I do see evidence of WanderingVet, so I know he is around.

I believe that DS administrators see what is going on and are not happy about it. Yes, it is sad that we are losing members. But we are also gaining new members, hopefully the losses will diminish and the gains will grow.

Bit by bit we get new features, or we get old features back. So things are getting better.

But I agree, I do miss the old days.

"stamps feet and screams like 2 year old having a tantrum"
"I WANT THE OLD DS BACK, GIVE ME THE OLD DS BACK : (

DITTO

It's not only "complicated," it is beyond what reasonably is decribed as "REALLY?!"
I try every day to find a reason why I should stay.
So far, because of pretty terrific people, including newly formed and found older Friends, I am here yet another day! It's a personal thing why any of us are here.
I hope you find your reason to stay, too. Take care.

I will stick it out....too!!

I'm new here, but also surprised that there is almost no activity in the most of groups I'm in :(

I have decided to stay - ONLY because once in a while I am able to lend a helping hand to somebody in deep distress. All of the reasons I had to love the old DS are gone like Elvis and his mom.....

I still want to help others as well. And continue to connect with friends who are still here.

A couple of things that I don't like about this new site is, we lost all our pictures. We also lost the way to see a person's profile before accepting a friendship. These two things bug me the most other than no chat at all but, that's been gone a long time. Maybe things will get better, I certainly hope so.

Heidi, you know how I feel. All of my friends do. I used to spend alot of time here.. I don't any more. I'm beyond disappointed..... I've been a member of DS for 9 years. Not sure how much longer I'll stay. sorry for saying that, but it's the truth. I'm glad there are alot of new members . I wish everyone well. always.......... but I don't think I'll be here much longer. :(

I was never able to log into the new site so I lost everything I have been a member since 2007. I had to start fresh with a new profile and a new new email address too. Now that I'm here I am very disappointed in the new site as well. But it looks like there is no going back. I don't post that much but I like to read other peoples posts so I can learn from them so I might stick around awhile longer. I only wish I new what DS was thinking when they changed the site so drastically.