Hey yall. It looks like I might owe some of you a little bit of an explanation.
My name is Dean, and I’m the main moderator of this blog. It’s been inactive for a while now! I guess people have finally taken notice. Let me explain why:
Some of you know me, some of you only know of me, and a few of you probably don’t even realize you know who I am. The truth is when I started this blog, I started it completely alone. All the asks, all the posts, all the blog checks and comments and things like that, everything was done by me. It was a crazy intense job, but I really loved doing it.
I’d say I spent at least two or three hours a day just answering asks and personalizing things for all of you. One time, I spent three days in a row working on queuing two months worth of daily posts and prompts, all of which were completely original ideas. I make all my own banners and do a lot of research for everyone’s individual blogs… I mean wow, this is a lot of work.
About halfway through I made an incredible group of friends who agreed to help me, but the truth is, I was still doing the majority of the work. My friends were mostly just consultants for things, and that’s okay. That’s all I asked them to do… but a few months after they joined in things started getting really… yknow. Weird.
The posts I was making were getting less and less traction. They went from 30ish notes a piece to more like 5 or 7, and sometimes none at all. In addition to that, there were a lot of interpersonal drama issues, and I started getting some weird messages. People asking me to remove them because they didn’t want to be associated with the blog for personal reasons.
I’m still not entirely sure what happened to be honest. I was holding something beautiful in my hands and it just started falling apart. I was devastated, so I abandoned it. I figured if I stopped posting, no one would notice. Until now, it doesn’t really seem like anyone did.
I’ve never wanted to delete this blog. It’s so precious to me, and I worked so hard on it. There’s even still posts in my drafts I haven’t put out yet. I do miss moderating it, and I wouldn’t mind bringing it back, but I guess I’m just wondering if anyone would really care.
I guess let’s poll it just to see. To be clear, I’m all on my own with this again. Nobody else is helping me, so there’s no need to be upset unless you’re upset at me. No hard feelings either way. I have always appreciated all of you, and I always will. This place is for you, after all. That’s why I made it.
Do you want the database to come back?
Voting ended onJun 8, 2025
