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Styx · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:29 am Post subject:

I can't believe it, Mike had always been a rock solid presence here, sadly I have to agree with the sentiment that this is no longer the warm and friendly place it once was. More and more often we see unnecessary drama. Mike if you're lurking out there, I want you to know that I appreciate all the work you have done for the board and the furry community and I fear Planet Furry will suffer greatly in your absence and I sincerely regret never telling you how much it's meant to me having you here. You'll be missed, maybe one day when others grow up you might return.

Cookie · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:35 am Post subject:

Although I am certain that I am now seen as one of the 'bad guys', I to have noticed PF's change.

I've been here for about four years, and have gone from appreciated to ignored to disliked (by some). Mostly ignored.

I've seen so many old friends leave in the last year alone. Now Mike has gone and I think it's my fault. Ugh... I feel awful that it might be.

Benleopard · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:11 am Post subject:

"this is bad... very bad..."

ScottyDM · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:36 am Post subject:

PF has less drama than some of the other boards, and for that I am grateful. I'm sorry to see Mike go and hope he comes back. I'm also sorry to see Pflarrian go. Gentlemen, where will you go? How is it that having the good guys leave will help PF?

I saw the thread that I suspect was the last straw. IMO a few people got crankier than usual and that brought out the ugly in a couple of others. Then the blaming of the mods commenced. Confused

Gentlemen, come back soon please. And meanwhile we will miss you.

Scotty

Vallus · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:40 am Post subject:

Damn, going to miss having you around Mike. You were one of the best here at PF. I really hope you see fit to come back one day.

Tygon · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:09 am Post subject:

I very much agree with Pflarrian and for the same reason will lower down my activity on Planetfurry to the occasional check. This simply is not the forum anymore than I knew and love and like to think helped shape.

Goodbye everyone

Tygon

Nicolai Borovskaya · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:39 am Post subject:

I've talked with Mike about this, and I will have to agree with Racky and the others. Fat chance. Mike has my complete support.

I, too, will be sharply limiting my time here from now on. I will basically be checking on two or three authors and very little, if anything, else.

Way to go. When a small number of furs start lambasting the admins and moderators, and NOT ONE post supports them, it doesn't exactly reflect well on the members here.

Nicolai

tobi3B · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:07 am Post subject:

We will miss you Mike, it´s a sad thing to hear this.
Hope you and the others come back.

Rabbit · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject:

If a new board forms, I'd like to be informed.

Sigurd Volsung · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject:

I happen to know where Mike and Pflarrian have gone, some of you have already followed, and I will be cutting my time here as well. The forum they have gone to will be more heavily policed to hopefully keep something like this from happening there, I should no I'll be one of the guys with a badge.

If you want to follow us you can PM me and I will be more than happy to give you the address, but if your only intention is to cause trouble, I will be waiting with a mean look on my face and the button in my hand. It's my bar and I don't tolerate trouble makers.

Syrius · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject:

I'd like to know too. Just in case.

AmigaDragon · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: End of an era

Asalis · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject:

He was one of the furs who got me into writing. I will always appreciate him for that. Granted my works not all that great but if it weren't for him I wouldn't be seeking to improve myself in writing.

ScottyDM · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

Bunch of quitters prefer a police state?

I've seen boards like that. The admins randomly shutting down threads that are well within the rules of the board and in the right forum, and with no rational for their decision. And a community that shouts down a newbie because he dared post a question that's been asked before ("It's in the soup for you!"). Or conflicting rules such as: "No necro-posting," coupled with, "Don't start a new thread if there's an existing thread." Strictly enforced, of course.

Gentlemen, and ladies: You gotta die to go to heaven.

What happened in that thread was unfortunate. And it started with a misunderstanding. So why was that thread unlocked?

And destroying the history of the posts in a sub-forum, because someone got his tail in a knot and didn't want to play anymore, is unconscionable. The forums belong to those who made the posts. The ownership is collective and belongs to the people--not an individual. Why let one individual destroy history?

Or do we throw up our hands and just shut down PlanetFurry?

Scotty

AmigaDragon · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: