It's Day Three of the temporary outage, and things are changing some.
It's 9.40am CDT, and there is not a single Meta Diary on the Rec. List. The Hidden Comments Section is sparse, and comment threads are generally improved out of all recognition ... even if there is still some way to go.
On the Rec List are Diaries that this site should be, and I imagine is, proud to host. They are a tribute to their authors.
We have one from a Senator, and one from a woman who aspires to the Senate.
We have deeply touching personal stories carrying our message like a tolling bell.
There is humour, Green issues and quite enough to keep anyone interested reading all day.
Today the "Wreck List" has been banished.
Long live the "Rec List".
As a long time (ish) contributor I am proud of you all.
Of course we are a long way from being "out of the woods" .... but still ..
8:13 AM PT: Rec. List .. Pah!
Yeah, I get the irony. Maybe folk like good news even if it wastes a space.
Bob Johnson made this comment
I want to make it very plain that I do not celebrate the absence of Kossacks, and I do not think the civility is because they are absent.
I want them back. Black Kos, SisterSpeak ... All of you. I want you here and I want you posting. Bring your friends .... thousands of them and let's have a real debate about issues.