I honestly don’t recall how I came across this website; I might have been doing a search for a social network that had a good blogging source and allowed users to upload music; I don’t know. I signed on here in May, 2009; at the time of this blog, just a little over two and a half months ago.
I wasn’t here before all the changes occurred; though I’ve heard bits and pieces of the story, it didn’t interest me much….the past of how things used to be. I was more concerned with the present and how things were now; the acceptance level of new members; being the new kid on the block; like moving to a new school and having the teacher introduce you to the class. You scan the room to see who is snickering at you and who is smiling and excited about meeting a new classmate. I could approach this one of two ways; I could shyly post a quick introduction thread; the “Hi, my name is Debbie and I’m new here” type of thing or I could dive in, head first and be the person I am in real life; unafraid to voice my opinion or meet new people. There is a sense of comfort coming from behind a computer screen; if somebody didn’t like you, you didn’t have to actually face them; you could just ignore them and go on. I decided to dive in, head first, into the deep end of the pool. I made a lot of friends; I still have a lot of friends. I don’t count anybody as an enemy just because they don’t agree with my philosophy or opinion; I just take it as it is which is, a difference of opinions. Have I been accepted by everyone? No; it would be insane to think that everybody immediately likes everybody; this is, and this is an important thing to remember, a “social networking site”. As in every society, there are conflicts; some are handled correctly while others are handled defensively.
Having said all that, the question is, “Is Thoughts.com perfect?” Is any society perfect? You know the answer to that as well as I do; there is no Utopia in the real world or the world of Internet social networks. So what is the difference in this website compared to any other social networks? The difference is that Thoughts.com has not steered away from those taboo topics that most social network sites don’t wish to include in their topics; politics, religion, sexual orientation, etc; there is a topic for just about everything and Thoughts.com allows people to actually think and express themselves. There are often debates, but most are handled in a mature manner with all sides having an equal opportunity to state their point of view.
Being a writer, on a semi-professional level, the blog section has given me an outlet to voice my rants, opinions, stories, songs, and whatever tends to cross my mind at any given moment. I write a lot; sometimes fifteen hours a day or more. Not everything I write is published on my blog; it often gets filed in a folder for me to return to and read over and edit as I see fit. Some things I just better left unshared with the world; my most private thoughts, emotions, and feelings that belong to me I tend to hold on to until I feel comfortable enough to share them with the world.
People come and go from our lives; both in the real world and the Internet world. If you are fortunate, you will hold on to some of those people for a very long time and for those who fall away into a world of the unknown, you can only hope that the time you had with them benefitted you both.
I live in a world of limbo; not knowing where my future lays. I could be here for a very long time or I could be gone in a matter of days, weeks, or months. No matter how long I have on this Earth, my purpose is to leave behind a legacy of words that have touched at least one person in a profound way; if that has been accomplished, that my purpose has been fulfilled.
Although we will never be witness to a Utopian society, be it in the real world or the Internet world, Thoughts.com has enlightened me, educated me, and introduced me to some extremely extraordinary people; the good far outweighs the bad.
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