like an honest error made by someone that seemed caring enough to claim responsibilty for it, but after finding and realizing so much I do like about this place, I would really not like to see it be any less than it is just because of some seeming hecklers that appear to be making a mountain out of a moehill for whatever selfish point THEY are trying to make and pin on the site owners here. That is what it seems like to me, Billy, a new guy that can't understand how the many good things I see here can be so overwhelmed by some few that would hold so much dissention even though it is obvious they actually DO like it here after all. Be Merry for Christmas is here.