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cloudboy -> In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/22/2006 9:52:49 PM)

All of us participate on the MB for various reasons. My theory is that there are stages of MB participation.

Stage #1: "The beginning" --- one is fascinated by sharing and exploring the realm of BDSM in an open discussion format.

Stage #2: "Been there, done that" ---- there is a complete run through of material and one gets a bit bored by the usual topics and thread lines. A veteran poster of these boards whom I respect said this occurs at 2-3 months.

Stage #3: "What to do now?" -- Follow the authors and personalities. Try and push the MB envelope a little bit on occasion through humor and challenges to liven up the dullish threads. This is where I am now.

Stage #4: ???

Stage #5: ???

Stage #6: Quit posting

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Question #1: How do you think the moderators effect these stages? How do you think they help or hurt the MB in terms of interest and participation? Do you think the board is over moderated, under moderated, or moderated just right?

Question #2: What are you own stages of MB participation if you had to classify them?

Question #3: What poster who quit the MB do you miss most and why? For me it would be Veronicaofml for his unique syntax, brutal honesty, and sense of self he put into his posting.

Question #4: Can you provide a link to your favorite post ever since signing up for collarme? If not your favorite, then can you provide a link to a post you rate very highly? Below is a post I would rate very highly because it was so perfectly insightful and responsive its question:

http://www.collarchat.com/m_259789/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#260210

Note: Responsiveness to question is just one category of excellence --- being humorous, satirical, explanatory, etc.... may be your own reasons.

Question #5: Can you recall an "ALLTIME THEAD," a thread that just really rocked with participation, back and forth, variety and THE WORKS. I don't have a thread that's quite all that, but so far what stands out to me was Candystripper's HIGH MONOGAMY thread.

http://www.collarchat.com/m_230655/mpage_1/key_high%2Cmonogamy/tm.htm

I also thought BlkTallFullfig's thread was a strong one as well.

http://www.collarchat.com/m_245744/mpage_1/key_madonna%2Cwhore/tm.htm



amayos -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/22/2006 10:29:58 PM)

I'm not sure what stage I'm at yet, but I have a monumentally retarded thing going in my message board psychology; I like the silver handcuffs symbols above my icon so much that I will no doubt stop posting once I reach four handcuffs. I hate those stupid fuckin' tan paddles. They are ugly and I'd rather not be associated with them. Couldn't we of had crops or bullwhips instead? Jesus.



Edited to add: Even spinning pink dildos would have been better.



ownedgirlie -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/22/2006 11:41:37 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: amayos

I'm not sure what stage I'm at yet, but I have a monumentally retarded thing going in my message board psychology; I like the silver handcuffs symbols above my icon so much that I will no doubt stop posting once I reach four handcuffs. I hate those stupid fuckin' tan paddles. They are ugly and I'd rather not be associated with them. Couldn't we of had crops or bullwhips instead? Jesus.



Edited to add: Even spinning pink dildos would have been better.


LOL i'll pass when we get to spinning pink dildos.

But i do agree that that paddles are an eye sore.



brightspot -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 12:25:40 AM)

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But i do agree that that paddles are an eye sore.


Should have seen them before[:'(].
These are the "Improved" paddles[;)]

*Brightspot



BitaTruble -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 1:06:38 AM)

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LOL i'll pass when we get to spinning pink dildos.


::steps into the ballot box and does a write in vote for St. Andrew's Crosses::

Celeste



IronBear -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 1:22:45 AM)

Seeing that I'm still posting on a couple of boards and have been for the last 8 years I'm not sure that Stage #6 (Quit Posting) is necessarily applicable. One of the things I have found is that as long as the board is generally vibrant with interesting and off controvercial subject more people remain posting. Now we all know I guess that the volume of traffic can fluctuate from season to season and according to local holiday conditions. Individually our posting frequence will often vary depending on family, work, health and social committments. What is difficult is, keeping people members or active postig when few people innitiate threads. I know I could well quit posting here, but it would not be really quitting but rather taking a break to sort other things in my life out. I dare say I am not alone with this. There times when for what ever reason, some threads or whole boards get conrtentious which may generate stress in some posters who find thay they need to shut off posting for a period to recoover and even at times leave altogether.....Good Moderators are worth their weight in diamonds. If they are excelent, they will do their best to keep things running smoothly and probably piss off a few people for staying with the rules and regs..

Just my view anyway

(The bloody Grizzly is starting to write a book again.................................)



Lordandmaster -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 1:22:45 AM)

If someone can produce a usable image to take the place of those detested paddles, I'm sure the moderators would consider adopting it.



IronBear -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 1:24:31 AM)

Naked female arses????????? VWEG



SirKenin -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 2:17:17 AM)

You would think people would have more important things to worry about than status icons. I do not know though. That could just be Me. I could care less.

