I'm glad they were able to relay how much of an impact he's made on this community, because even just being here a couple months, it's clear that this place is devastated without him. I hope we can continue to be in contact with them in the future, if only to impress the fact that SmallFry is still a part of this community, his helpful posts are still helping new members (like me!) and his words are no less potent with him gone. I'm so glad that his parents had the thought to contact GH at all, and it makes me look back at other communities, and members who have simply disappeared. I'm always a little upset when someone just drops a conversation, or doesn't respond when we're working out a trade, but this whole experience has brought it all to a new light and I doubt I'll ever look at online communities the same way.
As has been said for so many other things, it's difficult to remember sometimes that there's somebody else on the other side, reading your words. The relative anonymity usually allowing us an anger without fear of recompense. But now the phrase, someone on the other side, means something entirely new to me, and reminds me of the fragility of the world we live in.
