Huh? I am a what....!?

Why do people assume things? Why don't they listen and approach it reasonably....

from JoeUser Forums
There seems to have been ill sentiment towards recent actions of mine... according to some, i have been 'hogging' the forums...i did not intend this, as i have said repeatedly, i merely post those topics because i have found them interesting, and i thought that, maybe, others would be interested, i don't know if others avidly search for such news items...so, i brought them to JU....also, if others are indeed interested in the topic, then they could start a debate over it...none of my actions were intended on purpose...and i also apologize for the language, i was at the time of recent comments, having to deal with a conflict on another site...so some of my frustration/anger wasn't intended, but came out...

Another thing...if JU is a place for personal blogs, then why can't someone post something he/she found publically...., and i avidly search search,read and think...thats who i am, i am not the 'narcisst' or 'forum hogger' that some think... also, why (i heard this on the 'polar bear' topic) should someone be banned for actions that are not intended to be selfish, but done with others in mind...why...such actions as blogging would go against the essence of the 1st amendment, blogging....etc... perhaps i will stick to my blog only for a while...
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Your blog is your blog...you are allowed to post whatever you like, within the TOU.

However, it is discouraging to your fellow bloggers when they work really hard on a post (write about something they're passionate about, write something that seeks the opinions of others, write something that required a lot of research, etc.) only to find that it's buried underneath several other blogs before anyone has had the chance to read/respond to it.

Most folks don't have a lot of time (or the patience) to go digging for old stuff, so they just click on the links that are on the forum page. Because of this, the well-written, thought-provoking stuff won't be seen if another blogger spams the forums with multiple posts under the same category.

As far as the content of your blogs goes, it's your business what you want to post/blog about. A courtesy might be to post your "link only" blogs to your blog and not the forum. Folks who are interested in your favorite pics/links can then visit your page specifically and look at pics of the polar bear or read a link to a news story that you found interesting.

I agree that posting several articles in the same category, especially when they are essentially devoid of original content, is not a considerate thing to do, and I would be incredibly frustrated if something I'd worked hard on received few or no replies because it had been buried under a series of link postings.

Just my thoughts.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
such actions as blogging would go against the essence of the 1st amendment, blogging....etc... perhaps i will stick to my blog only for a while...


--Oops, meant 'banning'...not blogging...
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Blog away dear friend.... but if it's only photo you are posting... there is no need to take up forum space with it...confine it to your blog. Your 'fans' will click on it. The forums are for specific topics and often one has to dig to find the one they are looking for because people post things like photos...making it difficult to find a real article.
We all have our 'days' Lucas.... yesterday was yours... today is a new one!
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
We all have our 'days' Lucas.... yesterday was yours... today is a new one!


This is some nice advice. I like it.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
well, no need to worry, as i am leving, and i don't know wheni'll be back, maybe those on the 'what a load of crap' topic will celebrate...always like you two, and others... --lucas
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
sorry for the typos, my whole body was shaking because i was so mad...
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
calmmmmm downnnnnnnnn

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

take it from an insane person...you don't want to walk this path...
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Don't go Lucas... I know how you feel. I too have wanted to leave on more than one occassion... its not the thing to do. You are part of our community... stay that way!
If certain bloggers irritate you, stop reading their threads, blacklist them so they can't post on yours. Running away will sove nothing, you obviously have ideas that you wish to share with us and there are some of us that want to see them.
Take Mrrranders advice.....
calmmmmm downnnnnnnnnshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhtake it from an insane person...you don't want to walk this path...
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Lucas, don't think that what's happening now is anything new. We've seen your type many times before...

You come on and lie about stuff and then beg forgiveness. Then one person makes a jab about something that, to be fair, annoys many people and you think you're being victimised. As a result you decide to storm off in a huff and claim that everything is just so vastly unfair.

You mentioned that you were having a fight on another site as well? Could it be that perhaps the problem is with you, not everyone else?
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top



sorry for the typos, my whole body was shaking because i was so mad...


Careful you must be. Lead you down the path to the dark side it will. hmmmmmmm.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

Lucas, I hope you stay.  I appreciate your comments and thoughts on many topics.

In the end, it is your blog and you can do with it as you please.  You just need time to grow a thick skin.

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
your blog. your rules {as long as no tos violations}

the way I figure it, if yer not pissin someone off, yer not doin yer thing.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
--Yeah, i know i said i was leaving...but hey...sometimes people actually stand up when things are wrong...

take it from an insane person...you don't want to walk this path


--Never thought you were insane...

You come on and lie about stuff and then beg forgiveness


--Never begged. offered an apology....

