Moderators' vent... and it's LONG overdue
 

I'm curious about something, and this is kind of a random thought. If you initiate a conversation, then you get a response you don't want to hear, so you respond, "it's not that serious," was it serious enough for you to start the conversation in the first place? I mean, what does that mean? Or if you continue to respond... if you are responding, is it serious, or no? I don't get that, and to tell you the truth, it kinda ticks me off. If it's not that serious, then SHUT UP TALKIN' TO ME!!! Period. If it's not that serious, why did you spend time telling me about it in the first place? And who do people think they are anyway? What if it's serious to me? Who are you to belittle what I think is serious? I mean, really. People need to get over themselves, for real.

I've never told you all this, but my life is so completely empty and unfulfilling. As I am at work all day with 12 teenage girls, the only thing on my mind is how many threads I can delete on GC. I mean, seriously, that's all I think about: whose thread can I lock today. And I'll tell you something else, too. I have no life. I LIVE for this little contraption they call a computer. I mean, I COULD go out and kick it, but why? When I have GreekChat to keep my company? The thing of it is, I have tried to get a life, but I can't seem to find where they sell them at. It's a sad state of reality, it really is. So until then, my long-term goal is to make all GCers' lives a living hell. That's pretty much all I want out of life. Plus the orgasms that you get from it are out of this world. Nothing compares to GC. Nothing. So as you see, in my life, the sun rises and sets on GC. So to have someone tell me that it's not that serious really breaks me apart. It's as if my entire perception of reality has been challenged. :rolleyes:

And I'll tell you all exactly what I'm talking about, because frankly, I'm tired of it. I'm tired of people talking about moderators and how they run their forums. I'm tired of it. SICK AND TIRED OF IT. If you don't like it, WHY ARE YOU HERE????? I honestly don't understand it. STEP!!! The truth of the matter is, there are A TON of posters who like it around here. So we could really give a you know what about the ones who don't like it. STOP COMING TO GREEKCHAT. Just stop coming. You think we pressed? Stop coming up in here, then. I have been called all kinds of names over this. And I have been as cordial as I can be. But I'ma let you know, the NEXT PERSON THAT CALLS A NAME, YOU BETTA BE ABLE TO TAKE IT IF YOU CAN DISH IT OUT!!! Because now, it's getting personal. And if you are making personal attacks against people, expect them to take it seriously. Not that serious my arse.

I'm here to tell you this, too. There is someone out there who thinks that YOU don't think YOUR isht stinks. So worry about wiping YOUR OWN behind, and stay from up out of mine. It's so funny to me how people trip off of the moderators. So funny. Guess what? Some of us trip off of y'all too. Some of y'all on here are STRAIGHT HATEFUL. And have the nerve to try and foster a sense of community. Whatever. I'm tired of it. Feel as though you can say whatever you want, regardless if it hurts someone's feelings or not. And then have the nerve to say crap like it's not that serious and get a life and all that jazz. Why don't you take your own advice? Tell someone they post too much. But you are clearly in here reading. Go on somewhere with that, for real. Because unless you spent JUST AS MUCH time up in here, you wouldn't even know people's posting patterns.

In closing, I'd just like to say... we don't run GC, but you know what, NEITHER DO YOU.

Whoooooo WEEEEE!!!

You know what? It has always been a pet peeve of mine when I am discussing/debating with someone and they say "it ain't that serious." Well right until you made that declaration, it must have BEEN that serious since your were participating in the conversation up to that point!

Also I, too, get aggravated with the people who come here and try to belittle other posters or our threads. What purpose does that serve? If you don't like the thread, DON'T RESPOND. If you don't like the poster, well that is your decision. But why hate on them on a public forum? That is just immaturity, if you ask me. It is one thing to disagree and have a discussion about a topic. It is a whole nother subject when people start name-calling and getting personal.

What brought this thread about anyway?? Inquiring minds wanna know!! :D

Well I can tell my Sweet Soror had some STUFF on her mind!! And she let it off!!

Soror Ideal08 send me a PM I think your mailbox is full

Sphinxpoet

Preach Monique!! PREACH!!!

Can the church say YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY MEN!! Everything Ideal08 said goes for me too. :D

Wheww!
 

Soror Ideal08,

Just for the record, even though I am not on here a lot-->> I do enjoy the forum and the Moderators on this forum (and DSTs) has stopped a lot of non-sense.

When I look on forums, I am usually looking for something that is funny or different, when I see ignorance, I leave.

Point: Job well done Sorors.:D

Re: Moderators' vent... and it's LONG overdue
 

I love GC and all the moderators on the Divine 9 boards are on point and OK with me. Count down to the Motherland sweetie! Like I said in my PM...don't let these fools bother you. By the way this line right her......

...had me HOLLARING!!!! :D :D :D

Ideal08, you ok?

*looking around* who done pissed her off?

:D

Ideal08, I think that you are a great moderator. It's hard when someone takes thier foolishness to the next level by adding personal insults. Don't let those clowns ruin your day. Some people are just evil that way.

