1. Is there a problem with people being shouted down?
2. Is the problem such that we should take action?
Also, I'd really like it if the people who DO say yes to these questions would then offer up what they would like to see happen.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
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.
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Steph L. - Mar 30, 2004 11:22:31 am PST #8122 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism
msbelle - Mar 30, 2004 11:24:09 am PST #8123 of 10005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
SInce I know it will be commented on, I just want to point out that the board does not have Moderators.
Trudy Booth - Mar 30, 2004 11:24:41 am PST #8124 of 10005
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The center could stand to keep the wishes of the edges in mind. We're intelligent people and, historically, compassionate ones.
P.M. Marc - Mar 30, 2004 11:25:40 am PST #8125 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Maybe moderators don't even realize it's happening -goodness knows they're busy enough.
We don't HAVE moderators. We're self-modding. My feet, they stomp, but generally only spoilers or broken HTML.
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Jesse - Mar 30, 2004 11:26:31 am PST #8126 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe moderators don't even realize it's happening -goodness knows they're busy enough.
We don't have moderators.
And I think Consuela's questions are the right ones, and what Steph said about people who feel like the answer to #s 1 and 2 is yes.
Vortex - Mar 30, 2004 11:26:58 am PST #8127 of 10005
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I would've spoken up, even though I'm also very persnickety
no, you're pernickety (waits for the laughter of Literary posters)
Anyhoo, I think some good points have been made. I think that it's important to note (as I believe David touched on) that when you criticize someone/thing, you have to have some cred to do so. This is why the "newbie" post is not getting as much weight as it might. A suggestion or comment on something else may have been treated differently.
There are people on the board that tend to get a little high handed, or even post things that could be considered rude or offensive. When that happens, I snarl "asshole" at the screen and move on, possibly bitch in my LJ. It's not always possible to like everyone at the party, even though you want to be there.
Scrappy - Mar 30, 2004 11:29:12 am PST #8128 of 10005
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I snarl "asshole" at the screen and move on
Hell, I sometimes do that to my own posts.
Atropa - Mar 30, 2004 11:29:55 am PST #8129 of 10005
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The center could stand to keep the wishes of the edges in mind. We're intelligent people and, historically, compassionate ones.
That can only happen if (1) the peeps at the edges make their wishes known, and (2) accept that sometimes those wishes aren't going to be granted. Stating that it isn't fair that the majority doesn't agree with you is understandable, but probably won't change the opinions of the majority.
Steph L. - Mar 30, 2004 11:30:05 am PST #8130 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think that it's important to note (as I believe David touched on) that when you criticize someone/thing, you have to have some cred to do so.
Okay, I guess I can't let things die. But when I posted essentially the same thing -- though in a much more aggressive tone -- people stepped up and said "Nope; everyone gets a say." How is what I said so different?
Okay. Need to let it go. Not important. I know the lurkers support me (but via fax, surprisingly).
msbelle - Mar 30, 2004 11:31:05 am PST #8131 of 10005
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Consuela's questions
sometimes
maybe
t /not helpful
I would offer that stories of happyland and a board filled with all goodwill are really just not accurate. It seems that everyone feels that way about the board when they first became active, and the gradually and sometimes not so gradually they see faults and then we all eventually enter the realm of cycles of cranky and grumpy.