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PLEASE NOTE: The Reality TV World Message Boards are filled with desperate
attention-seekers pretending to be one big happy PG/PG13-rated family. Don't
be fooled. Trying to get everyone to agree with you is like herding cats,
but intolerance for other viewpoints is NOT welcome and respect for other
posters IS required at all times. Jump in and play, and you'll soon find out
how easy it is to fit in, but save your drama for your mama. All members are
encouraged to read the
complete guidelines.
As entertainment critic Roger
Ebert once said, "If you disagree with something I write, tell me so, argue
with me, correct me--but don't tell me to shut up. That's not the American way."
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"a technical question followed by one about maybe etiquette"
dramamama 263 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star"
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01-13-05, 08:03 AM (EST)
 
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"a technical question followed by one about maybe etiquette" |
First, the technical question: I see on the Help FAQ that you can mark posts as having been read, but I don't see how to do it on the actual posts. I find myself re-reading messages (not to mention spending altogether too much time on this board, but that's another help topic) and am looking for ways to cut down on the time I shouldn't be spending here.Second, on etiquette. I've gotten quite a schooling on tone, posture, etc., as someone new to the boards and it *might* have been useful to have something along the lines of one of the lord of the flies episodes--or at least the ensuing advice--made available. The guidelines are good but they don't really address the insider quality of this board. I should add that I actually *like* the insider quality of the board, since it seems to me to be a product of many engaged and generally witty people. The sparks and jabs make it interesting, even and sometimes especially when they're directed at oneself (then again I'm no poster girl for normality) as long as it doesn't get out of hand, and also as long as there are also the kind souls, such as Wheezy and Team Joisey, who step in despite that they surely have the intellectual wherewithall to join in the feeding frenzy. And it seems that the people running or moderating this board have an almost mystical ability to intervene just as things are taking an ugly turn--this latter, the emotional/intellectual gang violence, is from my Hobbesian point of view inevitable (that it's manageable you have done much to prove). Anyway, it would have been nice (perhaps) to have some of these more expanded caveats or advice--such things as, when you take a strong stand or use a certain writing style we presume you are either stupid or a teenager, an odd one and apparently the result of the AI boards. Or "until we get to know you, please indicate when you are joking for otherwise we're going to assume you are stupid or a teen-ager." Etc. anyway, thanks to you all for your great work and board. I really have to figure out a way to stop participating in it.
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dramamama 263 desperate attention whore postings
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01-18-05, 08:04 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: a technical question followed by one about maybe etiquette" |
Thanks, dabo: and sorry for the delayed gratitude. As for getting lost in the rest of my ramblings, I can see what you mean. But my intentions were good, and that must be worth a DAW point or two :0
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