[Fashion Zombie]

-takes a deep breath-

So, I've been around Trisphee for quite some time. Longer than the second 'e'.

Why, then, do I have so much trouble joining conversations, or creating them? Many of the people on Trisphee are people I know from other sites and have come to be friendly with at one point or another.

I'm not attempting to be emo in any way. I think all my awkwardness stems from myself, and by sharing it with you, I am hoping to release myself from the pressure of having to act "normal" in my attempts to make connections.

I seem to be having a lot of difficulty breaking the ice around here. Ever since we moved into open beta, I seem to be having a hard time getting chummy with everyone. I feel like I missed out on an important period (the late closed beta) and now I don't have the friendships that everyone else seems to.

In short, sometimes I feel like the group of Trisphites I am most familiar with are very tight-knit and I don't quite fit in with them as well as I did on other sites and in years passed.

So, my questions for all of you are:
-How much difficulty did you have getting involved in the community?
-Do you feel like such a small site is hard to become a part of because of the everybody-knows-everybody atmosphere?
-For other closed-beta participants, do you feel like the Trisphee experience is different for you than it is for members that joined after open beta started?