Posted by Toph on September 24, 2007, at 14:11:46
For what its worth, this is my response to the Babble bashers on the other site (I used the love word - I hate when that happens)...
"I am an ex-user of both sites so I feel compelled to respond. I wish I could stay in the intellectual realm like my friend alex, odb or spirit do so artfully, but I can only respond on an emotional level. So, like Bob's "study," here is my anecdotal report. Babble is good. Bob is good. I don't know these things as fact, only from experience. Oh, sure, as I joined PB I went through a stage of adolescent rebellion against his rigid rules which struck me as patronizing for my fellow adult posters. The same for PC when my criticism of John's unprofessional April Fool's prank was unnecessarily erased. Both sites have constraints that are annoying at times. However, each administrator, using their own methods, have the greater good of the community at heart, IMO.
I don't know Bob personally, though I have dined with him twice. He is as frustratingly enigmatic and calculating in person as he can be on his forum. But I can honestly say that I like this man. And I believe that he cares more about the PB community than his critics know or would be willing to admit. He has certainly made mistakes, and the site, as he impersonally states, is not for everyone.
But before discovering Psycho-Babble I repressed my Chronic Mental Illness status for years, a guise made possible by effective medications. Both these sites have allowed me to safely embrace an inportant aspect of my self that I otherwise have had to hide. I love this experience. And I love Alex and Pat and gg. And yes, Deneb, though I hate to admit it, I love Bob too.
Toph"
Bob, do I still owe you now for that round of drinks?
poster:Toph
thread:784865
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20070827/msgs/784865.html