Secret society

[masterofNone]

will you guys hurry up?!

stragglers!

[sparticle]

Originally posted by Zaftig
I typed this all up right after Dev’s post, thought Spart said it all better.

Thank you, but having read your post, I think you did an equal or better job of addressing the issues at hand.


I still think so but I still feel the need to post this.



I'm glad you did because it was a fine comment and added to our understanding of the board as it works. :)

[daverbee]

Originally posted by Deviate
you're welcome to think so. perhaps it's best you do. but as someone who wasn't here at the time, you really don't have a lot to go on.

ciao. All I had time to look at was titles. There's a lot of threads in this place. Titles don't look too much different from now to me.
Maybe after I retire in 20 years or so I'll have time to go over every message in detail and figure out how much better things were in the good old days.
Write when you have time.

[moel]

but you brought it up

since when did a title have anything to do with content

[daverbee]

I just did a cursory look out of curiousity. Pardon my ignorance and lack of time to do a thorough search.

[moel]

no need to get snippy

[daverbee]

Sorry.

[moel]

i just like to say snippy now and then

[daverbee]

Hmmmmm...maybe a career as an Elementary School Teacher? Or a Tailor?

[moel]

why

[daverbee]

You could say snippy just about every day.

[rmr]

how do you feel about the word uppity??

[daverbee]

I like it. Wanna go post it in the Word of the Day thread or should I?

[rmr]

you should

then i can pretend that it's the first time i read that word today

[bealeblues]

just stop talking rmr, you're doing no one any good

[daverbee]

Done.

[bealeblues]

you can go right on talking daver-- i'm just sick beyond sick of rmr and her rambling

[daverbee]

Don't make me separate you two.

[bealeblues]

you dont have to separate us--we have nothing in common and she can go right on counting her string beans and mumbling about paper clips to herself. i'm over her crap.

[daverbee]

You're over her crap, Charlie Brown.

[bealeblues]

i am over her shite. i told her we needed to see other people, and all she can do is keep eating altoids, thinking that's actually going to work this time.

IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THIS TIME.

[rmr]

i'm no longer fond of you.

[bealeblues]

your reverse psychology won't work either. and your air supply records SUCK

[daverbee]

There are "good" Air Supply records?

[rmr]

beale's theme song

making love out of nothing at all

:rolleyes:

[bealeblues]

you can't break my heart anymore rmr. dont even waste your breath

[daverbee]

I gotta go back to work. You two behave while I'm gone, OK?

[bealeblues]

she's dead to me

[agentsmith]

Originally posted by Avalon
That, and it explains where some of the "regulars" have been. I have to wonder how hard it was for them to keep a straight face every time someone asked where they had been or if they were okay.
I didn't wonder about most of them anyway, but I will now never wonder where or if they are ever again.

that is not true. especially in my case. i havent been around a lot, i've been very busy to the point of breakdown, and i hardly use the darkroom. we dont all hide in there and laugh at all the people who dont have enough posts.

[red]

Originally posted by nycwriters

quote:
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Originally posted by Zefrank
what the hell is this?

the backroom is basically a moderation space for "supah usahs" - folks with greater than 3000 posts to discuss anything that you wish to keep away from the rabble. only moderators can see this room and the posts in it. when a user hits 3000 posts i will add their name to the moderator list.

I've never heard of this either.

[rapscalious rob]

it got changed to 4000

[red]

I guess that's one way to exclude people, keep changing the limits.

[rapscalious rob]

… (http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=220481#post220481)

[rapscalious rob]

obviously, i’m not allowed in, either.

[red]

well, there is probably good reason for that. ;)

but not for me!!! I'm special dammit
AND NOT SHORT-BUS SPECIAL!!!

[agentsmith]

the unibrow on your avatar is so fearsome, red.

[rapscalious rob]

have you seen the frida dolls they sell from that art catalog? pretty damn cool.


well, there is probably good reason for that.
what does that mean? is it the invisible posting?

[rapscalious rob]

they also have vincent van gogh dolls with a detachable ear.

[melissa]

oh my god! That is so funny!!

[red]

Originally posted by rapscalious rob



what does that mean? is it the invisible posting?

no, no, no. I'm just being tacky. I like the invisible posting.

[red]

Originally posted by agentsmith
the unibrow on your avatar is so fearsome, red.

I like it too.

[rapscalious rob]

Originally posted by melissa
oh my god! That is so funny!!

their salvador dali doll has a cape. apparently, salvadore dali wore a cape regularly. he looks like the count from seseme street!

[rapscalious rob]

here they are, in all their glory (http://www.dickblick.com/zz731/55/products.asp?ig_id=7290)

[red]

I *heart* the Van Gogh doll.

