Generally speaking, I am also okay if we informally limit ourselves to dark announcements of over a week or so.
Yeah, I never really understood the need to mention you'd be gone for the weekend.
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
DavidS - Aug 25, 2003 12:42:19 pm PDT #4611 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Allyson - Aug 25, 2003 12:45:19 pm PDT #4612 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Sometimes, I look at Beep Me and think I'll write:
"Monday, August 25, 2003. I just swallowed a piece of gum."
Lyra Jane - Aug 25, 2003 12:49:57 pm PDT #4613 of 10005
Up with the sun
I thinwhat probably happened was that some people started posting weekend trips when they had a specific reason, and now a lot of people (me included) just do it as a matter of course.
I can cut it out, though. Honest.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 25, 2003 1:11:24 pm PDT #4614 of 10005
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Generally speaking, I am also okay if we informally limit ourselves to dark announcements of over a week or so.
I would also be OK with that.
lori - Aug 25, 2003 1:58:34 pm PDT #4615 of 10005
Yes please.
Jessica - Aug 25, 2003 2:02:32 pm PDT #4616 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Me three.
Current slug reads:
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
Do we need a formal proposal to change it to:
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for major announcements only. (Definitions of "major" will vary, so use your best judgement.) Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
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Astarte - Aug 25, 2003 2:14:21 pm PDT #4617 of 10005
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Why do we need a definition change for that?
I don't relish the whole argument of what constitutes "major", and then the ensuing bickering when someone posts an announcement not deemed sufficiently major for someone with their crankypants on.
Beep Me is neither a heavy traffic thread nor a mandatory one. Let's assume a little tolerance and common sense will carry us through here.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2003 2:16:04 pm PDT #4618 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Beep Me is neither a heavy traffic thread nor a mandatory one. Let's assume a little tolerance and common sense will carry us through here.
No but it's kind of drifted from its original purpose. More to the point, some folks use Beep Me as a quick way to check on the community and they're more interested in seeing Baby arrivals and new jobs than notices that somebody is going to be away from their computer for 36 hours.
Cindy - Aug 25, 2003 2:29:51 pm PDT #4619 of 10005
Nobody
I don't relish the whole argument of what constitutes "major", and then the ensuing bickering when someone posts an announcement not deemed sufficiently major for someone with their crankypants on.
Beep Me is neither a heavy traffic thread nor a mandatory one. Let's assume a little tolerance and common sense will carry us through here.
No but it's kind of drifted from its original purpose. More to the point, some folks use Beep Me as a quick way to check on the community and they're more interested in seeing Baby arrivals and new jobs than notices that somebody is going to be away from their computer for 36 hours.
I know. And I seldom post there. But I don't think we ought to over-legislate. I'm with Astarte.
Astarte - Aug 25, 2003 2:52:32 pm PDT #4620 of 10005
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
No but it's kind of drifted from its original purpose. More to the point, some folks use Beep Me as a quick way to check on the community and they're more interested in seeing Baby arrivals and new jobs than notices that somebody is going to be away from their computer for 36 hours.
Perhaps so, but even with the additional posts, there's just not that much to wade through there. It's already a pretty effectively self-regulated thread.