Do you really need an IGNORE feature? - Page 2

SteveBsjb · 03-29-2006, 09:17 AM

Nice, wish I were fishing today. Headed off to an appointment for business soon. Good luck out there. Come back with a good fish story.

SteveBsjb · 03-29-2006, 09:22 AM

Regarding spam vs. ignored posts...

Spam is rarely written specifically about me, and if it was it wouldn't be read by a number of on-line individuals that know me. Spam is generic, another good reason to block it.

Ignored messages on a message board that I play on COULD be about me. I'd rather have the option to read and ignore any post or thread that pops up.

Rock Steady · 03-29-2006, 11:11 AM

The messages from the newbies are improving. But, in some ways they were worse than SPAM in that they were so attention whoring and content-free. I work at an intense software engineering job at a high-profile yet stealth early stage company. I like to take a quick break and cherry pick salient topics here. BS topics and Bumping are really annoying.

We support each other thru ups and downs of sigificant-other insanity, kids stuff, job situations, court appearances, jail time, 12 stepping, car buying, personal anxieties, and more.

I'm kind of allergic to CBOL, AFK, BRB, and so forth. I don't feel like I am talking to real people when they use chatspeak.

So, let's get into some real stuff. Dev_of_AG, when did you stop beating your wife? SteveBsjb, can I borrow your red dress? And flint, when are you going to tell them to "take this job and shove it"?

SteveBsjb · 03-29-2006, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rock Steady

I'm kind of allergic to CBOL, AFK, BRB, and so forth. I don't feel like I am talking to real people when they use chatspeak.

So, let's get into some real stuff. Dev_of_AG, when did you stop beating your wife? SteveBsjb, can I borrow your red dress? And flint, when are you going to tell them to "take this job and shove it"?

Wow! Glad you acknowledged CBOL, though I don't think you know what it means.

And you can borrow the dress and the heels. I don't believe any of my threads were BS. It's only a message board. What makes certain threads more important than others?

Many of my threads are still being posted on.

MaggieL · 03-29-2006, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

What makes certain threads more important than others?

If you don't already know, that would explain a lot.

dar512 · 03-29-2006, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

If you don't already know, that would explain a lot.

03-30-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rock Steady

The messages from the newbies are improving. But, in some ways they were worse than SPAM in that they were so attention whoring and content-free. I work at an intense software engineering job at a high-profile yet stealth early stage company. I like to take a quick break and cherry pick salient topics here. BS topics and Bumping are really annoying.

We support each other thru ups and downs of sigificant-other insanity, kids stuff, job situations, court appearances, jail time, 12 stepping, car buying, personal anxieties, and more.

I'm kind of allergic to CBOL, AFK, BRB, and so forth. I don't feel like I am talking to real people when they use chatspeak.

So, let's get into some real stuff. Dev_of_AG, when did you stop beating your wife? SteveBsjb, can I borrow your red dress? And flint, when are you going to tell them to "take this job and shove it"?

Not from this newbie : p

Rock Steady · 03-30-2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

mm mm....... wonders if rocks teddy has ever thought of getting a llife....

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Originally Posted by Rock Steady

... We support each other thru ups and downs of sigificant-other insanity, kids stuff, job situations, court appearances, jail time, 12 stepping, car buying, personal anxieties, and more. ...

This is the stuff life is made out of.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-30-2006, 07:27 PM

Someone made the comment "it's only a message board". It might appear to be true on the surface but it's not. It's really a community.

Like any American community, we welcome immigrants and respect their diversity....... until they fuck with what we've already got.
You've seen just a little bit of that already, but believe me it can get much worse when they(we) get rabid.
That's not a threat or even a warning but an explanation of how it works.

Undertoad holds the deed but he's quite tolerant, leaving it to the members to police themselves...... unless an individual becomes impossibly annoying.
In that case, he makes a phone call and a limo with blacked-out windows comes to your house a 3AM and your family disappears.

We even have a sub-culture in the "Internet" section. The "This is Not Porn" thread is inhabited by a group that seldom venture out on the board and when they do they seem to be nice people, they're just into their own thing.

So we'd like you to stay and contribute, but it's your call, whether you're comfortable in the community.

SteveDallas · 03-29-2006, 04:05 PM

I'd say that largely depends on whether they expect you to have it surgically implanted in your hand and answer your email non-stop 24 hours a day.

