Neo Ultra Mike showing up on my page uninvited because he’s got no one else to talk to.

[classicswim]

 Fuck off, idiot.

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[matt_zimmer]

Can I also say that although I get along with Mike well enough, it IS sometimes emotionally difficult for me when Toon Zone members show up on my journal. I feel my separation there was a loss for me and it often reminds me what I lost and makes me feel a little sad.

This is not to discourage old friends from showing up. It's just an acknowledgement that's it's hard.

[classicswim]

For better or worse, you were the personality of the site. They lost that when they lost you.

I don’t want to sugarcoat this either. After all the thought you put into that board, they want to pretend on forum rule basis that you’ve never existed. It’s fucked. And I think there were a couple members that just had a parasocial attachment with you because of the heavy lifting you did.

[matt_zimmer]

To be truthful me being banned wasn't just a loss for me. I put a LOT of time and effort into that site, actually TALKED about cartoons, made thoughtful posts, did reviews, shared my comics, a whole bunch of good stuff. And now the site doesn't have that anymore.

When I appeal my ban next year and say my goodbyes for good I will let people know I believe I contributed a lot to that site. And that I think the site will be worse off for me being gone.

[classicswim]

Hope the mods won’t be trigger happy with deleting status posts that day.

Oh, who am I kidding? They will. They can’t take negative feedback.

[matt_zimmer]

I'm not going to be posting status posts. My goodbyes will be mostly private. I'll update my Un-Iverse thread (and sort it out a bit) but I will not make my brief presence on the site a huge deal. I will just be there to get things in order. It will be more of a behind the scenes thing.