Getting to know you better than reading just a few posts here and there, I know just how much effort, pleasure, and passion you put into the things that you love. In the beginning of my forum experience here, I began to appraise the nature of different members: which ones are respected and which are not, which make the forum enjoyable and which hinder the day-to-day events, and which care about the forum and database and helping others over just trying to get their way all of the time.

What I quickly discovered (just over two years ago) and have continued to see is that you were and still are one of the most level-headed, helpful, and highly-respected people [who are still] around here. The majority of regulars and simi-regulars respect your opinion. They may not always agree with you (although most of the time it seems that they did and still do), but they still respect you. People that you help are appreciative, and in general your personality and insight make the forum a more enjoyable place to be.

Because of that, it is astonishing to see you of all people [left] actually reach a breaking point saying, "enough is enough." And this due to something which could be so easily fixed: user-related problems which hinder the database and forum processes as a whole that have reached a mind-blowing level only because they are not being dealt with effectively by those who should be paying the most attention (visibly showing that they are doing so) and who have the power to and should do everything necessary to fix most of these problems for the forum's -- and in turn the database's -- benefit rather than for the focused considerations of any individual.


You will be missed around here, Kathy. I am thankful, however, that I will be able to meet you at other places around the web so as not to lose your friendship.

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I think it is time to lock this thread... this is just about attacking one forum member.

i really dont think so. its more about us missing one and not wanting her to go! I've got no problem with Skip.

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Regardless of who's to blame for what, this thread serves no useful purpose.

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I completely disagree, this thread gives the users of this forum an opportunity to say goodbye to a highly valued member of the community, and if they wish to, express their disgust at her treatment by certain members and the lack of response to this treatment by this company.

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Regardless of who's to blame for what, this thread serves no useful purpose.

There is a user who is knowingly submitting incorrect data to the database. Could you please explain why you are defending this user? I'm genuinely confused. Because what that says to me is "I have no problem with letting this user stay and submit data." Why would you feel that way, given the facts?

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Quoting scotthm:

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this thread serves no useful purpose.

I completely disagree, this thread gives the users of this forum an opportunity to say goodbye to a highly valued member of the community, and if they wish to, express their disgust at her treatment by certain members and the lack of response to this treatment by this company.

I'll grant you that.  I don't find it useful.

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Feel like it was time for another round of your cheerleading squad routine?

See what I mean?

Not useful.

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The Skip cheerleaders will always show up to support him, just like Invelos will continue to ignore the problem.  You might as well get used to it! 

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This seems very sad. 

I don’t really know Kathy as I haven’t been here nearly as long as many of you, but of all the people that have made comments and voted on the contributions I’ve made up to now, I would say hers were the most encouraging and helpful; exactly the sort of thing that's really nice to receive, especially if you’re new to something.  The same goes for her forum postings, which always seemed well considered and written in a tactful way; way ahead of the occasional and entirely unhelpful comments made by a small number of people who seem to take pleasure from belittling others and trying to make them appear stupid.  If the latter types of issue can make someone who’s invested so much time and effort into things decide to leave, I’d imagine the effect on newcomers is probably a lot bigger.  DVD Profiler is a generally great programme, but it’s not the only one.

Even after less than a year and around 70 forum postings, I’ve already found myself thinking sometimes that actually I don’t need to bother dealing with these peoples’ comments and I’ll go elsewhere, not contribute, or contribute without bothering to check things first via the forums if they aren’t clear to me.  It's only that in reality most people here are actually helpful and try to comment or criticise in a constructive way that makes me stay.

Paul

Reading a lot of the newcomers posts, the irony in all this is that Kathy is just the latest in a long string that goes back years.  Not to take anything at all away from her, but one of the reasons she stood out as so well considered is because the rest of them bailed out years ago for pretty much the same reasons.  So I guess the takeaway from all this is stick around long enough and you too can finally surrender.