I've been on GC for almost as long as I've been a working adult - 2001.
I don't really miss the old days. I've said this before and I'll say it again: a lot of NPHCers discounted the things I said before I was a member. And sometimes I will come across things I've said back then and how I was treated and I'll think damn, they really tried that, didn't they? And I laugh, not only because I was right all along, but because they are fat.
I am, on the other hand, disappointed in things which happened along the way which caused good people to leave. For a while, GC really could be a place where people knew your real name and it wouldn't hurt you. Now, I most definitely cringe every time a newbie posts their real name.
From an NPHC perspective, I think we've reached a better place where we aren't so hostile to people who aren't NPHC. As DrPhil and I say from time to time, GreekChat IS my lane so it's impossible to swerve as long as the discourse is respectful and productive. (She's fine, by the way, I know one of y'all was gonna have a fit when you noticed she hadn't posted lately.)
So that's that.
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