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Post by ilesofsmiles on Apr 13, 2007 20:42:28 GMT -5
thank you Nancy.
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Post by DB on Apr 13, 2007 21:03:54 GMT -5
I DO NOT feel welcome here anymore. I have not posted regularly here but I have popped in from time to time to post and stay connected to the many people I have spent a lot of online and personal time with this past year.
I had been smited over 20 times that I could notice here but I did not put serious stock into it. I had more faith in the people here regarding this behaviour obviously than some have in me as I have just learned. I do however take offense at being accused of doing or posting things which I have NOT done. "Another Guests" posts now seems to make a lot of sense to me now.
The ONLY thing I have posted as guest here was to inquire as to how this board is official. A very valid and benign question.... not a hurtful or attacking one and I posted that the 3rd board that is titled the raydaviesproboard exists in cyberland. I see nothing mean or negative in those comments. I did not post about cliques or being on the "right" side.
Why should I have to even explain anything and why is it that no one is inquiring as to whether other people have been "hurt"
I am no longer worried about a single thing I post as I will be accused of malicious wrongdoing no matter what. Smite away any way you would like even with smileys.
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Post by demonbowler on Apr 13, 2007 21:57:46 GMT -5
Ray has not told the general public this wish. I would like to know what makes this board official Aeron. It says Official but how is that qualified or authorized? Thanks [/quote] To be clear this is MY post.
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Post by demonbowler on Apr 13, 2007 21:59:16 GMT -5
One person not "several" posted they felt that way. Perhaps the anonymous guest felt that they would not be treated good in the future if they weren't anon because they disagree with things. Ray Davies does have a place on the internet devoted to his artistic works on the forum with the chat board. The chat room belongs to the administrator of another message board not this board. The board with the chat room appears to have all the features that are being requested here. This is also MY post
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Post by demonbowler on Apr 13, 2007 22:05:11 GMT -5
so that's clear i'm sorry to have strayed off the original topic of this thread
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Post by ilesofsmiles on Apr 13, 2007 22:13:55 GMT -5
These comments are all directed at me and I take the fall.. Forgive me. I go in peace.
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Post by davek on Apr 13, 2007 23:04:07 GMT -5
This thread is about finding ways to improve the board and there is no reason to co-opt for other's personal agendas. It seems that both boards are doing fine and most people seem happy with the state of affairs. If you are unhappy, you have other choices. If you want to be taken seriously, you can't hide behind anonymity.
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Post by HollyH on Apr 13, 2007 23:23:47 GMT -5
Everybody take a step back. Draw a deep breath. Stop thinking we've been accused of things no one's accusing us of.
Maybe we should all think a little more carefully before hitting the Post Reply button -- and read others' posts more carefully before getting our knickers in a twist. From the written word, it's often easy to misread the tone in which a comment was intended.
The fact that we're getting so passionate about all this shows how important these Kinks boards have become to us. For many -- most -- of us, it's been a precious source of social interaction with like-minded souls, as well as a way to pay tribute to an artist whose work has touched us very deeply. Do we really want to spoil that? If the whole thing crashes down, how does that benefit any of us?
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Post by franklima on Apr 13, 2007 23:51:34 GMT -5
AIN'T IT THE TRUTH! HOLLY FOR PRESIDENT, SHE SPEAKS WORDS OF WISDOM!
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Post by nicola6 on Apr 14, 2007 0:05:18 GMT -5
Well said, Holly. I have nothing to add except the hope that everyone will read your post and take it to heart. In days past, people were advised to take a letter written in passion and "sleep on it" before they decided whether or not to mail it. Now there is a "send" button, which makes communication instantaneous. Not always a good thing.
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Post by TomT on Apr 14, 2007 5:04:16 GMT -5
Holy drama, Batman! Iles, you better get your arse back here thingyit! All this crap over a karma/smite function?? What in tarnation...
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Post by guinevere on Apr 14, 2007 20:08:59 GMT -5
Maybe they could just disable the smite function? On the guest subject, maybe if possible guests could just not be able to post links? As the bing long spam splurges all seem to the links, maybe this could help? A character limit on posts, if one doesn't exist, could maybe be imposed? So, from what I can vaguely remember from the start of this thread, suggestions so far are: - More subsections so people can find the stuff they're interested in faster, e.g. Ray Davies News, Dave Davies News, Kinks Stuff, Misc etc.
- Barring of repeat spammer IP addresses
- Disabling exalt/smite feature, or just the smite feature
- A chatroom of our own
- No more guest posting OR guests not allowed to post links OR a character limit on guests'/all posts OR include certain characters that no-one ever uses on the profanity filter which the spammers keep using in their posts
- A re-jig of the profanity filter so that we talk about stuff like D!ckens and Hitchc*ck without thingys popping up all over the place. So to speak
- A more soothing skin colour, such as purple or blue or something
- Oh yes, and little umbrellas in all the drinks ;D
I think that was it up to now? (Hope no-one minds me getting back on-topic just for a sec..... battle may resume now!)
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Post by HollyH on Apr 14, 2007 20:27:25 GMT -5
That summarizes everything nicely! Can anybody except the Admin make a category "sticky"? It makes sense to me for that function to be reserved to the Admin. Also, lately the Google Ads have been appearing after the first post on a page. Is there any way this could be changed? It's quite distracting. I've gotten good at ignoring the ads otherwise.
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Post by nancyb on Apr 14, 2007 21:04:09 GMT -5
more little umbrella's good, bigger drinks and oh yeah, pictures of Ray EVERYWHERE!
Back to my paper
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Post by Artist Currently Known As G12 on Apr 15, 2007 5:50:06 GMT -5
Let's all chill out, here's something for y'all! A favourite from the grey board!
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