More Glitches in the ATS Matrix

[Maxmars]

At the risk of sounding impertinent, I have always tended to think that the the reason ATS exists is not because of the 'front end' nor the 'back end.'

It was something distinctly organic, it was a "community" that coalesced around the central freedom they offered each other.  The fusion of a platform that explicitly encourages the topics discussed made its success inevitable.  Imagine taking your favorite thread and placing the OP in those 'other' 'popular' places... I imagine the experience of seeing how that goes for you.  I promise it will generally suck.

I understand the natural inclination of anyone seeking to resolve this little mystery to include a wide spectrum of possibilities, so naturally the idea that it is a "NSA/CIA PsyOp, or a "pet project" for some cabals' think-tank, are just as likely as this was someone who convinced themselves "they could handle it" only to discover that they could not.  ATS might be some "owners' toy," but the community is not.

I'd like to think that even now, as ATS's dedicated members attempt to keep the flame burning, we here at DI are prepared to continue the tradition long established by the community... without all the goddamn drama.