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I hope I don't....
| Tue, 12-18-2007 - 5:31pm |
Get kicked of the boards for this, and I guess if you never see me posting again, that is what happened, but I really have to say that I am so sad at what I think is going on on this board.

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You are right, I lost my
You know, in most adult social circles, newcomers are welcome, IF they don't immediately try to take over the group.
I am sorry that this thread took this tone in the end.
Julie....
Ej, have you read the posts where comments were made that they thought when no one answered another alias was used to talk to themselves?
All I can say is that I'm at a loss-----I left 8 hours ago and felt that the board was coming to a consensus and we are all feeling the love again. I
I don't get some of this!!! For a very long time I answered questions even though I thought they were frivolous and silly. I tried to be helpful. I didn't criticize. I read through every single post and tried to keep track of all that was said, just like I do with all the posters here. If there was a way I thought I could help, I posted a response.
Then one day, I finally said something to the effect that maybe she should seek some counseling and I was told basically "Sorry if I'm annoying you." because I had said that I was seeing the same issues come up over and over. I was also told that my posts would be pretty much ignored.
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I never saw a reason to out Sunny or push the issue. Did I question her authenticity? Sure. Although I never have used the ignore feature, I stopped reading most her posts. I would sometimes pick up and answer one that seemed to have general appeal but the lengthy ones that addressed specific issues that were hers alone were skipped
But, as others have said, I know people like this in real life. And we have a woman who apparently moved to a new area, is disabled, and has a DH who travels. Having had some upsetting moves myself, I can see how someone would turn the board into a coffee klatch. Frankly, I wish I had been more active on IVillage in '92 when I went through a pretty traumatic move.
I appreciate that Sue put out that general warning to be aware that all things may not be what they seemed and to be sure we weren't taken advantage of. I assume this came about because of the apparent financial devastation and lack of Xmas gifts for this family. I have no idea if any attempts were made to solicit donations through emails but I grasp why some felt they needed to protect the board, particularly the newbies.
But, then, yes, I think it needed to be dropped. Most of that thread was better suited for venting in private emails because yes, what if sunny is for real???
There are some things I do not want on my head!
So, this thread ought to be shutting down and hopefully, we can move forward.
My resolution is to stay out of threads that are hot button issues for me-and the older I get, the more hot buttons I have! I think some of us have been around so long we can be frank with each other. But I have to remember I can't be as frank with people who are new. It's tricky, especially if you are popping in quickly and shooting off posts
As we draw near to the end of this discussion, we would like you to focus on how the board will move forward as a whole.
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