Then one person makes a jab about something that, to be fair, annoys many people and you think you're being victimised. As a result you decide to storm off in a huff and claim that everything is just so vastly unfair.

You mentioned that you were having a fight on another site as well? Could it be that perhaps the problem is with you, not everyone else?


--Its the fact that i acted out of consideration, and LW was a asshole enough, to not to advise me on it privately...she could have emailed me, and i would have done things different...i still am glad to...as i don't need to go another round with any one else...and as for the conflict elsewhere...it was not because of me, it was a regulation put out that i and many others disagree with, and the opposing group seemed to have adopt an irrational approach to it...


As I told him elsewhere, if he can't handle being insulted now and then, leaving is the best thing he can do.

Of course, in his mind, we're at fault here, nobody understands poor, poor Lying Lucas....ogres, we are, ogres!


--I can take an insult once in a while...but, its when you falsely assumed something and then after i repeatedly told you my intentions, so you would understand... you continued...that shows me you don't care whether the truth is told or not...at least thats what i see...

Careful you must be. Lead you down the path to the dark side it will. hmmmmmmm.


--No shit...

In the end, it is your blog and you can do with it as you please. You just need time to grow a thick skin.


--Well, i guess i can thank LW for helping me grow one over night, cause as far as i am concerned...anyone who assumes anything about me, with out asking...f*** them... they arn't willing to take the time to get to know me...

your blog. your rules {as long as no tos violations}

the way I figure it, if yer not pissin someone off, yer not doin yer thing.


--Well, i must be right on lately...
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
it isn't hard to piss some folks off on this site...try sniffing some ether...there really *are* ogres out there...
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
actually, i didn't like you that much at first, but if you can get under the dogpile's skin like that, you must have SOME good qualities



cheers
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
The problem isn't posting something you find on the internet, it is posting it with nothing added yourself. If you do it by posting the article verbatim, you are plagerizing it. If you just post a link, you are kind of selling your blog out when people come there to real YOUR thoughts.

One way to do it is to save up a bunch of interesting links, and write an article about all the interesting things you have found that week. That way you are offering insight, you are passing on the interesting stuff, and people are still coming to your site to see your own little slice of life.

Frankly, if we started just posting links we could fill this site up in mere hours. I could post 20 or 30 articels a day without breaking a sweat. There is a bit of annoyance when people go to the trouble of writing their blogs, and making sure they provide original content, only to get buried by someone who posts 5 or 6 articles with nothing but a link in them.

No worries, just remember that your blog is your blog, and it should rest on YOUR merits, not some guy's that you link. This isn't a competition, but in a way our blogs vye for attention. When you bump 4 or 5 original thoughts out of view to post the same number of bare links, then there's that many people wishing people had seen their stuff.
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
btw, my last two comments were meant very tongue in cheek

we really need some sort of "tongue in cheek" smiley

hehe
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
You know, Lucas, it was Baker who actually jumped on me, not for posting links, but for doing something just as bad, posting articles verbatim on my blog (which he mentions above). He was gruff about it, and it pissed me off, but after some thought, I realized I was pissed about it because I was embarassed I hadn't done better.

You've gotten pissed, now you can get over it and become a better writer -- I don't think I've ever been in a writing class (and I've taken a few) or been part of a writing group (and this is certainly a diverse one) where I didn't get pissed off at least once -- and wind up a better writer when the dust settles.

Even my knockdowns with LW have had that effect -- even getting confined to my own blog had that effect. Dunno, maybe you'll take it now and not have to get knocked upside the head as many times as I have.
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
-LW, bottom line, you incorrectly assumed things about me, you are wrong. i am not what you think i am...i have tried to get it through to you...its like some one trying to drive a car through a flippin steel wall...nothing gets through...and yes, i will stop posting those links..do other things...like everyone has suggested...but, all i ask is that you apologize for incorrectly assuming that i was a forum hog,etc... GET IT! YOU WERE WRONG!
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
So you call me a fucking bitch and then claim I was the one carrying on?


--I apologized for that, or perhaps you decided not to read, i don't know...and yes, i apologized for both things..., and yet you continued to piss and moan about it...



You've gotten pissed, now you can get over it and become a better writer


--Hello! I am not pissed about the "embaressment", i shrugged that off as it won't kill me, as i have been saying is; LW had NO right to assume/insult me, when she did not know me...thats it, end of story...period.
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
ya know what...i'm gonna be the better person, and back off, i have tried to tell you my intentions, and that i would stop the link only posting...but you don't get it...so, i bid ye fair well and hope you have a great life


Ciao!