A Meltdown of Epic Proportions

[_Buffalo]

I swear you sit around masturbating to all the perceived persecution you receive...Your constant participation, in nearly every thread, is starting to make sense...you get off on it. Of course you don't have a problem pretending like people talk about you in private, that seems to perpetuate your strange fetish. It all makes sense now.

my goodness, Schreech the peach. You have provided a great post to demonstrate to Buffalo for his earlier question. thanks.

Yeah, okay, point taken.

[_sock puppet]

By 9 PM EST tonight, my board will be placed in public view. I am allowing time for members who may have posted in real life information, to remove it.

Therefore, Scratch, you will be welcome to just merely post a link to your "final chapter" without having to jump through hoops from your "informant's" screen shots to copy/paste information here.

Sock Puppet, I don't really think there is much for us to say. You are obviously hurt that you were not invited to my board. I explained to you that at the time I created my board, you were not really that active on message boards, period, and it was an oversight, at that point. Since then, you have been vicious to me, and, frankly, acted like a jack ass. Therefore, unless we get a hell of a lot of things worked out, you will NEVER be invited to particpate on my board.

However, you will, along with everyone else, be able to view it, and comment here to your heart's delight.

I think making it public, but your keeping it invite only is a wise decision, liz, as do I the fact you will give an opportunity to those posters to purge in real life information before the board goes live to public view again. I think that you will find the effective moderation of self-restraint by your posters, now knowing there posts will be in public view, will also extract you to a great extent from those conflicted moderating duties, and likely lead more to the board you had originally envisioned. (I think we can trust that there won't be substantive modifications to existing posts before they go live into the public view, given that Dr Scratch no doubt has a treasure trove of screenshots he's not yet shown us, and could be used to point out a cover up if posts derogatory about MDB (but not café) posters were removed.)

Respectfully, please do not extend me an invitation even if we get everything under the sun and in hell worked out (which I would be happy to have happen--the worked out part, that is). I would not want to even be tempted. My personal ethos includes a very egalitarian viewpoint, which includes open invitation. It is, in fact, one of the aspects about MDB that I find so appealing. But being human I would be flattered by an invitation to any club, so it would just cause me internal conflict that you can avoid. In my profession, an organization called "Inns of Court" was initially by invitation only. I was invited, but I never joined until it was opened to all attorneys. Just one of those ticks in my personality, even though I had friends belong when it was yet closed and told me how much they enjoyed those dinners.

I am sincere in my overture about working out issues, but I understand wholly if you should never want to go down that road. I don't have a punch list of beefs, I've just responded as situations have arisen. So I don't even know where a beginning point would be. Just so you know which avenue is open, I would suggest that if you are ever motivated you perhaps ask RockSlider to serve as an intermediary. Unless and until then, I do wish you the best in your personal life and endeavors. I do believe you are now handling the situation in the best possible way by going back into public view, per the stipulation for in real life information purging.

[_schreech]

my goodness, Schreech the peach. You have provided a great post to demonstrate to Buffalo for his earlier question. thanks.

Which point might that be?

[_Chap]

By 9 PM EST tonight, my board will be placed in public view. I am allowing time for members who may have posted in real life information, to remove it.

Therefore, Scratch, you will be welcome to just merely post a link to your "final chapter" without having to jump through hoops from your "informant's" screen shots to copy/paste information here.

Sock Puppet, I don't really think there is much for us to say. You are obviously hurt that you were not invited to my board. I explained to you that at the time I created my board, you were not really that active on message boards, period, and it was an oversight, at that point. Since then, you have been vicious to me, and, frankly, acted like a jack ass. Therefore, unless we get a hell of a lot of things worked out, you will NEVER be invited to particpate on my board.

However, you will, along with everyone else, be able to view it, and comment here to your heart's delight.

Speaking purely for myself (what else can any of us ever do?) I can't think what value there would be in participating in a discussion where the selection of participants was at least in large part based on whether or not somebody feels friendly towards you.

For people who primarily enjoy the social aspects of even an anonymous message board, that kind of thing may be congenial, and counterbalance the exclusion of certain points of view. But I prefer to socialize in 3D and real time, without hardware and software getting in the way of human encounters. Message boards are not real life. If someone tells my anonymous avatar that it is a fool, a liar or a villain, what harm does it do me? None, and I get the fun of answering back if I feel like it, though not usually in the same terms. I do however think that Shades' multi-level forums are an excellent way of solving the problems of how much moderation one is willing to put up with in order to prevent discussions being drowned in mere noise or abuse.

But that's just me, and anyone else should be free to do whatever he or she wants of course.

