06-22-2020, 08:05 AM
I have to admit I have mixed feelings about ATS right now. It had the most inquisitive and intelligent minds on the Internet.
"Had" being the key word here.
My experiences online have not been pleasant elsewhere. I have this tendency to speak my mind, and I'm not socially that well-accepted. ATS accepted me the way I am, and even eventually honored me with a Staff position. Back then, they were what RN claims to be (and what I hope they are): a home for those who are just not satisfied with the status quo.
But things change.
I even had an idea to save ATS... was willing to give more to it than I would consider giving anywhere else. What did I hear? Crickets. Admin wouldn't even reply. So a few days ago I pretty much gave up on them and accepted I was homeless on the Internet again. Problem this time was that I don't want to lose track of the friends I have made (yes, some of whom were eventually banned). I'm not going to go into who caused what or why just now... maybe never... but this has been building for a long time. I will say this: Google was the final straw. Google drove the stake in the heart of an ailing ATS, and I doubt I will ever forgive them for that.
We're entering a new world, my friends... one with intelligent virii, one with wal and redro instead of law and order, one where reality is a fake tapestry woven by those with the loudest voices on the highest podiums. In such a world, a place to get real, honest truth out to the public is our only hope. ATS was such a place, but ATS is fading into nothingness as darkness encroaches. May Rogue Nation be such a light and may it shine as brightly as ATS once did.
For without a beacon to guide us through the coming darkness, we have no hope.
TheRedneck
"Had" being the key word here.
My experiences online have not been pleasant elsewhere. I have this tendency to speak my mind, and I'm not socially that well-accepted. ATS accepted me the way I am, and even eventually honored me with a Staff position. Back then, they were what RN claims to be (and what I hope they are): a home for those who are just not satisfied with the status quo.
But things change.
I even had an idea to save ATS... was willing to give more to it than I would consider giving anywhere else. What did I hear? Crickets. Admin wouldn't even reply. So a few days ago I pretty much gave up on them and accepted I was homeless on the Internet again. Problem this time was that I don't want to lose track of the friends I have made (yes, some of whom were eventually banned). I'm not going to go into who caused what or why just now... maybe never... but this has been building for a long time. I will say this: Google was the final straw. Google drove the stake in the heart of an ailing ATS, and I doubt I will ever forgive them for that.
We're entering a new world, my friends... one with intelligent virii, one with wal and redro instead of law and order, one where reality is a fake tapestry woven by those with the loudest voices on the highest podiums. In such a world, a place to get real, honest truth out to the public is our only hope. ATS was such a place, but ATS is fading into nothingness as darkness encroaches. May Rogue Nation be such a light and may it shine as brightly as ATS once did.
For without a beacon to guide us through the coming darkness, we have no hope.
TheRedneck