Comments on: It’s Friday And We Have Added A Couple New Features

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:33:53 +0000

ccmask at 148 — you are a sweeetheart. :)

By: ccmask

ccmask — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:03:52 +0000

Christy: I sent you a paypal for you and the peanut to maybe rent some movies and get ice cream…

By: HopeSpringsATurtle

HopeSpringsATurtle — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:27:16 +0000

OMG …like i wasn’t overwhelmed enuff. I have so much to catch up on since I’ve returned.

These new features are great. I’ll see you al in 900 years when i learn them. Its a love/hate relationship I have with technology.

By: al-Scooter

al-Scooter — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:04:09 +0000

lotus #143: Belle South charms again!

By: lotus

lotus — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:59:59 +0000

Well, ReddHedd is certainly the most coherent sick person in the world. And I want the sick part to hit the road RAT NOW.

I live on and with the same furniture that my parents and grandparents did, which is exactly why I love it. This may help you understand why to me, as to Mrs.K8, these new colorful thingies are and prolly will remain “patches of an unpieced quilt” that I savor only as such.

In response to every other commenter on this thread, I can think of only one satisfactory reply:

I love you.

By: LindyH

LindyH — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:48:47 +0000

Then go on to bed. We’ll be good…maybe. Just stay healthy. We need clarity now more than ever.

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:47:39 +0000

lol LindyH — I needed that. I think I need to just go to bed. The cold meds are NOT cutting it this evening.

By: LindyH

LindyH — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:39:34 +0000

Christy Hardin Smith @ 137

It’s a thankless job, to moderate — you are accused of taking things too far by half the readers, and accused of not doing your job quickly enough by the other half. I have to say that I am personally very happy to have them all — because my life would be that much more exhausting without them.

Hey, I thanked them. *grin*

By: LindyH

LindyH — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:37:32 +0000

Orangejumpsuit at 120, I agree. One of the little things I do to try to counteract the Wurlitzer is to print myself a copy of every article I think makes one of the points we’re trying to make and makes it very well, with author name, link, etc. I take it with me when I leave home (I believe that fits under fair use of copyrighted material). Somewhere in my travels during the day, I leave it someplace, like a bench or in a break room. I did that the other day, and several people commented on the piece (it was at work and I left the page on the bench where a number of us congregate during break).

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:27:04 +0000

lisadawn at 88 — yes, that’s exactly what they can do if the commenter has had the same issue explained to him — repeatedly, in multiple threads — by not only moderators, but by me, personally, as to why using the term “retard” was offensive here (because we have a few long-time readers who have children who have special needs issues, and, frankly, it is an offensive term). And he was told that this was a non-negotiable rule. By me. And yet he persists in coming back, thread after thread, to whine about his treatment.

So, yes, if Wilson has gotten tired of saying the same thing — repeatedly — to this person, then he can take whatever remedial steps are necessary so that every discussion thread doesn’t devolve into a “why won’t you guys let me offend others” explanation thread specifically for this one person.

Jane and I cannot be online every minute of every day. (As it is, I get little enough time for my family and myself these days because we are so busy.) We rely on our volunteer moderators to keep the discussion moving along — and by and large they do a great job for us. Lately, there has been a lot of questioning of what it is that they and Jane and I and other do — but you know, I’ve been thinking that perhaps we should just allow all the spam, and nastiness and everything else creep into a thread or two so everyone could see how things COULD be without all the work that everyone puts in behind the scenes.

It’s a thankless job, to moderate — you are accused of taking things too far by half the readers, and accused of not doing your job quickly enough by the other half. I have to say that I am personally very happy to have them all — because my life would be that much more exhausting without them.