The question no one's been asking...
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@george-k said in The question no one's been asking...:
@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
.Participation drives boards like this
Look at Fat Shirley's. Supposedly, it's the board that @Larry owns. He hasn't posted there in months...years?
AFAICT, there are about....3 active users there. I breeze by every day and see nothing new and walk away.
ETA: I really miss a lot of the old folks from "back then." It's great to see @jodi , @taiwan_girl and others more active. I just hope it doesn't end.
Another riff off of this one...I'd love for the guys over there to move over here and have invited them.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
Not getting into a pissing match, but just pointing out some cold, hard facts...Participation drives boards like this. The less participation you have, the sooner they wither and die. Nothing against you, Opti, Friday, 89th or several others, but if the board suddenly lost Jon, George, Mik, Copper, Ax, Phibes and myself, you could turn off the lights. Same for just about any place when it comes to core groups...Look across the fence and ask yourself how long they would survive in any interesting form, if wtg, Steve Miller, Quirt and Nina all decided to head for the exits.
I agree with this. This place obviously thrives off of the primary activity of a number of you, and I hope Larry comes back.
That being said, he left for his own reasons. If you re-read my posts, I think they’re pretty logical and calm…and don’t come even remotely close to the intensity we’ve seen in previous debates over the past 10-20 years.
You implied I (and others?) only became active recently to bash Trump, which isn’t true. I returned in Feb 2020 when COVID allowed me to work from home more whereas my job since 2012 has prevented access to forum-related sites, which (combined with getting married and having kids) really hindered my activity here.
Sure, the main news stories of 2020 resulted in discussions about how I thought Trump fumbled the pandemic, and also clearly lost the election in a landslide, and spewed enough lies that resulted in the Jan 6th chaos. To be frank, many of those replies were to counter positions you and Larry held about the election results. I also said repeatedly I thought Trump did a number of great things for conservatives during his tenure, too. My positions, IMO, are not driven by political party stances, but are pretty independent in nature. I’d be saying the same thing whether it was Obama or Trump in office.
Anyway… as I said before I hope Larry returns. With my recent move to MN behind me, I hope to become more regularly active here and to add some value to this special place.
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Nothing against you, Opti, Friday, 89th or several others, but if the board suddenly lost Jon, George, Mik, Copper, Ax, Phibes and myself, you could turn off the lights.
Do it tomorrow, I don't give a shit.
This board stopped being about the board, and the people within it started becoming more important for me a long, long time ago. If this platform went dark for good tomorrow, I still have plenty of ways to stay in contact with the folks who make this place what it is for me.
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Any investment in time has to be worth it. It used to be that people used to enjoy debating ideas. Now ideological purity and echo chambers reign supreme. I don’t enjoy either but clearly a diverse ecosystem is a shrinking market everywhere.
It’s too bad. Lots of really interesting stuff gets introduced here and it appears those that left have better things to do with their time. It kind of sounds like the remaining people need to get ready for that day. I hope not but having a plan b is always a good idea.
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@aqua-letifer said in The question no one's been asking...:
Nothing against you, Opti, Friday, 89th or several others, but if the board suddenly lost Jon, George, Mik, Copper, Ax, Phibes and myself, you could turn off the lights.
Do it tomorrow, I don't give a shit.
This board stopped being about the board, and the people within it started becoming more important for me a long, long time ago. If this platform went dark for good tomorrow, I still have plenty of ways to stay in contact with the folks who make this place what it is for me.
Then, fuck off.
Participation by whomever is welcome, but nobody came busting down your door making you come here, so don't give me that holier-than-thou-I-am-above-the-fray horseshit.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
Warning: I post things that interest me. Read and comment at your own discretion. -
@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
@aqua-letifer said in The question no one's been asking...:
Nothing against you, Opti, Friday, 89th or several others, but if the board suddenly lost Jon, George, Mik, Copper, Ax, Phibes and myself, you could turn off the lights.
Do it tomorrow, I don't give a shit.
This board stopped being about the board, and the people within it started becoming more important for me a long, long time ago. If this platform went dark for good tomorrow, I still have plenty of ways to stay in contact with the folks who make this place what it is for me.
Then, fuck off.
I do, from time to time.
Participation by whomever is welcome, but nobody came busting down your door making you come here, so don't give me that holier-than-thou-I-am-above-the-fray horseshit.