[Spicy Jack]

davinci and monet look like a part of the 7 dwarfs.

*awesome*

[agentsmith]

i want van gogh and dali

[rapscalious rob]

Originally posted by Spicy Jack
davinci and monet look like a part of the 7 dwarfs.

*awesome*

i had the same thought when i saw them. :p

[JesusTitties]

http://www.thesunmachine.net/image_archive/archive/cookd/this-is-shit.jpg

[melissa]

My poop never spirals like that.:mad:

[dinzdale]

Try doing the hula :)

[melissa]

:eek:

[agentsmith]

teehee, now theres an idea.

[red]

I'm still bent about this, especially when someone who didn't meet the post requirement was let in.

I know exactly how dc feels.

:mad:

[Audreyvgs]

Well, she was there at the inception, and probably helped formulate the concept. That's why he included her in. Its just a time and post # thing. O cripes, you didnt delete all your posts and not get included because of that, too, did you?

[red]

no, I don't delete posts. Once it's out there, it's out there.

[malarkey]

yes because they said i could get in and i didnt have enough posts but then i couldnt get in so i dont think people who dont have enough posts can get in there.

[red]

OH! Is that] what it is. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[malarkey]

thats okay. hey but you are going to get there soon because you are nearly at 4000!!! will you tell me all about it when you get there?

[red]

yeah, sure whatever.

[agentsmith]

oh are you guys upset about amanda being included even though she didnt have enough posts? hmmm...i think the darkroom may have been partway her idea or something...and isnt she the oldest still posting member? i dunno, dont shoot me.

[masterofNone]

i think yes to the first and no to the second.

[Magpie]

I've cut n' pasted this post of mine from the "deconstructing message boards" thread. After catching up on this thread, it applies here as well...

Originally posted by masterofNone
i think it was the complaints of some of the other folks who joined for the fiction that spurred 'ze to create the darkroom... a place where we could write in peace, without the spammers. it was a place for the old timers. we set the criteria to be a filter to allow only the oldtimers in... since only the oldtimers could have reached 4000 posts. 'ze even said "of course for someone to post more than 4,000 posts in less than a year requires an average daily post total ~ 15 - which is pretty hardcore."

but there were some hardcore spammers. go figure, the law of unintended consequences is a bitch.
Exactly. It really isn't and never was a "gift" or "surprise" for the rest of the members. Thoughtful attempt to smooth it over, but pretty crappy to use that against NYC for outting it. It's pretty obvious that the criteria that you all set included the core group of "old timers" (the board's first 18mos of members that still continuously post). NYC didn't spoil that "gift", she revealed the "old timers" private forum. It's common knowledge to any one who's been here awhile that a number of the "old timers" have been unhappy with where the boards have gone; I'm sure the Malarkey debacle just drove that point home. I can understand parts of this... but then, I'm not one of the "old timers" having only been here a year.

Certainly couldn't just create an "old timers only" room without leaving some guidelines for everyone else to make their way into at some point. That just wouldn't look right if anyone discovered it. That's how it appears anyhow. So the whole "gift/surprise" thing really has a bad after taste for me because I don't think that's what the creation of that room was about in the first place. Since this is all out in the open now, who were the very first allowed members of the darkroom? What criteria did they meet?

Originally posted by masterofNone
can you understand that the folks who are here for the writing might find it hard to see their playground get over-run?
Absolutely. Why not start your own fiction/writing forum only? One that you all can control the content, members, etc. of? Ze's boards attracted different types of creative people over the years, not just those who write. He's allowed and accomodated all types of creativity. Would be a whole lot easier for you to create the more focused, streamlined writing environment you desire than he at this point don't you think?

[zefrank]

darkroom was my idea. she was in my presence while i was first talking about it, while i was in seattle - so i made an exception.

the first iteration of the darkroom allowed anyone over 3,000 posts to view it. it was then raised to 4,000 the next day. no other criteria exists, or will exist.

[Deviate]

i want to poke this thread in the eye.

[fodder]

so when i hit 3000, i'll be able to see the new board

for some reason, this i doubt

[priceyfatprude]

Originally posted by fodder
so when i hit 3000, i'll be able to see the new board

for some reason, this i doubt it was then raised to 4,000 the next day.

[fodder]

if you remember in december
then i wont eat you when im gone!!!!!:mad:

[moel]

when you come back
we'll have to make new love

[trisherina]

http://www.eyethinkinc.com/smartmove/images/smarteye.gif

[fodder]

Originally posted by moel
when you come back
we'll have to make new love

dude
wrong song

you failed seriously

[zenbabe]

I want to kick this thread in the shins

[melissa]

Let's take it out back and whup it's ass!

[moel]

Originally posted by fodder
dude
wrong song

you failed seriously i picked a different song

duuuude