I'm now really curious what people who are so bitter about the so-called "core" Buffistas get out of the board. I mean, if you're that angry, why are you even here?
We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'
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
P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2007 5:46:28 pm PDT #914 of 6786
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Laga - Aug 14, 2007 5:51:22 pm PDT #915 of 6786
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I wondered if it was just me. I felt like some people took the open response section as an opportunity to be mean spirited.
Jon B. - Aug 14, 2007 5:52:08 pm PDT #916 of 6786
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I am not going to get worked up over the fact that one or two people are bitter. There are people like that on every internet board. Why should b.org be any different?
I think that both no preference and perhaps to a lesser extent unsure are about trying to see what the whole wants or needs.
I agree with Nicole. I put "unsure" for some questions because I couldn't predict ("Do you believe that splitting up the volume with multiple show threads dilutes or enhances the community?") or because it depended on the specific situation ("How would more television based threads affect your enjoyment of the board?"). It had nothing to do with wondering what "the whole" wants.
Cashmere - Aug 14, 2007 5:53:00 pm PDT #917 of 6786
Now tagless for your comfort.
I wondered if it was just me.
It wasn't just you. But I found the comments, even the bitter, negative ones interesting to read.
P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2007 5:59:31 pm PDT #918 of 6786
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm not worked up, just confused as to why, if you don't like the culture, you're passionate enough to comment on a survey about it instead of ditching.
Steph L. - Aug 14, 2007 6:00:32 pm PDT #919 of 6786
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
But I found the comments, even the bitter, negative ones interesting to read.
Plus, "Monkeys are funny"!
Nutty - Aug 14, 2007 6:00:48 pm PDT #920 of 6786
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay, who is the one invoking monkeys in the last question?? I think you have traumatized Cindy.
(But I thought it was cute! Sorry, Cindy.)
OMG MONKEY XPOST!!
billytea - Aug 14, 2007 6:03:47 pm PDT #921 of 6786
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Okay, who is the one invoking monkeys in the last question??
No way could it have been a fauna-obsessed Antipodean. Nosiree, Bob. (Or heis evil mirror-image nemesis, boB. Curse you, boB!)
Steph L. - Aug 14, 2007 6:04:02 pm PDT #922 of 6786
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And on a serious note, I really appreciate the comments from the people who identified themselves as lurkers; that is, I appreciate the fact that they took the time to answer the poll and comment.
Steph L. - Aug 14, 2007 6:05:15 pm PDT #923 of 6786
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Nutty, a monkey x-post is always inevitable here.