Well I have to say, even as a newly named moderator, I am a little put off by some of the new things also. I will tow the company line to a point but don't expect me to do cart wheels over certain things or even endorse them. I'm not the owner or administrator of the site so my "clout" is limited. For my own personal tastes and from my own point of view all I ever hoped for or wanted from this site (or any other) was:
1) basic decency and common courtesy; for everyone, even in disagreement, to treat others with respect. I know I have not always behaved in the best manner possible myself. I was never proud of those times when I didn't. Name-calling and insulting (particularly when it's directed at a man or his wife who have posted photos and don't look like supermodel material) is just "assholish," juvenile and wrong.
2) To maintain a more realistic approach to the interracial lifestyle: I am not in favor of some of the new sections and never will be. I never wanted to see this site embrace breeding, humiliation, racial worship or anything else of such an extreme and disturbing nature. Then again, it's not my call to make. But don't expect me to like it or defend it, even as a moderator. I have too much respect for myself and others to engage in or embrace many of these things. I guess I'm more of a swinger than anything else. I'm certainly not grounded in fantasy nor am I an extremist. What ever happened to good old fashioned swinging and swapping? I guess when you're a wisher and not a doer your thoughts can go askew and migrate to the deviant or extreme. That's not me and never will be.
3) I never wanted to be a part of a site that embraced political correctness or coddled certain sects of membership. If something offends me or goes against my core principles as a human being, I am not gonna say it's ok under the guise of tolerance. Wrong is wrong any way you cut it. You may say it's not my call to say what is right or wrong for people. I never said it was. But I think any persons who are honest with themselves (and that's a huge leap of faith to make about individuals here), they know that breeding is irresponsible and wrong. Humiliation of another human being is wrong. Worship of another mortal person is wrong. So you may say I take these things too literally and to lighten up. How can I or anyone else when they see the evidence right in front of them that these aren't just fantasies for most here. They are downright strictly adhered to theisms and border on fanatical obsession. It's unhealthy and scary.
I know I can easily avoid such issues by steering clear of certain topics and threads. Easier said than done, especially as a moderator. Maybe I'll not even remain a moderator after voicing my opinions, I don't know. That's up to Dig and Buzzy I suppose. But I find some of the new trends disheartening to say the least. Maybe one day I will find my own Utopia; that interracial site that is predicated upon trying to actualize real-time meetings among it's members. One that is about good old fashioned hotwifing with black men and nothing more or less. No agendas or connotations of any other associative nonsense. No talk of breeding a woman like she was chattle or bringing a life into this world so irresponsibly. No mention of worshipping a mere human being period, but least of all because his or her skin is a different hue than mine/yours. No wanting to see your daughters, no matter their ages, given to others for sexual purposes. No associative humiliation or derision of men because of their ethnicity, inadequacies or fondness for wife-watching. I know a site like that must exist........or will one day. And it is such a site that I am better suited for.