Hmm maybe not gaia's site entirely but I learned:
a) If you aren't happy and you aren't having fun you should learn to bow out of anything. As you aren't doing it any good with your negativity; the site (insert any activity here) or yourself. And it's always better to visit later out of nostalgia then to be embittered and joining in because of routine and the subconscious need to ruin another person's time.
In the process making yourself look like a jerk.
b) People can ruin everything, and generally are the source of ruin on many occasions.
c) No matter how you present yourself people will just assume you are what you are not as the written word is ALWAYS interpreted by the reader and not the writer. ^_^
d) There are and always will be a differing opinion to your own, and people never know what they want (myself included). That said I never want to have to please so many people as Gaia does right now as that is quite an impossible feat.
e) Mob mentality against a concept or thing is rather scary and ugly (like people getting up in arms over gold gens. They do realize by showing them attention and practically advertising them everywhere; that they are in fact having the opposite impact then what they want.)
f) Which brings me to the last thought, Negative publicity is still publicity.
You don't like something, ignore it until it goes away. You'll find your time spent a little more wisely, and your outlook a little more optimistic and FUN! ^_________^
Shameless Advertisement: Gaia you need to give me an item arranger that works! Now if that was in everyone's sigs, posts, and threads maybe we'd have an item arranger.
But instead all the focus on gold gens *rolls eyes* and fake economy.