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 get someone who made a bunch of big allegations and didn't want to take the responsibility for defending them so he reacted to questioning with more big allegations, which is not a great behavioral pattern, but I don't think he wants to be Board Dictator.
Yeah, okay. I was being snotty.
I know there are some people, many of whom I respect and care for a great deal, who have said there is some validity to Rafmun's point, and I will go back and read those people's posts, and give them long consideration, and think hard about where I fit in to that, and anything I may need to do to change.
If people I respect commented on it, I suppose there's something there.
But as far as Rafmun is concerned, I think you're a troll. You (and others) may decide that means I'm a mean, rotten ol' bastard, but I can point to exactly why I think that (which I have done), and tell you to your face, rather than coyly hinting at it.
Cindy has left as well
Cindy is still here posting as Xanderella.
Also, the reasons Cindy left are not quite covered under Rafmun's point, either.
Right on, Kate. Thanks, bicylcops. See, this is the kind of thing I love about us. People do take the extra step.
And seriously, I really hope the people who think the board as a whole is getting snotty will call people on it, when specific things are said. In thread or over email, if that's too public for you. It's hard to step back and take a look at your actions if the only feedback you're getting is that they are OK.
It's The Yoko Factor.
I'm listening to INXS
right now
and you've
still
earwormed me with "Dear Yoko". Damn you! DAMN YOUUUU!!!
Okay, so in the interests of talking about the issue, rather than the personalities, what is it we need to do? Beej's e-mail suggested that she didn't think things were spelled out clearly enough in the FAQ/ettiquette.
Do we need to add stuff to the site ettiquette along the lines of "just about everyone feels ignored at one point or another" and "no one person speaks for the board" and "we value our independence, so anything that smacks of preaching will garner a very bad reaction"?
Cindy is still here posting as Xanderella.
Also, IIRC, she pulled back from heavy posting not because of issues with board management or individual posters, but just because it was becoming an unmanageable timesuck for her.
Also, I want to marry Matt's post, and I want all of Nutty's laws and corollaries on a t-shirt.
Teppy, what are you talking about?
