Posted by shelliR on June 5, 2001, at 11:36:00
In reply to Food for Thought re: Old Timers Board, posted by Mair on June 4, 2001, at 17:57:54
Hi Mair.
I've been on a bit over a year--perhaps around the same time you starting participating on PB. But I am definitely not part of the "old-timers" group, so I don't identify with wanting a separate board to reconnect. I think I came just when the tightness of a small group of people was loosening a bit, but I found it very hard to find a place for myself on the board. There were a lot of messages to specific people about vacation plans. Some posters were quite open about only reading posts from people they knew and cared about. There were a lot of postings about leaving on vacations, coming back from vacations, progress on cleaning apartments, etc.--it was, I think, the beginnings of the end of a highly personal board with many less participants. So I understand those folks sort of longing to be back there again, where it seems that posters were missed if they took even a few days off, a true community feeling.
So personally having a lack of nostalgia for that time, I don't really want another board. On the other hand, I don't have any strong opposition to the creation of one. As Greg said, many of those people have left the board, and others like himself have mostly disconnected, so I don't think it will affect overall the rest of BP. I have good feelings for some of the regulars on PB and still want to participate on BP. I don't, however, think it is in my best interest to increase my participation by becoming part of a tightknit group on the internet. I live alone and work from home, and need to really point my energy into getting out more into the real world, something that is difficult for me.
My two cents, Shelli
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