Never in my life did I believe things would get to this point, but here we are.
While I wholeheartedly miss the comradery and friendships built on the blogs, I do not miss AFF. I miss the blogging with everyone, for sure. I do not miss the inconsistent moderation, gaslighting by SiteSupport, and toxic culture currently being created by the site’s actions.
Criticism is good when given constructively. We all gave constructive criticism for months and were ignored. Then, they banned us, when not one of us broke the Terms of Service. Yet, there are countless criticisms of the site still left up. They banned us because we had large followings, and they wanted to shut us up rather than fix what was wrong.
I say no, I won’t take this anymore. I’m done being muzzled. There are HUGE problems with AFF, and no one there seems to want to improve user experience. They just seemingly want to monetize more, take away gold privileges and charge extra for them, fix less, and rely on new suckers who are “looking to get laid tonight” to make money.
There’s no way that’s a sustainable business model. No fucking possible way.
Additionally, I also find I’m feeling disrespected. Disrespected by the people in charge of a website I championed for years. Jesus, I used to write constantly about how great the website was. I referred people to it for fuck’s sake.
Then, it wasn’t.
And, I stopped telling people it was a good place to go. Slowly, my blogs became more critical, and soon I was muzzled. Then, banned.
Yes, I care about the website, I care enough to want it fixed for everyone.
Lady Cat Lady 
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