I really thought about leaving Fluther but soon found someone talking indirectly about me. @knowitall was talking about a Jelly leaving and @Sciencechick assumed it was me and was kind of demanding @knowitall reveal who I was. I came back after two days to explain to @knowitall what @sciencechick was taling about.
I really don’t see ANY reason to delete one’s account. It DOES seem that Fluther, like all social networking sights and even games, can take up an inordinate amount of time that could be spent doing something actually productive. I decided not to let hate run me off from Fluther, but I DO plan on leaving when a couple of things are worked out. Not out of disagreements or dialogue (well maybe indirectly) but because there are better things that need to be done with my time, and I really don’t think my presence here is helping anyone, not myself foremost.
The reason I’m here is to actually understand points of view of other people and cultures for writing fiction. I have a lot of ‘academic’ work on the part of the world I write about but actually want to understand their politics and mindset.
If I do break the habit I’ll just let the account lay dormant or idle,