Posted by AuntieMel on May 31, 2005, at 9:57:32
In reply to Re: publicly viewable, posted by alexandra_k on May 29, 2005, at 20:06:17
Just my 2c
>>>Most people who are against small boards already feel included on the main Babble boards. They are worried about feeling excluded from the small Babble boards.
I'm not "worried" about feeling excluded, as I don't want to be included in the first place. To me (remember, this is just *to me*) being excluded from a small group would be much like being excluded from a Mexican prison.
>>>>So one way to see it is to focus on those who will feel excluded if there are small boards.>>>>But another way to see it is to focus on those who do feel excluded currently on the main boards.
There is a difference here, you know. On the current boards no one is *physically* excluded.
Where, on the small boards there *would be* a physical exclusion. period.
One is fact, the other is perception.
Apples and oranges.
>>>But what about the people who don't feel included on the main Babble boards? They may feel included on the small Babble boards.>>>So by creating small boards more people may get that feeling of inclusion...
Is this true? I had a hard time at first, believe me. For a while I felt ignored. Then, by accident of timing, I was taken to be a troll. If the option of small boards had been there I might have joined one - and then I would have quit trying on the other boards.
Sure I would have felt included more at first. But in the long run it would have paled in comparison to what I have now.
So - to sum it up - I don't "resent" the idea of small boards, I wouldn't feel "excluded" or "envious" or any of those other things. I just don't like them on principle, and I don't (personally) think they would be good for babble.
poster:AuntieMel
thread:500533
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050530/msgs/505730.html