Do you think 2009 will be a more peaceful year on Askville?
And I love this statement: “Hard to believe this time last year our only significant issue was impolite Askvillers.” 2008 was the year Askville fell apart, but 2009 will be the year we put it back together. The Team doesn’t “get it,” so we can’t rely on them, and if there was ever any doubt about that, 2008 put that notion to bed, for good. The BQ’s are here to shill for amazon and amazon’s partners and sponsored links. And the Curtain is here to protect the anonymity of those answering them. Now the answering period has been shortened to three days ~ to further incentivize the gold mongers for fast rewards, and the ability to flip their appeals faster. I just posted this on another DB, and I’ll share it here, because 2008 saw repeated attempts to demoralize this community, and we’ve really taken a beating. But this community has a strength, intelligence and resourcefulness that we will draw upon, and I believe that 2009 will be the year that we rise like the Phoenix, from the ashes of
