People can be 'demoted' and/or 'promoted'.
It's a cause and effect thing......dependent on behaviour and overall conduct/benefit to the site...

I can hardly contain my anticipation for the third movie

Even worse .... I'm married to a Piscean!! She 'understands' me rather too well!

Elfkura: It would have been wise to speak with the people you wanted to speak with in the first place. A melodramtic "Bye" thread could have been avoided. You are a prominent face on this site. And a statement by you that something is wrong with this site may have (a negative or positive) impact, because you are a respected member of this site. You know that...

I try to avoid being involved in discussions like these, because I am related to SD. Consider it to be my view and not that of SD.

check this out. i am a leo and my wifes a virgo.

Don't give the game away in the 2nd Lotr film I haven't seen it yet

sorry, apologies. I won't spoile the movies for you, hehe.

MadIce,

I don't run with stupid things unless I'm somehow certain, via gut instinct (don't you dare laugh), that some things are wrong... I still believe there was a bit too much childish acts on both sides.

It has come to that a few times, me leaving quietly for a while to think things through. I got tired of thinking and coming back and finding new stuff exploding all over the place...

I feel responsible for this place. When it gets out of hand, it gets on my nerves. When that happens, I am the worst bitch to be around. And as for the respected part, I believe you are right, I am respected. Not as much as most think.

I am easily forgotten... but easily reminded of again

But, I am saying "bye"...

I need to. I -have- to cool my head down. I don't think there's enough patience in this world right about now to cope with me. So, it is "bye" until further notice.

Exams are over May 8th... I may return after that for a bit of entertainment. Until then, you guys better keep things straight around here, including the admins, you hear me?

I need a nap... lunch is in like..3 hours

Do as I do, try to ignore idiots, make fun of some, relax and smile it will be worse tomorrow

It seems to me that the moderators have gone the extra mile. Maybe everything isn't as visible as you assume it is. Maybe you have not been around to see the entire drama. I know for sure that there is a lot going on in email and messenger that everyone is not aware of. You are not the only one communicating with other people that way.

Posts on a message board are not cast in stone. In an ongoing conversation it is common to post something and then delete it once it is known the person has seen it. Other deletions I have seen and understood the reason for. Bottom line is that all message boards are tended and shaped by the people that use them, including and especially the moderators. They cannot possibly bow to the whims and the wishes of every single person that has aspirations to have things their way. Message boards are democratic places.... you come, you function or not, you leave one way or another, maybe you come back. It is all a person's choice. The moderators are here on a daily basis. They know and understand things through consistent day to day contact, often through extra board communications that you can not know of, and through inter-moderator communications.

I understand what you are saying about soft and hard shelled people. But you have to know that sometimes your perceptions of people are drawn from a mighty shallow well. If you are not around to gather an adequate number of samplings you are likely to get a wrong impression. Likewise, if you are not giving a plentiful or deep sampling of yourself then you had best be judicious with the one that you do leave. Else the impression people have could be something different than what you see yourself to be.

Human communication is a complicated and fluid thing. It functions best when it is spontaneous and unrestrained. It is futile to try to apply the constraints and control that you sometimes speak of. Unrestrained, however, does not mean uncontrolled. One has to learn how to function on a message board, and sometimes the way of learning may seem harsh and painful. Getting exiled can be a lesson. It does not have to be a permanent thing. Sometimes people just need a time out. Sometimes that is the way people learn.


Ok, now I am beginning to blither.Good night all.

sheesh.... there are a million posts since I started writing, now it is all out of place!

OK back to bed with me. My apologies.

Night, Night Sweet prince

GM's post number #35....very well explained...an example of erudite enlightenment...

[yes, I do crosswords, too]...

GM, your post was right on.

People do not see what happens "behind closed doors" or what the admins discuss before action is taken against a member of the site.

People don't get exiled without being communicated with first.

Sigh, KarmaGirl's my Hero

Hoppity...I have negatives of your 'Hero'.....how much you pay?....

Only negatives, Hmmm... not worth it

Well at least after reading this whole thread in wonderment I was rewarded a chuckle and a smile.

My daughter is a Pisces too. This place sure is a soap opera sometimes!

*Kim*

/me feels GM said it all!

/me applauds GM and her wise words

Elf, on the subject of people getting exiled, in the 2 plus years i have been hear (nearly every day, reading lots) i have never seen the admins exile someone lightly, or without due warning.

As the Keyboard Burns

Elfie, Elfie, Elfie, you can be such a drama queen at times. You'll be back.

/me goes see what's up this time

once again, I feel like I missed all the important parts...

I haven't been able to keep up with all the stuff happening on the message board.

Don't go Elfie... just lurk for a while if you want but always express your opinions, everyone else does and yours are valued.

Nice post GM...

Elfie... I know I made you once or twice talking about cars... (you probably don't remember)... but if you go don't think of this site as something you will never want to come back to... think that when you come back it will the way it was in the beginning... or it will take on a new shape and be better than ever... I would hate to see you go because you have been very important in these message boards... you and many others... so have fun and i hope to see you here... or around...