Posted by alexandra_k on May 31, 2005, at 16:28:49
In reply to Re: not that strong » alexandra_k, posted by AuntieMel on May 31, 2005, at 16:00:08
> I'm really quite weak about a lot of things.
Take a compliment AuntieMel...
;-)
You strike me as a fighter.> I could keep trying because while I didn't feel noticed, I also didn't feel rejected.
> To me there's a big difference.And that is strong in itself.
I would guess that a fair few people would feel rejected or intentionally ignored if they didn't get much in the way of a response.I have to say...
I joined up to BPD.net.nz a couple weeks before I joined up to Babble.
BPD.net was a small group. Maybe 10-12 regular posters. Maybe 20-30 sort of regular occasionals.
EVERYONE said hello to me as soon as I arrived. And asked me about myself and shared their story etc.
I posted here a bit. Got a couple of responses. But not much. After a while I got fed up. I did feel ignored. I thought there were clicky (I don't know how to spell that) little groups. I didn't feel welcome here and I didn't feel like anybody noticed or cared when I stopped posting (which I did).
Why did I come back???
BPD.net folded.
The moderator (who did an excellent job) encountered personal crisis and the whole site disappeared overnight.I figured that this one had been here for a while, and with a p-doc as a moderator it was unlikely to fold due to 'personal crisis'.
At the time I didn't know that there were any other boards out there that weren't consumer run.
So I braved things again...
But it took me a good 3 or 6 months after I started posting again to feel properly welcome and cared about here.
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