Is there a DUer who just disappeared that you miss?

[salin]

340. when I saw your post - memory flooded back.

Thanks. Yewberry, I appreciated your list below. While I have pulled in bits and pieces of memories across numerous posts - you consolidated a list of folks that I enjoyed reading and interacting with, and whose memories of the impressions they left upon me (as I read their names) was on of gratitude for having the opportunity for those interactions.

I view Du, today, as a place for news - and a pulse of responses to that news. For me it is no longer a community of which I am an active part (though this thread has let me relive a little of that through interactions with other old Duers who are not terribly active but have responded on this thread.)

I venture to guess that for many current active posters this venue gives a similar sense of community as it did to us in earlier years. However due to the volume of posters - I would also venture to guess that only the most confident in voice, and those willing to move beyond snark as means of communication - find that same type of community.

Wow - your later post pushed me into some philosophical musings that I should probably just keep to myself. Regardless - I thank you for giving me the impetus for the musings.

Peace,

salin