In defense of (some) "I'm leaving DU" threads

[belladonna]

First of all, let me say that the copycat threads and the threads making fun of the "I'm leaving" threads aren't all that fun to read either. If you truly don't give two shits and are bothered by the leaving DU threads, use that handy little hide thread feature. I use it CONSTANTLY.

Second of all, while I'm not always fond of these threads either, I can understand someone who has been around as long as HT posting a goodbye thread. No, I don't know him personally and, honestly, haven't had that much interaction with him here, but I kinda like to know when and why a long time poster that I'm so used to seeing around quits, if for no other reason than to be sure nothing untoward happened to them.

Lastly, I could post a LOOOONG list of DU'ers that have thrown their hands up in disgust and walked away from DU if I didn't have another hour of dictation waiting to be done. I love this place and I'll always be around, lurking in the background and posting the occasional thread or reply to a thread that interests me, but some of what goes on around here truly makes me cringe and, as a result, I don't enjoy the Lounge nearly as much as I used to. I think a lot more people here would agree than disagree with me but, honestly, most of them won't say so because they don't want to be flamed or accused of taking sides.

Oh yeah, one last thing... it's already been mentioned in another thread but I'll second that emotion here. There are TONS of threads about the silliest, most inane drivel imagineable posted here on a daily basis. I don't complain about it, I simply hide the thread and move the hell on. Point being that threads about leaving are no more silly than someone posting that she just had sex, etc. Judge not lest ye be judged and all that... you get the point.

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