Re: LymeChat.com is Closed

[Guest guest]

*****Ben.....I am terribly sorry to hear this......your website was a great

one....it saddens me that some people can't see through the fog and are always

picking and kicking folks who are spending hours trying to help others......

I have been involved in the hepatitis communities for over 6 years and still

to this day there are those that are so ignorant and self-serving that they

can't see the forest for the trees. I got beat up for years because " I didn't

have HepC, and why was I doing all these things like a message board, website

and posting articles trying to help those with this horrific virus? " Now let

me tell you they said some pretty mean things, but that made me more

determined to show others that I was there for them and NOT for the dweebs.

Jealousy

can be viscous and hurtful and in the beginning it kept me upset and stressed.

THEN, this ole broad got pished and was I determined to continue to help

those that I could. I was NOT going to let these dweebs ruin it for others. I

did all this while dealing with several illness myself. They tore the hell

out of my hepatitis newsletter, sooooo I deleted their name from the mailing

lists......would ban them from the message boards and blocked their email

address, so I didn't have to read their rudeness. If their email slipped

through, I

would delete it before I opened it. Several times I reported it as

" spam " .....hehehehehe .... It didn't take long for the dweebs to back off. Yes,

I

still get some of the rudeness, but I IGNORE it and send them

blessings......they

really need to be pitied.

DO NOT let them run you off......if they don't like what they read or how

something looks, then tell them to do their own as you are not interested in

their rude opinions....These kind of people are jealous, that they don't have

the

smarts to do something like this. They have " NO " clue how time consuming it

is to give to others from your heart. IGNORE them and continue.....if they

continue then delete, ban and ignore their opinions.....this is you and your

wife's project for you to do AS YOU PLEASE........ Just remember they are only

small peas in the pod and there are others who appreciate what you have

done.....this is not to say to not be open for constructive criticism, but

ignore the

dweebs and their small minds.

I hope you will consider opening it back up for those of us who appreciate

your efforts, time and hard work. BTW, if you can make a few bucks to off set

the costs OR help your family with financial support, THEN GO FOR IT!!

As for support from other moderators of groups, please keep in mind that they

also have a big job managing their own email groups, so do not depend on

their support, DO YOUR OWN THING......I would think that all of them would not

mind you posting updates and links to your website. We are NOT in competition

here, at least I am not, but we are here to promote education and wellness for

an illness that is ignored for the most part. Just remember for every 5 that

bitch and whine, there are 10 you help.....if there is something on my message

boards that can help others, then for God sakes copy it and use it.....my goal

is to spread the word, promote education and to help others......

From the looks of your website and your professionalism, you could certainly

write for grants to help your cause by getting a 501 (3)© and leaving those

dweebs in your dust......find someone with " grant " writing experience and get

some money to " educate the educators " (doctors, etc.,) There is money

available for that....several did it in the hepatitis communities.....

Please reconsider and think about reopening....

Angel Huggzz

or Angel

We have opened up new " Message Boards " ......the old site closed down their

message boards and here are our new ones....

Hepheimers Hepatitis Hut General Boards

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=28120 &

sparkKey=3bb629fe2d3efa7663cb48c41896c349b0

Hepheimers Hut~PRISON Boards

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=28125 &

sparkKey=5bd3e7cbeb6d113876386802e42e770db0

LYME Disease message board

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=31898 &

sparkKey=5deb6043cb822f894a67a93a42ebc294b0

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In a message dated 08/28/2004 3:50:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

ben@... writes:

> Hello,

>

> We have made the decision to close LymeChat.com.

>

> My wife and I created this board as our way of giving back to the Lyme

> Disease community. Unfortunately, there are too many opinionated assholes with

> nothing better to do than pick apart our board and constantly inform us of

what

> we are doing wrong and what we could do better. We have gotten little to no

> support from the local support group moderators and an overwhelming amount of

> negative, cynical and hateful feedback from Lyme Disease support group

> moderators and activists. You know who you are and you should be ashamed of

> yourselves. You think you are helping the cause but you are only making things

> worse. You are closed-minded, self-serving and all-knowing and all you are

doing

> is making yourself look like an ass.

>

> My wife and I do not need this aggravation on top of all of the day to day

> aggravation we already deal with pertaining to our Lyme Disease. We tried to

> do a good thing and now it is ruined. We made this board to do a good thing

> and all we hear is what we are doing wrong. We do not need this.

>

> To our few supporters, thank you for your participation and best of luck

> with your recovery. Unfortunately, there is too much politics involved with

Lyme

> Disease and we do not wish to partake.

>

> To our detractors, go f*** yourselves and find something more productive to

> do with your sorry lives rather than picking apart the work of fellow Lyme

> Disease sufferers. You need to ask yourself what you are really doing to

> further the cause, especially after you drove us to close our board???

>

> Ben

> LymeGuy

> Former Administrator

> LymeChat.com