Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
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Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
Mine is in serious decline.a1mamacat wrote:I'm just sayin
I didn't ask for it, someone tossed me a bone I guess.
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
What Mods list? Am I missing something? I have no idea who has Moderator and Administrator powers on this board. Is there a post somewhere that gives the details? This may wind up being a good home and I thank whoever did this, but I don't understand what's the deal with all the secrecy. It seemed to me that we were carjacked on the Yellow Brick Road and we've been taken to the Emerald City and told to "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."a1mamacat wrote:I'm just sayin
Frankly, I'm very glad I didn't "win" this contest. I'm sure this site will be much better than the old ABC.go board. However, I don't understand why it was set up with the old phpBB2 instead of the phpBB3 that Bob Juch used, which had some nicer features. Can that be changed, or was there some unexplained valid reason for choosing the older version? Here's a feature comparison:
http://www.phpbb.com/about/features/
I'm also wondering why people are so willing to jump on this bandwagon when they don't know who's driving it. That was one of the main concerns about all the other options -- we wondered what keeps a mysterious "free" hosting site going and how long it would stay around. Seems like the same questions apply to whoever it was who set up this board. I hope our benevolent host stays healthy and nobody pisses him off. Are there any backup plans in place, in case the owner gets hit by a bus?
As far as I know, everyone who stepped in to try to resolve this problem had honorable intentions. I sincerely thank everyone who attempted to be part of the solution. If this is where we all wind up, I think it will be fine, and if there are ways to improve it (like maybe using phpBB3??), I think we can all continue to be part of that process.
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I am not put off by the secrecy.
eyegor said we could find out who it was by sending him an e-mail. That isn't very secret. I prefer to speculate and not know until the benefactor wants everyone to know, if ever.
Whether it's tubadave or ace or anyone else I have guessed makes no difference to me. Maybe whoever it is didn't want their 'personality' to interfere with people coming here. Maybe they have the reverse of a messiah complex - I don't care. I am just thankful to have a place.
I just want us all to be together - with the occasional feistiness, the occasional supportiveness and always the differing opinions. That is what makes us us.
I do wish we could have those bouncy thingies that make marley crazy. I really liked that about bobjuch's board.
eyegor said we could find out who it was by sending him an e-mail. That isn't very secret. I prefer to speculate and not know until the benefactor wants everyone to know, if ever.
Whether it's tubadave or ace or anyone else I have guessed makes no difference to me. Maybe whoever it is didn't want their 'personality' to interfere with people coming here. Maybe they have the reverse of a messiah complex - I don't care. I am just thankful to have a place.
I just want us all to be together - with the occasional feistiness, the occasional supportiveness and always the differing opinions. That is what makes us us.
I do wish we could have those bouncy thingies that make marley crazy. I really liked that about bobjuch's board.
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
Yeah, it's got nothing to do with being a gesture of conciliation to those who put in all the work in setting up the alternate candidate board or with spending countless hours recording Bored history.a1mamacat wrote:I'm just sayin
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
TheConfessor wrote: I'm also wondering why people are so willing to jump on this bandwagon when they don't know who's driving it. That was one of the main concerns about all the other options -- we wondered what keeps a mysterious "free" hosting site going and how long it would stay around. Seems like the same questions apply to whoever it was who set up this board. I hope our benevolent host stays healthy and nobody pisses him off. Are there any backup plans in place, in case the owner gets hit by a bus?
I've communicated with Eyegor and our secret benefactor by PM, so now I know. But I agree that Eyegor could have handled this transition more gracefully, by offering this Bored as a new candidate and then allowing some discussion/voting to build a consensus. Since he has been allowing us to change our votes, I've e-mailed my new vote in favor of this Bored to him at saveourbored@gmail.com and I'd encourage others to do the same, to provide some democratic legitimacy to this Bored.
And, exactly because the unknown ownership of the other phpBB boards had become an issue for debate, I'm still urging our benefactor to publically come forward. He's being quiet out of a sense of modesty, not wanting any of the adulation we gave to Gary Love, but I don't think adulation is the issue here. Come forward, and then we can ignore you, if that's what you want (except for the moderators and others who might want to insure continuity in the event of "getting hit by a bus".)
And we should continue to pursue other technical fine points, such as upgrading from phpBB version 2 to version 3.
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I'm going to have to ban this rogue poster minimetoo26. I aim to keep this a respectable joint.minimetoo26 wrote:Yeah, well, saucy--it's about time the menfolks did the heavy lifting!
I doubt they'll start censoring shoe posts. If they do, well, we have ways of making their lives merry hell....
Where's that red button at....?
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
MarleysGh0st wrote:TheConfessor wrote: I'm also wondering why people are so willing to jump on this bandwagon when they don't know who's driving it. That was one of the main concerns about all the other options -- we wondered what keeps a mysterious "free" hosting site going and how long it would stay around. Seems like the same questions apply to whoever it was who set up this board. I hope our benevolent host stays healthy and nobody pisses him off. Are there any backup plans in place, in case the owner gets hit by a bus?
I've communicated with Eyegor and our secret benefactor by PM, so now I know. But I agree that Eyegor could have handled this transition more gracefully, by offering this Bored as a new candidate and then allowing some discussion/voting to build a consensus. Since he has been allowing us to change our votes, I've e-mailed my new vote in favor of this Bored to him at saveourbored@gmail.com and I'd encourage others to do the same, to provide some democratic legitimacy to this Bored.
And, exactly because the unknown ownership of the other phpBB boards had become an issue for debate, I'm still urging our benefactor to publically come forward. He's being quiet out of a sense of modesty, not wanting any of the adulation we gave to Gary Love, but I don't think adulation is the issue here. Come forward, and then we can ignore you, if that's what you want (except for the moderators and others who might want to insure continuity in the event of "getting hit by a bus".)
And we should continue to pursue other technical fine points, such as upgrading from phpBB version 2 to version 3.
ADULATION??? For what? Paying $35 (or so) to register a domain name and set up a bulletin bored that anyone with a modicum of techno savvy could have done.
While I'm glad to have a place where everyone can gather, this process is leaving me a little queasy. First the TOTAL lack of input from our membership, except the ones who set this place up, and then, secondly the TOTAL lack of input, except for the ones who set this place up, as to who the moderators would be. Yep, leaving me a little cold.
Are there rules? Are we to bow to mecca before we log in? Can we curse? Can we be disagreeable? Can we not be "in the clique" and still have posting privileges? Can we step on toes?
All way too dictatorial and secretive for my taste.
Adulation, indeed. My cup runneth over.
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NoDevilKitty100 wrote: Are there rules? Are we to bow to mecca before we log in? Can we curse? Can we be disagreeable? Can we not be "in the clique" and still have posting privileges? Can we step on toes?.
Yes
Hell yes
Damn straight
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
Am I the only person here who's perused the Memberlist and drawn the obvious inference? --BobDevilKitty100 wrote:All way too dictatorial and secretive for my taste.
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This was such an easy registration, and now I wish I had used my fake email address--I thought I was going to have to reply to something to be registered!
Anyone who would rather post elsewhere is of course free to do so. It seems as though anyone who wishes to post here is free to do so. So.
I need to go step on beast's toes harder--he hasn't tossed me out yet!
Anyone who would rather post elsewhere is of course free to do so. It seems as though anyone who wishes to post here is free to do so. So.
I need to go step on beast's toes harder--he hasn't tossed me out yet!
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Re: Overdose of Testosterone with the Mods list?
I'd make a lousy Sherlock Holmes; I had to ask, instead.Bob78164 wrote: Am I the only person here who's perused the Memberlist and drawn the obvious inference? --Bob
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