I'd agree on generous latitude for the non-famous, especially for posters working from their RL real names.
Sure, you can afford to be generous. You get to go home to Jilli every night.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
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
Elena - Mar 17, 2004 6:16:48 am PST #7498 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
Lyra Jane - Mar 17, 2004 6:18:11 am PST #7499 of 10005
Up with the sun
Wasn't trying to be all Jets-and-Sharks; just expressing amazement.
I didn't think anyone was at that point yet -- I've just seen Badness and Drama arise from similar situations, and was probably a bit quick with the request to Doblerize because of that. No offense meant.
Cashmere - Mar 17, 2004 6:18:31 am PST #7500 of 10005
Now tagless for your comfort.
I doblerized. I stopped myself from replying only because the EXACT same thing happened at the Beta. VIP's were posting and it was all about getting them over to HMC.
That's fine. Easy to ignore when it comes down to VIP envy.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2004 6:19:22 am PST #7501 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.
You get to go home to Jilli every night.
I deserved that.
amych - Mar 17, 2004 6:20:03 am PST #7502 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I deserved that.
We all of us deserve it. But very few of us get it, ya lucky bastard.
Elena - Mar 17, 2004 6:20:07 am PST #7503 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
I couldn't resist, Mr. Pete.
Allyson - Mar 17, 2004 6:20:18 am PST #7504 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
I think HMC is a relative of the old Bronze threaded board. Which explains a lot in terms of the defensive posture and the name, and the shill. It's not malicious, just part of that board culture.
The threaded was always treated like the redheaded stepchild by Linear Bronzers.
And some folks don't get the "when in rome" sentiment. *shrug*
No reason to get up in arms, except to maybe discuss how to handle anything like it in the future.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2004 6:21:05 am PST #7505 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
msbelle, I can't get to the page you linked to. (None of the HMC board pages will load for me.) What kind of a feature is it?
Cashmere - Mar 17, 2004 6:23:31 am PST #7506 of 10005
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jess, it's a list of registered users with their info and a private messaging feature. I think it's standard on a lot of posting forums--it is with Sparklies. Makes it easy to find users.
Lyra Jane - Mar 17, 2004 6:24:06 am PST #7507 of 10005
Up with the sun
except to maybe discuss how to handle anything like it in the future.
It's my understandng that registration is usually automatic, yes? (Correct me if it isn't.) If that's the case, could we set up some kind of a search that would route any usernames containing certain keywords (Minear, Noxon, Whedon, Boreanaz, etc.) to the Stompies for checking over? Or do we already have something like that in place?