been here about three years i think, got into sj for a bit, but it wore me down. too much bullshit and negativity. there may not be the constant excitement of the unexpected you get at sj, but the discussions here are generally better quality, and there is more mutual respect. people tend to think a bit more about what they post and a lot of people just read, which does my ego wonders. lol. not that i havent had some good banter on sj. ridgeway fixxy tigermoff grumble et al were always a good laugh. it was as someone said “like wading thru shit to find gold”.
i spose it comes down to just feeling comfortable with a board and the way people communicate. i have met a fair few people off this board, but even the people i’ve never met (globalloon and biotech especially) i kind of count as freinds, sad tho that may sound. i can talk about certain shit here without fear of having the piss ripped out or it coming back to haunt me like i would on sj. i respect sj for having a real total freedom of speech, but that doesnt mean its nice. it exposes the dark underbelly of society if you ask me.
because there arent shit loads of people posting all the time, it has a certain clarity to it, and in a lot of ways i think it provides an acceptable front for freeparties. we’ve had journalists, farmers and politicians browse the forum and even post occasionally, i like to think we’re doing our bit for the positive representation of freeparties.
and just for the record, despite all the sj heads here today, it was still only half our record visitors.(Most users ever online was 2,273, 06-04-2006 at 10:05 PM.) there are people from all over the world looking in on the british rave scene, and that i find empowering.
as has been said before, pv and sj are the yin and yang of freeparties, and i love em both.
