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Originally Posted by Chemar

Yikes! Arent you bein' a bit harsh there toward people who are simply asking for information and making comments in an open discussion forum (never mind the dog poop comment in your edit message!!!)

as to my comments, I intentionally said NOTHING about Second Life or anything related to it as I know nothing firsthand about it.

However, having been at BT for a loooong time, I made my comments based on what I did know firsthand, and that is that for two months the forums at BT have been down and it surprises me that someone of JLs computer skills has not had at the least more frequent updates, nevermind not gotten those boards or a new one up and running faster.
I also know firsthand that this has caused distress and health deterioration for some people who really depend on BT, and I feel pretty sure that there are countless more like them who have not yet found or been told about this board.
I am also puzzled that "politics" would have stood in the way ( I assume) of the update message that was last on BT (what now...2 weeks ago last?) as it didnt point people here as a temporary refuge.

Crucifying ? Most certainly not.
Confused and disappointed ? You bet!

I wasn't there as long as you -- at first, after being banned, I was going to do a forum... but then I thought that if one like BT with someone like JL running it could crash, then how could I keep one going, and I didn't want people to come to trust it and then be let down.

I had gotten the impression that crashing was very likely.

But... there are boards like the pbs one which have a lot of members and forums and posts, and they don't crash...

Or, I suppose it's possible that they simply haven't crashed while I've been around. I've only been there a couple years.

Nerve diseases are so different from measles, mumps, the kind of disease we encounter when we are kids.

I had tetanus, and now when I get stressed I have just horrible problems. I always feel as if the problems are with my muscles, but no, it's the nerves. My nerves were damaged and now stress really sets me back.

So I know how the loss of their community must have affected people for whom that was their major contact with others. To me, not posting updates (JL) and not suggesting places for people to go in the alternative, suggest something other than an altruistic intent.