so i have some feelings about this i do feel that the removal of most social features will do this site good. i am also a little bittersweet to see them go. i practically grew up on here which is not a good thing. but that is why i feel sentimental! i met three of my closest friends here. and every day i am so grateful for them. i joined in 2019. i was 11. i got myself into a bunch of shitty situations here. but i genuinely think this site helped me start on my art journey. even though i was an annoying ass little kid. i feel like most of us were. this site gave me a place to go. a place where i felt like i belonged. even if i was annoying and kinda an asshole, this place gave me temporary refuge from my home life as a child. things have gotten better. i have long since stopped relying on this website to bring me comfort

i deleted my first, and oldest, account yesterday. xxslayerxx. it was cringe, and it was stupid, and i don't feel any shame in admitting that i ran that account. because that, even though it was dumb, was me. and it was a following i had built up on my own. something that i was proud of i really just want to put my feelings out there since everyone else is. i feel like i'm one of the few people who can say that even though i met some horrible people here, i also met people who changed my life. for the better. and that seems like a pretty good trade off to me

i am 18 now. i went through so many changes and developments since joining this website and i think that i have come out of it a better person. something something character development or whatever it was nice while it lasted, i think. i don't really regret joining this site at the end of the day. my friends make it worth it