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
Good gravy, people. We can't speak in generalities but we can't speak in specifics without an affadavit?
Aimee and I both expressed our impressions of Jen's leaving. David expressed his. Believe either or both or neither or form your own opinion. Or drop Jen a note.
This is a discussion, not a dissertation.
We can't speak in generalities but we can't speak in specifics without an affadavit?
The point of all of it is to just generally not speak for other people, but only for yourself.
All we'd be doing is engaging in speculation, Trudy, and what use is that? How can you use it to sway someone's mind, or use it as ballast?
Tricky for people who aren't here to talk about why they aren't, isn't it?
Tricky for people who aren't here to talk about why they aren't, isn't it?
And trickier for us to talk about it. So maybe we should, as Kat suggested, stop.
If you don't care that and why people get unhappy and leave I suppose that is an option.
Caring or not caring has nothing to do with it.
It has to do with speaking for yourself, and not speaking for other people.
Trudy, JenK can tell us why she got unhappy and left. JohnH can tell us why he left ... and so on. If they haven't, we're just engaging in gossip and speculation. Or vague references, which we can't use to learn from.
So what's the point?
Trudy, No one is saying that. They are just trying not to put words in other people's mouths or guess what they might feel. It is a good thing.
So people should make "I'm leaving and not coming back and here's why" statements before we'll discuss their departures? And that discussion would be anything other than "boy, that was childish?"
Here's an idea, go back and look at Elena's posts. She's not coming back for a good long time if ever.