One year ago today... - Page 2

Ali · #16 08-11-2005, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango

You wish to hold a poll on someone's feelings? Hey, her life, her choice. There will be an answer, let it be.

I'm not trying to poll about someone's feelings. I was just expressing my personal feeling that what she did seemed a bit too drastic to me. That's all.

sodascouts · #17 08-11-2005, 10:19 PM

I understand shutting down the board but I always figured that eventually, she'd return to the site. Looks like now that's never going to happen (although I am surprised to hear about the trade site. Tracy is still trading?)

GateandGarden · #18 08-11-2005, 10:25 PM

I'm still waiting for the day that someone tells me what the Burnish stuff is all about, since I've been hearing references to "all that stuff that happened at Burnish" and "that mess at Burnish" for a long time now. But, I suppose I can guess, based on things that go on here sometimes.

macfanken · #19 08-11-2005, 10:28 PM

Yeah... I miss Tracy.

strandinthewind · #20 08-11-2005, 10:34 PM

Tracy's board was a lot of fun. People were racey and it was fun. But, then some people thought they were being ribald - when many took offense. Many complained to Tracy and when Tracy acted, she was accused of taking sides. I was not part of that so I do not if those accusations were true. After awhile, she shut down the site.

For the record, I like Tracy and enjoyed seeing her at concerts. I also liked her board and enjoyed the people there.

GateandGarden · #21 08-11-2005, 10:43 PM

Thanks for the info, Jason.

strandinthewind · #22 08-11-2005, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Thanks for the info, Jason.

You are welcome.

DownOnRodeo · #23 08-12-2005, 12:02 AM

Eliud! I remember you vaguely from the Burnish days. Your avatar had a cartoon of you at the computer

thepoetinmyhear · #24 08-12-2005, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I'm still waiting for the day that someone tells me what the Burnish stuff is all about, since I've been hearing references to "all that stuff that happened at Burnish" and "that mess at Burnish" for a long time now. But, I suppose I can guess, based on things that go on here sometimes.

Actually it's all still there if you really want the inside scoop (but only read it if you must know since it's sort of like drudging up some bad toxic waste). Go to the forum and change the display options to show threads from "the beginning" almost every topic had something negative happen to it by the end.

trackaghost · #25 08-12-2005, 04:36 AM

I never understood why people took offense to Tracy telling them to tone it down (there could be some incredibly mean posts). It was her site afterall, she paid for it, what she says goes.
At the end Hillary it was chaos with fights going on left, right and centre... but I think she had had enough way before that.
I do miss Burnish though. She used to update it every day.

tynan88 · #26 08-12-2005, 04:47 AM

It is a shame when online arguments get so serious that that can happen.
I heard some pretty nasty things were said about people at Burnish, and it nearly even got brought over here if I remember last time this was brought up.

btw Trackaghost I love your new sig nearly as much as your last

GateandGarden · #27 08-12-2005, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by thepoetinmyhear

Actually it's all still there if you really want the inside scoop (but only read it if you must know since it's sort of like drudging up some bad toxic waste). Go to the forum and change the display options to show threads from "the beginning" almost every topic had something negative happen to it by the end.

I might go over there and do that. Thanks for the tip.

Ali · #28 08-12-2005, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I'm still waiting for the day that someone tells me what the Burnish stuff is all about, since I've been hearing references to "all that stuff that happened at Burnish" and "that mess at Burnish" for a long time now. But, I suppose I can guess, based on things that go on here sometimes.

Basically everyone factioned off and all the groups went to war against each other. Tracy sort of took sides, the other groups didn't like it and the board basically imploded.

ELIUD · #29 08-12-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Eliud! I remember you vaguely from the Burnish days. Your avatar had a cartoon of you at the computer

Hey Joe! I remember you too. You and Lux were really good friends on Burnish and went to see Fleetwood Mac in Australia. You both got backstage and had the experience of lifetime schmoozing with the band. And you pretty much are single-handedly responsible for getting "I Know I'm Not Wrong" on the set list for the second leg of the tour. I was wondering what happened to you.

ELIUD · #30 08-12-2005, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ali

Basically everyone factioned off and all the groups went to war against each other. Tracy sort of took sides, the other groups didn't like it and the board basically imploded.

From what I remember, a lot of what Tracy was worried about had to do with "kids" being on the board and getting piled on by more seasoned posters. She was afraid of people's feelings getting hurt and I guess leaving the board. I can understand that if you start a forum/website you're really proud of - you might not want it to get dominated by angry fighting...but I think she got a little too motherly about protecting people's feelings.

When she closed the board I remember there were so many interesting and stimulating discussions about a wide range of topics that evolved freely. So what if they got a little heated?