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YaadPyar:
I'm writing this as my personal response to the questions that keeps popping up around here, such as: Where is everybody?  What's going on?  Why are the boards so quiet? 

I really think if us as refugees - run off from our beloved home, seeking refuge in a new place.  The CT modified definition of a refugee is:  a person who is outside his/her habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her membership in a particular social group and is unable  to avail himself/herself of the protection of that residence, or to return there, for fear of persecution.

We escaped from the troll wars with little more than some institutionalized memories (the CT archives), and a strong sense of community that we wanted to preserve.  While we have settled in a new home, and it is pretty fantastic in every way, with the most gracious hosts imaginable, the new home is different, we are different, and our future as a community is uncertain.

Following the Oscars, things were changing anyway on IMDb/CT, with folks losing interest over time and feeling the call of their 'real' lives.  We just happened to have the troll wars to get us re-energized and cooperative in a very committed way, which brought us together more strongly as a group than we might have ever been otherwise.

And now, we've been here for a few weeks, getting settled in and acclimating ourselves to a new environment.  And the committment to stay together as a community seems by most to be strong.  But we do have the reality of...


* our 'real' lives needing attention
* spring weather calling us to get out of the house (depending on where we live)
* getting used to a new forum/format
* figuring out what we still have to say to each other
* where to go with the journey BBM created
There's no right answer to what's supposed to happen or how.  We are each finding something we value and want to continue here, or we are moving on, as has been the case all along.  Many friends have come and gone, and there's no doubt that will continue.

We refugees are settling into our new country, learning a new language and culture, working to integrate our own important customs and traditions into our new lives, and waiting to see how it all shakes out.  And I think it's shaking out just as it should. 

Sometimes it'll be busy, and sometimes quiet, and some new friends will come, and some old ones will go, and it'll keep changing and shifting, just like life.

How about you...?

cmr107:
Oh Celeste, as always, very well said. I agree with all of it. I would love to write a better response, but 'real life' (school) is pulling me away right now, and I have to finish some things before work. I look forward to coming back and reading other people's opinions though.

slayers_creek_oth:
I honestly ran out of BBM-related things to say a few months ago....LOL

I get on here mainly for the interaction.....we all share a common interest in where I live its hard to find someone with that interest....so its nice to talk to people...you know? 

I also have some close personal friends on these boards.....so I don't get on as much for BBM as I do for my friends and my family really......as cheesy as it sounds..... ;D

Becky:
Wow Celeste, you have just put what I was thinking in writing. But of course what you have written is more organised than all the crap that is in my head.
I love how you have put 'real' life cause it is so true, my life on here is more real than my proper life will ever be. I was writing a "To Do list" today and once I had finished it it had certain things on like: Research quiz questions and send to Celeste, Pack up Jenny's present, Get picture proof of s'alright and Sort out Niagra trip stuff.
When I looked at it I realised that nothing on it had anything to do with my 'real' life and was all to do with things on here. I had also forgotten the most important thing; revising for my tests which start in 2 weeks...oh well the stuff on here is more important.
But I doubt the spring weather will be calling me anytime soon as it is raining at the moment and it is still April, infamous for those wonderful April showers!

YaadPyar:
All this being said, the boards are hopping actually - quite busy today actually...

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