Random Topic: Sleepychat Closing For Good
Sleepychat was the first hypnosis community I got into. I met a bunch of new people and knew the majority of everyone on that chat site for years. It’s unfortunate that they are closing the site down entirely. It honestly upsets me that they are getting rid of it, instead of passing it down to another owner or maybe even passing it back to its original owner, MrMeapify (I mean if he still would want it). It just makes me sad because all of MrMeapify’s hard work to make the site is all going away. Like all that hard work, gone. All for nothing.
“The reasons being, most notably, that it's become more of a hassle for me than any benefits can offset, that I'm losing money by paying for the hosting, logging, and database, and that I'm finally deciding that I have no obligation to keep it running through said hassle and financial loss.“ - Ely (current owner of SC).
Yeah, that’s understandable, the whole money thing. However, there were many bugs on the site and many people left after that and did not support the site as much. Why? Because Ely, the current owner of Sleepychat, did not do anything to fix those bugs. Yeah, he fixed some bugs, but not the major ones. Which made the majority of the supporters leave. Ely tried to make everyone happy by putting out Sleepychat 2.0, because ever since SC started there were jokes about Sleepchat 2.0 but it never came to be until Christmas 2017. However, 2.0 came along with a bunch of bugs because it was never exactly finished. It was originally MrMeapify’s work for SC 2.0, if I remember correctly? (Could be wrong). So when Ely took over SC, he took that idea and made SC 2.0, cool idea and such, but it didn’t go that well due to bugs. Certain bugs were never fixed.
I mean Ely should have known that taking over a website and being its owner would bring a lot of responsibility. Maybe he did know but obviously, there would be financial difficulties. However, the fact that he did not try to fix anything with SC 2.0 for the year/year and a half it was up was probably Sleepychat’s downfall.
“I will not be recommending any alternative, as the one I was going to recommend decided to spam ads on Reddit, which I don't agree with.” - Ely
I’m not a frequent Reddit browser but what is so wrong with advertising a new website? I mean I’d get it if it was on a r/sleepychat thing with advertising but if it was just in general on Reddit, what’s wrong with it? This quote is very passive aggressive, it’s hilarious. I know the drama that went down with what he is talking about. Honestly, with how the drama was handled with everyone involved, it was done poorly and very immaturely. This quote leaks into the drama of what happened. It clearly did not need to be stated. I mean to me, it shows how immature and bitter Ely truly is.
“Call me a horrible human being for not saying sorry, but I no longer feel any attachment to the site or its community, and it's nothing to me but stress now.” - Ely.
Ely is not a horrible human being. Just when he says that he no longer feels attached or interested or invested in the community and that it only brings stress and that’s one of the main reasons why he’s closing SC? It feels selfish, I mean mostly because if he’s not attached or interested in it then why not pass it down to someone else to keep it going? He has had time to think about who he could pass it down to and who would be willing to take care of it. I mean it makes sense that he doesn’t trust anyone to pass it down to but then again if he looked past the drama and actually truly cared about the hypno community, he would have kept SC going and put aside the drama. I probably would have because I put others first rather than putting myself first. I care a lot about people and their happiness comes first to me.
That whole message just shows how much he truly “cared” for the hypno community and his site. He rather would have SC shut down than either pass it down to someone he trusts or put aside the drama that has happened and pass it down to them and move on. Ely is too stubborn and immature to put differences aside and move on. If it truly was a burden on him then he wouldn’t have cared and passed it down to the person he was planning to pass it down to, ignoring the drama that happened between the two. I know the drama that happened, I was there when it happened, so it isn’t like I’m clueless. The drama wasn’t even a big deal, it honestly could have been settled if both parties sat down and talked to each other. That’s why I’m saying that Ely could have set aside the drama and passed it down to the other person. But did he? No, because he has to be arrogant and think that he’s above the other person. Anyways, I just think the whole thing is selfish in my opinion. It’s understandable, where he’s coming from and why he’s shutting it down but I feel like he’s taking himself more so into consideration than the actual community.
The good news that came from the drama? Well, a new site came out from it. It’s like the old SC but obviously has more perks and isn’t buggy. It’s called Dreamychat if you all haven’t heard of it. Emily, the owner of DC, is really nice. She’s an amazing person to talk to :D She’s always willing to help those and is always active so you can always talk to her. The mods are all my friends, except for like one or two I don’t know. But they are very sweet and awesome to talk to. Except for @jonsmisu , he’s a mod there and he is very lame :P lol jk jk <3 I love JonSmisu :P XD he’s my secret hubby, lol jk jk XD I’m glad that there is another site like SC to turn to instead of not knowing where to go specifically. If you haven’t heard of Dreamychat, you guys should check it out. Everyone is friendly there.
I will truly miss Sleepychat and everyone that was on it. Even Ely, even though I didn’t know him on a personal level. I don’t hold grudges and I’m not thinking that Ely is a horrible person, just very immature. Along with the other party from the drama. They both were at fault. Not picking sides. But just analyzed everything and this is what I came up with. I love the mods from SC too, so I hope to keep in touch with them. Anyways, SC was a great site. I’m gonna miss it. It’ll forever be in my heart <3 :D
I personally recommend going to Dreamychat if you all don’t know where else to go after SC closes. I support Dreamychat because it seems more functional and invested in the community... than SC. But anyways, thank you guys :D
If you guys want to read the full message of what Ely wrote for Sleepychat here you go: https://www.sleepychat.com/closure
