Okay, I have to get this off of my chest. I joined Imeem as a welcome relief to social networking when MySpace was crushed under a wave of spam. Listen to our band! Buy these clothes! Buy this hair extension. Let me stalk you. Add me! Add me! Add me! It's more like 'Biteme, biteme, biteme'.

I didn't join this site to buy something. I didn't join this site to listen to someone's band. I just joined it to enjoy myself and meet new people. Fun people. Interesting people. People like Dustin, Arwen, Monk, Mark... even Todd. Although he just denied my first comment so he's on my shit list.

Do me a favor... Don't click the add button if you're selling something.

Imeem has a new addition to it's perks. The good news is that you can comment and rate pictures and videos that you can upload to their site. The (semi) bad news is that it's only available on the website right now. It should be available via the program next update. It's nice to be able to communicate more with the fellow Imeemers.

I've been really happy with this social networking. I've met some great people (yes you, Dustin) who in turn have met some of my great friends. I'm also estatic that I can finally see my Flickr pictures on my profile. Yay! Now if they can only move those suckers to the top!

I was going to respond to the comments my previous post in the comment section, then went a tad overboard. Besides, it's easier to read here and I look like I'm updating. :P

Two everyone who commented on the previous post: Thank you all for the kind words. *hugs* How ironic that the people I actually say made my time on the web worth it commented. I'm just so frustrated with nothing working. It's more about everything that I like is not what any NCTers like. Someone suggests I start an NCT Flickr group, then it dies. I suggest other things that interest me, but no one takes a second look. I'm out of ideas at this point. It's also my disilusion with meeting people. Between the jerks who sign on with one thing in mind: Insults... to the person who vows to be a friend to the end and is no where to be seen.

Thaum1el: You're not a lousy poster. I'd rather have someone post when they see something that interests them than ten thousand LOLs. You also start new threads, which I have always been grateful for. You're one of the sweetest guys I know.

Dynamitt: Sweet sweet Dyna. Heart of gold. I don't mind if Imeem is not for you. It's not like I am basing my friendship on people who sign up, I just wanted people to like the same things as I do. If people don't then it's not their fault... but I am lost at who to share what I like with, you know?

Jules: Cow. I kid. I kid. I know you're busy. Hell, I helped to get a lot of that 'busy' over to you. Now two friends are together and two members are AWOL. Hehe. Seriously though... You're always there for me and understand what I'm saying.

Dustin: (Everyone, this is Dustin. A great guy I met at IMEEM.) I can't imagine you not having lifelong friends banging at the door. You're such a good guy who knows just what to say. I'm not sure of what I will be doing on the web in the future, but I won't go completely off of it. I'd miss my friends too much. Especially the ones who commented here. They've always been wonderful.

Al: You know, you're the only person who took the Moderator title and didn't leave. I was beginning to think that it was a curse. You're also a wonderful and honest guy who I look forward to seeing in person. *hides pity pot* I know... I shouldn't be so down about it. But this isn't just a tantrum. I've been feeling this way more and more. Hell, I made NCT to be cheered up when I felt all was lost. That's why it hurts so bad. It shouldn't be the place that lets me down... or makes me feel like doing a chore by updating it. But the echoes get me to me. I simply don't know where to go with NCT anymore. Part of it is knowing I don't have any more time to devote to it than I already give. Like I told Dustin on his Imeem blog: Dreams hurt when they're something that is always just out of reach. That's when I start to question if it's worth dreaming.

Another site dropped NoChickTrix from their referrers. Either that or I'm not showing because I'm not sending them enough hits. It's a porn site so the traffic is usually hit and run anyway. Part of me wants to just delete the adult section (minus the humor) and be done with it. The site will be slow but any hits will be for the content and not the photos. Ah content, that's where it gets tricky. Lately I've been sticking to my private blog (here) and posting news stories on Imeem. It's like NoChickTrix has a little less of me every day and it kills me to think about it. My mind is swirling with ideas, some good and some not so much. What started out as a place for me to rant to the world ended up being news links and a forum for people to chit chat. Nothing too deep, nothing too hot topic. Whenever the meat of the discussion gets going someone has to get their feelings hurt and I have to make a choice: Step in or let it ride. Lately I've been letting it ride. I long for the days where it was alive with content from the members and not just me and Jake Now those days are pleasant surprises instead of the norm. That's not the way a forum is supposed to work. I've been thinking about ways to make it better, or at least less a burden. Just posting news links without a rant is one. Finding someone to help with the rants is another. It can't keep going like this. At this rate it's going to turn into a quiet place where the Admin's name sits and waits... while doing everything else but be on the board. Members there in username only, not in heart. I'll shut it down before it gets to that... If only I knew what the final hint will be.

I was surfing through one of my daily reads, Perez Hilton, and found a post on Imeem. I signed up and immediately was impressed by it's features. You can blog on it or link to your blog, join communities, share your Flickr photos, share files, leave notes for friends and instant message. There's a lot more, and I am still testing things out. It also felt great to be able to show my friend Bane something new, which is a rarity. Of course once I did he found all the really cool stuff and then invited everyone and stole my thunder. :/