As usual, I'm late on the uptake. I apologize for bringing something up that was probably dropped a long time ago. But since I just finally today figured out why Huma and Ambs were gone from RTN (yes, I admit that I don't always read the full daily spoiler gab thread starting from page 1, as was the case on 8/7), I feel the need to say something.
I debated just staying silent on this matter as well, but since others felt the need to state that they "had the guts" to complain or to admit to complaining, I also feel the same compelling need.
I have the guts to admit that I miss Huma and Ambs at RTN - their banter, their oddball sense of humor, the peeing on spoilers, and especially their fiction. I can go to their proboards, but it isn't the same. In fact, I came to RTN at Huma's invitation. It feels somehow weird to stay, but I also don't feel like losing my online Liason home again so close on the heels of what happened back in April at TC. So I'm not sure exactly what to do. The nice thing about Huma is I know she won't judge me either way. And I know this despite the fact that I don't really know her all that well, if you know what I mean.
I am not offended by people's language and sense of humor that may not always match my own. For me, this is not an issue of free speech but more about tolerance. I fully accept that I am officially an old person by online community standards. I blush when I type swear words or NC-17 chapters. But people younger than me have a totally different style of online communication, having grown up with the internet during their more formative years.
I don't think anyone was trying to cause trouble or offend or expose children to dirty talk or aggravate online moms or destroy our escape from our real lives. If anything, when I saw the thread on the 6th, my thought was that there didn't appear to be much if any spoiler gab going on, which bummed me out because of the lack of spoilers to gab about. I did think that if anyone was guilty of anything, it was just some harmless monopolizing of a thread. That sh*t happens all the time at all boards, so I didn't think there was anything much to it.
So I'm not trying to beat a dead horse or keep some gripe alive. But after reading everyone else's confession in the spoiler gab thread on 8/7 of what they had the guts to do, I was similarly inspired to put my own guts on display, even though they are different.