The only thing that bothers Me is the people that wear their hearts on their sleeves on the boards and the vultures that tear people to shreds. You get the occasional person that goes "Look at me, I am good today" and "look at me, I am bad today" the next, or other attention seeking tactics. Other people pour their whole personal lives out on the board like they have no friends. Man, I could write a thing or two on here if I wanted to, but it is none of your business. Besides, unless I miss My guess you probably appreciate it that I do not make it your business. There are a few people that create problems in many threads, doing the same thing time and time again, picking a victim and then shredding them. I have highlighted this before though, so I am going to leave it at that.

As far as where I am at in posting, I do not go through the stages like that. I get tired of a certain style of posting right off the bat because I have been in this for years. Thus, I get cynical which annoys some people.

When I think of memorable posting, I immediately think of JohnWarren and Mercnbeth. All of them write fantastic, knowledgable, insightful posts that I really enjoy reading and learning from. Taggart is really good as well.

When I think of the least memorable posts, I think of Aakasha, LuckyAlbatross, MichaelGa and RiotGirl. The last two for whining and wearing their heart on their sleeves, the first two for just plain irritating Me.

As for a poster that has quit CM, I do not miss any of them. I do not miss people on message boards, as they are not My life.

I have seen many message boards and believe Me, this one is anything but over moderated. I find sometimes they miscall something, but overall they do a really good job. They do not sit there heavy handedly passing out judgement with their fingers on the trigger button. Believe Me, I have seen FAR worse. This is a walk in the park compared to several boards I have been on. You should be thankful, believe Me.

There are no threads that stick out in My mind as being overly memorable any more than any others. There are some, however, that were just plain terrible but I will not go there.



Lordandmaster -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 2:33:33 AM)

Awwww, I didn't even make your shit list?

quote:

ORIGINAL: SirKenin

When I think of the least memorable posts, I think of Aakasha, LuckyAlbatross, MichaelGa and RiotGirl. The last two for whining and wearing their heart on their sleeves, the first two for just plain irritating Me.



SirKenin -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 2:59:04 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

Awwww, I didn't even make your shit list?

quote:

ORIGINAL: SirKenin

When I think of the least memorable posts, I think of Aakasha, LuckyAlbatross, MichaelGa and RiotGirl. The last two for whining and wearing their heart on their sleeves, the first two for just plain irritating Me.



lol No, I guess not. Just because we do not always agree and even fight (which was rather humorous in hindsight, I am sure you can agree) does not necessarily earn you a place on My shit list. I hope you are not disappointed. [;)]



MHOO314 -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/23/2006 4:44:21 AM)

dear gawd cloudboy, before I have even had My coffee---<reaches for the brew, gets comfortable and begins...>

quote:

All of us participate on the MB for various reasons. My theory is that there are stages of MB participation.


I don't know about levels of participation--I come here for a sense of community-- a sense of home--I cannot be what I am "out there"--although I have dear friends in My hometown that are in the life, they have lives too--as we all do---I have been on a multitude of other MB's and prefer this one overall--it offers all types of opinions, good, bad, indifferent, flamed---but one persons trash is another's treasure--it is a place I can come and be ME, I see the boards as a cocktail party--there will always be vehement discussions over sensitive topics--there will always be arrogance, there will always be random stupidity--but it is after all a cocktail party--I have made friends here--REAL friends, many that I have met in RL, many that I want to meet in RL--before year end I will have met MysticalPhoenix and her james, MistressofGeorgia and her pup, Irish, fastlane, submotive,--if I ever travel across the pond again, I will meet RavenMuse--but I came here to this site as a fluke--it became My friend as I went through the trauma of the death of My mom--I made friends---My closest friends here in NC came to Me from this site for mentoring--I get flamed, I flame, it is My community--

as for the Moderators--it is not up to them--it is up to those that watch the internet--I see sites like this as a gift--if we don't abide by some rules of decency--they close down--and we are again wandering in the darkness---don't think every major government agency isn't watching---they are--Big Brother is everywhere, Freedom of speech is "Freedom with Limitations"--we are at least allowed to exist over the edge " a tad"--deal with censorship--it has lead to assasinations, wars, hatred--it won't go away anytime soon--but here I feel as free as I can "in a public venue".

As for stages--I don't think of that, I came here for a need, I came back for a need, I found My love--I stay to learn, to teach, to release the energy that the corporate world tries to stifle--but I know there will come a day when I won't post here--not because the site is bad, but because life changes--the boy will be next to Me--and our sense of community will change.

I do know there are some who post seldom and I wish they did more, there are those who have a style that drives Me nuts--but I make Myself read--I step into THEIR "98% I" and try to feel---


quote:

Question #1: How do you think the moderators effect these stages? How do you think they help or hurt the MB in terms of interest and participation? Do you think the board is over moderated, under moderated, or moderated just right?


