Posted by Zeebadaboodee at roc-66-67-162-21.rochester.rr.com on July 01, 2002 at 15:27:19:
In Reply to: Maybe if the 'old-skoolers'... posted by Pimped-Out-Jedi-Knight on July 01, 2002 at 15:06:23:
: ...stuck around to show people the light, instead of just posting from time to time to complain about how crappy this place has got, then it wouldn't be so 'awful'. Still, I suppose it's a whole lot easier to just moan rather than do anything...
There are a couple of us still around. I think a lot of us have tried to lead by example, but the sheer numbers of ridiculous posts makes it difficult to do this.
It's a vicious cycle which I try not to bitch about too much because it's not my place to do so. The truth is, as more and more posters come around and see how the board operates, this becomes the norm. Anyone coming on the board right now for the first time sees the numerous polls and "chat" posts and thinks that is how this board operates, and maybe that's not so wrong.
In my opinion (and keep in mind, all of this is just my opinion), the posters on this board (both new and old alike) should have taken an enormous hint from Kevin's post about why he doesn't come around here that often anymore. There are quite a few "reds" who have chosen to post elsewhere, and that's a huge fucking shame. The more posts that appear that don't have any real merit or worth, again a subjective idea, the harder it is for Kevin or any other red to search through them for intelligent thought.
Whether this place has gotten worse in the last few years is subjective. There have always been assholes here, but back in "the day" there were fewer of them. Of course, there were also fewer posters period. I can remember a time about 4 years ago when there were just a few (maybe 15 or so) true regulars who posted here everyday. At that point, it was easier to weed out the people who came here and posted ridiculous posts that didn't have any real value.
Kevin has said several times that this board will be the last thing to go. Maybe that's true, but without his consistent presence the place turns into a tough environment to have intelligent conversations. Of course, the vicious cycle is that because of some of the crap that is posted here, Kevin comes around less.
The really weird part about this place is that after being here for awhile, I now feel like a newbie. The people who get recognized here these days are not so much people who make a contribution to the "Askew community" (whatever that is), but people who have nothing better to do than reply for no reason to every single post on the board. There's a new breed of regulars here now, and that's not so bad necessarily. However, for many of us "oldbies", the new way to run things here just doesn't work.
Whatever happens, I'll be around here for a long time. But for now, I'll remain an infrequent poster who scans for messages by Kevin or some of the other names I recognize.
ksb