Not even recommending it, just acknowledging that you were ever acquainted with it. A good number of the people I met in that community who still keep in conta

Not even recommending it, just acknowledging that you were ever acquainted with it. A good number of the people I met in that community who still keep in contact with one another avoid the question when asked how they met, by someone who isn't from that set. I suspect, indeed, that the reputation backlash as it hit critical mass is why people don't want to be associated with it any more. (I've not; I ended up too busy to keep following it around when the largest of the pauses transpired, and haven't gone back to finish it or the added epilogue yet.) e: drat, this comment makes less sense with your edit.