If not then they look like nifty gadgets....

glatt · 03-29-2006, 04:13 PM

So far, there is no indication that they expect that of me. I am slightly concerned that there might be a slippery slope, but I don't see any signs of one.

It's actually kind of funny. My old boss insisted that I get a pager. She was always in a panic. After she left, I dutifully gave my new boss the pager number. The new boss has never paged me in 8 years. But I carry it anyway so family and friends can reach me. My work pays for it, so I never bothered to cancel the service.

The blackberry (if it ends up being the same as the one my boss got) looks pretty neat. It's basically a cell phone that also is connected to my work e-mail account. It's just slightly larger than my current pager.

SteveBsjb · 03-30-2006, 10:25 AM

Maggie, I like that sig quote. I agree 100%.

SteveBsjb · 03-30-2006, 11:35 AM

That post's effect affected me.

JayMcGee · 03-30-2006, 06:21 PM

mm mm....... wonders if rocks teddy has ever thought of getting a llife....

JayMcGee · 03-30-2006, 07:06 PM

court appearances? jail time? ........

and the mind positively boggles at the images conjured up by 12 stepping......

03-29-2006, 09:17 AM	#1
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Nice, wish I were fishing today. Headed off to an appointment for business soon. Good luck out there. Come back with a good fish story. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-29-2006, 09:22 AM	#2
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Regarding spam vs. ignored posts... Spam is rarely written specifically about me, and if it was it wouldn't be read by a number of on-line individuals that know me. Spam is generic, another good reason to block it. Ignored messages on a message board that I play on COULD be about me. I'd rather have the option to read and ignore any post or thread that pops up. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-29-2006, 11:11 AM	#3
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	The messages from the newbies are improving. But, in some ways they were worse than SPAM in that they were so attention whoring and content-free. I work at an intense software engineering job at a high-profile yet stealth early stage company. I like to take a quick break and cherry pick salient topics here. BS topics and Bumping are really annoying. We support each other thru ups and downs of sigificant-other insanity, kids stuff, job situations, court appearances, jail time, 12 stepping, car buying, personal anxieties, and more. I'm kind of allergic to CBOL, AFK, BRB, and so forth. I don't feel like I am talking to real people when they use chatspeak. So, let's get into some real stuff. Dev_of_AG, when did you stop beating your wife? SteveBsjb, can I borrow your red dress? And flint, when are you going to tell them to "take this job and shove it"? __________________

03-30-2006, 07:27 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Someone made the comment "it's only a message board". It might appear to be true on the surface but it's not. It's really a community. Like any American community, we welcome immigrants and respect their diversity....... until they fuck with what we've already got. You've seen just a little bit of that already, but believe me it can get much worse when they(we) get rabid. That's not a threat or even a warning but an explanation of how it works. Undertoad holds the deed but he's quite tolerant, leaving it to the members to police themselves...... unless an individual becomes impossibly annoying. In that case, he makes a phone call and a limo with blacked-out windows comes to your house a 3AM and your family disappears. We even have a sub-culture in the "Internet" section. The "This is Not Porn" thread is inhabited by a group that seldom venture out on the board and when they do they seem to be nice people, they're just into their own thing. So we'd like you to stay and contribute, but it's your call, whether you're comfortable in the community. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-30-2006, 10:25 AM	#12
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Maggie, I like that sig quote. I agree 100%. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-29-2006, 04:05 PM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I'd say that largely depends on whether they expect you to have it surgically implanted in your hand and answer your email non-stop 24 hours a day. If not then they look like nifty gadgets....

03-29-2006, 04:13 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So far, there is no indication that they expect that of me. I am slightly concerned that there might be a slippery slope, but I don't see any signs of one. It's actually kind of funny. My old boss insisted that I get a pager. She was always in a panic. After she left, I dutifully gave my new boss the pager number. The new boss has never paged me in 8 years. But I carry it anyway so family and friends can reach me. My work pays for it, so I never bothered to cancel the service. The blackberry (if it ends up being the same as the one my boss got) looks pretty neat. It's basically a cell phone that also is connected to my work e-mail account. It's just slightly larger than my current pager.

03-30-2006, 11:35 AM	#13
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	That post's effect affected me. __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-30-2006, 06:21 PM	#14
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	mm mm....... wonders if rocks teddy has ever thought of getting a llife.... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

03-30-2006, 07:06 PM	#15
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	court appearances? jail time? ........ and the mind positively boggles at the images conjured up by 12 stepping...... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

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