A question that's been on my mind a lot recently- avoiding the dreaded [deleted] tag. Not being on the receiving end of it, but the giving end of it, for once. I've made a lot of nice friends on DPP that I'd hate to stop talking with, and had many great experiences writing prompts and engaging with the community as a whole. But on the other hand, things aren't always rosy, and there are days when I feel unwelcome, when the harassment gets a bit much, or when I'm simply blue on DPP, and my mind strays to just tossing off DPP completely and going off to greener pastures.

But I'd like to be able to do that without inflicting the [deleted] plague on the few close friends I've found on here- so for those of you who've been in a similar situation, how do you handle it? Suck it up and deal with the bad stuff, because the good days are worth it? Let all your DPP friends know, then message them from a new account? Simply let your old account go dormant and gradually stop checking its inbox?

And for those who've fled harassment or other negative experiences here, but still love to write, how do you handle that? Especially for people who've written a lot publicly, it's easy to develop a "voice" or a distinctive style, which is a plus- but once you no longer wish to be identified with an old account, have you tried changing your style, or posting different types of things, or what?

Or, I guess what might be the most helpful of all, is, if you've been in this situation... how have you convinced yourself to stay?