Klaatu,
Preach, brothah!
I think that should be my trademarked sig in certain threads:
Stoid
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Stoid vs The Evil Right Election Thing 
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You and pennylane will have to join me and SPOOFE for a drink sometime…
Same here. I like seeing the post count and registration date, 'cause I think it helps in understanding the kind of attitude the person has. For example, I know that Klaatu must be getting really, really nauseated by the self-righteous BS here since he obviously hasn’t been wasting posts on idle matters in his two years of membership.
And I hate the “we just did it” line. It’s understandable in some cases - like when the same person starts a thread almost identical to one he just started himself the day before. But sometimes the linked thread is several months old. Who knows how many experts on the subject could have joined in that time?
OTOH, it should be noted that some posters (e.g. IzzyR) will ocasionally link to an old thread without intending it as a criticism at all, but rather merely as a useful link to those interested in the subject.
Izzy, I do that too. If we’ve done a poll about Great Movies With Keanu Reeves, well, knowing that people are going to have a hard time coming up with any, it can be helpful to also point them to the Keanu Reeves poll from 6 months previously.
Wait, what am I doing talking to you?!? Your username begins with an “I” !!! Rat bastard.
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Happy 3700, Zette!
Maeglin, do NOT make me come over there.
Anyway, I said my peace. I also hate the “wrong forum” posts. If it’s wrong, it will get moved. If the person continues to post incorrectly, the mods will let them know. There’s no need to have 10 posters say “wrong forum” and “read the forum descriptions” to someone who posted to the wrong place.
Zette
See that? It was about newcomers after all…
Holy SHIT!!! I just read the child in the stroller thread thingy. If at any time in this thread I looked like I may be slightly sticking up for the newbie ImChildFREE, I take it all back!!! What an asshole!
I love you Cranky.
See? Plus que change.
You know, as a long time dedicated lurker, I really have to agree with the OP. In the last 6 months or so, I have had the feeling that people were not nearly as accepting or as patient with newbies. Just my $.02.
unbelievable
It is possible. An inevitable aspect of having a message board with a large population is that people won’t feel as “close-knit”. It’s like the difference between a small town with 100 people living there, and a massive city with 100,000 people living there… people stop feeling as much of a “kinship” with each other, because it’s not so “special” to be part of the group, simply because each individual is “diluted”, in a sense.
(Forgive me… when I get tired, I tend to use more of a “wordy”, abrasive tone.)
It’s almost as if she wants to finish that statement but doesn’t get around to it.
Let me try- “… so we feel justified in telling people to go to hell when we feel what they say is wrong.”
That about finishes it up, I think.
I don’t mean to single you out Diane, but sheesh, of all the people here, you seem to top the list of posters who are willing, nay, eager, to say, “If you don’t like it, get the fuck out. Nobody asked you here in the first place.”
It’s not the coolest attitude to run into straight out of the box.
Open up. Understand this is a place- or should be a place- that invites all.
When I want you to finish my sentences I’ll be sure to let you know, but don’t hold your breath. On second thought, please do.
I’m so very sorry that you find it so “unbelievable” (whatthefuckever :rolleyes:) that some of us who have been here for more than a few days have made deep friendships, appreciate and want to keep the high standards that has kept this board from being like every other board on the internet, and who enjoy the flavor the board has taken on through the years, that we aren’t always willing to open our arms and welcome each and every new whiner who stops in to piss and moan about the mods or how the board is run or goes off into seizures when he gets scolded for posting something like “U gUyZ r LiKe ReEly dUm AnD MeAn sO f/u SuCkUz”. The SDMB has always had a low tolerance for idiots.
I agree that lately SOME newbies have been getting slammed around a bit unfairly for very minor offenses and I do believe that some potentially great board members have been ran off before they really had a chance (see my earlier post in this thread). However, if you, me, newbies, or oldies have nothing to offer than consistently bitching about the way things work here or trolling, then yeah, there’s the fucking door. Don’t be afraid to use it.
If that offends you then it offends you and I really don’t give a rats ass. It’s your problem, not mine.
Invites - hell yes. Tolerate all actions? Nope.
I want people around me that challenge me… in all respects.
Who wants a person around them that always says yes.
I, for one, have been one lately who takes ssue with your stance, Diane.
I’m curious why you don’t respond to me. Am I in the covenant, or whatever the hell it is you call it now?
How old are you again? I thought that type of shit stopped with grade school. But here you are, encouraging it big-time.
Listen, Diane, you’ve adopted an attitude that, from what I can tell, isn’t that inviting of new folks.
Call it what you will. I call it an attitude that wants this place back to what it once was- the AOL days.
Enough.
Those days are gone. Get over it. Get with the times and the idea that not only are new ideas good, they should be encouraged.
What you want is a buddy-fest of nonstop agree-ers and come-alongers…
Honestly, outside of stroking your ego, what does it do for you?
Ummm, I think I did respond to you and no, I haven’t put you in Coventry.
You see it as a “buddy-fest” of nonstop “agree-ers and come-alongers”, I see it as a large group of people trying to keep the quality of the board up to the standard it has always been (AOL to present). If showing trolls and whiners the door is what it takes to keep the standard of quality, then so be it. I have never understood the level of intelligence (or lack thereof) needed to comprehend that maybe you should leave a place that is so obviously twisting your gonads in knots, but unfortunately, there have been a few who can’t figure it out for themselves and need someone to help show them the door. You will usually see the word BANNED under their name.
If you want a board that tolerates any and all actions, there are many out there on the internet, all it takes if a Google search and a little effort. Fortunately, the admins, mods, and members of this board make a huge effort to keep the quality of this board higher than most. If you honestly believe that it is a result of some of us trying to turn this into the old AOL board (laughable) or to make it a place where everyone agrees with everyone (even more laughable) then you obviously haven’t been paying much attention. Some of us only care about keeping the level of quality that surpassed other boards. If you don’t understand that, I’m afraid I can’t help you much. Maybe someone else can explain it to you a little better.
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why do i hear BARNEY FIFE’S voice when i read this shit?