User blog comment:Michaelyoda/A Wiki-Related Question/@comment-5198107-20151201053004

I think the wiki culture is definitely changing, but I don't know if that's good or bad. I think it's just because the community is changing. I think I've seen the community in 3 main stages since I joined in 2012: the old one that wasn't super drama-y but I was also a n00b, the middle one that was super drama-y but still pretty great because friends, and the current one (that pretty much started like last year lol) where everyone I know is leaving and there's these new people that apparently joined in 2014.

The old one was cool because I discovered this whole place where people could become friends and chat in *gasp* real time(??!?!1?11!) and also I met thedude777477 who was like my role model in 8th grade (seriously, I didn't even need to look up the numbers ). Everyone used TS's at least once a sentence and it was great. The were a lot of Google Hangout video chats and I talked to Ellie/Coggs pretty much every day.

The middle drama-y one was drama-y but also fun. I became more invesed in the community and made friends based on a little more than silly conversation (not that friendship based soley on silly conversation is bad ). I probably spent way too much time here then, but I don't regret it. It was really important to me then, and I think that's okay. I became really close with some people and that's definitely worth something.

Now I don't really come here too often. When I do, I don't typically know many people on chat. I feel like I'm talking to kids, and it's kind of sad because I realize that I can't really be the kid I used to be when I joined. A lot of my friends are leaving, or already left. I don't ever plan to officially "retire," but I /am/ going to college next year, and I doubt I'll be spending more time here than I do now. It's sad in a way, to see all these people I've grown to know just leave. I'll probably never talk to some of them again. I remember I used to plan irl meet-ups for us in my head. Dang, this is actually really sad to think about. At least I got to meet Aok, lol

tl;dr- Cay is that old lady from Spongebob who yelled about chocolate