BoyFuzz <boyfuzz@boyfuzz> wrote in
news:mba3s49kahn37n4md3hkm4ku4pi2g807j8@4ax.com:
>>I for one enjoy ALL you have posted here! If you do leave please
>>please please give a HINT as to where you may be off to- PLEASE PLEASE
>>PLEASE don't disappear on us! As you know there are MANY silent
>>lurkers here as within any group! Thanks avoice!
>
>>(And if you do decide to disappear- which is understandable because of
>>a few complainers (aka assholes) here- please reconsider!! But anyway
>>THANKS for what you have contributed to this group so far!) ---BoyFuzz
>
>
> <snip>
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>>My quiet suggestion for this group is to maintain the middle standard:
>> nudity is okay, pornography is not. This apparently makes me an
>>"asshole" in the eyes of distinguished community members like BoyFuzz
>>whose contributions are ... well, I'm not sure, but flaming posters is
>>certainly a really smart and helpful place to start.
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>
>>I'm going to post a suggested tiny FAQ. It's not up to me what other
>>people want. This group, like any group, belongs to the users. So
>>you guys can decide.
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> First off- I am sorry to have called you an "asshole" if you have been
> a regular poster here or anywhere else! (Thanks for your posts!)
> Second- I didn't mean to "flame" any poster! So please accept my
> appology! Third, when I said "complainers (aka assholes)" I meant the
> t-r-o-l-l-s! We all know that t-r-o-l-l-s are the worst thing that
> can happen to ANY group and when t-r-o-l-l-s first start their little
> war, they start by "complaining" and then they try to get everyone
> else in that group to turn against one another- especially if that
> group is strong (or growing strong) but especially if that group is at
> "peace" and the posting continues- that's when they strike the hardest
> because they can't stand a "successful group!"
>
> So when you have a group where a few posters are posting whatever they
> choose to post and then you get nothing but complaints from "regular
> people" (some disguised as t-r-o-l-l-s) the posters tend to disappear
> one by one- and then everyone else (lurkers) simply stare at an empty
> group day after day and wonder "where have all the posters gone?"
>
> (And I am NOT saying that every person who makes a complaint is a
> t-r-o-l-l so don't flame me for that! But how many t-r-o-l-l-s start
> out by making complaints?)
>
> One good example of this happened awhile back in another group- a
> "good guy" came in and started to post all kinds of stuff- but then he
> started to complain about everything and then demanded the PWs for
> other posts and the names of other groups and started leaving his
> posts "half finished." He basically turned into an "asshole" almost
> overnight. No dought he was indeed a t-r-o-l-l! You may be familiar
> with this guy? Does the name "hippo" ring a bell?
>
> Anyway, all I am saying here is let the posters post whatever they
> want- we should all be grateful that they are posting in the first
> place! If others don't like what they post then simply leave! I mean
> if you stumble into a group where the only postings you see are of
> flowers and shrubs and the discussions are all about gardening and
> being a "green thumb" (and you HATE gardening) what can you do? One,
> you can start complaining to all the posters about why they are
> posting gardening "crap" instead of what YOU want posted. (As if they
> would care anyway.) Two, you can set up a list of rules for the group
> (aka FAQ) and hope everyone there will listen and follow what you ask
> for. Or three, you can leave the group and move on to another.
>
> (There are so many groups out there that have content that I don't
> like so I simply leave! It's that simple! Why start a war?)
>
> That's all I am saying here- there are so many complainers out there
> that force good posters to move somewhere else- are they really
> complainers or do they have a "hidden agenda" to disrupt the group?
> (aka t-r-o-l-l-s?) And sometimes we are lucky enough to find where
> the posters went and other times we never seem to find them. Some
> posters then start to PW their posts (because of the "complainers") so
> their posts are as good as nothing to most people.
>
> Hope this makes sense- and again I am sorry if I offended you or any
> other poster in my previous reply- I was just trying to make a point:
> leave the posters alone! Peace! ---BoyFuzz
>
>
>
Hi BoyFuzz,
Very well said.
--avoice
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