[_Ceeboo]

I think making it public, but your keeping it invite only is a wise decision

Wise indeed (Credit offered where credit earned, in my opinion)

I do believe you are now handling the situation in the best possible way by going back into public view, per the stipulation for in real life information purging.

Agree (Given all that has evolved.....heavy emphasis on the "best possible way")


Peace,
Ceeboo

[_Some Schmo]

Speaking purely for myself (what else can any of us ever do?) I can't think what value there would be in participating in a discussion where the selection of participants was at least in large part based on whether or not somebody feels friendly towards you.

For people who primarily enjoy the social aspects of even an anonymous message board, that kind of thing may be congenial, and counterbalance the exclusion of certain points of view. But I prefer to socialize in 3D and real time, without hardware and software getting in the way of human encounters. Message boards are not real life. If someone tells my anonymous avatar that it is a fool, a liar or a villain, what harm does it do me? None, and I get the fun of answering back if I feel like it, though not usually in the same terms. I do however think that Shades' multi-level forums are an excellent way of solving the problems of how much moderation one is willing to put up with in order to prevent discussions being drowned in mere noise or abuse.

But that's just me, and anyone else should be free to do whatever he or she wants of course.

Few have the power to capture the essence of what I think on a variety of topics and articulate it with such economy and elegance as Chap does.

[_schreech]

For people who primarily enjoy the social aspects of even an anonymous message board, that kind of thing may be congenial, and counterbalance the exclusion of certain points of view. But I prefer to socialize in 3D and real time, without hardware and software getting in the way of human encounters. Message boards are not real life. If someone tells my anonymous avatar that it is a fool, a liar or a villain, what harm does it do me? None, and I get the fun of answering back if I feel like it, though not usually in the same terms. I do however think that Shades' multi-level forums are an excellent way of solving the problems of how much moderation one is willing to put up with in order to prevent discussions being drowned in mere noise or abuse.

bow your head and say "yes"...I mean, amen. This forum is as close to forum perfection as i have found. I even love that some people (not naming any names here....) can come in and whine as much as they want. It is the perfect balance.

[_stemelbow]

Speaking purely for myself (what else can any of us ever do?) I can't think what value there would be in participating in a discussion where the selection of participants was at least in large part based on whether or not somebody feels friendly towards you.

So are you serious when you say this suggesting clearly, you don't enjoy getting together with certain friends to discuss things? That seems down right weird to me, Chap. Some of my favorite moments in life are spent discussing things with those that I am friendly towards--indeed it is spent with those that I fiercy care for that I cherish most. I recommend you give it a try sometime.(-;

[_Chap]

Speaking purely for myself (what else can any of us ever do?) I can't think what value there would be in participating in a discussion where the selection of participants was at least in large part based on whether or not somebody feels friendly towards you.

For people who primarily enjoy the social aspects of even an anonymous message board, that kind of thing may be congenial, and counterbalance the exclusion of certain points of view. But I prefer to socialize in 3D and real time, without hardware and software getting in the way of human encounters. Message boards are not real life. If someone tells my anonymous avatar that it is a fool, a liar or a villain, what harm does it do me? None, and I get the fun of answering back if I feel like it, though not usually in the same terms. I do however think that Shades' multi-level forums are an excellent way of solving the problems of how much moderation one is willing to put up with in order to prevent discussions being drowned in mere noise or abuse.

But that's just me, and anyone else should be free to do whatever he or she wants of course.

Few have the power to capture the essence of what I think on a variety of topics and articulate it with such economy and elegance as Chap does.

Hmm. I said:

If someone tells my anonymous avatar that it is a fool, a liar or a villain, what harm does it do me? None ...

But I have to admit that if someone tells my anonymous avatar that it is a really clever guy, that makes my pathetic little day ...

[_Chap]

Speaking purely for myself (what else can any of us ever do?) I can't think what value there would be in participating in a discussion where the selection of participants was at least in large part based on whether or not somebody feels friendly towards you.

So are you serious when you say this suggesting clearly, you don't enjoy getting together with certain friends to discuss things? That seems down right weird to me, Chap. Some of my favorite moments in life are spent discussing things with those that I am friendly towards--indeed it is spent with those that I fiercy care for that I cherish most. I recommend you give it a try sometime.(-;

I also said:

But I prefer to socialize in 3D and real time, without hardware and software getting in the way of human encounters. Message boards are not real life.

Did you notice that? it was my way of subtly suggesting that a message board is not my preferred social medium. I prefer real people face to face. I'll try to make myself clearer in future.