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
I feel it might seem very "Well, people ignored the
hell
out of me, and it turned out okay," when I do wonder about the extent to which the community is beholden to baby a newcomer, and how much of the responsibility comes upon the newcomer.
There have been other online communities I never fit into, others I fit into for just a while. This is definitely one that stuck. I'm not mad at any of the others ... they just weren't me. Everyone's not going to be my friend. And I'd go insane if they were. I'd also go insane if I had a gazillion online communities. It's the nature of human interaction. Not that all the pegs here are the same shape, but most of them have wriggled into a hole, whether they fit there right away or did some judicious carpentry becomes more and more irrelevant as time passes.
That having been said, I do
not
think that Beej was unduly piled on, and there was evidence right there in thread to show that it happens to people who aren't new. Maybe she didn't want to be in a community where
anyone
was treated that way. As is her right. Which makes us not the us for her.
It just makes those times when I'm not ignored all the more special. ;)
Is it wrong that this sentence made me think of my cat?
That having been said, I do not think that Beej was unduly piled on
After going back and looking (after I'd written saying otherwise) she definitely was not. I mean, like 20 posts passed before 'Suela said anything. And then another twenty before (Allyson?) and then a bunch before Deb. That's not the whole board coming down on you. And everyone made it clear that they were not irritated on behalf of anyone else.
If I'm a sock ANYTHING it's one of those monkeys.
WITH pants.
So I volunteered to combine DX and Dana's recent FAQ update into a One Big Update.
I'll have lots of questions and need input.
First thing:
Before I've even gotten to the FAQ - I noticed that two things need to be changed on the Site Etiquette bulletted list.
I'm just gonna list what is wrong (for public disclosure and double checking purposes, I will make one big list eventually).
Spoiler Policy - Third bullet: Delete the last sentence that applies to Spoiler Lite threads.
Bureau - Tenth bullet: Link goes to Bureau 1. Should go to Bureau 2. (The link is to ask admin. questions and 1 is closed.)
edit: x post with BBaBB
YAY Jon!
fits msbelle for a pink cheerleader outfit
