Laying it out.

[douglas_knott]

As it appears, I am not the only one disappointed in the way this place is heading. It's becoming a knock off of FCC and not COTEP anymore. There was a sense of pride when I joined this place years back. I used to see the. post from the members on the big forum and I used to read them and see how the group presented themselves as a whole. I used to think to myself, "wow I like that and I would love to be a part of it." Out of nowhere I get a private message one day and it asked if I would like to become a member of the Elite group, a member of the group of the same people I looked up to. If memory serves me correctly I asked why I was chosen to be one of the next memebers and it was because of how I presented myself amongst the big forum in different aspects. Like I stated there once was a sense of pride there. I noticed more and more of all the original members are gone and no longer posting, this has been going on for a while. I understand that people's lives change, people move on but it seems to me that is more than it should be. Other people may have also noticed that the used to be regular members are not around like they used to be. I don't go to the chatbox anymore, I don't post as much as I used to either. Now anymore you join and automatically become a member of COTEP because of who you know. Now I am not saying that these folks don't have anything good to offer but if you get something just handed to you then that sense of respect is thrown out the window. Now this isn't directed at anyone in particular but it's how I feel and how several others feel as well. We need that pride back that there used to be here. I want to feel like I used to feel when I first joined. I want everyone to feel that pride of being part of something that others want to be part of. It's not about owning a DW it's about self respect and kindness among others. This also used to be a place where you can look through the posts and threads and they were family friendly. I noticed from some remarks that have been made on here more and more frequently that it is no longer that way. It's hard to see something that you once cared about so much more gradually going to the crappers.