Sober Thal said:
How does it feel to abandon a site, then announce your return while asking for someone to do work for your pass time?
Any bit of shame?
Not a hint. I'm pretty shame-less in general.
I didn't announce my return here. I didn't really announce it at all. I told a handful of friends an that was it. It's not a big deal, but its still nice to get warm welcome.
And asking for help is never anything to be ashamed of. I offer what I can in return, and thankfully the site has some members that take some time to do me a favor, to which I'm endlessly thankful for.
Did the reasons for your leaving turn out to be wrong? Or could you just not get over the withdrawals?
A bit of both actually.
Part of my new outlook on forum going. I became all sad and mopey because the forums weren't like they used to be. And I realized that that is my fault because I was sticking in user groups only like every old member and their dog.
I'm taking back my forums. Remaking my presence on all boards (especially reviewing) and leading by example so I can try to have the same feeling of warmness and closeness to the entire forum that I used to have to it. Knowing everybody's face and name again, and making close friends again.
I was sticking to the Asylum and Thanks! User groups because they both gave me that feeling of "the olden days", so I stuck in them and only them, but I realized I need to re-become that Forums exploring person. I gave up on the site that was my home. And I'm extremely embarrassed about that.
In the end,
what I thought was a problem with the site was actually a problem with my own attitude. And when I realized that, I decided to come back and remake this place the home it used to be.