I hear ya! I asked the same question in one of my other groups. I miss the old ds.

I think it just used to be a lot more active. There were quite a few members you could always guarantee to see on the boards and some posts were fun, it just gave that relief from depression sometimes, I miss seeing whinny, juice, meandthebeast. I am going back about 10 Years or so now so I guess my feelings about ds are more a reflection of passing time if you find the pages are active. It makes me sad when I see out of the 15,000 people on this board that only 8 or so are online when it never used to be the case.

Some of it is probably some people started getting ugly. Making peeps feel like poo for expressing anything at all the last thing anyone needed on here. I have only been here about 8 months but have noticed a change myself in the amount of people posting and there's a couple that I have worried myself sick about because I fear the worst on the flip side I just hope and pray they got well enough they didn't feel they needed to be on here as much. But for a depressed lifer like me im glad I have somewhere I can truly vent and get advice and have to worry if someone knows someone I do and gonna gossip my business add 8 ways from Sunday to it nor do I have to worry about those pity party looks I get face to face like I'm completely damaged broken goods im sure y'all know the looks i mean

I miss all the people who used to be on the boards also. A whole lot
of people left a few years ago when they changed Daily Strength.
They were trying to fix problems but they made it harder to navigate, etc.

I agree with City and Colour. Where is everyone. It felt good to know people were out there. We learned from each other. I check several times a day and sometimes nothing new

For me, once I realized how many different time zones DS members live in, I realized that there might only show 3 when I went on, but by the next day, there would be replies from a dozen folks. There is a DS site for fun, just can't recall the name at the moment. Sometimes someone does start a fun or party post in a group, but not sure it happens in this group. I, for one, would like to see you past DS members stick around, make some new friends, share your wisdom and support, and maybe post some of the fun posts. Just me. Hugs.

i left many years ago, but re-joined a while ago. i check every once in a while to see if anyone's left. i remember you and beastie and bistro and juice and a whole lot of other folks i really liked.

it's a shame. i was voodooguru wayyyy back.

I just don't get this crap at all! One bad thing after another. I honestly always try and look at the positive but when friends die every year for 5 years . Makes it so difficult