You have no idea how frustrating. FReepers are just as much a bunch of sheep as everybody else, allowing their own variants of the MSM to pick their thinkers for them by ignoring anybody else as a "blog pimp."
I came here to learn how to impart ideas. In some ways, the quality of my writing has suffered for it. I wasn't ready for the possibility that they wouldn't even read enough to judge. It wasn't so bad in the early days of FR. People here were more thoughtful then.
Having been around here since '98 I can absolutely vouch for that. If nothing else, there has been a noticeable increase in pettiness, particularly over the last few years. You and I are probably familiar with some well known personalities that used to frequent FR who no longer spend any time here. Probably due in large part to the pettiness that has become all too prevalent.