I have noticed this site has been active for about 5 years or so.
For thos who have been around 2,3,4,5 years, how has this site changed since its inception or since you first started coming here?
Is it better, worse, same, different? Why, how come?

I understand these kind of message board sites have an ever-changing life where active membership rises and falls.

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While I'd hardly consider myself an old vet, I have seen the dynamic of Pixies change. Three or four times, actually.

Pixies is a living document. Everyone that joins brings something to the site and people that leave take something away. Sometimes those things are good and sometimes they're not. That's what makes us a family.

Last year was different from last week...and yesterday was different from today. Though some names and faces change, the mindframe is still there. We have fun and get along in a respectful and sexy way.

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A lot of things rise and fall here!

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Is the love I gave her in the past, gonna be enough to last, if tomorrow never comes........

I totally agree with this statement. Pixies are the best people in my opinion for the way we all treat each other. I love that I can flirt outrageously and not be assaulted by cyber wannabes. Not that you can't find one if your looking.

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Remember the near-disaster 2-3 years ago when we thought the whole site was going to go under? Oh, man, I am ever so glad we somehow dodged that!


Mostly, the changes have come from just the different mix of people. What hasn't changed is that this is generally a cool place to hang for a while.

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The people are what make this group great. There's been a lot of turnover in the names that visit Pixies over the past 3.5 years I've been a member...but new and fun people come along to replace those we love and have lost.

Personally, I miss the OLD forum look and feel. Anyone else remember the love button and how much fun we had with it? And of course there used to be a shout box. PF can tell you all about it.

I also dislike the new rules on pics. So many of our old pics have been removed and it makes me sad...but that's not anyone else's fault but the US government's.

This is a open community that's populated by some very close friends, who like to laugh, flirt, express their sexuality, and support one another...and I hope that at least never changes (even if the window dressings get updated occasionally).

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I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Wouldn't call my self an old vet, but the two years I have been here have been pretty nice. Most let me be what I wanna be.

I haven't noticed any big changes since I've been here. It's a great place tho and I have made a few special friends that I wouldn't trade for anything.

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I've been around here nearly 4 years (God, has it really been that long?!) and I think it has definitely changed around here in that time. I'd say that the chat room and boards are less active than they used to be, but that the group are as tight knit as ever.

For those of us who've been around a long time, we've seen highs and lows, we've seen relationships made and broken, and as a group, experienced crises (like the site nearly closing) and tragedies (I still miss Skip as much as I did when it first happened) as well as triumphs (graduations and promotions) and joys (various births, marriages and engagements). All of these things change us as people, and change us as a group, because we genuinely care about what happens to our fellow Pixies.

I love this site because we're friends....not a collection of strangers all talking AT each other like you see on other boards, and I can't see that changing.

(((((((((((((((((((((Pixies everywhere))))))))))))))))))))))))

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OMG, I'd forgotten all about that! I LOVED the love button, because I scored really highly with everyone, do you remember?! I was the most loved up person in Pixie-land! LOL

Of course the new picture rules wouldn't be an issue if the site was still hosted in the UK like it used to be, but better it be moved to the US than finish altogether when Kim could no longer look after us all.

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No pictures were removed due to the new guidelines. If pictures were removed it was by their owners or at their request.

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Been a member since May, 2002 and love Pixies. There have been changes ... like the shout box is gone and some of the smilies aren't with us now ... but ...

truth is ...

those things don't make the site. What makes the site are leaders like Lilith, Sharni, Fzzy, and Aqua; and members who, day-after-day, stop in and share part of themselves. May be in pictures; maybe in text; maybe in stories ... but shared none-the-less. We are like a family ... an exceptionally good family. True, some have moved away; and some new family members have joined us. But, being family we have little ups and downs, but we seem to hold together. What joins us, is fun and trust and love.

It's a great site and I hope it always will be.

Wow! So many links are gone now...I just assumed it was because of the new picture guidelines. Sorry to assume, Lil...

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I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

If you find a series of dead links please let me know so I can fix that! No need to be sorry, it was a natural assumption.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

People come and go but there is a core group who remain and are the backbone of this place. Just to name a few: Lilith, Sharni/Alasse and PF.... Pixies would not be Pixies without them. The people who leave are missed but there's always new ones to welcome.

The biggest change that I can think of is the lack of participation in the chat room. There used to be people in there all the time it seemed. And at certain times it would be packed. It was always fun then. There's still a few regulars in chat all the time. Thank goodness for them or there'd be no chat at all. Thats about the biggest change I see and one I miss the most.

Ditto to all of the above...pixies is & always has been a work-in-progress...as one of the more "veteran" members myself (coming up on 5 years now, jeez has it really been that long?), I would suggest that the biggest change has been that there was a lot more excitement among the members in the early days, as if it was a new "toy"...now it's more like a comfy place to call "home"...not that I'm complaining at all, don't take it as grousing on my part, but that's my take on it...

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