After a long-lived hiatus from Whyville, I've returned. Sure there have been times I've dropped in to check on my clams or take a glimpse at my y-mail just for fun. But the last time I was active - truly active - on Whyville was in 2008. Three years ago. I've had a plethora of accounts, but this is the only one still standing either because my others are banned, have expired, or I just can't remember the passwords. Anyways, upon returning, I've noticed a lot of changes in Whyville within the past three years. These changes are unbelievable to me, probably because I grew up on Whyville. I'm sixteen now, in 2008 I was thirteen. I first joined Whyville at eight years old, but that account is long gone. Eight years. Whyville and I have been acquainted for eight whole years.
First of all, there are so many more chatrooms. I discovered so many places I had never seen before, and boy, are they interesting. Rooms such as Animal C.A.R.E, Lake Whyville, and The Dell Plaza are all quite new to me, but also, very neat. The other chat-related difference I've seen are the hot spots. I remember the Climate Center being a very full room most of the time. Now, it's vacant, which is such a strange thing to me. Another abandoned hot spot is the Waterfall. It used to be full, ALL the time. Now if I go in, I'm the only one there. However, the most drastic change in a chatroom is the Trading Post, Room 1. Oh goodness, I remember all the drama that went on there. People would fight for those two seats, and whoever got those seats loved displaying their super rare faceparts like Dirty Little Secret or Starstruck, or their unreal amount of clams. Newbies would stare in awe, and ask those wealthy folks for a couple thousand clams. I mean come on, it's only a couple thousand! Oldbies would laugh, and kindly decline. Minus the kindly. What happened?
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