I’ve got no skin in this game, so I’m not going to comment too much on how I feel about what has transpired.
From what I gather, I’m just too stingy with my likes to have gotten a chance to glimpse the secret halls of regular. (by golly, if it’s going to stamp my approval on something, I’m going to carefully consider every one of them.)
In other online communities, I generally opt-out of being “active” because doing so feels (to me, personally) too much like spamming and otherwise sticking my thumb in everyone’s pudding. Around here I’ve began, revised, and abandoned at least 3x as many replies/topics as I ultimately submitted. (I even de-like things semi-regularly)
Ultimately, I think I would have joined and even appreciated the regulars community if qualification was treated as a privilege to be lost, more assumed than “earned”. If moderation is more open and active, perhaps the “normal” community here can become something like that. (edited to add emph)
