i get so frustrated when people post about missing the old rpc and blame the community at large for a lack of investment or care, as if we haven't all grown older and taken on incredible amounts of responsibility in the years since we joined the rpc. some people expect us all to still be teenagers with endless amounts of free time to respond to every message and reply instantly to threads.
if you care about this community, you have to respect the fact that a majority of us are 25+ now, and work and family and health situations and other irl obligations will always come before participating in this hobby.
instead of lamenting that we'll never be the way we were back then, uplift your mutuals. interact with them. post dash games. like and comment on posts. send memes. reblog promos. engage with the writers in this community. as we all get older and our lives change, our relationship with this hobby will also change. we have to band together to keep this community safe, creative, and fun for all, regardless of how much time we can spend participating in it.