Re: THIS AIN'T NO STEENKIN' CHAT ROOM . . .
Setanta wrote:....Many are impersonal, or worse, cliquish. AFUZZ had its cliques, and it had a huge amount of anonymity, which meant that some people felt left out, and others took the opportunity to flame others with wanton abandon. A lot of people there were concerned with getting stars or green text, and not that focused on the "interaction."
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This place has the broadest range of discussion i've found anywhere. By and large, the people here are nice folks who take the time and trouble to care about their fellow members.
What do you like best about this site? Obviously, i like the fact that there really is community here, and it is, mostly, non-exclusionary (that's just a caveat in case some do feel excluded--i've not noticed it).
Well, I would agree that for the most part this forum is a nice community - to a point - and people generally aren't excluded - again to a point. That doesn't mean that I feel that this forum is without problems.
In my opinion, there's nothing more frusterating than having a fairly interesting topic and hardly anybody will bother to read it - never mind make any on-topic comments. It doesn't really encourage one to come up with decent stuff to post.
If one studies the board, only certain people will start "serious topics" to discuss. The rest may possibly wander in and post some follow-up. That doesn't mean, by the way, that "fluffy topics" don't have their place, too. It's fun to have a mixture. Each to their own, etc.
To get replies to one's posts, it helps to be "popular" here, and also if you've been a long-time member. So, depending who you are, you're guaranteed to get replies no matter what you post.
Other than that, this is a great place.
And, no, if this was just a chat room, I wouldn't be here.
