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Posted by saw on January 17, 2005, at 23:57:50
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on January 17, 2005, at 20:27:41
OK, this is not what I intended to happen. I was curious because I am fond of so many and like to share in their lives, even if it means only reading. I was feeling guilty and now I know I need not. If I would like to respond to anything on 2000, I will babblemail that person if possible.
But I did not intend for my original enquiry to bring about further possible "division" on the board.
Dr Bob - you know that I have given up campaigning for a parents board - but if there are to be any more boards, perhaps that can be considered first.
Sabrina
Posted by TofuEmmy on January 18, 2005, at 8:27:57
In reply to Ditto (nm) » Dinah, posted by gardenergirl on January 17, 2005, at 20:54:09
I want a board just for me. I will post there, and reply to myself. I will find myself extremely witty and laugh at everything I say. I won't care about my misspellings or typos, because I won't notice them. Can I let myself swear there doc?? Can I even have an yahoo Open room just for me to talk to myself?? Puullleeezz????
Posted by AuntieMel on January 18, 2005, at 9:46:31
In reply to Re: Boards for hermits, posted by TofuEmmy on January 18, 2005, at 8:27:57
I don't need one. I'll just read everyone else's
Posted by TofuEmmy on January 18, 2005, at 10:25:48
In reply to Re:non-Boards for voyeurs » TofuEmmy, posted by AuntieMel on January 18, 2005, at 9:46:31
Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 18, 2005, at 15:58:47
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dr. Bob, posted by nikkit2 on January 14, 2005, at 8:17:35
Yes I agree it would lead to many of us asking for our own boards to chat with just some
*select posters* and it would be kinda cruel to exclude some....You may wanna check out the thought on an ignore button then you could ignore all but those you know and feel safe with....You have a dream of a friends board I have a dream of siglines and ignore.....dreams seldom come true> I know it was not a very popular idea.. and thats not what I'm really asking (it was ajoke really.. cos if everyone could do that, you coudl end up with 300 boards with only 2 people posting on eahc *L*)
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> In my little dream world bubble though, theres just a few people I would LOVE to be able to post on 2000!
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> Nikki x
Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 18, 2005, at 16:02:22
In reply to Re: Not weird at all » nikkit2, posted by AuntieMel on January 14, 2005, at 8:54:17
I too can understand it but then one could make sites OFF babble where they could invite their friends to....AOL has keyword MY GROUPS you can make them there chat and message boards so many comapnies have them I think Dr Bob would be going way off civil to allow a group to break off ON the babble SITE..What would one say..we only like these people so you cannot join?
> I can perfectly understand. I'm a moderate social phobic myself.
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> I don't post here as much as I used to. There were several times that things I said were misunderstood, or my motives were seen as less than friendly. I found myself apologizing and backpeddling more than I can handle right now.
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> You should do what is right for you. I share in your dream, but I do remember that there was some hurt when the 2K board was created and I wouldn't want that to occur again either.
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> "Life is soooo complicated" [Kinks]
Posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 16:07:17
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on January 17, 2005, at 20:27:41
What a loathsome Idea. It scares me that this topic is coming up again after being shot down the last time.
Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 18, 2005, at 16:09:18
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on January 17, 2005, at 20:27:41
I am with you Dinah I skipped saying anything on this thread before but joke or not this HAS to be the worse idea Dr Bob ever considered. It is a psych board and SA I understand but we all have a DX and to allow some to say you cannot join this area is just cruel and rude I know if I wanted to join a room and someone said./.OH we did not approve you...that would really be hurtful and a put down. This is dreadful and I pray just a joke. I said before maybe people who want this can set up aol and yahoo sites and ask babble buds there but ...well Dinah you said it best
> Oh good grief, Dr. Bob. As if we don't get enough accusations of cliquiness right now, you're seriously considering the notion of letting someone setting up a room and inviting who can join? What on god's green earth do you think is going to happen to the current level of people who feel like no one likes them on the board, when you go and add a feature that lets just about everyone know for sure who likes who.
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> Geesh. It's enough to make me think this *is* some sort of freakish experiment.
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> Please don't do this to us.
Posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 18:03:34
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by Fallen4MyT on January 18, 2005, at 16:09:18
I don't mind the 2000 board. I notice the same themes and same questions keep on turning up on most of the other boards. I guess the 2000 people notice that even more than me and so it is nice that they have a place to kind of bypass all that. And to just deal with people who they know pretty well already.
I am not really opposed to that one. They have been here a long time.
I didn't like the students board restriction though. I did think it was elitist to limit it to those with a uni id. Also I didn't think that we should HAVE to disclose our uni email (which is identifying) to be able to post there.
But if there were more restricted boards...
Well, how about a 2001 board?
We'd get to me (well, us all really) eventually!
Posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 18:11:45
In reply to Re: a board for friends, posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 18:03:34
Dr. Bob did invite people to set up a 2001board, but it was decided against. I think they felt they were not enough of a cohort group, or the segregation idea was considered unfair. There is a thread on it in the archives. I think 2000 was a pretty tight group because they were here at the beginning when babble was a very small intimate group, it's amazing how much it's grown.
Posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 18:18:43
In reply to Re: a board for friends » alexandra_k, posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 18:11:45
I boycotted 2001. I refused to post on a board that wasn't open to my friends who joined in 2002 or those who joined in 2000. I did make a few specific exceptions when trying to contact someone outweighed a moral protest.
I personally think the restrictions on the newbie board are foolish. I understand *perhaps* having a board where newbies feel encouraged to post, but to limit the number of replies they can get seems foolish almost beyond measure, and makes me really want to be a fly on the grey matter of Dr. Bob's brain.
Posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 18:55:03
In reply to Re: a board for friends, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 18:18:43
to limit the number of replies they can get seems foolish almost beyond measure, and makes me really want to be a fly on the grey matter of Dr. Bob's brain.
Whaaa????
There's a limit to how many replies they can get?
If you say you think it's foolish beyond measure I'm sure any added detail won't help me understand, so I won't ask for any. I think I'm getting a headache tho'
Posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:13:56
In reply to Re: a board for friends » alexandra_k, posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 18:11:45
Ok. That makes sense.
On to 2002 then?
Does make sense about peoples who have been here from the beginning though.
Posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:16:02
In reply to Re: a board for friends, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 18:18:43
> I personally think the restrictions on the newbie board are foolish. I understand *perhaps* having a board where newbies feel encouraged to post, but to limit the number of replies they can get seems foolish almost beyond measure, and makes me really want to be a fly on the grey matter of Dr. Bob's brain.
Ah. I think it may be to prevent 'trolls' or 'flamers' picking on the newbies. To make sure they get a nice greeting. The way around 'limiting the number of posts' is for everyone to join on up as a newbie greeter!
Come on, the more the merrier :-)
Posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 19:24:10
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:16:02
No way. I don't post on boards that my friends aren't able to post on.
Posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:27:27
In reply to Re: a board for friends » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 19:24:10
Anyone who joins up as a Newbie greeter can post there.
Your friends can join up as Newbie greeters,
Therefore your friends can post there.It all depends on joining up...
Posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 19:30:28
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:27:27
Well, if *all* my friends could join it wouldn't be restricted. Because I was counting *everyone* as a friend. All the friends who are posting now, all the friends who have posted in the past, and all the friends who have yet to post at Babble. When all of them are official greeters, I'll join.
Posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 19:32:42
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 18:55:03
Pick a post on the newbie board, any post that you feel you could really contribute to by replying, and try to post. That's what I mean.
It stinks.
Dr. Bob and his gated communities... :(
Posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 19:43:08
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:27:27
> Anyone who joins up as a Newbie greeter can post there.
> Your friends can join up as Newbie greeters,
> Therefore your friends can post there.
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> It all depends on joining up...There is no way around the fact that it is a restricted board, no matter *how* it's looked at.
Having everyone join up is an impossibility, then it would be Babble, and Bob wouldn't allow it anway.
Posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 19:44:00
In reply to Re: a board for friends » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 19:30:28
I guess I should have read all the posts before I responded, I was being redundant.
Posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 19:45:01
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Gabbix2, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 19:32:42
> Pick a post on the newbie board, any post that you feel you could really contribute to by replying, and try to post. That's what I mean.
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> It stinks.
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> Dr. Bob and his gated communities... :(Perhaps a Babble sorority is next?
Posted by Fallen4MyT on January 18, 2005, at 19:58:35
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by Gabbix2 on January 18, 2005, at 19:45:01
UGH I would most likely be the one they hazed then dumped
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> Perhaps a Babble sorority is next?
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Posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 20:00:15
In reply to Re: a board for friends » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 19:16:02
I think it may be to prevent 'trolls' or 'flamers' picking on the newbies. To make sure they get a nice greeting.
My understanding was that anyone (barring the above) could join.
I try to repost newbie posts where people may be able to give them more helpful answers.
Nobody has replied to a single one of my reposts.
Not sure whether that is because peoples don't like my reposting or what...
Posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 20:10:06
In reply to Ahem, posted by alexandra_k on January 18, 2005, at 20:00:15
How likely is that to happen, though? The majority of Babblers are nice and would respond kindly to newcomers. Those who choose not to follow Dr. Bob's guidelines aren't here long, and hopefully wouldn't choose the newcomer board anyway. (Actually the worst of them could probably post on the newcomer board because by the time they weren't newcomers anymore they'd be blocked.) So the only people who could flame newcomers who aren't already allowed to post there by virtue of being newcomers themselves are people who have been posting here for several months. So how many of us who have been here long enough to not be newcomers ourselves do you think would hurt the newcomers?
Posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 20:12:52
In reply to Re: Ahem » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on January 18, 2005, at 20:10:06
in contrast to the number of people who aren't official greeters who could contribute something on the board if they were allowed to post.
On the one hand, the number of non-newcomers who would be impolite.
On the other, the number of non-newcomers who would be helpful.
I think it's a foolish choice on Bob's part.
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