The year of flame years.
I wish I had never joined, the site isn't the problem the toxicity amongst several members of the forums are and you will find that everywhere on the internet unfortunately.
I don't understand what people get from making people miserable or insulting people, does it make them feel fly or are they actual sadists? I'm concerned that we allow people like this to have access to the internet and forums like this, you're allowing access to people who intentionally make people feel miserable. There's no helping it though.
I remember in early 2016, there was this one user who was bullied by several other users on a thread in the basement because of their art subject preferences. I got several PM's from those that were bullying the user to defame them, I will say that I don't agree with his art choices but I wouldn't bully them or insult them or send messages to users to make them look like a freak when in actuality he wasn't a freak or even someone who deserved it. It was disgusting and it opened my eyes to see how cold-hearted people are everywhere.
It's really sad and I really despise people like this, if you talk down to someone or make someone upset because you get a kick out of it then you are truly a waste of space and I'm sad to say that I even acknowledge these awful people because they aren't worth anyone's time.
This is what 2015 was and that's what 2016 was and I'm starting to think it's what 2017 will be....TRASH because of the people not the site.
There's never a good year to join here, the early years of the site were probably golden though.
There are lovely people on here too but there will always be that one person who knows what gets on your nerves, it's pathetic.
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Just to add to the post about the bullied user, I believe the user had stated they were vulnerable at the time so those bullies are really really messed up.