The Way We Were

All forums start off good, enjoy a "honeymoon period" in which they continue to be good, and then steadily decline… from the point of view of each individual observer.
The Fishbowl: Charles' Rules of Online Forums

I see similar phenomenon all over with schools, companies, governments, societies, etc, a widespread perception that everything was better in the past and that things are sliding toward malaise. I think it comes from how forgetful we all are.

Posted November 19, 2005 11:23 AM

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You will always be able to be view the world in a negative way, if that is how you set your expectations.

Dave, November 20, 2005 8:07 AM

Honey during the honeymoon only lasts for that one moon.
Would honey taste the same if every moon was a honeymoon?

Slawek, November 20, 2005 7:17 PM

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