pinger
Bluelighter
It's taken over 2 years but I got there eventually. And there have been times when I thought I would never post again on this board.
Of course the real post total is probably more than that considering I first saw bluelight in it's infancy at MDMA Clearinghouse, and joined it in it's incarnation into Bluelight Mark I, before moving to the much improved platform of Bluelight 2.
And in that time I've made friends, and shared some of the best experiences of my life with people from this board. Mona, Pillcat, Miss Apple, Mr Horse, Johnboy, BigTrancer, Smurf, Doc, Milkybar, Hamlet, etc, well you know I love you all a bunch. And to the others whom I've talked to or enjoyed reading posts from, I consider you part of the family too.
But I keep coming back to Bluelight. Why? I don't really know. Most of my posts I think are harm minimisation based. I've noticed that as people tend to be on the board longer they post much less. I've probably posted the same 5-htp information, or neurotoxicity information, or greenlighter slap-downs hundreds of times, but in all cases I've hoped that they will at least read it and have some positive shaping of their behaviour. And to me that advice becomes increasingly important as the more experienced and responsible users post in diminishing numbers, and the numbers of uneducated and "at risk" users increases.
I'm aware that sometimes I come across as jaded, and cynical, but hell, sometimes it feels like your dragging shit uphill when your trying to sell responsible drug use to Greenlighters who've just been exposed to ecstasy. Ands sometimes it makes me feel a fraud, when your selling information you weren't buying when you were on your own ecstasy honeymoon.
To those I've pissed off, toes I've trod on I apologise, but hey, someone had to say it. And I'm much more moderate and fun-loving in person than my board persona would suggest. I just believe that as a collective of addictive personalities, sometimes it's good to moderate people's behaviour.
After 6 years of ecstasy use the drug still plays an important and positive role in my life. Without Bluelight I doubt it would. And I am please to say that I can still have a good time off half a pill.
No doubt with the increasing focus of law enforcement in the US and Australia, Bluelight will come under increasing scrutiny from the media and police. The site can only survive if it continues to give good factual harm minimisation information, mixed with solid personal and anecdotal experience of users. It may of course have other bits and pieces, but if it strays too far I personally think, especially in the US, it will find criticism harder to deflect. The recent raids have highlighted that we need to understand that this is a public board, and that membership to it is in itself a slight risk. But through responsible membership, we can improve the culture of the board, so that those criticisms are unfounded.
And I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the moderators/admins of our Australian forums. A fucking thankless task, and in my experience every one of them has handled themselves in the most thoroughly intelligent and professional way, for volunteers.
Finally, i want to challenge the new bluelighters coming through to step out of the Australian forums, and interact with the other forums. The Aus drug (and to a lesser extent) Aus Social are to me still two of the best forums on the board. A fair amount of that is due to your input dear reader. Every post that is made on this website contributes in some way to shaping the culture of the board, and I would like to think that with the knowledge of the Aus forum users we can improve this culture.
So yeah. To me Bluelight is a privilege. It hits home how important I consider it, when I manage to find those 30 minutes every night after work to check the board. Or when I worry about people whom I've never met but whose posts trouble me.
Thanks for listening ... good afternoon, good evening and goodnight.
ping
Of course the real post total is probably more than that considering I first saw bluelight in it's infancy at MDMA Clearinghouse, and joined it in it's incarnation into Bluelight Mark I, before moving to the much improved platform of Bluelight 2.
And in that time I've made friends, and shared some of the best experiences of my life with people from this board. Mona, Pillcat, Miss Apple, Mr Horse, Johnboy, BigTrancer, Smurf, Doc, Milkybar, Hamlet, etc, well you know I love you all a bunch. And to the others whom I've talked to or enjoyed reading posts from, I consider you part of the family too.
But I keep coming back to Bluelight. Why? I don't really know. Most of my posts I think are harm minimisation based. I've noticed that as people tend to be on the board longer they post much less. I've probably posted the same 5-htp information, or neurotoxicity information, or greenlighter slap-downs hundreds of times, but in all cases I've hoped that they will at least read it and have some positive shaping of their behaviour. And to me that advice becomes increasingly important as the more experienced and responsible users post in diminishing numbers, and the numbers of uneducated and "at risk" users increases.
I'm aware that sometimes I come across as jaded, and cynical, but hell, sometimes it feels like your dragging shit uphill when your trying to sell responsible drug use to Greenlighters who've just been exposed to ecstasy. Ands sometimes it makes me feel a fraud, when your selling information you weren't buying when you were on your own ecstasy honeymoon.
To those I've pissed off, toes I've trod on I apologise, but hey, someone had to say it. And I'm much more moderate and fun-loving in person than my board persona would suggest. I just believe that as a collective of addictive personalities, sometimes it's good to moderate people's behaviour.
After 6 years of ecstasy use the drug still plays an important and positive role in my life. Without Bluelight I doubt it would. And I am please to say that I can still have a good time off half a pill.
No doubt with the increasing focus of law enforcement in the US and Australia, Bluelight will come under increasing scrutiny from the media and police. The site can only survive if it continues to give good factual harm minimisation information, mixed with solid personal and anecdotal experience of users. It may of course have other bits and pieces, but if it strays too far I personally think, especially in the US, it will find criticism harder to deflect. The recent raids have highlighted that we need to understand that this is a public board, and that membership to it is in itself a slight risk. But through responsible membership, we can improve the culture of the board, so that those criticisms are unfounded.
And I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the moderators/admins of our Australian forums. A fucking thankless task, and in my experience every one of them has handled themselves in the most thoroughly intelligent and professional way, for volunteers.
Finally, i want to challenge the new bluelighters coming through to step out of the Australian forums, and interact with the other forums. The Aus drug (and to a lesser extent) Aus Social are to me still two of the best forums on the board. A fair amount of that is due to your input dear reader. Every post that is made on this website contributes in some way to shaping the culture of the board, and I would like to think that with the knowledge of the Aus forum users we can improve this culture.
So yeah. To me Bluelight is a privilege. It hits home how important I consider it, when I manage to find those 30 minutes every night after work to check the board. Or when I worry about people whom I've never met but whose posts trouble me.
Thanks for listening ... good afternoon, good evening and goodnight.
ping
