Happens all the time in the secular YT world. Someone has a nice go,
gathers a lot of support and followers, but someone else happens upon
the scene with fresh eyes and does a way better job of it and with
better enthusiasm.
My wife and I left the JW's in 1988. That was well before the internet made it easy to contact XJW's. We met with a support group for XJW's once a month for a year or two. We also spoke to some church groups and and picketed a few conventions. Eventually all that led me to Randy Waters and his newsletter (his website came along later), That is what "activism" looked like in those days.
I wrote some articles and made a few dollars, like about $50. Around the year 2000 I realized that most of what I knew about the Watchtower was dated. Fresher voices were on the scene and I no longer had much to contribute unless the subject was Watchtower history. I switched to writing fiction, with mixed reactions.
This is Lloyd's real problem: he's past his "sell by" date. All he can do is recycle what others are saying.
Years ago, I had a Chinese-American woman (her parents were born in China, she was a naturalized citizen) working in my accounting department. She was still very connected to her cultural heritage. One morning she came in complaining about the fried rice at restaurant she and some friends had eaten at the previous evening. I said "don't you like fried rice?" She said "I love fried rice, I just don't like paying entree prices for leftovers."
Lloyd, this is my business background speaking. Your business model is dead, it's time to go do something else. All you have is leftovers.
