08-02-2002, 11:06 PM
Chew on this...
When I first started posting on message boards, I had this idea that there was an existing heirarchy to which you had to adhere or be destined to a horrible fate. You see, I came from Newsgroups to boards. In newsgroups, there are FAQs and there are rules about groups and shit. Like you dare not discuss a thread or a post in a binaries group. That's what the discussion groups are for.
So, when I started posting on oa.com, I was all worried about lurking for a while to get to know the people and see how things worked. My roommate at the time didn't see it the way I did. He just posted all willy-nilly, and had fun with it. Well, I'm sure he doesn't post anymore, wherever he is. But, here I am still posting.
Now, I am not saying that you can't survive on message boards without adhering to the rules, whether actual or implied. The point is that it can be a totally different experience depending on from where you view it. For me, I always liked the idea of vets and newbies. You had to earn your stripes with wit and good posts. Volume and activity really had no bearing on it, at all. After all, it is better to be thought the fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Well here we are today, and my posting seems to have changed in the eyes of many. I'm not sure how much it has actually changed, or if it is the audience that has changed. Or, maybe it was more fun to watch me post when it was new to you.
I used to post shit that I really liked to discuss/debate. These days, I don't do that as often because I think the posts will get lost in between maynard's lunch threads, and arpi's dinner threads, and ken's pen's polls. From where I sit, the message boards have become a lot more personal and frivolous(sp?), and a lot less informative and thought provoking.
I mean honestly, where else can you read about shit throwing simians and people getting divorced on the same board? Don't get me wrong. I am not complaining, I'm just trying to open a discussion. After all, I don't have to read the EMO threads, but I do feel a certain obligation to torment those who post them. That's just fun, to me. Shit, I remember having a lot of fun ripping on people's "FU" threads, at one time. I guess I just feel that if you don't want people to kick you when you're down, don't get down or don't let them see you down.
So anyway, we all come here for fun, but it seems to me that the type of fun varies from person to person. We can't all like everything that's posted here. And we can't all be nice to each other all of the time. Shit, we're lucky enough that we all stuck together to make this place work.
Go, post, be merry. But, how about some enlightening shit every once in a while? Would it kill you to discuss something besides how cool you are because you go to bar 9, and now you are personal friends with everyone else that goes? I have a few friends from here, and when I want to have a private conversation with them, I call them or IM them. For the most part, I don't put my personal life on blast, because I know you fucks would rip me to shreds over it, and rightfully so. Next time you post something personal and I rip you on it, remember, I couldn't do it if you didn't post it. Or, you could be like mayfag and many others that just ignore my taunts.
When I first started posting on message boards, I had this idea that there was an existing heirarchy to which you had to adhere or be destined to a horrible fate. You see, I came from Newsgroups to boards. In newsgroups, there are FAQs and there are rules about groups and shit. Like you dare not discuss a thread or a post in a binaries group. That's what the discussion groups are for.
So, when I started posting on oa.com, I was all worried about lurking for a while to get to know the people and see how things worked. My roommate at the time didn't see it the way I did. He just posted all willy-nilly, and had fun with it. Well, I'm sure he doesn't post anymore, wherever he is. But, here I am still posting.
Now, I am not saying that you can't survive on message boards without adhering to the rules, whether actual or implied. The point is that it can be a totally different experience depending on from where you view it. For me, I always liked the idea of vets and newbies. You had to earn your stripes with wit and good posts. Volume and activity really had no bearing on it, at all. After all, it is better to be thought the fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Well here we are today, and my posting seems to have changed in the eyes of many. I'm not sure how much it has actually changed, or if it is the audience that has changed. Or, maybe it was more fun to watch me post when it was new to you.
I used to post shit that I really liked to discuss/debate. These days, I don't do that as often because I think the posts will get lost in between maynard's lunch threads, and arpi's dinner threads, and ken's pen's polls. From where I sit, the message boards have become a lot more personal and frivolous(sp?), and a lot less informative and thought provoking.
I mean honestly, where else can you read about shit throwing simians and people getting divorced on the same board? Don't get me wrong. I am not complaining, I'm just trying to open a discussion. After all, I don't have to read the EMO threads, but I do feel a certain obligation to torment those who post them. That's just fun, to me. Shit, I remember having a lot of fun ripping on people's "FU" threads, at one time. I guess I just feel that if you don't want people to kick you when you're down, don't get down or don't let them see you down.
So anyway, we all come here for fun, but it seems to me that the type of fun varies from person to person. We can't all like everything that's posted here. And we can't all be nice to each other all of the time. Shit, we're lucky enough that we all stuck together to make this place work.
Go, post, be merry. But, how about some enlightening shit every once in a while? Would it kill you to discuss something besides how cool you are because you go to bar 9, and now you are personal friends with everyone else that goes? I have a few friends from here, and when I want to have a private conversation with them, I call them or IM them. For the most part, I don't put my personal life on blast, because I know you fucks would rip me to shreds over it, and rightfully so. Next time you post something personal and I rip you on it, remember, I couldn't do it if you didn't post it. Or, you could be like mayfag and many others that just ignore my taunts.
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