Posted by allisonm on April 23, 2002, at 23:51:17
In reply to Re: Gee whiz » allisonm, posted by Anyuser on April 23, 2002, at 17:15:36
> "I don't quite get why this 2000 board is such a huge deal. I'm an old timer."
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> Well, then, maybe that explains why you don't get it.<Anyuser, why the animosity?
> Conversation among old friends is surely a good thing, but there are other venues for that.<<What are your constructive suggestions for those people who have met and formed longterm friendships on this board? Why is this place inappropriate?
> IMHO, Dr. Bob has chosen to facilitate such conversation for no particularly good reason<Or for a reason that you do not care to consider because you have not been in a similar situation -- yet.
>>and the creation of exclusionary boards is detrimental to what I would view to be the more generally useful purposes of PsychoBabble<<No one is making you visit the new board. If you were happy with the way the board set-up was, why not continue your patterns? What has been taken away from you?
> "Are the 2000 topics of such burning interest that it's imperative to be able to contribute to the threads?"
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>> By the same token, if the 2000 topics are inherently uninteresting to outsiders, there wouldn't be any need to exclude outsiders. Furthermore, the 2000 board subject matter is not restricted to mere chit-chat, even though that's all it is for the moment.<<Your tone in that last sentence has an ominous feeling to it, for some reason. Because the board matter is not restricted to chit-chat? Do you see danger there? Do you really feel that you have no opportunity to respond to postings there? It's pretty apparent that you are responding to the board here, and you have lots of company.
> At a minimum, the proliferation of all these sites makes visiting PsychoBabble a hassle.<<As mentioned, no one is making you visit the 2000 board.
> The creation of an exclusive board implies that posters on that board are more knowledgeable, are wiser, and have more gravitas.<<
That is your perception. We may have more experience in watching the board and its ups and downs over time. However, we're no more knowledgeable or wise than anyone else. And I would think that the dearth of OT names on the other boards over the last few years shows there is no gravitas. We are pretty much invisible, or were until now.
>>Conversely, those excluded are comparatively ignorant and nutty.<<
Also, your perception. I read a quote somewhere that I have never forgotten: "Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
>> This is certainly not a huge deal for me.<<Obviously it is, else you wouldn't be attacking someone you don't know and who had nothing to do with the creation of the board, but just happens to have the opinion that it's a nice addition because SHE has felt excluded from the regular boards for some time.
>>I came to this site recently for information only, not a way of life. Even so, a newcomer is faced with a choice of mingling with second-class citizens on the original board or pressing one's nose against the window of the 2000 board to catch a glimpse of the elite exchanging bon mots.<<
Again, second-class is your perception. Just looking at the volume on the regular boards, I would conclude that it is you and the others who have the gravitas. If you are looking for information, which is what you say you came for, I think you will find it on PB, where everyone from every board generally contributes, and through Dr. Bob's links. I don't see that there have been any changes there with the addition of the 2000 board.
>> On the other hand, the really scary thing is the mere existence of a voluntary and exclusive club of "old timers." Why would one seek information or advice from an old timer?<<
Please explain: how is that a really scary thing -- given that you think that the people who have contributed to this board for a number of years know nothing and are not worth asking advice from?
>>Who on earth would want to belong to such a club?<<
I would because I once knew these people, but, like me, they have been pretty much swept aside by the tidalwave of new members (my perception, Anyuser).
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