If someone has personal problems (who doesn’t?) and deals with the public, they need to keep it separate or get another job, like spreadsheets or sweeping the floor.
I think he might have a problem separating his idea of "power"/authority and communicating with the members on a mutually respectful level. Sometimes, he seemed like he wanted to be friends with... well, I can't say "us," because I don't feel like he ever tried to be cool with me, but... with the forum in general. Then, that time when he took a hiatus and canceled his account, he basically told us that he couldn't stand dealing us, as if he was reluctantly there in the first place. Maybe that was tongue-in-cheek, but it was also kind of shitty. I wondered if that hurt anyone's feelings.
But, again, I would literally go into the stock thread, because I was considering buying something, and ask, "Hey Storfer, I was hoping you could let me know how many copies of ___ are left. Thanks!" And he wouldn't say a fucking thing back to me. Ever. Or, I'd ask him to clarify an old clue in a guess thread and... nothing. He was friendly with a lot of others, but that's how he was toward me. Meanwhile, I'd see him answer everyone else's questions before and after mine.
Once A-B left the boards and they replaced the exclusive announcements with a locked thread, the decline only accelerated.
Oh! And I only listened to side A, but my Mobb Deep is fine. I'll check the rest of it.
Too bad there aren't more albums to discuss, but this place is like a book club where everyone has to use the same library and they only have 3 copies.
