@anongoodnurse It's really depressing, with your leg, rude people and Stack Exchange's public Q&A disintegrating. Must be really grim behind the scenes with Megan Risdal leaving in December after less than one year, Shog9 and Robert Cartaino fired in January and then also Jon Ericson quitting. He had been looking for a job since November. I'll quote that part from his blog post:

"Sometimes perspective changes rapidly. In September and October, a series of events demonstrated that leadership within the company neither understood community management nor was willing to learn. In retrospect, that’s likely been the case for years, but the community team has traditionally been given discretion when it comes to community relations.

The double-edged sword of attention meant more resources have been going to community-related projects, but also leadership has asserted more control. Unfortunately, their decisions repeatedly violated my standards for healthy community management. By November I was actively looking for a new job."

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Once again, you've been right all along.

@anongoodnurse Unfortunately, yes

Btw., the new CEO finally wrote a meta post! Yay! But don't waste your time searching Meta Stack Exchange. It's on Meta Stack Overflow...

There is so very much evidence that SO Inc. is just interested in "growth" (barely concealed revenue growth) tat it's no longer a question of ope.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Yes, I've been reading since your post.

There's a very telling video of jeff Atwood concerning growth and valuation and venture capitalists, etc.

Here's a link to George Stocker's interesting analysis of what might be going on behind the scenes.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Yep.

Saw it all.

@anongoodnurse The VC finally came back to bite us

yes.

Kind of killed my interest in SE. I rarely log in and rather read about it.

I understand that completely.

Still shocked from what has been going on

Shog's tweet, continued, states "if you enjoy the site, use it" regarding what's going to happen to small, non-income-generating sites. Post firing.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica It never seems to stop.

@anongoodnurse He's probably right, but still...

Yes, but still...

It's hard to enjoy anymore when it's all and, apparently only, about money.

And, money for the rich, not for oters,

Yes, SE has employees, but look at how tey are treated.

If's... not much of a decision anymore.

They treat everyone badly. It's probably no coincidence that, with regards to public Q&A, they value incompetence higher than competence

How's your leg?

This is a site I've been involved in for years. It's very hard.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica The leg is doing well, I think. Can't bear weight, limited range of motion, but not much pain any more. So pretty good.

PT for te strength and ROM.

I tink everything will be fine in the end, and I still love Izzy, but my puppy chasing days are over. ;)

I'm glad it's doing well!

Thank you.

One of the things I miss most is you.

Or one of the people I miss most...

I miss you, too

But I know that, besides being a very witty person wit good taste in music and film, you're also realistic.

You're nobody's fool, and you will stop coming ere.

And, well...

So let me change te subject for a moment to tank you.

I have to thank you! I've learned so much from what you've written!

AnneDaunted, thank you for the innumerable times that you made me laugh, that you started my day off on the right foot, that you enriched my life, through film recommendations, music I'd forgotten, or just by being you.

You've made being here much more of a delight since joining. It has been a sincere pleasure.

It as been a great pleasure knowing you.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Thank you for this, too.

In my opinion, you are one of the few absolutely very best contributors on the whole SE network. And unlike TPTB, I don't think it's easy to attract experts. And you are a great mod, always ready to admit that you are wrong in the few cases that you are, forgiving, giving people second chances.

Thanks for your insight, your dedication, your hard work, your daily contributions to this site in and behind the scenes. You are an inspiration to me.

I will visit chat from time to time.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Thank you. Lol, we sound like a mutual admiration society.

@anongoodnurse Indeed :-) Guess I'm a fan of yours.

I will miss you deeply. I already do. :)

This reminds me, the more so now that you are immobilized, of this

Visit meta. It will soon be time.

@anongoodnurse You will leave?

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica omg! I've seen that movie twice since this happened! And each time, the hobbling scene kills me!!!

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Yes.

@anongoodnurse :-) It was probably not the most tasteful joke

No, it was funny!

@anongoodnurse Resign as a mod or leave completely?

Why do you think I've watched it twice?

It's like, "I Knoooooooooowwww what you're feeling rigt now!"

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Definitely the first. Maybe the second as well. Not sure yet.

You're a bit of a masochist? ;-)

But I will be far less involved.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica lol! No, I don't tink so. I don't know exactly why I watched it. Maybe to see someone even worse off tan I am. Bot legs!!! AAAArrrrgh!!!

@anongoodnurse So it makes sense to visit chat from time to time

@anongoodnurse Mr Caan had actually even worse days:

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica Lolol!!! See? This is exactly what I was talking about!

My morning laugh out loud!

Poor Sonny.

@anongoodnurse I'll stop posting violent videos now, though. Else we might have to rename the chat room

:)

"The Playground" would no longer be appropriate

lol!

I do wish I ad your wit.

I was telling my son about you yesterday at Pysical Therapy.

@anongoodnurse That my jokes are as painful as therapy? ;-)

We were talking about funny/witty people and you are at te top of my list.

LOLOL!

Thank you for bringing laughter and much more into my life.

If you were ere regularly...

But SO Inc is a very unpleasant entity.

Indeed, it is

With which I'm disgusted.

Wath

?

Watchh meta in the next few.

An unpleasant entity

@anongoodnurse I will

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica exceedingly so.

@AnneDauntedGoFundMonica K.

See you soon, I ope.

@anongoodnurse See you soon

(Were will I get more h's?)

But before I leave

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

...

Haaaahahahahahahahaha!!!!

THANK YOU!

:D

Don't use them up all at once

I'll try not to, but I'm verbose, as you know...'

One last music vid before I leave (for today)

To cheer you up