I've cancelled this account after more than 8 years on this site. If this site is fixed before expiration, perhaps I shall renew. Perhaps not.
I came to this site for the sense of community that it presented. I'm not the most sociable of people, but still, hanging about the fringes gave me enough of a sense of belonging that I stayed.
I feel this kinship has been annihilated by this sterile, generic, inorganic abomination. It has been designed not for the people who supported it for so long, but for the lowest common denominator. I hate the lowest common denominator. My profile has been gutted. My favorites have been trashed. The sense of self I had on this site has been annihilated.
Perhaps I should have seen this coming from the facebook posts, enticements of the flesh seem to be the only selling point they can use. A one trick pony, it only made sense that the site would follow suit, match the product to the message. I didn't come here for the flesh, there's plenty of that out there on the internet, for free, even.
I liked reading interviews. I liked browsing threads in my groups. I liked reading other people's experiences. But that seems to have been relegated to a tertiary concern of the powers that be.
This decision wasn't the lightest to make, 8 years is a long time, over a quarter of my life at this point. However once the thought to cancel entered my mind I realized that there wasn't much fighting against it. I don't have to support the mistake that has been made, so I shall not do so.
