I disappeared for many months a year and a half ago. And I have toyed with leaving every once in a while. However it has not been because of PNT or bootcamp.
Frankly I was annoyed with some of the timewasters here. Then again I did agree that some of the punishments were quick and perhaps without merit.
In any case, while you have a right to say why you liked the wilder and woolier EvC, and maybe it should return (?), it's a bit unfair to use the loss of posters as evidence for your argument. People may go for many different reasons.
I miss many of the posters who have gone away (or just post less) but I would not want to speak for why they left.
Rei
Rei was one of my absolute favorites. She said why she left. Apparently in a debate with me regarding a personal issue she became so upset she decided never to post here again (except one where she noted that).
I am unsure if it was her misunderstanding of my position or Crash's post that she was misunderstanding my position which sent her over the edge (she went berserk on him before disappearing), but I wish I had never said anything. I feel bad that I contributed to a loss of one of the most valuable members at EvC, especially since it involved a simple misunderstanding of what I wrote.
But this example is significant. My decision to stay or go has always been about the value I feel I get from this site. Am I helping others and am I helping myself? Sometimes real life becomes more important and time consuming, and sometimes dealing with certain posters becomes so annoying that it just doesn't seem worth continuing.
My guess would be that is what some of the posters have disappeared might have felt. It sure was in Rei's case.
holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)
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