A Raven's Eye
This is simply to open my "page" or diary. I may not write here for a bit.
~SpruceRaven
Endless mountains
Edited by Rain45 Please use direct Imgur link Only
Autumn Sunset https://imgur.com/gallery/Q4EVq
Friends
The little dog is blind and mostly deaf. My dog plays guide dog for her when we go walking together.
Edited by Rain45 Please use direct imgur link only so as not to compromise accounts outside of cups
Poplar Spruce & Birch
Autumn trees.
Edited By Rain45 As requested previously please use direct imgur link only
🤔So wierd...got an upvote todsy Apr 8 ..for a pic that was removed over a day ago....on an Imgur acct that no longer exists. Wild. Maybe the upcote is for the removal. IDK.🤷🤷 oh well. It's neither here nor there. 🤸🤸🤸🤗🤗🤗
A meander through the woods
This trail leads down to the ocean (where the sunaet pic of mu dog was taken)
Edited by Rain45 As requested previously Please use directly imgur link only
An evening ski
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This last one taken this evening. ☺😁
@SpruceRaven
Hi, Raven! How are you today?
I'm sick as usual, like I've been in the past decade and longer. Everything is sh*tty as always. Especially people.
And I'm tired of 7cups, where people still think it's alright to mod without reading first and to let listeners be abusive towards members simply because members are the lowest category here and have no powers at all. Always "good" to see that even in a place where support and peace should be priority we still have to be treated like this for not being as important as them and being unable to defend ourselves in any way.
I would have left days ago but I still wanna talk to you.
Perhaps we really should fly away now. I have no wings tho, so I'll have to walk away very slowly and painfully. I'll get there, eventually.
@SpruceRaven
I really love your photos, by the way 😊🌼
re: Direct Imgur Link
To the Powers That Be
As near as I know.... i DID use a direct Imgur link. I did thr same thing I've always done in posting a pboto. No conspiracy. No harm. Though possibly a lack of technical skill. The account is even listed as SpruceRaven
So...noooo personal info there. All nature and dog pics. And after my experience here i wilk prob delete that account too. I have been a POSITIVE CONSTRUCTIVE PRESENCE HERE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!
@SpruceRaven
@lonelyandsickFede
Hey, I hear you two getting frustrated, so I wonder if I can take the heat out the situation a bit?
First off, theres no personal vendetta against either of you. Rain has clearly explained the rules for forum posting, and if you take a look at the thousands upon thousands of posts within the forums, you can see what a huge job it is to try to keep the forums safe. Hence rules exist, when you sign up as a member you agree to them, and for the sake of efficiency they cant be bent for one person and flexed for another. Please remember that all listeners and mods here are doing this in their spare time, voluntarily.
Secondly I totally take on board what you say about listener quality. It varies hugely, and if a listener is being in any way rude or aggressive to you, theyre out of line and should be reported. Such reports are managed by the site admin. Its out of other peoples hands. So you can tell me or Rain for example that youve had a bad experience with a listener, but theres very little we can do directly about it. However, I can assure you that both of us have raised concerns about listener quality with the leaders of this site, as have many other site users.
Thirdly, Rain works tirelessly for the trauma community here on 7 cups. Voluntarily as I said before. If you want to pick on someone about being uncaring or unfair, you really have picked on the wrong person. As Rain has pointed out, there are some users of 7 cups who will try to get close to people to assert some sort of power over them, and then seek to take the contact off site. People have been hurt by this behaviour. The rules are there and being implemented in an effort to keep you safe.
And finally, it saddens me to hear you say youve felt excluded on the site. Were all different, we all gel with different people for different reasons. You seem to have developed a good friendship. Why not enjoy that rather than dwell on people you may feel less welcomed by? I wish you both the best, whether you remain on the site or choose to leave. But please, rather than point the finger at everybody around you, take some personal responsibility instead. Accept the rules, abide by them, enjoy the facilities of a site largely run by volunteers, and if there are people you like less, why not get into the chat rooms for example, and perhaps meet people you feel more drawn to and you feel more supported by?
Feedback
@DeborahUK
I have accepted responsibility.
AND...i feel i have wasted alot of time POLITELY asking for help and resolution...and not been heard UNTIL i got loud.
I understand Rain works hard. And I admire Rain. This is not a personal attack on that person nor even on their overall function, role and behavior. This is regarding specific things.
I want to still believe in the mission ststement and goals of this site. I had hoped to even become a larger part of things. I might still, if i come back.
And I have been burned. And sanctioned unnecessarily. I feel i have the right to address it when and where it happens. Out in the open...without highlighting. As requested.
To your other point...i have also shared my thoughts with Admin and Community Support as well. So no worries on that score either. They are aware of my concerns.
Beyond that, i'll be back in a bit to communicate and share stories with my friend Fede. Just stories...no pics no trigger warnings. All out in the open.
Then i will finish arranging things with Admin ...which will take a few days. After that I will deactivate my account.
There are alot of good things here on this site...and potential for more. And there are serious problems too.
When they ask for feedback....which this largely is....they should listen. I have given plently of happy positive feed back on this site as well ...to members, to listeners, to mods, and about the site and it's mission/goals as well. They have to be willing to listen to and consider ALL of my feedback...not just the stuff they might like and feel warm and fuzzy about.
@lonelyandsickFede
Hey there! On my way to spend some good time talking with tpu. I will answer your latrst then incl sharing frustration. I have shared my thoughts with at least one Mod..both here and in pm and also with Admin via email. In brief...it seems crazy to me that thry are now even flagging my pics...and I'm not posting any differrntly than i ever have bern. It mau be a matter of lack of technical knowhow on my part but no malintent. This is ridiculous. And i think people are looking for problems now...prob because i stated my views so strongly. I shared photos two months ago in exactly the same way (with the same lack of skill, off the same account, which i specifically created for use on this sitr) and it was never flagged nor moderated.
So SUE me...i don't know how to post pics. It really is begiining to feel like the mod is taking this personally. And yet people can be VICIOUS ...and get away with it. While a pic of trees and snow is flagged. ??????😨😩😵☹☹☹☹ I've never shared anything but pics of my sogs and nature pics. All of ehich other people do here every day. And as you know, i have triedtried to post it through the image link and it still came out as a link string instead of a pic. There's no attempt at hiding anything. In fsct i'm disappointed. Because i WANTED them to be seen.
This has rapidly devolved into a farce.