Should I stay or should I go?

It’s becoming increasingly unfortunate that OD is being overwhelmed by span accounts. It’s getting to the point where I’m questioning if I should stay and pay money to the creator if they are not going to clean up the site? The problem is I don’t know where else I could go that’s going to provide the same appeasing aesthetic I’m comfortable with and enjoy. OD has had a significant impact in my life. I started to write here as a teenager and, of course, was devastated with the shut down. I developed feelings for a boy on here that I still think about from time to time. He came into my life when I needed a friend the most. He was the first guy I mustered up the courage to express my feelings to. Obviously, he didn’t feel the same about me, but I cherished his friendship and his genuine kindness.

Rediscovering OD has been such a blessing and reading through fellow OD’ers has given me that feeling of sentimental nostalgic bliss I’ve missed for so long. So it’s disappointing to have to sift through all the nonsense to find a legit diarist post. Is it worth it to stay when more and more spam keeps flooding the site?

solovoice

I feel the same way.

Cassandra

I’m absolutely stunned and appalled at the amount of spam entries! I’ll contact Support and complain! But like you, I would be sad to lose OD — it’s been part of my life for years: I remember writing about Grandson being born and he just turned 25. Hopefully DM will get this sorted — soon!

EWS

I agree on both counts. The spam accounts are out of hand. I used to be a volunteer admin way back in the old days. I was super sad when the DM mothballed OD. Was super excited when it came back, took an extend break and now I’m back…to spam.

Peace

I get how you feel. And I hate to say this, but that is life. Everyday I am getting emails/calls from call centres and quick money agents and spammers, but I have come to accept that that is life and I just need to be smart and not fall for it. Well last year I fell for it once and I am paying for now…have a bank loan that I am paying back every month. Anyway…if OD makes you feel good and you get some kind of benefit from it, then I think you should stay, as this 21st century is full of people trying to fool you and in order to live some kind of life, you just gotta take a chance sometimes and hope it was the right one.

scarlet_dragon

I was feeling the same way yesterday when I just saw spam after spam. I do feel like the creator re-opened OD again and then just disappeared and doesn’t really answer or help out at all. I also started my OD when I was 17 and I’ll be hitting 40 this year. So it was a big part of my life for many years, and then shut down. I’d hate to lose this again but the lack of support makes me question how long this site will last.