I'm knew.   Just moved into Tortosa in April.  Talk to me baby!

Not sure if it's the same for everyone, but I signed up for the forum and had an account but still could not post to the forums. After 2 weeks I ended up emailing the admin (whoever that is) to ask what was up and was then magically given access to the forum.

Perhaps other newbies are experiencing the same roadblock.

Welcome!  Be careful who you believe, 2 liars have recently been called out on this forum.

It was wonderful once, wasn't it?

I have lost a lot of interest since the bannings and the power plays. It wasn't just the mods, though. People, adults, were behaving like kids and making it unpleasant for others to be here. That was the first exodus. Then the bannings removed the problem posters, but subsequent bannings removed decent members who dared to ask questions. It created an "us against them" mentality and this site lost a lot of support and credibility.

It seems that one particular religious cult has  taken over and you know what that means.

To "Hudson" who is new to Maricopa, WELCOME and we're glad to have you here.  This is still a great place to get information about anything - just ask.

Well Folks,  I guess I'm just to unimformed to know any better,  I think it's a pretty good site and I believe I'm going to keep on thinking that, but if I stop thinking that,  I'll just delete it's address from my favorites list and move on,  altho it seems like a bunch of pretty good people on here to me and I enjoy reading what they have to say.

The funny thing about it is that after reading all the responses I will actually have to say that everyone is right.  The people's attitudes have changed....good or bad....doesn't really matter.  It just isn't the same as it use to be.

Why....honestly I think that it's everything.  The banning, the competition, the altitudes, the lies, the truths and everything in between. I remember the days where I would have had to admit that I was totally addicted to 85239.com and was so mad when the site would do down for a bit for how ever long was just way to long in my book.

I've made awesome life long friends, learned a lot about my community,  my city, and had some great debates.  I wouldn't trade any of it for the world and I will admit that I owe a sense of gratitude to 85239.com for all that.   But I do have to admit that those days are gone and probably will not be back.  I did a quick check again tonight and from 6:00 pm till midnight there were only 18 threads that had been hit.    And this thread had been viewed 548 time but only 11 posts on it.  Totally unheard of before.

I feel like I'm saying goodbye.  I'm really not but do feel that something wonderful is now gone.  I'm still going to be around I just wanted to know how everyone else felt about it.  Guess it's kind of like our kids....gotta let them grow up and move on with their own lives.   

I tend to disagree that they are leaving town.  Sure people are departing Maricopa but it isn't in the droves that people think that it is.  I still see at least three or four Uhaul coming into Maricopa weekly. 

All the people that I've met here are still here are not looking for a different type of social life.  We all still do the same things.  We just don't post on here as much.  And the biggest reason was all the negativity and angry that was thrown out.

I know why on this end I guess what I was looking for was why did everyone else part ways? 

Again a bit of non-scientific research.....since midnight last night only 15 threads have been hit by only 9 different users.  Keep in mind that is for a period of 9 hours.  Either there is a look of looky loos or people are just not here anymore.     

I think the people on here just need to make the first move and post a new topic. Don't be afraid some people like mine and most of them don't.  

I have noticed, especially on the politics forum, that when you try to engage in a debate on an issue, at some point some of those who disagree with you will start to get personal and insulting. It seems that if they hold an unsupportable position this tactic is used to shut down the discussion. This is a shame. In the past I have debated with people who presented such strong rational arguments for their positions that, even if I disagreed with those positions, caused me to reexamine my ideas. I have valued such exchanges but they seem to happen less and less on this forum. It is a shame that some people can not engage in a debate and still respect the other side.