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The Amador Vampyre

Published by The Amador Vampyre on the 19th of February 2016

Coliseum vs. community

I was recently booted out of a couple of online groups. While this might not be that big of a deal for me now, I can see where it might be a cause of alarm for the newcomer or more sensitive personality. In this community, it is almost expected that someone has a problem with me for my current associations, opinions or feeding-type.

As a group, there are no guarantees that everyone automatically feels that sense of instant camaraderie with every member of the online Vampire Community. Just because two people agree to the self-definition of Vampire, there is nothing that promises that anyone will have any of the same traits or qualities that make us friends….or even supportive of each other.

As far as what I would like to find in the Vampire Community, I would like a circulation of information on feeding and the health of the Sanguine and Psychic Vampire. Useful information for the newly awakened and reinforcement of healthy habits for the seasoned Vampire. That’s it. Plain and simple. I find that to be the most important and useful element of the VC.

It makes me wonder why more members aren’t concerned with that. We have some members who are much more concerned with picking their daily fight (those Vampires who are always in the middle of a heated argument or “war”) and those who are more concerned with creating large groups….with huge numbers on the counter, even though many of those “members” are inactive or dead accounts. It becomes difficult to hear the quieter, more peaceful members (and groups) with all the big personalities vying for attention of who can be more dramatic or most aggressive.

At times, the VC seems more like a coliseum than a community. What can we do to make it more helpful and more supportive of our members? At this point, the only thing that I can think of doing on my part is keeping to my own groups…..making them available as information centers and places of support, as best as I can. I might not have nearly the same numbers as some groups that I’ve been booted out of…..but, I’m there for the Real Living Vampires who need me, with real information.