Reading
@Slumdum's morning write up and became aware of this message and wanted to reply too.
I'm in exactly the same boat. I haven't created anything in a week or so and I'm participating a lot less. I'm trying to do my daily "Hey here I am!" kind of shtick, but I ultimately just slink away again without saying bye. Things just feel a little sour right now. And one thing I think people, perhaps even the Mods/Admin, are overlooking is that those AI Pics created a lot of our engangement - not just sharing them, but talking about them, creating memes from them, creating identites about them. You had your Goblins,
@-Bonk- had Bonkettes,
@DoverDad made a name for himself as a Pig Merger,
@Bloodheart made those sexy, sexy eldritch abominations. I could go on and on. It felt like so much personality was stripped away in an instant. To the point where Avatars are no longer recognisable, old Gifs can't be used. It just doesn't
feel like home anymore. I just kind of feel uncomfortable... And sometimes a discussion arises, that I get my teeth into, and I'm "back" again for a bit... But, ultimately, that sour feeling returns once more.
In totally, 100% unrelated news, I wonder if Perchance saw a decrease in traffic recently!