When I first came to this site back in 2005 I was immediately met with resistance from members such as Enderkairi and Corrus who right away attempted to outshout any criticism I had over how the parks were being managed and the flaws with Disney’s leadership. I was banned on multiple accounts because of dogpilling from Disney employees masquerading as regular “fans” and their followers. It wasn’t really until the early 2010s when WDW1974 and others migrated over to this site did the culture finally change here.
Sites like Laughingplace continued on after that spewing Disney’s propaganda
I had a very similar experience when i first joined this Forum a year prior to you, in 2004.
Back then, I learned in later years, it was pretty much a right of passage to be 'chewed out' verbally in a thread when one was a newbie here.
I beleive it was even the same poster 'Enderkairi' who was giving me a lot of pushback in a rude way regarding some real concerns I had over the Maintenance and cleanliness of Epcot back at that time after a visit.
It was rather vicious, but I blew it off and 'killed them with kindness'.
A mod then stepped in and complimented my approach, which I found justified things.
Man, that feels like an ice age ago now.
I also remember another interesting and yet similarity vicious 'attack' by another poster who I knew at the time must have been a Corporate shill or a very irate Imagineer.
It was in one of the many massive 'Spirit'' threads, this one who's shifting topic covered the sudden 'retirement' of Tony Baxter in 2013.
I made some supportive comments in regards to Tony's situation, and slammed ( tastefully ) the jerks behind the scenes who had manipulated his lessening influence over the years.
I was immediately pounced on by a poster named 'WinnieThePoop' who was a 'new member' and proceeded to freak out in a borderline display that some might have seen as a personal attack.
The guy claimed that I knew nothing about the situation, and 'you don't even know Tony'....to which of course I could only chuckle under my breath about.
It can be quite foolish to assume you know anything personal about someone, exspecially on a message forum!
Mr. Poop ( or was it Mrs.? ) made one more post, yelling at someone else in the thread, and then disappeared never to be seen again.
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