** I posted this in my postboard also. But I figured I might as well put it as many places as I can to get my opinion out there. **

Do you remember when Kiwibox was run by teens for teens? Just for fun?

Do you remember when the people who were in charge of the site actually used the various aspects?

I recently have been reading all of the threads about 3.0 and change yeah whatever. I understand things have to change. I understand that things need to modernize. The original kiwibox website probably would be laughed at by newcomers (though, those of us who have been here for 9 or 10 years probably would be giddy with delight at having the old website back)

Then I came across the new "big kiwi" (though I don't know as he'd want to be called "big kiwi" the way Lin used to. That title BELONGED to Lin. Did Mike ever call himself the Big Kiwi? Either way, Mike did a good job with it as well.) I went to Andre's profile and there wasn't much there.

Then I went to Mike's profile and he has postboards, polls, qbooks, information about himself... His profile is FILLED OUT and he USES the various aspects of the site. Or at least, he used to.

I remember when I had to open multiple windows to be able to catch all the journals I wanted to read because they'd refresh too fast and I wouldn't be able to catch them. Same with qbooks. Heck, I remember when the journals and the qbooks is what I came to the site FOR. Postboards weren't my thing really (though towards the end of 1.0 I started to come then since 2.0 that's mostly what I've done)

I miss the personality and the close knit group that Kiwi used to be.

Did this all go away because of Kiwi becoming outdated or did we all just grow up and get lives doing other things than kiwibox?

Some of the things I like about 2.0, but I feel that with each change we're losing what the whole mindset and core of what kiwi was originally. And this isn't a good thing that we're losing. I liked what kiwi was originally. I liked the mission of by teens, for teens and the anonymity. It was safe. It was fun.

Do you remember what kiwi used to be? What were your favorite parts?