Plus I Got Depression

[Doktor Howl]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

[Faust]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Or, more likely, it's a three-day weekend with Valentine's Day right in the middle, and people are off somewhere fucking in a hot tub.

I mean, I could post less fluff and "bloggy" type stuff, but the end result would be that I'd shift more of my posting elsewhere, and I would stop feeling as connected and attached to the people here, and more connected to wherever else I was posting my "bloggy" stuff, and then I wouldn't really have any context or motivation to post content here so I wouldn't.

That's kind of the way it works for most people, I've noticed. Almost no one pops on here once a week with a really well-written piece. Instead, it's the people who post all the damn time about the shithead they share an office with or who they're dating or what they did with their friends over the weekend who ALSO write the posts with content. Partly because they write all the time, compulsively, so some of it turns out to be good, and partly because they're emotionally invested in the board.

[Doktor Howl]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

It's not just one or two people, or one or two threads.  It's endemic.  2 months ago, we were in the most creative period we've ever had, and then it ended overnight.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

That's probably because that's the post that made me think "hell, why not have a thread for whining in?"

Get it out of the Bodega and out of Or Kill Me and in one place.

People seem to like complaining in it, so far. And some of them are even doing it *entertainingly*.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

It's not just one or two people, or one or two threads.  It's endemic.  2 months ago, we were in the most creative period we've ever had, and then it ended overnight.

It didn't end overnight. It petered out in a last gasping struggle of repetition. You can't keep that kind of thing going indefinitely... it needs airing-out space so that people can write from a fresh perspective, about fresh topics.

[Doktor Howl]

Or, more likely, it's a three-day weekend with Valentine's Day right in the middle, and people are off somewhere fucking in a hot tub.

I mean, I could post less fluff and "bloggy" type stuff, but the end result would be that I'd shift more of my posting elsewhere, and I would stop feeling as connected and attached to the people here, and more connected to wherever else I was posting my "bloggy" stuff, and then I wouldn't really have any context or motivation to post content here so I wouldn't.

That's kind of the way it works for most people, I've noticed. Almost no one pops on here once a week with a really well-written piece. Instead, it's the people who post all the damn time about the shithead they share an office with or who they're dating or what they did with their friends over the weekend who ALSO write the posts with content. Partly because they write all the time, compulsively, so some of it turns out to be good, and partly because they're emotionally invested in the board.

Wasn't bitching about you, Nigel, and I apologize if it looked that way.

It's not the fluff, we've always had that, and it's fun sometimes.  It's the fact that that's all we have.  In every forum.  We have a thread for everything you can jam into or out of an orifice, why we're happy, why we're sad, what's pissing us off, what the weather is (in OKM, no less, thanks a pile, EOC), how many pounds of stool we have in our guts, and, of course, 6 tarot threads and 32 "ask me anything" threads.

After the last half year, that's a fucking heartbreaker.  I feel like I'm at TCC.

Not the fluff.  The lack of anything else.

[Faust]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

That's probably because that's the post that made me think "hell, why not have a thread for whining in?"

Get it out of the Bodega and out of Or Kill Me and in one place.

People seem to like complaining in it, so far. And some of them are even doing it *entertainingly*.

If you say so, I see a lot of posts back there that no one responded to.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Or, more likely, it's a three-day weekend with Valentine's Day right in the middle, and people are off somewhere fucking in a hot tub.

I mean, I could post less fluff and "bloggy" type stuff, but the end result would be that I'd shift more of my posting elsewhere, and I would stop feeling as connected and attached to the people here, and more connected to wherever else I was posting my "bloggy" stuff, and then I wouldn't really have any context or motivation to post content here so I wouldn't.

That's kind of the way it works for most people, I've noticed. Almost no one pops on here once a week with a really well-written piece. Instead, it's the people who post all the damn time about the shithead they share an office with or who they're dating or what they did with their friends over the weekend who ALSO write the posts with content. Partly because they write all the time, compulsively, so some of it turns out to be good, and partly because they're emotionally invested in the board.

Wasn't bitching about you, Nigel, and I apologize if it looked that way.

It's not the fluff, we've always had that, and it's fun sometimes.  It's the fact that that's all we have.  In every forum.  We have a thread for everything you can jam into or out of an orifice, why we're happy, why we're sad, what's pissing us off, what the weather is (in OKM, no less, thanks a pile, EOC), how many pounds of stool we have in our guts, and, of course, 6 tarot threads and 32 "ask me anything" threads.

After the last half year, that's a fucking heartbreaker.  I feel like I'm at TCC.

Not the fluff.  The lack of anything else.

Sometimes people need to just LIVE. Besides, there have been quite a few projects. You might not care about the PD tarot, but apparently quite a few other people do. Cram's working on The Dreaming. Intermittens 8 just came out, and is great!

It's a holiday weekend.

I just spent much of my morning rewriting parenting plans for me and the Freekmeister.

Life is just happening, all over the place, and sometimes that means people aren't writing great essays for the board.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

That's probably because that's the post that made me think "hell, why not have a thread for whining in?"

Get it out of the Bodega and out of Or Kill Me and in one place.

People seem to like complaining in it, so far. And some of them are even doing it *entertainingly*.

If you say so, I see a lot of posts back there that no one responded to.

Why would a complaint require a response?

Also, this is Apple Talk.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

BTW, that weather thread could probably stand to be moved to Apple Talk because it makes NO sense in OKM.

[Doktor Howl]

BTW, that weather thread could probably stand to be moved to Apple Talk because it makes NO sense in OKM.

There's no sense fighting it.  It will only end in tears, with thread authors explaining why it was a rant, and everyone running around all unregulated.  Cats and dogs fucking in the streets, nuns pushing meth, and Democrats growing spines.  Chaos.  The horror.

[Faust]

I'm complaining because for the first time in weeks I was able to get on from a real computer and I wasn't sure where I was.  I couldn't decide if it was MW or Facebook.

WTF has happened? Did everybody give up?

When the fluff is good news it tends to bring people in, even if its not all that compelling, when there's nothing but bitching all over the forum and gloom in here then people don't feel the need to post.

Meh.

There's no point posting content.  It just gets buried under the blogging.

Perhaps. This thread is making me specifically think of Kurys thread in or kill me for some reason.

That's probably because that's the post that made me think "hell, why not have a thread for whining in?"

Get it out of the Bodega and out of Or Kill Me and in one place.

People seem to like complaining in it, so far. And some of them are even doing it *entertainingly*.

If you say so, I see a lot of posts back there that no one responded to.

Why would a complaint require a response?

Also, this is Apple Talk.

Because it is a discussion forum not a blog.
Forum implies discussion and sharing of opinions.
This IS Apple Talk, a sandbox forum for anything, but that anything is currently one thing and it looks like a garbage dump.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

At least you're complaining in the appropriate place. 

[Jenne]

Sigh.

It's a holy-day weekend, folks.  Alphapance will be on tmro a.m., I bet, like clockwork.

Jeez.

And sometimes all-content-all-the-time just gets a bit stale as well. 

Feh.