The History of the Ledge

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

Yeah, what freaks. Amazing that people might be resentful for being banned from a message board.

OTOH, there's always a gray area. If it could have been done, I would have banned Nalbandian and Stan from the Mac newsgroup. Their posts crossed a line of acceptability. Posts on stalking Stevie Nicks (Nalbandian) are downright unacceptable. Those guys got dropped by so many ISPs, it wasn't funny. Now, banning people because they're irritating, like Kyle the Madonna lover, is something I'd disagree with.

[David]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

OTOH, there's always a gray area. If it could have been done, I would have banned Nalbandian and Stan from the Mac newsgroup. Their posts crossed a line of acceptability. Posts on stalking Stevie Nicks (Nalbandian) are downright unacceptable. Those guys got dropped by so many ISPs, it wasn't funny. Now, banning people because they're irritating, like Kyle the Madonna lover, is something I'd disagree with.

See, I'm the opposite. I wouldn't bother banning the stalkers -- I figure they might have good stories to tell & besides it adds a certain cachet to your forum if you have criminals on it -- but I would ban the irritating ones (like kyle).

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by David

For a long time now, I have wanted to post on your forum. But are they my peeps over there?

I don't know. Describe your peeps and I'll tell you true.

[irishgrl]

David: you can always try before you buy

(Nancy, you sound like the title of a Sandra Dee movie!)

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

I don't know. Describe your peeps and I'll tell you true.

Nancy I like the EZboard more than the one we had. I just love it.

[David]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

I don't know. Describe your peeps and I'll tell you true.

I like frisky, zesty, but focused people who eschew more than an hour's worth of off-topic chat at a time in favor of Fleetwood Mac talk. Also, some of the people can be mean but not all the people.

Also, the people en masse should be a cross-section of humanity, like Katherine Ann Porter's passengers on the "Ship of Fools."

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by David

I like frisky, zesty, but focused people who eschew more than an hour's worth of off-topic chat at a time in favor of Fleetwood Mac talk. Also, some of the people can be mean but not all the people.

Also, the people en masse should be a cross-section of humanity, like Katherine Ann Porter's passengers on the "Ship of Fools."

Hmm, this is difficult. The basic difference between my board and the Ledge is the tone. It's pretty soft over there. We don't take things too seriously. We don't talk about pre-BN or post-BN Mac, although I appreciate them, but it IS a BN board. The General Discussion is rather non-controversial and nothing too heavy is discussed. Now me, I sometimes like it hard and I sometimes like it soft, so I post both there and at the Ledge. I'm not sure if it's a cross-section of humanity either... but then again neither is the Ledge... I'd say both the boards contain ships of fools that are largely homogeneous. To be perfectly frank, there is some immaturity on my board. If you can skip over that and still enjoy it, you're OK.

The truth is my board is not for everyone. I have no illusions about that. In fact I was a bit nervous some people might decide to bash my board here because it's been done freely in the past. I could say more about this but I think it's best to leave it alone, as it hasn't been done in quite a while.

AliceLover, the thing about the EZBoard is 1) I can't control it as much and I love me some control 2) Most people don't know about it 3) We had over 1000 members on the other forum and getting them all to switch over is a pain. However, I'm having such a hard time fixing the other one that maybe we will keep EZBoard for a longer time. Some folks think it's no sweat to update the phpBB html code but I'm slower than they are, I guess. I'm paranoid that I will accidentally delete those thousands of posts. Also, I haven't had time. I only turned in my dissertation prospectus Thursday and frankly my poor little brain is still recovering from the heinous stress of that. See, I changed my argument dramatically just two weeks before the deadline, meaning I had to scramble to find brand new theorists and critics. This was difficult because no one had dealt with my new idea that the Renaissance romance genre was not driven by desire (either sexual or material) as is commonly argued, but by fear of the loss of identity.... blahblahblah. Anyway, I won't bore you with the details. Let's just say it's been a rough time and BN.net and its forum has been the last thing on my mind.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

Hmm, this is difficult. The basic difference between my board and the Ledge is the tone. It's pretty soft over there.

Wow. Soft compared to the Ledge, huh?

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I prefer the big bang theory myself.

I know I'm a little late to this parrtaayyy, but I like your idea

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by amber

And yet, people still whine.... "quit arguing! You're making me sad! I can't take it, even though I'm not involved!"
they say....

WAHHHHHHHHHH

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by amber

To easy.

Maybe I'll just say offensive things and see who bites...
JK, JK, JK.

Bring it awn!!!

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

What am I, chopped liver?

Youre the hottest thing goin hun!!!

[DavidMn]

Well, for me, I joined in May because I was tired of traveling to all these cities all alone with no one to hang out with. I must admit the reason I didnt join for a long time was because I'd heard of alot of sull**** flying around, and I just dont have time for that. It has been nothing like that since I joined here. I have enjoyed posting very much, and although I'm probably prone to a dumbass statment once in awhile, I try to show respect to everyone. I have made several friends since I joined, and I hope to make more. David.