Posted by PhoenixGirl on February 19, 2005, at 19:49:30
In reply to Re: Mean people » PhoenixGirl, posted by alexandra_k on February 19, 2005, at 19:30:53
I wrote supportive posts all the time. The majority of my posts weren't even negative. I posted funny stuff sometimes, and a lot of people liked that. When I felt horrible and posted about it, many people would write very supportive things to me. But there was this group of about 10 "regulars" on the site who seemed to gang up on me. Ironically, they seemed to be the ones who had more emotional problems than other members in general. Sometimes I wonder if they projected judgements about themselves onto me.
That site was a lot different than this site. There was no one like Dr. Bob. The people who "ran" the site were several of the members themselves! They were called "moderators". And they enforced the site's loose rules about civility unevenly. The moderator's friends were allowed to say what they wanted to, and would openly say that. The moderators would get emotionally mixed up with other members also. It was a pretty unhealthy way to run a site intended for people having problems in their lives.
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