[HPforGrownups] Re: Less than 1000 posts in a month - why now?

[Pamela Rosen]

No: HPFGUIDX 180239

va32 writes:
I haven't posted here in at least two months - not because I hate JKR
or hate the series but because it is done, over and I've moved on to
something else.  That happens. 

Pam says:
I have to be perfectly honest.  I don't know how anyone else feels, but I wanted so much to participate in these discussions but I was actually a bit afraid to contribute.  Someone always found fault with the way I posted or felt that it wasn't on topic enough, and sometimes I just felt it wasn't worth the aggravation of having a post returned, or getting admonished about this and that, that I just decided I would be a lurker and post to groups that were, well, looser with the rules and regulations.  I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy the posts as a spectator, but when it comes to participation, I want to have fun, and express myself without worrying about a litany of rules. Some rules are just fine and are necessary, of course, but I just had too much anxiety about the scrutiny every time I attempted to post.  So that's why I don't.  Except for this one. But perhaps things have already loosened?  It wasn't that long ago that a thread like this would
 have never been allowed. I think that our elves are doing a great job, but maybe they're working a tad too hard?

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