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Originally Posted by Nettio
Bahahaha, the fantasy scrapbookers did kind of take over DST. 
I guess I'm in the minority because I actually miss DST, at least the DST it was in the early days.
Yes, there was occasionally drama but having an open forum and gallery added a lot of balance and variety to the digi community that I think we've lost a bit of now that everyone is back to store forums. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to have a digi "home" but I also miss having easy access to a wider variety of styles and ideas. I think it was good for the industry as a whole to have one place where everyone came together. It pushed everyone to be better.
It's sad but in a way DST became a victim of it's own success. It became too big for people to keep up with or feel connected to and then all the slowness issues didn't help either. Then Shannon abandoned the site and eventually they sold it and that was kind of the end. It'd be nice if there was a central site again but I don't know that anyone really wants to take that on at this point given all the problems that came up at DST. |
I totally agree about the fantasy scrapbookers taking over DST, lol. I miss the old DST as well. It used to be a lot of fun, I remember joining DST right after it opened and we were all so happy to not have to talk in code, it was the mass exodus from two peas for digi freedom! I remember going in the galleries and seeing gorgeous layouts and knowing half the people who posted layouts there.
I was not in digi-land for that much for a few years until this spring I started getting into it more and coming here, cause I was looking for a cozy, little community. I really don't look at hardly anything at DST anymore, it's not the same people hanging out there. I loved when Shannon and Eric owned it!
It's never felt the same to me since it starting changing ownership after them.