I'll do that when you stop trying to rank-ordering members of an internet board in order of how more or less important you think they are.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@aqua-letifer said in The question no one's been asking...:
@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
@aqua-letifer said in The question no one's been asking...:
Nothing against you, Opti, Friday, 89th or several others, but if the board suddenly lost Jon, George, Mik, Copper, Ax, Phibes and myself, you could turn off the lights.
Do it tomorrow, I don't give a shit.
This board stopped being about the board, and the people within it started becoming more important for me a long, long time ago. If this platform went dark for good tomorrow, I still have plenty of ways to stay in contact with the folks who make this place what it is for me.
Then, fuck off.
I do, from time to time.
Participation by whomever is welcome, but nobody came busting down your door making you come here, so don't give me that holier-than-thou-I-am-above-the-fray horseshit.
I'll do that when you stop trying to rank-ordering members of an internet board in order of how more or less important you think they are.
I didn't rank order. I said the core is more important than the periphery. That's stone cold truth, whether you like it or not. I can show you several internet forums that are barely functioning. We talked about one in this thread already. It takes more than one person, it takes a core group.
I like to hear your thoughts. I think you are a well-educated man with a somewhat unique perspective and skils everyone does not have. But the Truth is that if the board depended solely on you, or people with your erratic posting proclivity, it would have died years ago.
That is my opinion.
EDIT: Just for shits and grins, I looked back at the last 100 threads to see how many you started. You're batting 0.
The prosecution rests.
Now, here's a challenge...Prove me wrong. Think of a few things that interest you and post them. God knows we talk about almost everything around here and I'm sure somebody has an opinion on almost anything you can come up with.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
Warning: I post things that interest me. Read and comment at your own discretion. -
@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
I didn't rank order. I said the core is more important than the periphery. That's stone cold truth, whether you like it or not. I can show you several internet forums that are barely functioning. We talked about one in this thread already. It takes more than one person, it takes a core group.
I'm not disputing any of that, I think you're right.
I like to hear your thoughts. I think you are a well-educated man with a somewhat unique perspective and skils everyone does not have. But the Truth is that if the board depended solely on you, or people with your erratic posting proclivity, it would have died years ago.
That is my opinion.Probably would have, that's true. I just don't care. It's not like anyone out there is in danger of having their families dissolve if Facebook were to get shut down, and it's the same for this place. The board isn't a prerequisite for knowing and sharing stuff with the people who participate here.
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@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
EDIT: Just for shits and grins, I looked back at the last 100 threads to see how many you started. You're batting 0.
The prosecution rests.Last I checked, neither jgoo or Klaus initiated any kind of thread post minimum, so I think I'm good.
Now, here's a challenge...Prove me wrong. Think of a few things that interest you and post them. God knows we talk about almost everything around here and I'm sure somebody has an opinion on almost anything you can come up with.
That's another reason why I don't post here very much anymore. Fewer members, and the stuff I'm into I know for a fact isn't really that much of a thing for most folks, and that's alright. I don't see the point in boring George, Cats, and everyone else with a rant about Drow retcons when I know damn well Horace, LD, and probably that's it would even find that relevant, let alone interesting.
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Buy there are some that do. And maybe some of the people who rarely post would be drawn in...You never know...
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@aqua-letifer said in The question no one's been asking...:
@jolly said in The question no one's been asking...:
EDIT: Just for shits and grins, I looked back at the last 100 threads to see how many you started. You're batting 0.
The prosecution rests.Last I checked, neither jgoo or Klaus initiated any kind of thread post minimum, so I think I'm good.
Now, here's a challenge...Prove me wrong. Think of a few things that interest you and post them. God knows we talk about almost everything around here and I'm sure somebody has an opinion on almost anything you can come up with.
That's another reason why I don't post here very much anymore. Fewer members, and the stuff I'm into I know for a fact isn't really that much of a thing for most folks, and that's alright. I don't see the point in boring George, Cats, and everyone else with a rant about Drow retcons when I know damn well Horace, LD, and probably that's it would even find that relevant, let alone interesting.
Sometimes things are super interesting but one is so unfamiliar with the topic that all they or I have to offer is “thats so cool”.
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@loki said in The question no one's been asking...:
Sometimes things are super interesting but one is so unfamiliar with the topic that all they or I have to offer is “thats so cool”.
Well hey, that works, too.
I'm not saying my weird stuff makes me too awesome for the likes of everyone else or anything. I just think that no one would really mind if I kept that sort of thing mostly to myself.
