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I joined up in October 2003, just late enough that I missed getting my activation e-mail in time for the Halloween event. Shame, that, I like candy and pumpkins. At any rate, I was and always have been a forum-whore, and I gravitated to Extended Discussion within a week of joining. ED was a scary-as-hell forum at the time, and posting was like writing very small essays for school. Of course, essays make me happy, so it was a perfect fit. I stayed there for a long, long time. I watched Life Issues become a subforum, then leave us entirely. I saw subforums added and changed. Life was good. I was there so often people started mistaking me for a mod. We got spammers and we organized a nice little cleanup force called The ED Enforcers, and then we got a lot of people who couldn't take a joke. I got a cult of personality and took a short break. I met a lot of people, most of whom are gone now. I got modded and started posting less, both because I was too busy and because people were suddenly afraid to post after me. That was depressing, but hey. I busted my a** for that forum. More than once I spent a whole day grinding through a week's reports solo (No, this is not to imply that no one else did anything. It's more like everyone else had other forums to handle, and I had the most free time. So it goes and make no mistake I appreciate the time other people put in when they could). I've spent months trying to keep the place more or less sane, as have other moderators. Since my reassignment, that's been harder to do, but I still try. But recently, it sunk in that it doesn't matter what I do. People actually blamed me for their own personal lack of self control, and told me they'd continue to spam, flame, and post in misplaced topics until I started deleting every last bad post. As if I have that kind of time-- as if there are enough hours in the day, without sleeping, eating or using the restroom. I can't care anymore. You people will have the forum you deserve, and I will no longer make it my personal mission to stop you. I'll still work there, and I'll still enforce the ToS, and I'll still answer your questions. I'll still do my job, but I will not spend any extra effort on you. ED was my home forum, and there are a lot of fond memories, but they're just that. It's not the place I used to post in and the change has been deliberately for the worse. You've chased away the last person crazy enough to think you had potential. Enjoy your spam and insanity. I know I'll be enjoying my newfound freedom from headaches and constant disappointment.

Goodbye, ED. sad

Music: Remy Zero - Fair