Greek Chat - should membership be closed?

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by bcdphie

This is the thread that keeps on giving...

Giving what? I now think of this as the thread that never dies. (Yes, I realize that I just breathed a bit of life back into it. But sometimes even CPR doesn't have lasting effects.)

[kathykd2005]

This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends...

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends...

Circling right back around to the beginning... er... middle

[DaemonSeid]

This thread is powered by.....



It keeps going and going and going....nothing outlast an energizer

[tld221]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends...

and GCers, started postin in it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue posting in it forever just because...

[Tom Earp]

And the beat goes on and on!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

And the beat goes on and on!

Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.

[NutBrnHair]

La de da de de, la de da de da.

[kathykd2005]

This is the thread that doesn't end. Ok, and I'm done.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

This is the thread that doesn't end. Ok, and I'm done.

If you notice, she si posting less here! She went to another Site.

Some just want to beat the dead horse/dog/cat.

Ding Dong, Ding Dong, either the bitch is dead or it is time to eat and close this thread!

[Drolefille]

Wow. Now you feel the need to try and "brag" about your members? What ever happened to just keeping to yourselves? If you're really the "kindler, gentler" site you won't keep coming back to GC to bemoan the alleged loss of people from these forums. It's simple, leave and make your point that way. If your forum is that much more appealing people will go there on their own (and I'm sure you PM them enough anyway).

That stands for you and your co-creator. Obsession isn't just a cologne.

[icelandelf]

Originally Posted by skylark

I get the impression from some people who have been around the GC block (and like to prove it) that contributions from new GC members are not so appreciated. I'm starting this thread so that both new and old GCers can post about the community and whether new membership to the site should be encouraged or discouraged.

The reason I think that this subject needs discussion is because I have seen a number of new posters (like myself) get their a$$ handed to them because they were trying to meaningfully contribute to a conversation, but used the wrong word or were not able to give as much insight as some of the veteran-posters.

I'm sure that some moderator will think this is an attempt to personally attack and delete this thread, but I honestly think there needs to be a conversation about being nice to new posters. Yes, we don't know everything, but just because we're new doesn't mean we don't have anything to contribute. I've even read in other threads that we (new GCers) should refrain from posting for a matter of months before contributing our own thoughts. How lame would that be and how many great minds would be deterred from becoming involved in GC chat if they had to go through the motions so that they were deemed worthy to contribute?

I understand that a lot of new posters start discussions that have already been discussed (and many of you find that annoying) or say things that you may agree with as a whole but don't think are 100% right, but what good does it serve to rub it in new posters faces and possibly drive us away from the site altogether? But maybe some of us want to start a new discussion on an old topic because we don't just want to read a thread back from 2002 and call it good. Maybe we want to have a dialogue and that is why we came here to a FORUM.

So do the new GC people need to just suck it up and get whipped into shape? Should GC have stages of membership where you have to earn your right to post (members for 1 month get 1 posting a week/day or something)? Should old GCers have a little more patience and just laugh at all us newbies on the inside, knowing we will eventually learn?

Lest we forget, here is the beginning of the thread

And so what if she's over at the other site? More power to her!

Originally Posted by Drolefille

If you're really the "kindler, gentler" site you won't keep coming back to GC to bemoan the alleged loss of people from these forums.

It's funny, no one's really crying over them except the same person. I don't see anyone else complaining.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by OTW

It's funny, no one's really crying over them except the same person. I don't see anyone else complaining.

If GC becomes a ghost town, I'm sure we'll notice. In the mean time we don't need someone telling us how empty it's becoming when we're talking a handful of active posters who've actually left - something that happens regularly anyway.

[AOII_LB93]

Wow...see what happens when I go to work again? Could someone PM me with what happy pony rainbow land is if you don't want to post it? I must have missed that part of the convo.