ta-dah! yes, i've been invited... still seeing if i can do it, childcare and the dredded monday wirk deadline render it tricky. i didn't get an actual invitation though, just an email, i would have PMSL if i'd seen the origami thing. i was invited as a 'contributor' because i've been doing the tv thingies for the newsletter, so i'd hazard that the others from that will as well.
funny old piece, that, i think. i really don't see this place as any more or less bitchy than when i came on here. i've seen worse, like Much Worse, on smaller sites, because the hounding can be more overwhelming. here, all it takes is for one person to go 'hang on a mo, this is a bit unfair' and a crowd of lurkers come out in agreement. that's kinda why i've no time for moaning about bullying. if you see it, stick up for the poor person on the thread At The Time, cos that's when they really need it. writing an article about it after the fact just seems a bit self-indulgent and whiny to me.
mind you, like norah says, i know a few good pals who just don't 'get' the tone on here... and so they post elsewhere. no big deal, room on the internet broom and all that.