Thing about the board's congenial roots is that the board started on Table Talk, where things were much more open and likely to involve outright flames. TT was fun, and wasn't Usenet, but it wasn't a tiny little enclave with only sweet kind people, either. Anyone with a Salon membership could drop in, and many people did. Some stuck around, some left (I'm sure David and Betsy remember Hellish and Dr. Satan...).
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
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
Consuela - Mar 30, 2004 12:34:11 pm PST #8203 of 10005
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Miracleman - Mar 30, 2004 12:35:37 pm PST #8204 of 10005
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
If being here is so frustrating and horrible and filled with powerful hostile posters, why on earth would people want to stay?
For the jalapeno poppers!
Mmm...those are some damn good poppers.
Dana - Mar 30, 2004 12:36:02 pm PST #8205 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I miss Dr. Satan.
bon bon - Mar 30, 2004 12:36:19 pm PST #8206 of 10005
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
But you know what? I bet if it came down to naming names, very few people would agree on who are the posters doing that.
Rafmun has named Plei and Steph and made no other examples. AFAICT, his entire complaint is about the DM thing and I find vaguing up the complaint to accuse people offensive and really uncongenial to the spirit of this board and this thread. I am angry on their behalf. The following is why I think that:
Maybe I just think that it would be good to recognize when compromise is made from one quarter that sometime in the future harmony and balance might require compromise to be made from another quarter.
To those who get their way most of the time - back off on things that aren't critical to you. Let people with soft-voices have their way sometimes. When someone is doing something positive for the board, don't get all grumpy about a few extra posts in a thread. Be bigger than that.
I know other people have posted that there is not enough congeniality. But, correct me if I'm wrong, have we bullshit consensed on whether it's even possible to have a cabal enforcing their will on everyone?
juliana - Mar 30, 2004 12:37:50 pm PST #8207 of 10005
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I miss Dr. Satan.
Me, too.
Consuela - Mar 30, 2004 12:38:49 pm PST #8208 of 10005
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
have we bullshit consensed on whether it's even possible to have a cabal enforcing their will on everyone?
We have not. I don't really think it's possible, myself.
Because the board's too big, with too many little subcommunities forming and breaking and shifting around. Absent having someone commit vote fraud, I don't think it can be done.
Wolfram - Mar 30, 2004 12:39:39 pm PST #8209 of 10005
Visilurking
What if we put the monkeys in charge?
Consuela - Mar 30, 2004 12:40:24 pm PST #8210 of 10005
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Wolfram? I wanted to say that I'm very happy you stuck around.
DavidS - Mar 30, 2004 12:41:03 pm PST #8211 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I miss Dr. Satan.
Me three. And Knut, and John H., and Jen K. and Cindy and Rio and Theresa and...folks.
billytea - Mar 30, 2004 12:41:41 pm PST #8212 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, Wolfram? I wanted to say that I'm very happy you stuck around.
Remember you said that when his nefarious plan comes to fruition and you're taking your orders from a screeching bare-arsed baboon.