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This board totally sucks.
I come here looking for interesting issues and pictures of long hair from time to time. But, guess what? All I find are the same trite topics posted by various ppl who seem to have no idea what is going on. I wish the webmaster would shut this board down. IT is pethetic.
your observation is duly noted... thankfully this board's character has been rescued by your post. we need more contributions like yours- positive, well thought out, and of course- correctly spelled. your addition has rescued us from the rabble. thank you thank you thank you.
by the way, there is a photo archive here. so which is more pAthetic, posting on old topics here, or skulking around a MESSAGE board, belly-aching that you can't find pix to satisfy whatever whatever need you have. i do hope you find sufficient photographical material to satisfy your jollies.
pAthetic or ApAthetic or ANTIpAthetic?¬)
Do you really think your comment is essential better? Consumers bla bla.
wolfgang
better than the rest of the gargage usually posted here, probably not.
What are you trying to way? Is that German?
pethetic.
Firstly this board is not primarily a place to get pictures, for that, there are other places.
This is a place for longhairs to seek mutual support on matters which concern us like discrimination against longhair in the workplace, hairgrowth and haircare, religious and other kinds of intolerance against longhairs, trends and other matters related to longhairs.
So at times, the topics of discussion are interesting and oftentimes they are ordinary concerns about hair loss, hair growth and so on.
As for flaming, well there seems to be a bit more of that on this list lately which isn't a healthy sign but activity on other lists I'm subscribed to seems to be slowing down too.
Perhaps it's a reflection of the slowdown in the economy, the plunge in the stock market or maybe people just getting a bit tired of sitting for too long in front of a computer screen when they could be interacting with people face-to-face over coffee.
My questions to you is: What do you want from this list?
Secondly, if you believe there are more interesting and important issues to discuss here, why not post a comment and start a discussion thread going?
Charles
Maybe, it's because of a hatred of criminals or, as john would put it, antipathy?
maybe you are right.
Or maybe it is because people are tired of the few individuals who endlessly focus on just one or two things which are largely unrelated to Longhair on men. That is hardly apathy and I don't think it antipathy either. More like frustration.
Some new subjects would be ideal. Then again, all boards go through their phases of dry spells and seem to have a regular cycle of the types of messages which get posted. It has always been thus.
Madoc
Ah, but it ORIGINALLY STARTS being related to Longhair on men. Remember, topics tend to drift. Notice that the FAQ says, "When responding to a post, make sure your reply is consistent with the head of the thread. If your topic has nothing to do with the original thread, start a new thread." Do you get the drift?
frustration is a reaction we choose to have to something we have no control over... in this case the posting activity of some people on this board. the path of least resistance would be to simply ignore offending posts. we cannot influence how others behave here- only how we react to it. the 'gentleman' who posted the original message in this thread seemed to be expressing a genuine distaste for SOME of the activity here... but he chose to do so by starting a new thread and slamming the board in general. in doing so he has risked alienating everyone here- not a very good first impression.
...i would infer from what you wrote that we should simply 'ride out' the dry spells. i concur. i would say further that anyone who considers participating in this board should take alot of the activity with a grain of salt... tolerance doesn't have to mean complicity; but to slam the board because of a disagreement will only invite more abuse.
Does this happen to all boards at the same time or at different times?
Charles
I do not come here Primarily for pictures, this is just a facet of my interests.
I agree with you on that one.
I very seldom find interesting topics here. I mean, how many times can we talk about biotin 600 or what ever it is?
The list I go to as well.
I would like to come here and discuss the issues that you have mentioned above in a friendly and knowledgeable manner.
Well, being a newbie to this site. I wanted to lurk for a while to see if this site was worth contributing to.
I can't agree with you any more on that but I think there are certain narcistic aspects to being a longhair which come through on this list sometimes.
Any reasons why?
I can only offer a suggestion that it might be related to the collapse of many dotcom companies, the layoffs in many technology companies and the employment and business opportunities it provides people with access to the Internet.
In short, I guess people give priority to life's concerns in the physical world, rather than the online world during tough economic times, or maybe it's a sign of the times as people lose interest in discussion lists after a while. For example, I don't visit this list as much as I used to before.
You should be able to find that kind of environment here, exept for some jerks but it's difficult to control discussions posted on an open list like this, unless we instead have a moderated list to which we must subscribe with user ID and password or a moderated e-mail list but that's up to list-owner Victor Engel to decide.
Well, looking at the discussions, it looks like you've started a fairly active thread going.
Cheers
Charles
The Search Index is already shut down!