Site Management Update and Rules

[Al Swearegen]

Correct. It is also why she refuses to actually make any real point.
The fact that we are a niche site with limited numbers to begin with, this site is not an every person site, and we are during a time where forums are not major drawers of traffic.
So this goes a large way to explain things BUT it you throw implications and allusions into the mix with "you may as well build a barb wire fence around it" what does that suggest? "

"We are wanting no one to join?" "We defend this place from any newcomers?" "We are wanting to trap members here?" well none of this is true BUT an allusion or implication can be drawn from such.

So no Butterflies is not saying it out of concern. Once again Butterflies is trying rather badly to find an issue to latch onto and she wants to cause dissension and ill-feeling from her insinuations.
She can not create and if she could the Spasticity would have done better. She is good at misinformation, drama creation and bullshitting. Not great at it but good.

She is not using a drop in numbers to come up with suggestions for improvement nor see any reasonable reason for this. She wants to imply all types of negative bullshit. That is cool.

[odeon]

The whole barbed wire accusation is bizarre, IMO, especially when posted in this particular thread. Consider the guy who started it.

Now, I'm pretty sure I know who this person is, and I'm equally sure I know why he trolled the site. Nevertheless, until he crossed a few lines and decided to go for sheer stupidity, him posting here was fine. The admin thing was mildly amusing, at least, but I will not allow him to simply change the site into a trolling ground.

His reasons to post weren't all that different from Butterflies', though.

[bodie]

@Les. I don't expect a niche site like this to be too active. However, the fact that activity has almost halved in the last year should be a source of concern.

I'm concerned. I'm too jaded at the moment to take the bait though.

Yes i am too.  The only thing i can do about it is to post, post, post.  In fact my own post average has gone up!

Aren't you all lucky

[Al Swearegen]

The whole barbed wire accusation is bizarre, IMO, especially when posted in this particular thread. Consider the guy who started it.

Now, I'm pretty sure I know who this person is, and I'm equally sure I know why he trolled the site. Nevertheless, until he crossed a few lines and decided to go for sheer stupidity, him posting here was fine. The admin thing was mildly amusing, at least, but I will not allow him to simply change the site into a trolling ground.

His reasons to post weren't all that different from Butterflies', though.

Yup. Butterflies is creative when it comes to trying to cause subtle dissension and implication.
I just like pulling her up on bullshit. It amuses me. Interacting with her is a means to an end. The end is finding gems like this barb wire bullshit. It is like a little puzzle. "Ok she has said a, b, c...what little agenda or what angle or inference is she trying?" Eventually it comes out or she provides more to puzzle over. She does not talk straight and is not transparent with intent so looking for her angle is interesting and exposing it, funny.

[midlifeaspie]

I like Butterflies, I like Odeon, I like Les.  I understand why Butterflies is trolling (kind of .. I missed the actual inciting event but it has been ongoing for a year now.  It can't possibly be the TCO thing can it?  That was way too long ago), but I don't understand why Odeon and Les keep feeding her 

['andersom']

You want to starve a butterfly?










Vegans are the cruellest of beings towards their fellow critters indeed.

[Bastet]

 

['Butterflies']

@MLA. Your guess is as good as mine. I think Les' issue with me stretches back to the Pandora incident. I think the issues with Odeon are more down to a series of misunderstandings on both sides.

[Al Swearegen]

I like Butterflies, I like Odeon, I like Les.  I understand why Butterflies is trolling (kind of .. I missed the actual inciting event but it has been ongoing for a year now.  It can't possibly be the TCO thing can it?  That was way too long ago), but I don't understand why Odeon and Les keep feeding her 

Mildly amusing to me. Not much more than that.
I would do the same to other similar people and for similar reasons. Ricky and Randy are two similar examples.

[odeon]

I like Butterflies, I like Odeon, I like Les.  I understand why Butterflies is trolling (kind of .. I missed the actual inciting event but it has been ongoing for a year now.  It can't possibly be the TCO thing can it?  That was way too long ago), but I don't understand why Odeon and Les keep feeding her 

Target practice.

[odeon]

I like Butterflies, I like Odeon, I like Les.  I understand why Butterflies is trolling (kind of .. I missed the actual inciting event but it has been ongoing for a year now.  It can't possibly be the TCO thing can it?  That was way too long ago), but I don't understand why Odeon and Les keep feeding her 

Mildly amusing to me. Not much more than that.
I would do the same to other similar people and for similar reasons. Ricky and Randy are two similar examples.

Hey, Randy's got hero status here.

[odeon]

Oh, and just one more comment, on a more serious note.

I very much doubt it's possible for everyone on a forum to get along, but it's OK. It is as it should be. Nothing quite so boring as all those kumbaya sites where everyone is forced to be nice to one another.

And in the end, it's just an internet message board. It's not the end of the world.

['Butterflies']

Oh, and just one more comment, on a more serious note.

I very much doubt it's possible for everyone on a forum to get along, but it's OK. It is as it should be. Nothing quite so boring as all those kumbaya sites where everyone is forced to be nice to one another.

And in the end, it's just an internet message board. It's not the end of the world.

If you mean that we should stop bitching at each other, then I'm up for it, if you are

[Al Swearegen]

I like Butterflies, I like Odeon, I like Les.  I understand why Butterflies is trolling (kind of .. I missed the actual inciting event but it has been ongoing for a year now.  It can't possibly be the TCO thing can it?  That was way too long ago), but I don't understand why Odeon and Les keep feeding her 

Mildly amusing to me. Not much more than that.
I would do the same to other similar people and for similar reasons. Ricky and Randy are two similar examples.

Hey, Randy's got hero status here.

He has.
He was occassionally a bit of a pain in the arse. He thought he was cleverer than he was and he posted a fair bit of bullshit. Like Ricky and like Butterflies.
I don't hate Randy...nor Ricky...nor Butterflies.

["couldbecousin"]

@Les. I don't expect a niche site like this to be too active. However, the fact that activity has almost halved in the last year should be a source of concern.

I'm concerned. I'm too jaded at the moment to take the bait though.

Yes i am too.  The only thing i can do about it is to post, post, post.  In fact my own post average has gone up!

Aren't you all lucky

  You have indeed been posting with great vigor and imagination lately, you inspire me!