What made my day was seeing so many members stand up for the board, for the rules, and against some crazy talk by a rogue member
I agree. I came home from the dental office and thought, "wow, I f'n love these people."
Pornhubby mentioned 'online family', I couldn't agree more. The thing about family is there is a lot of love, and on occasion a spat - sometimes minor, sometimes a bit more than minor. I'm looking at Wildcat here. We had a difference of opinion in January, but today he had my -and the boards - back. Thank you WC. This was a 'made my day' moment.
Family can put things in the past and support each other.
I know not everybody agrees with the rules, but I love that everybody stood together today in support of the enforcement of the rules. When a decision is made, major or minor, it is not done lightly. I know there may be some backlash. There have been a few things going on lately that have been weighing on me regarding the board.
There have been times I've felt a little overwhelmed with KB, especially during the month of December when I sort of disappeared and, unbeknownst to everyone, considered deleting my account. I was going through some things and was ready to walk away from KB. Only a couple of people know this but Dan and I actually broke up, from Thanksgiving through New Years.
What a great time to be alone, right? Didn't see or talk to each other for 5 weeks. I won't go into details, but when I finally did log in to KB and told those few people, the support I felt was amazing. I haven't had that in years since I lost my big sister 7 years ago. Like 'hey it's not just me', I had my online family. Today I felt that again, like I had a bunch of big brothers and big sisters, and it swelled my heart. Thank you.
And a bit more on that incident earlier today, Lujan took issue with Pornhubby saying, "You are not a moderator." He's right, Pornhubby is not a moderator. But he was. He was actually the one to recommend me to Lois when a moderator was needed in the summer of 2016. Due to real life situations he stepped down later that year. Lois brought him back on as a moderator a couple of years ago. Pornhubby for his own reasons, stepped down again recently. While he does not have the official title of 'moderator', he still helps me immensely in the running of this board. He reports issues, he monitors stories, he educates people on the rules, and much more. I can't thank him enough for all he does. In my eyes he's a moderator without the actual title. Or maybe he could be consider assistant-to-the-moderator.
'Oh assistant, could you come into my office, some dictation is required'.Army and Obi are also mods and I can't thank them enough either, or all the other mods, not just during my time here, but over the many years. They all played a part in shaping KB into what it is. It isn't always easy, most of the time it's great, other times it really sucks. But having the members all assisting in making our community what it is, makes it worth it.
That's all, and sorry if this post is all over the place.
Bottom line in case I didn't say it enough THANK YOU!