My farewell message to the people of avatar-forums

[spicyapple]

Hello,

I'm excited for Tree of Souls in that it tries to recapture the spirit of Avatar-forums' early days when a tight-knit, friendly community formed around a movie we all cherish. I have lamented for a while the direction Avatar-forums took after the administration changeover. The friendly-feel of the forum vanished. The hostility didn't extend to new users or trolls, but also came down from the top. One particular moderator took it upon himself to also act as the morality police. Because of that disgusting behaviour, I no longer contribute on Avatar-forums.

All the moderators of avatar-forums have been so friendly and accommodating. It was a great place for a time, but it only takes one bad moderator to spoil the forum experience. People leave forums all the time for all sorts of reasons but never did I think I would leave because of one bad moderator, but it is what it is. I felt leaving was better than reporting it to the admin, since the new administration seemed more interested in turning the forum over into a commercial, for-profit venture than redressing my grievance. So I left. I believe a great forum is one run by the fans for the fans, so I am so happy to be part of this community!

ps. I also love keeping the old theme for ToS. It's perfect! Avatar-forums' new design is so garish and cluttered it's like RDA plowed it over leaving a mess.

One life ends. Another begins.