I, for one, appreciate the fine job that all the moderators do, especially the NPHC forums. The topics are always so interesting and the comments are very engaging and often witty. Hats off to our mods!!!!!!!

{{{{{****}}}}}

(hugs and kisses to you SF Ideal08)

Take a Moderator break, it seems that you have earned it. Let someone else drive for a while.

Personally, I think you are a great moderator, just like most of the sisterfriends on here. You have helped me out numerous times. Don't let them get to you, obviously they are the ones with issues :rolleyes:

Thank you, sigmadiva, and everyone! I know I don't go off often, but someone did get under my skin. I will be the better person and at least not bust them out, but I was a little miffed. I'm definitely taking a LONG break. I am overwhelmed and stressed, and I just think people should be nice to other people. Is that so much to ask? I don't like when people say hurtful things to other people, especially when you don't know them. All people know about us is what we post. They don't know how we spend our time when we are not posting on GC. All they can do is ASSume. At any rate, I'm cool now. :)

Knock-knock!

That was one heck of a post! I just wanted to respond though I KNOW you weren't being serious -esp about the big "O"! :D

I would love you to post this in Chit Chat because SOMETIMES, it seems like things get so twisted and I might assume, moderators get pummeled for not deleting and closing every other post/thread, OR deleting/closing every other post/thread!;)

I wouldn't want your job in a million years, too much garbage to deal with! You and the other Mods are to be commended for the time you put in! (Even though I don't always agree 100%...it ain't my call!)

I don't think I want to know...
 

WDF was really going on earlier today?
:confused:
:rolleyes:

This was most definitely for ALL mods, not just AKA or NPHC, but ALL GC MODS. Because you are right, we do get pummeled for any and everything.

Soror 2D, I sent you an email.;)

Fortunately for me, the Kappa Forum is not anywhere as busy as the AKA and DST forums. However, I do hate from time to time when guys come in the forum and they have names like prettyboy or play boy. First off, you are insulting my organizations cause all you equate with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. is the playboy bunny or being prettyboys, NO! Or they just ask plain ole stupid questions about membership. Or they wanna know stup chit like what's the purpose of the canes. N.O.Y.D.B! As Moderators, we sometimes have to deal with stupid chit. We don't sit around all day trying to see how many threads we can delete. It's not like that. Ideal 08, and other mods in the forums I feel ya. Sometimes people just don't get it.

I saw it. (thinking to myself: why am I responding to Ideal when it will be WEEKS b4 she see this...

Anyway, it was SCRAIT UP BS! :mad: :rolleyes:

Two words: THANK YOU! :D :D :D :D :D

WOW
 

I'm sending you PM and hoping things are not that serious:D

GIRL!!!!!!!
 

I have been a member of GC for a while now and I know that you ladies were very harsh in many respects. I didn't agree with it, but I understood it. It was to keep this board from becoming such a negative, inappropriate place.

People are VERY bold on the internet. No matter how much they claim otherwise, most folks do not have the courage to come out of their mouths in person the way they do online.

Life is so much more. If folks are getting bent out of shape..POOF, BE GONE!! Boot them out. If someone comes out of their mouths with some foolishness and then have the audacity to say, "its not that serious", when you come back on them, you know that you hit a nerve. Let it go. The great thing is that we have freewill. MAKE THE DELETE BUTTON YOUR FRIEND or simply don't respond.

WE all get consumed some days by our internet forums and chatrooms. Somedays you have to turn off the computer. Take a step back. I know you all have lives and jobs outside of this. In the grand scheme of things, this doesn't mean a hill of beans. This board and others like it is a privledge and not a right. It is just another way for folks to connect on a variety of levels. But it shouldn't be a vehicle for discontent and unhappiness. Ideal I know you have some things coming down the pike--focus on that.

I hear you, (((hugs)) to all of you moderators. Thanks for taking the initiative, but perhaps all of you need to take a GC mental health break. Shoot, its summer time. Time to have fun, relax, get tanned and do a little partying.

Well back to studying!!!!!:D

Re: WOW-Where the *bleep* have YOU been?
 

Who are you sending a PM to? I know it's NOT Ideal. LOL

Right about now, she isn't even thinking about GC. LOL She's out of the country mannnnnnnnnnnn! :p

:D :cool:

It looks like Soror Ideal is now in Ethiopia!!
 

This is for when she gets back...

Soror Ideal,

I thank my lucky stars that there are people like you who are willing to VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME to act as moderators - otherwise, there would be no forums.

People say the Internet isn't that serious, etc., etc. and, when I leave my computer, I really don't think about any of the forums or the people on them too often (it's hard to think about people without a visual image) until I come back to it; the 'net has something of an unreal quality about it. However, my association with the people on this and other forums has led me to action outside the 'net. The positive interaction with Sorors and the enthusiasm of not only Sorors but Sisterfriends on the forum led me to reactivating with my local grad chapter last year and I'M SOOO HAPPY THAT I DID.

