More importantly, What can we do to get our collective back on track?

Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do. From my understanding, Fluther has changed quite a bit in the time it has been around. As sites get more popular and more people come, I believe it’s natural for some of the people that were there in the beginning to start to dislike it because the feel of the site changes. I’ve only been here a few months though, so I could be wrong. I know from past experience that when a site is first getting started out, it’s usually a smaller, closer knit group. Then as it grows and more people join in, that close knit group feeling starts to go away. If that is the main draw for a person, then it will be hard to get them to decide to stay or come back as the site continues to grow.

@Seaofclouds I think you nailed it. I don’t have a lot of experience with different sites, just AB and then here. Bothers me to lose some of the jellies that have been around awhile, but I guess that’s life. Thanks.

This too shall pass. Sometimes, people just need a break.

Let’s just hope that Fluther is appropriately like the tide.