I still don't see how we can take their needs or wants into account.
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
brenda m - Aug 16, 2007 9:56:24 am PDT #1123 of 6786
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
victor infante - Aug 16, 2007 9:57:51 am PDT #1124 of 6786
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Although there is one type of person who meets ita's definition of NOT-a-lurker, but not victor's -- the person who has donated money to the board but never posts.
Well, there's always exceptions. But money talks, in my book. That's someone who has made an investment, in some form, in the site.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2007 9:59:41 am PDT #1125 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm lost. I'm surfing on Blackberry so humour me.
If you want to make changes (or not) to accomodate the people who have expressed no wishes, can you raise your hand? And also explain how you would accomplish it?
victor infante - Aug 16, 2007 10:01:54 am PDT #1126 of 6786
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
If you want to make changes (or not) to accomodate the people who have expressed no wishes, can you raise your hand? And also explain how you would accomplish it?
Nah. When they want something, they'll pipe up.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 16, 2007 10:28:52 am PDT #1127 of 6786
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Still, what do we call the almost-lurkers? Lurkeresque?
Lurker-lite.
Sean K - Aug 16, 2007 10:30:57 am PDT #1128 of 6786
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay, not raising hand. Just making argument for argument's sake, 'cuz *Buffista*.
I may have had some kind of point about the Lite Lurkers, but it wasn't terribly important, and I seem to have forgotten it.
Una - Aug 16, 2007 10:51:02 am PDT #1129 of 6786
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I mostly lurk, so I thought I'd give y'all a lurker perspective, and this is: Wolfram is so right in that we're sort of *your* fans. I don't post much because a) I don't have a lot of time to spend here, so most comments in my brain are to old posts, and b) I don't feel I could ever be as witty as you guys are, so I'm a little reluctanct to post and sound like a moron. Since I don't post much, I'm pretty content to let you more-active folks make the decisions around here; I definitely don't feel like my wants should be taken into account when I'm not participating much.
le nubian - Aug 16, 2007 11:09:49 am PDT #1130 of 6786
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Una, FWIW, please don't be afraid to post because you think you'd sound like a moron. The thing is, most of us feel like we sound like morons and yet we post anyway. That's the only difference.
Scrappy - Aug 16, 2007 11:22:13 am PDT #1131 of 6786
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
True dat.
Jesse - Aug 16, 2007 11:22:54 am PDT #1132 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And everyone feels like most of their posts get ignored!