So why, with a full life outside the 'net, do I make time to log on? I think the internet gives us a better view of humanity, in general, and how closely we are all connected. Because we are given the opportunity to converse without preconceived notions that accompany appearance, we know each other only insofar as we are all human beings with at least one common interest (the D9). While some people look at the 'net as a chance for an alternative personality, I look at it as a chance to be who I really am.

I am a quiet person "out there." I'm rather reclusive and would sometimes much rather keep company with a book than with another human being. Keeping up that outer shell is a lot of work and face-to-face conversation can at times be emotionally draining. I, personally, have a very busy life outside the ‘net. I have two children, a husband, a classroom full of 18-20 year olds (9 months a year), an employer, friendships, and other loved ones who expect me to give them what they need. The ‘net is there when I want and need it and I am expected to give nothing; all I have to do is turn on my computer. My messages will wait for me until I return, and the forums will trot merrily on with or without me. It is a refuge where I have ‘net friends’ and associates who don’t expect anything but are there when I feel like enjoying their association without putting on airs or pretense. Maybe many people feel the same way? Probably.

I think many people who enjoy being on the 'net have this in common: we need the company of people and society, but find sometimes that being around people can be too demanding. The Internet is not a place to hide, it's just a place for entirely different types of friendships than we make off the 'net. My best friend is a "social butterfly" and spends hardly enough time on the internet to check her emails; it just doesn't mesh with her personality.

Soror Ideal, please don't take to heart any "get a life" posts. This is an important part of many of people’s lives and I’m thankful for people like you who incur the responsibility of moderating forums such as this one. Leave those haters in your dust and keep living your life my beautiful "ideal" Soror.

Hope Ethiopia was as "ideal" as you imagined.

Sisterly,
CG

Re: It looks like Soror Ideal is now in Ethiopia!!
 

Beautiful post soror and to the moderators:

Kudos for a job well done.

PearlEssence

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Choo-ChooAKA
[B]This is for when she gets back...

Soror Ideal,

I thank my lucky stars that there are people like you who are willing to VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME to act as moderators - otherwise, there would be no forums.

Re: Re: WOW-Where the *bleep* have YOU been?
 

You know I'm always late - but I do remember her trip - - - a trip that is very much needed. I really want to tell her about something else she may need - not that i'm available but i certainly talk about it.

I need to add
 

I'm very thankful for our moderators. They keep this board civilized and very sisterly, and I think the tenets set out in the Pearls of Wisdom and the Torch (over on DST Blvd.) play a big role in that.

Yes, we do get into arguments and vigorous discussions.

But GC is a good sight better than many other boards I've visited. The lack of moderation, IMO, leads to situation where members are calling each other foul names and bickering about things that really need to be kept within the family. Very tasteless.

That's uncalled for and beneath us. We are supposed to be better than that.

Re: It looks like Soror Ideal is now in Ethiopia!!
 

SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Soror, thank you so much for that, it really touched my heart!!! You made me smile a huge smile!!! It's at moments like these that I truly love and cherish our sisterhood. Thank you!!!!!

Sisterly,
Soror Monique

Re: I need to add
 

That's EXACTLY how I feel! The moderators do a great job of keeping the BS and negativity to a minimum...Without them, this board, along with the other boards, would be pure madness...

So, a sincere thank you goes out to all the Mods sof all the GC Forums...You allow civilized, mature people like myself to interact with other like-minded individuals and form new friendships that we may otherwise not have been able too! Y'all handle a lot of drama, and I say just ban those suckas from GC that want to act a fool in here...

Re: Re: Re: WOW-Where the *bleep* have YOU been?
 

I just saw this. LMAO!! You know you ain't right!!!

Welcome Back - did you bring me something

ttt
 

for obvious reasons :roland:

i talked to our girl this weekend - - she is not happy about our plan - i'm still not sure if this is what i want to do - i don't want any drama during my b-day - by the way, do you have my gift or have you always had it.:D

Am I putting YOU on B-L-A-S-T?
 

whuchu talkin' bout willis?

Are you about to get hitcheded? LOL :p

'how u gon come up in here talking in codes and thangs? :rolleyes:

Negro, please, lol, what drama??? I have bad news for you. I'm going to Ohio for the holiday. So tell ya girl she needn't worry. I'ma hafta call her. Tell her I'm mad she got time for you and NOT for me. Hmph.

Gift? Why you bringin' up old stuff? :p

Hijackin' the thread and carryin' on, lol lol ;)

oh, so now you wanna play games - - - :rolleyes: and standing me up on my b-day

i'll pass your message along - just remember - you can't do everything that i can:p i like this icon

Maybe it's because MY mind is in the gutter...but I'm gonna do it off GP anyway. :o

Professor----------------->corner, now!

Well the title is Moderators' Vent, but it didn't say about what--so I guess he is just venting. And it seems the gift is LONG overdue. :D :D