Pattern Recognition Anon to Jim Watkins
I've been feeling similar things about the current state of the board. I used to come here for the digs, both to contribute and to read, but there simply aren't any anymore. Sometimes there's good planefagging, and occasionally a decent news article that digs up info on a politician or CEO, but nothing compared to the pizzagate digs of Trump's early presidency or before. Personally, I think a site where there are user names and user history is beneficial because info can be compiled and longer ranging narratives can surface, however I don't know how it would be possible to keep shills out aside from the extreme degeneracy of the chans that keeps normies and shills away and only allows for people with the right temperament to utilize it. That obviously has the downside of not engaging with normies much, too. I wish I had an answer. I'd like to think that all the digs from back in the day were acted upon by the good guys, but if they were, I just don't know if I have seen enough in my own life to confirm it. One instance comes to mind where I saw a warehouse shutdown that I know was a "bad guy site" so to speak. The fact that I'm still alive is testament to actions by the good guys, so that does give me a lot of hope.
Anyway, I guess I can understand if this site goes down even though it's been a safe harbor for me for MANY years now. It's a good source for Q proofs for sure. I don't know where we'd all go if this place wasn't around. Maybe it would force us out into the real world more. I remember there were a lot more pro-Trump events back in the day too. I miss those. I've never gotten to go to a Trump rally and it's a big regret in my life, but they just don't happen where I live (very red area, doesn't need to campaign here).
I thank you for the service you've give both to our country, and to us anons. Its kept me going on days where I truly didn't feel like I could. In a way I can genuinely say it saved my life. I feel like we're close enough to the end game that I can understand if us anons need to be coaxed out into the world and really interact with normies. I've made serious efforts to make more contact with my old liberal friends, and some of them have come around to learning about economics and hearing me out where a few years ago they would've just screamed me down. Maybe they see me doing well despite the economy and realize there's been something to my approach to life all along, maybe they're just tired. Maybe both.
Regardless, thank you very much and whatever happens, I still have hope and I still trust in President Trump.