Impermanence

[aearwen2]

The saying goes "The only thing that never changes is that everything changes." And so it goes in the online world as well.

Last night, I withdrew my membership at the Garden of Ithilien Writers' Workshop over my disagreement with the way the admin there handled an issue. I won't go into the blow-by-blows, but the upshot of it is that I walked away from a group with whom I have felt more online kinship than I've enjoyed in a long time.

Standing up for principles hurts, folks. It's necessary, but it hurts like hell.

Comments

So out of the loop...

[gwynnyd.livejournal.com]

um, er... forgive the clueless, but as you know I've had my own issues to deal with this week and I have been totally blindsided by this whole blowup.

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um, er... forgive the clueless, but as you know I've had my own issues to deal with this week and I have been totally blindsided by this whole blowup.

<assume Gwynnyd's puzzled tone here> What principle are you defending?

I'm not being flippant. I really don't get it. And if someone doesn't just up and tell me soon... well, er, please? Can someone put me out of my misery and let me buy a vowel?

Thanks.