This seems like a good place to repurpose some doggerel that I originally posted in another thread.
A generation’s passed since I
First posted on the Dope
My mind had bright ideals, then
My heart was full of hope
That ignorance, our bête noire
Would soon be banish-ed
Alas! My hopes were all forlorn
The trolls were quite well-fed.
It seemed we were surrounded by
Ponies with just one trick.
One guy liked gals with poofy hair
Another, an uncut dick.
Our mods all strove heroically
To be troll-spam tide-turners
From bots who promised soccer games
To Dopers with fat burners
Yet there were bright spots on this site
It wasn’t all travails
Cervaise v. telemarketers
Plus pan-fried semen tales.
And it’s been educational
These years of Dope-ly prose
I got to find out what “squick” means!
And “felch” (don’t google those).
The years have been quite wonderful
This life in these here yards
I hope there’s twenty more of them
Before I say “Regards.”