Oh, OS soul, are you weary of the drama and trauma that has been going on here for far too long? Is the backbiting and in-fighting just oh-so-junior high school for you? Have you considered, like far too many others, that some of the viral "friendships" are just a little too toxic for the psyche and not real enough to last?
Is it just too much to ask for some consistency in how you are received as a writer? And, is there an "inner circle" amongst the editorial staff here? What exactly are the rules and ramifications, the sense which is non-sense in the selection process for the privileged placement upon this site?
Are there really more serious, pressing needs to attend to? Have you been wakened since the horrible life-changing effects of the Haitian earthquake that rumbles your very existence, that makes you consider how fragile life is and how, just maybe, you could be of assistance? How, at the least, you'd better get on with life and stop spending massive quantities of your precious life flitting about like a butterfly here and there on this and other sites? (note: I do not want to knock those that truly are fulfilled here in writing, I just want to find out how many are thinking what I lay out here for you to consider).
Will you sign below, if you've:
made the decision to leave, have considered that you will indeed one day leave, have known that you Should Leave but just can't for some "I-think-I'm-addicted-to-OS-but-it-is-too-late,-too-late,-TOO-LATE-to-ever-go" reason? I have, and I invite you to send a message, to Whom I know not, that you will DITCH THIS CRAB SHACK !!!
Don't be a chicken of the sea, just sign your name, make a statement and deliver a thought to others that may care.
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Debbs4
rated for a great idea
this is just a little protest on my part, and maybe a bit of a reality check, nothing more.
I came here over a year ago, not to escape from the world but to run into it, maybe score some free sex from the many groupies I heard stalked this place.
I ended up doing more than that, I got fans...in Vietnam!!
F*cking Vietnam man, did you read that? I couldn't do that on my own, so I...**real tears building** I CAN NEVER LEAVE!!!!
**group hugs**
Seriously, to those leaving, tell RealWorld I say hello but I ain't never goin' back!! PFFFFT!! :)
Deep inside of me there is a flouncer waiting to come out....
I barely repress him, holding him back so that he does not say something I will regret someday.
(sulks off looking for a little respect)
"Crab Shack????"
: )
I haven't made any decision yet, but I see nothing wrong with signing this since it merely puts into words what many people have been thinking lately.
The insiders are the insiders who were here from the insider beginning, or who came in as friends of friends. They will be here to the end because they get what they want.
Have any of them hit the big time from OS as Schwabs Drugstore? Not to my knowledge. So the backstabbing and dustups and multiple accounts (with multiple chances to rate the cronies); the blogwhoring in comments to people's posts, and the high school personalities do nothing for anyone, not even the turkeys who behave like feathered clowns.
As for the "inner circle of editor and friends here"...good God! They're at Open Salon, where anyone can write for free, and who can write better than those who make the self serving "Best Of Salon", if they apply themselves.
Let me know when the meanies make Vanity Fair, or Time or The Sacramento Bee...hell, I'll throw in the Sacramento News and Review...a throwaway paper. I've read their stuff here, and will know to skim it there.
We need to stop the madness, and yes, I will sign your petition...But I want another Crab Shack lined up to serve as my shell...It's a big, cold ocean out there on the shallow web, so I stay and kvetch.
Truth is...often not. : (
Knowing that helps. I focus on the hundreds I love, like, respect or see merit in.
As someone whose main writing output is here, I'm gratified to know the community exists. I've always written not for profit or fame but simply for myself. When I had my own blog, it was hard to find readers and while lack of readers didn't make me stop writing, knowing people are reading what I write makes it that much more exciting.
If OS is keeping you from other writing that needs to get done ... to pay your bills, to build your career ... than by all means move on and do the things you need to do. For me, OS is the place that I write, because OS is a place where other writers will read my work. Thanks OS, I am here to stay :)
Good post though, and I can relate ... rated.
(but not so much on OS. I got socks to fold). Bleh!