Posted by pseudoname on July 13, 2006, at 9:10:12 [reposted on July 13, 2006, at 16:32:28 | original URL]
In reply to Where does this go....., posted by willyee on July 13, 2006, at 7:35:10
I strongly disagree with your statements that I understood.
> you have a person who is totaly not part of the community.
There are no people, willyee, NONE, who post on Babble who are "not part of the community". By definition. I don't know what you intend by "totaly". If I used the language of the PBCs I would say, "Please don't imply that any of your fellow Babblers are not part of the community."
I can imagine, for example, what someone like Ace, reading your post (which was immediately following his on the list and just 2 hours later), might conclude applying it to his. As an example.
But Ace posted here long before you and has deep connections here and is thought of with affection and concern by a number of prominent longtime Babblers. His Babble bona fides exceeds that of almost anyone else. Willyee, NO ONE would be in a position to suggest that Ace is not in every way a part of this community, no matter what his current posting frequency or content.
So perhaps you wouldn't apply your objections to someone like Ace? But even if some other poster were not held in such high regard, nevertheless NO ONE would be in any position to suggest that she should not report her current success with meds on Babble or that she should temper her language in doing so. Also, NO ONE should discourage ANYONE ELSE from simply popping back in to say how she's doing. Just because one person may not want to read it doesn't mean that others aren't very interested to get her updates.
For example, when he's been gone from the boards for a while, *I* have privately been asked how Ace is doing! No one has yet asked me about you, nor do I imagine I would know what to tell them, but if you stopped posting for a while, shouldn't you be free to return just to give an update — without having your participation challenged?!
I'm sorry, but on repeated careful reading, I could not understand what you were talking about in some of your other paragraphs.
> I know there is nothing wrong with this as no one has to be a literal part of this community
Willyee, EVERYONE WHO POSTS HERE IS A LITERAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. On what authority could someone label people otherwise!
> ,but i dunno i kinda see it as a bad value to only pop around soley when u need to post information on yourself
I'd say it would be a pretty bad value to discourage people from using Babble in the way they (to use your very appropriate term) NEED TO, in line with civility and topicality.
> I dont know,i hope this is not taken the wrong way
Your meaning comes through. That's what I'm responding to.
> ,again i am filled with joy when anyone,including myself,is feeling better
To my ear, feeling filled with joy doesn't perfectly accord with suggesting that people are not part of the community, that they don't post frequently enough and with the right sort of post to belong here, and that they should not freely share their current experiences.
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