This board in the old days

[ghostlight2]

"I would like to propose a toast.

To the old days and Margo Channing"

I could do without the old days. Too many cliques and nastiness. Many of the regulars treated this place as their own personal sandbox. People really are looking at the old board through rose colored glasses. It wasn't pleasant if you didn't "belong".

I do miss Reginald Treslian (did I spell that right?), best12bars, and of course Margo. I never met Margo, but we corresponded often through email. He was always a bit of a shut in, and a few years before he vanished, he wasn't well. As he became sicker, his emails became less frequent. At some point, he stopped responding. I can't confirm it (and I tried), but I am nearly certain Margo passed away.

[ghostlight2]

I also miss SNAFU and Tag. AwesomeDanny.

[Becky]

Been on the board since close to the beginning, and of course we've seen it go through changes.I go from lurking occasionally, to going months without popping in, to a rare post now and then. I agree with the person that discussed how there used to be a smaller community of people that had real discussions, and it was a place to come to in order to share perspective, gain perspective, etc..(There were certainly the elitist posters and nastiness back then - not all rainbows and unicorns...)  Now it seems to be a waste of time to put any thought into a response, because it gets buried in the 15 pages of endless banter (that is mostly lacking of any real content or value to add). However, I have enjoyed some OG names popping into this thread. Brings back memories. Good ones.

[FindingNamo]

"...it gets buried in the 15 pages of endless banter (that is mostly lacking of any real content or value to add)."

That's why I stopped posting my thoughts on shows. (Which modernmillie seems to miss for some reason). Back when I did share my thoughts and feelings, I composed my reactions to shows really carefully, thought about the best words to express my feelings, only to see them disappear beneath 85 "amazing" and one "It stinks because it exists!" (After Eight.) 

[SweetLips22]

We need Sue? the mad Russian woman to liven up this place again--needs some spunk !

[Marianne2]

No, we don't need people like that back. They are what is wrong with how things have gotten handled around here. Things get taken out of context and people are unfairly judged. But, then people like that got to hang around for so long without contributing anything of value.

[ghostlight2]

No more trolls, please. The ones we have are bad enough. Years ago, a 13 year old kid was harrassed and hounded on this board every time that s/he posted. The kid finally posted a video to prove they were real. Didn't help. The kid continued to be mocked, hounded and belittled. Was even told to commit suicide.

 

By two people in this thread.

 

I just checked, and the kid did post at least as recently as 2018. Good for him/her, but can you imagine coming here as a 13 year old, and being told by two old-timers to kill yourself?

 

Yeah, you can keep the "old days".

[bk]

Please name those two posters.  

[ghostlight2]

That would be pointless, because it would be deleted. While telling people to kill themselves was a common occurrence with those two, doxxing was another favorite pastime.

 

eta: one of the posters I referred to above would even tell other posters how they should kill themselves. In the example above, the kid was told to drink a bottle of nail polish, fill their pockets with rocks, and wade into deep water. This was far from an isolated incident.

[After Eight]

Ghostlight2 wrote: “Yeah, you can keep the "old days".”

 I understand that those on the “in” had a ball back then. But it was hardly welcoming to newcomers, as illustrated in the example that ghostlight2 related. It's a shame, really, because people who might have had something of value to say were turned off or turned away. That was neither good for the board, nor a good look for the board.

If that kind of harassment is over and done with, then I say goodbye and good riddance.

But even in this very thread, there have been examples of ad hominem ridicule, ageist remarks, gratuitous swipes...

 Plus ça change...?

 

[ukpuppetboy]

Who was it who insisted on adding to the enormous list of EVERY show they saw in their footer throughout the year? By fall even their shortest post would take up the entire screen. I don’t miss that.

[LizzieCurry]

Jay Starr?

[mar6411]

Phantom of London