Re: The Hibiscus' are all grey!
Clearly, I wasn't referring to you, Lynn. Seriously. But whoEVER I was referring to has no reason to be apologetic anyway. Again, I'm not talking about ONE THING; I'm talking about a combination of things that for whatever reason make the experience here not as good for me as it was a few years ago, when YOU were already here and participating.
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Re: The Hibiscuses are all grey!
Originally posted by scrivener View PostI wish I weren't so uptight about things like this, but it annoys me when I try to engage people in meaningful conversation and the responses are combinations of the things I mention above. Not enough to make me want to bail, but enough to make me less eager to participate.
Nuff said.
Lynn
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I still check in several times a day, and I don't think I've missed a day on HT in four years or so. The truth is, these things move in waves. There will be long periods of crazy activity, then there will be lulls. The good boards survive the lulls. The not-so-good ones tend to die completely. And sometimes it's not a matter of a board's being good or bad; it's just the way things move sometimes, and group dynamics have a lot to do with that.
One thing that's happened here that I've never seen elsewhere is the apparent near-exhaustion of topics for discussion. It seems every week someone posts something and then one of the old-timers replies with "Please see this thread, where we've already hashed this all out." It's true that current events and current movies still keep us going, but it's also true that we've had two or three threads about private schools vs. public schools.
But back to group dynamics. I speak for nobody but myself when I say that I don't love the current mix of participants quite the way I loved past mixes of participants. There are a few very regular posters who can be counted on to jump into any conversation and practically derail it with faulty logic, horrendous punctuation and spelling (not you, Craig!), non-sequiturs, and the apparent need to call attention to the posters rather than the topic at hand. Any one of these things is not a big deal, but in regular, frequent combination, they get to be a bit too much for me. I don't complain because I'm the one with the problem and will usually just keep my typing to myself or bow out of the thread once I've had my say about the topic, but in case anyone was wondering why my prolificity has waned, there it is. I don't call anyone on it because this isn't my space, and because I like the welcoming vibe HT usually has.
I wish I weren't so uptight about things like this, but it annoys me when I try to engage people in meaningful conversation and the responses are combinations of the things I mention above. Not enough to make me want to bail, but enough to make me less eager to participate.
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Originally posted by Seeking Penance View PostI'm finally getting married. It'll be one of the prettiest faggot "pretty in pink" weddings Diamond Head will ever lay eyes on.
*smiles*
I was reading this thread and giggling. And yeah, I wanna post several times but I have to be careful on what I post nowadays. Have to be careful on what may be used against me. ha ha ha Den again, AINOKEA. The old timers just seem to check in now and den. We need moa Aloha.
Auntie Lynn
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Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View PostI thought The Hibiscus is a K-bar.
oh Walkoff Balk....silly...funny ahem...Walkoff Balk
...seeking penance is pulling cyber legs...i'm not getting married....craigwatanabe's thread worried me, he needed a cyber chingamathingy (shaka)
i agree with tutusue; they are either on twitter or facebook
auntie lynn? you behaving yourself on twitter?
i've missed this room terribly - how is sansei?
have a pleasant and safe aloha week HT ohana *waves @ surlygirly* hi cupcakeLast edited by Seeking Penance; October 14, 2009, 12:09 AM. Reason: one more thing - GO USC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I see quite a few HTers on Facebook. I wonder if that has something to do with it.
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Originally posted by craigwatanabe View PostSlow meaning not much action going on this morning.
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I thought The Hibiscus is a K-bar.
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Originally posted by Seeking Penance View PostI'm finally getting married. It'll be one of the prettiest faggot "pretty in pink" weddings Diamond Head will ever lay eyes on.
*smiles*
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Now that's the best news I've heard all day!!
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Re: The Hibiscus' are all grey!
Originally posted by craigwatanabe View PostSlow meaning not much action going on this morning.
*smiles*
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