Is Fluther getting just too ugly-spirited lately?

I have been saying I’m leaving for two weeks now, but its hard to wrap up old business when people keep dredging it out.

In recent years I have seen SEVERAL Q&A and Social websites disappear, including Amazon’s Askville and the discussion boards of IMDb. usually preceded by out-of-control inflamed content logjamming the boards.

I hate to see FLUTHER degenerating to this level, even if it stays alive. I have established that I have better things I need to do with my time. But communities are communities, and I like to think they will always ‘be there.’

In recent weeks, I have been made fun of, ridiculed, and had offensive content directed at me. The political scene is especially hostile even when it is NOT directed at me.

I would just like to see my fellow jellies cease and desist. Whether or not I remain (albeit in the background) or leave, and even though as far as I know Fluther will always be here, I hate to see it become in the “not worth turning on’ category, If I were a new Jelly, would I want to participate in this morass? I think not.

I don’t want to see Fluther go the way of Askville or the IMDb discussion boards—or remain logjammed with personal and political hate. When I returned to one thread I found the discussion nothing but belittling content like fourth graders behave when the teacher left the classroom,