People voicing are just trying to express their opinion before they themselves have no choice but to move out of this community like GP.
Originally Posted by futile
Wrong. You always have a choice. It's all about whether you you make it, or you let others make it for you. Which do you want to have happen?
Since this board is privately owned, it is on owner and mods to decide what kind of community they envisioned.
Originally Posted by futile
I think you'd be surprised what the owners of this, or any other SHMB, envisioned when they started them. Either way, it's irrelevant what they invisioned, the members are going to make it what it is, and on an open registration board that's completely out of their control. They're smart enough to know this, and smart enough to realize that people make their own decisions, and can't blame them on anyone else.
The rest of you decide whether this board is for you or not. Of course we all have right to complaint, request, protest whatever going on as the last resort because we all love eccie and like to stay, otherwise we won't be on here in the first place.
Originally Posted by futile
Exactly. Protest to make your point. Protest all you want. Protest on a freeway feeder road with a sign that says "{insert name/object here} makes me sick and I want them to leave ECCIE!" However, be smart enough to realize that other people don't have to do what you want, and if you're truely, honestly not comfortable with it, then make your choice.
I respect the OP for leaving because she wasn't comfortable with the people she sees post on this board. She took a stand and made her point in the most meaningful way she could on a SHMB, she left. I would hope that she knows that her leaving does nothing to change anyone else here, and she's made that choice for herself, and not in some lame attempt to influence others in this board. I choose to give her the benefit of the doubt that she meant what she posted, she's honestly gone, and she's done it for her own personal reason, and not to influence others. That's the sign of a real and true believer.
Again...well done OP.