RavelryReviews 510

I was with Ravelry since 2008, loved it. No more, so much vitriol, shoving their political opinions in your face, self righteous indignation, politics, politics, politics... I have great sources to get politics and news from. What does it matter what everyone thinks, can't we just enjoy the beauty of fiber arts and be creative together and leave people to form their own opinions? Besides, lovecrafts ACTUALLY does something to better the world, love their fundraising and compassionate outreach to communities in need around the world, take that ravelry.

Ravelry is a great knitting site. It has thousands of patterns in many different languages. People all over the world use it because it is an extraordinary site. I've learn so much using this site. The cowl in the picture is from a pattern in Ravelry.
Ravelry es un sitio fantástico para tejedores. Tiene miles de patrones en distintos idiomas, incluido español. En todo el mundo la gente usa este sitio porque es extraordinario. Yo he aprendido mucho en este sitio. El modelo de la foto es de un patron de Ravelry.

Used to be a busy and active site. Membership is way down, as a member who has opted to pay for additional optional features for well over a decade, I've enjoyed the site in the past, but I'm afraid I'm now witnessing it's death. I used to log in and see 10s of thousands of members online at any given time. That is no longer the case. Now during peak hours, middle of the day US central time to early evening, fewer than 2000 members online.

The lively, friendly groups are gone. Some that remain simply don't have any activity. I'm not talking about groups that are objectionable. Groups about popular tv shows, or about foodies, or about yarn sales. They are just dead. Many of the patterns I'd saved over the years have disappeared, dare I say hundreds simply *poof* gone. Saved projects, groups, posts, just gone.

I had hoped these things were temporary (I've enjoyed the site in the past, and I personally have invested thousands of hours and a substantial amount of money toward the site) but it just keeps getting worse. I think it's time to start downloading and cataloguing all of my things onto my personal servers and databases, because I am afraid it just may not be there one day.

I did a little digging and find that less than 650,000 of their purported 8 million users have avatars. Furthermore... if you look at the new users as far back as I could go, they are all just a name. No avatar, no favorites, no projects. In short. Not people using the site. Lastly, my friend list has been cut in half and, of those left, every page has multiple users with no profile pic which tells me they no longer use the site due to the hatred and prejudice they have encountered. And... for the record... I have been a member of Ravelry since long before they hit 500,000 users. So very sad to watch the demise of this community but hatred and prejudice never win...

Not a website for knitters anymore. It's a place to complain about Trump, revel in hate speech against various religious groups and virtue signal to your heart's content. The underlying bigotry and sexism is cringy. Users are strongly encouraged to report wrong-think to the admins.

Ravelry might appeal to people who believe that minorities need rich white folks to fix the world for them by turning it into a gulag, Should be sponsored by Antifa.

These are the people who have shunned all Trump supporters and called them white supremacists without facts. Please observe the group-think mentality of this cult-like behavior and make a decision based on facts, tolerance and acceptance. They are the opposite of what they claim to be. They are now the bullies of the knitting community. Have a wrong thought and be shunned. Not very freedom-loving or accepting.
Experience true peace, freedom and friendship when you leave the hateful cult of Ravelry.