Post #183642 by the75stingray on Thu, Sep 1, 2005 12:22 PM

Yeah, a second-class "non-GM" here to speak his mind.

I've been riding this crazy web-train since the Yahoo days. Thats a while, boys and girls.

When the day comes when you have to pay money to post a happy birthday to an old member who you felt was a positive influence in the forum, then it's time to hang it up.

While I agree that this is "Your forum"...and that one should respect "Your Rules", I don't think people should be restricted because they either don't spend enough time in here or cannot justify spending the money to become a GM.

I realize that this makes us "Second class citizens" to many of you as we 'sponge off of your contributions', but thats the way it is.

If we do not agree with your political views, we are outcasts....if we say anything against certain celebrity minded members, we're outcasts...if we're not grand members, we're outcasts...

What the hell has happened to this forum?

Now I'll get tons of PMs and tons of nasty e-mails telling me "How dare I..?!"...(To which I say 'blow me') But I know that there are others like me out there who want to say just this.

Not all of us can justify the money right now. Times are rough for many. So DON'T try to make us feel like we are beneath you because YOU contributed. We're not. Just because we don't pay the GM dues, doesnt mean we like tiki any less than YOU do.
We try to contribute in the only way we can, by making positive posts and trying to befriend other tiki-lovers.

But, then again...what do I know?