My answer is Yes and No. I'd be lying if I said I didn't come really close to that button in the last couple of days. However for me it's been floating around in my mind for a little while now cause I have been wondering who some of these people really are on mingle. I've been thinking that for a few months now. If any thing watching the last couple of days told me more about some of the people here than I probably could have ever got them to say before. I have a much better idea who creeps me out and what type they are. I also have seen some really step up to the plate and felt like "now if I was at war I would want them near my fox hole".

Sometimes tragedy is the best teacher cause you don't get a chance to think. Your personality comes out of your actions and words like truth serum. For myself (knowing that the LEX case was in the bag) it has given me new glasses to look at mingle and the mingle people through. First thing I thought of was Wow, these owners of mingle have their collective act together. They had minutes to decide how they were going to not only deal with Lex but also how they were going to deal with thousands of people who spend much time here. The second thing I thought of was I bet they are going to take a serious look at the way they do mods from here on out. Who are mods and what are their responsibilities. I only talked with one mod while this was going on and she was outstanding and extremely level headed I thought. But in her case I always thought this of her.

Most importantly I felt that I can now be myself here more than ever before and that for me is a good thing. With people there are two things amoung many that stick out loudly. One is how do people react when there is good news shared, secondly how do people react when there is bad news about someone. This last couple of months have given me some examples of both, and in both I saw a ton! I'm not going to get into what I have learned (different place different time) but Mingle has become more transparent as a result of not only yesterday but also over the last couple of months. I was sharing with someone in private just yesterday that we may see mingle at it's very best and very worst over the next few months. The opportunity for mingle being more open and positive is totally up to us and this is the side I'm betting on.

Wouldn't it be interesting if internet mingling was really the wave of the future and that this site called Mingle2, one of the first of it's kind, broke new ground in the exploration of who we really are as a social peoples and how we really socialize.

Mingle is who we, you and me, ARE and make it.

I should be a speech writer. Might want to learn grammar first though.

Tell you something funny about me. I passed French and failed English one year. Bet you can't guess who the cutest teacher was.

Sooo what heppened ?

Hi Bravelady! No, actually I am less nervous!...The transparency Mingle2 administration allowed its members was insightful and productive on many levels ....That in itself is a good thing....To think that internet dating sites are not peppered with undesirables would be ludicrous!...
If you look at this site and others like it in a realistic way, your chances of getting hurt deminish.....Using an alias is a very common practice on internet "dating" sites, more do than don't...Profile information is provided on the"Honor System" basis...Social networking sites require new members to agree to their terms of use prior to joining....In order to complete the sign up process, everyone who joines MUST agree..If you don't agree to the terms, you cannot proceed.....
One of the biggest attractions to internet social networking sites is anonymity!...People can become anyone they want or they can be exactly who they are in real life...My point is they are afforded that choice...The choice they make depends entirely upon their individual and very unique reasons for joining!....When "dating" sites offer active, interesting forums, the number of people joining for reasons other than finding a love interest increase......Two things....a free site does not come with guarantees and enter at your own risk or pleasure...These sites can be a wonderful experience or a terrible one...The choice is yours and so is the responsibility...

See the thread in General entitled "A Very Unfortunate Incident." But I hope you have a strong stomach.

hmmmmmmmm nervous not really

I'm sure glad of that!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not so worried. But I am somewhat appalled at people's responses, especially the frenetic/witch-hunt type responses (and yes, that's spelled correctly). And THAT makes me wonder about people I've met.

I find no reason to be nervous.
I am an open person with most, yet I am cautious who I let close.
It takes some time for people to get to know me and me them.
This is a must before they end up a "friend".
I have many casual aquaintences here....and a couple true friends.
At the same time.......
I mingle with some really great people.
Much as MG stated already....I know this because I am a student of people. I notice how they interact, with whom....I see trends in their style in the forums.
Do I know them.....NO.....do I know something about them...Yes.
I can tell the genuine from the not so.
and.........

Most of ya's are pretty Kewl!!!!

What happened?

Here's what happened for those who have asked.

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/327540

Thanks of the link ... and I wouldnt expect that from a moderator but once again why would we feel in danger??

just follow the number one rule ... Whenever u starting to meet someone always meet them in public and never stay alone with them. Thats it. U can run backgrounds check on him/her or w.e but once again, maybe even the guy sitting next to u in the buss is one too, and u dont even know about it and probably never will.

There is all kind of ppl out there, Im one of the awesome ones thought lol jk jk, but is true, there is all kind of things out there, just use common sense and we should be fine

Welllll...suffice to say that i am no more nervous now than i already was before i arrived here

So true.
I do believe I have learned more about people
on here, seeing their opinions, than I ever
learned of Lex.

Unfortunately people love to hear themselves talk.......

sad but true.

That's right up there for the statement of the year in my mingle book.

me too!

Nope I'm not really nervous.

I come here only to Mingle and chit chat to random people about random things.

However, I did deactivate my account though. But only because I was just sick of seeing ''that thread''. When I logged on it was all I could see and think about, this just made me feel sick. While I was SO grateful that Mingle let us know exactly what had happened, and everyone got to vent their anger and opinions, I just wished the thread would disappear so we could all move forward from this shocking situation.

.......And live happily ever after

No. I was shocked but life goes on.

I'm nervous now went to the mingles meet If I had known Joe lived way down a gravel road which reminded me of the movie TEXAS CHAINSAW MURDERS creepy Viv almost blew us up with gasoline. Went on a ride with Ese to the store the town reminded me of deliverance But I made to a computer in a small room don't know where I am but scared if I live this room Kristy will get me.