How I Slipped on Epinions' Appeal
Oct 28 '07
The Bottom Line I hate this darn thing. Quit readin' the bottom line first, you're supposed to start at the top!
Is writing the "last piece" harder than many people say it is? I kind of wonder, myself. You see, I actually find things easier tonight, realizing I probably won't write here anymore.
And yes, I can see some of you now, rolling your eyes at me behind the computer screen, some of you clicking your way off the webpage..........it's okay, you have a life, I respect that decision, and I know you will do the same to me-------or maybe someday, I hope.
Really, there's a combination of things that have caused me to call this morning, October 28th, 2007 (4:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time....god, don't you just love how I'm drawing it out for you) as my final posting day. No, there's no importance in the day, there's no big holocaust coming in the next few weeks (maybe years), I'm just ready to tell everyone I'm through writing......here.
And I'm tired of pretending to be somebody I'm not, tired of acting like I care about all 1,000 of you friends (yes I know I'm exaggerating because I like to pretend I have that many)----and I do, really, in a way-----but I never speak to any of you anymore on a somewhat predictable timetable(except Khendra), so really, is it going to hurt me to leave? Is it going to hurt any of you to see me go? No. And that's why I can say that it won't bother me any.
I've staged this stuff before----come out with this big "gusto" of a closer because I was ticked off at someone on the site, took my toys and went home. But this time, I'm not mad at anybody. I'm just tired. Epinions no longer shines like the Northern Star, and I realize that there are much bigger and better things out there, and even this website doesn't comprise any more than .05% of my spare time.
The ERoyalties have been great, and I will keep my reviews up, yes to garner the extra little bit of money that comes my way (because I'm still in college--and from a business standpoint, who wouldn't?) and because I don't want people to think I took everything away from them. If there's one review up here that makes someone laugh, cry, or evoke even fits of rage, then by God, let it happen. What I have published here is just my humble musings and ramblings that occasionally fire off in my head.
I've been in some heated arguments in my day at Epinions, and those have since went by the wayside. Unfortunately, it seemed as though those fights only tarnished my reputation. To those of you who I've tried to talk to---(in particular one Books category advisor---yes I STILL remember you)-----it doesn't matter anymore. I could talk to you until I'm blue in the face and it would not change your mind about the type of person I am. I'll just say I'm sorry........sorry that I wasted my time.
Mr. Sordid and I got into it for a while, too. Boy that was fun. At least when we went at it we didn't hold anything back. He was a fighter and at least he didn't report me to management when we got into a struggle. But this town isn't big enough for both of us, Jeffy. And, honestly, I don't think it's big enough for either of us.
I really would like to get to know wonderful people out here in the writing world, but this just doesn't seem like the place to do it. Just tonight I had read up on a review about the Waco hoax/tragedy/holocaust/whatever, and noticed the huge political and personal attack on an otherwise respectable writer here from another (somewhat respectable---where's that button at) member. But, I won't drag into it. You can read Bryan_Carey's old review and read the comments here.
The aforementioned paragraph is another one of the reasons I'm leaving. For several years now, as a member of this community, I have heard that there have always been personal vendettas going on across the board with members fighting each other off----I myself have been involved, and have alluded to this earlier. And what do any of us get out of it? Satisfaction? Orgasm-inducing hilarity? I don't really think any of those happen, but if they do, it's all the more reason to want to leave. Either way, none of you nutjobs who have tried to attack me in the past are the real reason I've left. It's really more the collection of multitudes of nutjobs that make me think I'm a grape in a bowl of cashews. Okay, I'm partially telling the truth-----I'm sure you know.
In reality, Epinions.com is a paradigm----it's a lot like the real world, except it's nothing like it at all. You've got people here who love to talk to each other, people who hate each other----there's people that make a lot of money on Epinions (over $500.00 a month if not lots more), then there's others who make less than a dime, if they don't write. And I'm not going into the whole "well I write and rate more." I know that this system is politically operated, and is also ran by a complex computer code that randomly draws people from an eligible field of candidates. That still doesn't erase the possibility of a review board. That's all I'm going to say on that.
Again, you have rich people, poor people, smart people, dumb people, and all sorts in between. It's like the real world, but then again, it's not at all like it. Why? It's all online, and when I turn this baby off, guess what? No more Epinions! This website has no more dictation over my life than the dandruff in my head. Although I do have to admit, this website does leave me scratchin' sometimes.
If you want to get in contact with me, you can leave a comment on this review, and I will be sure to get ahold of you in some form or fashion.
I always wanted an EpiDoll, but I never got it. *sniff* :(
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imprimis2
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Location: Kentucky, USA
Reviews written: 127
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About Me:
You can be happy using your brain, but you're smart when you use your heart.
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