I'm pretty sure I heard that Ernya had closed (from Cho, probably), but I must have forgotten about it because this came as a small shock to me.
Think my first-ever forum site was Ernya (Gaia doesn't count; only ever posted twice in the forums), and then Wolfrin found me and introduced me to Tris. Haven't been on Syn in....a while. Guess it was just the general feeling of not fitting in, what with being a latecomer of sorts, or cliques having already formed from previous sites...
I never actually went on Ernya. It disappearing was around the time that I'd decided to register on a few avatar sites, and I hadn't gotten to it yet. It's always a shame to see a community get blasted out fo existence because the site owners couldn't keep their business together.
I used to be on Ernya a lot as Winter. I joined shortly after it had opened but I ended up leaving for there for the same reason I left everywhere, college and life taking all of my time! I had only just started peeking in again a few days before it closed!
Espy: I hate cliques. When I joined Syndrone it was pretty cliquey, but when I went back after Ernya closed I had a great experience there. Everyone was so nice, but then I don't talk to people who are not nice.
Toho: yeah the owners just crashed and burned. I guess Emy left Prezok and he just didn't or couldn't run the site alone. I mean there was no warning. That kinda sucked.
Glitch: I might have remembered you. I didn't really talk much, there were some mean girls there when I joined in 2010, but they eventually left and I got more bold. I never went into the Babblesphere, it was too intimidating.
I did not have any hangouts on Ernya, but one night I met these 2 guys and we just started chatting and next thing I knew I had two friends and Closet Perverts was born! We had a pretty thriving thread going, and I used to post on Media, and especially the Reading Challenge which Llewellyn ran.
It was literally just a puzzle. They used the monthly item release images for them so it was kinda fun. Ive always liked puzzles so I enjoyed it. Plus they had several difficulties so it didnt get too boring/repetitive