If you think the Mods have any more or less control, think again--The governments the FCC etc etc watch these sites--(A) it is not a commerce site (B) it is a "perverted site" by their standards (C) it makes no money for anyone--based on that it can be shut down <snap> like that--so moderation keeps the doors open--deal with it or move on

quote:

Question #2: What are you own stages of MB participation if you had to classify them?



I don't have stages, I have comfort levels and life schedules--that is what dictates My level of participation--you will seldom see Me post in the Gorean or poly sections, not My belief, I can't relate so why try? I don't--here I post, I watch, I listen, I am at once brilliant and stupid--but eventually I will go away, because life changed, not the site, but I will go away better for the experience.

quote:

Question #3: What poster who quit the MB do you miss most and why? For me it would be Veronicaofml for his unique syntax, brutal honesty, and sense of self he put into his posting.


I miss veronica--caustic yet tender, difficult yet honest, tough yet soft---I miss Padraig--so very very insightful and deep--well thought out perspectives agree or not, well written IMNSHO--but we are all here ships in the night--nothing more, nothing less.

As for an all time favorite, I like them all---ok yes when someone posts the same thing that we just posted a week ago I roll My eyes--and I need to be better--many people don't give a damn about the search functions--someone who goes to the beach for the first time, doesnt always walk away saying " ahhh people go to the beach, people get burned, people go in the water, people get wet--ok I get it, enough learned--I am going home"---people need to reach out--people need to feel, people need a sense that someone gives a damn--

quote:

Question #5: Can you recall an "ALLTIME THEAD," a thread that just really rocked with participation, back and forth, variety and THE WORKS. I don't have a thread that's quite all that, but so far what stands out to me was Candystripper's HIGH MONOGAMY thread.



Mine was the thread on death--I read the back and forth--it is such a sensitive issue--cuts to the marrow of the bone--through that I loved the posts, and made a new friend who used that post to seek closure for a long felt pain---I didn't like the post for Me, I liked it because it "exposed" the humanity of fear, longing, passion, anger and weakness--and made everyone posting an equal---for at the end of the day, there is one thing that levels us, evens out the playing field--we are human--

with feelings, emotions, perceptions, beliefs, prejudices---THAT will never change no matter what we call ourselves.

edited because My OCD won't allow periods in place of commas--








MHOO314 -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/24/2006 8:42:40 AM)

hmmm thought this thread would have gained more attention.



cloudboy -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/24/2006 10:10:00 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: MHOO314

hmmm thought this thread would have gained more attention.


The question is a bit comprehensive and departs from the tried and true KISS format. I've actually been percolating about what I intend to add.

Some may be reticient like SIR KENIN to name names, other's may not engage in much differentiation here when it comes to MBs, authors, individual posts, and threads.

I used to post a great deal on the largely unmoderated yahoo boards, so I've had to adopt to the moderated format here. I'm in the camp that feels we can largely police ourselves, notwithstanding that, I can see the logic and intent behind moderation --- I just fear it takes some of the soul and edge out of the posting.

From my old posting days, I'm somewhat used to keeping track of what strikes me and who writes what. The historical quality of a MB is one of its greatest qualities. Some sense of history is required to answer this question, both in terms of what happened and the patterns of how those things came to be and who played what role.

I have received a few PMs about the question, but thus far you and Kenin were the only ones to seriously undertake penning a response.

Amayos would have gotten into more detail, but his dication slave is on leave.



IronBear -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/24/2006 11:20:01 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

Awwww, I didn't even make your shit list?

quote:

ORIGINAL: SirKenin

When I think of the least memorable posts, I think of Aakasha, LuckyAlbatross, MichaelGa and RiotGirl. The last two for whining and wearing their heart on their sleeves, the first two for just plain irritating Me.




S'ok LaM, I didn't make it either.. Perhaps we need to start our own list????



sissymaidlola -> KISS, KISS sweetie (2/24/2006 11:47:59 AM)

Ahhh, the main problem with your OP, cloudboy, was that it assumed that most posters on the CMMB are NOT so full of their own importance that they are even capable of stopping to consider a favorite post or thread by someone else. [;)]

quote:

I've actually been percolating about what I intend to add.

WOW, sissy has NEVER been able to master the art of percolating while also mincing in 5" heels .... he's soooo impressed! [sm=lol.gif] Can you also apply your lipstick while percolating ? <giggles>

quote:

Some sense of history is required to answer this question, both in terms of what happened and the patterns of how those things came to be and who played what role.

sissy Totally agrees with your perspective, cloudboy, but the harsh reality of life is that most here are far too lazy to spell-check their opinions before posting them, cannot be bothered to work out the difference between "flat" and "tree" mode, nor do they have the courtesy to even read someone's profile or last ten posts before responding to them. So to expect CM folk to maintain "some sense of history" of what has previously occurred on these boards is totally unrealistic, hon ... most cannot even maintain a sense of what has previously occurred a half-a-dozen posts earlier on the same thread! And you called sissy a perfectionist! [sm=lol.gif]

quote:

I'm in the camp that feels we can largely police ourselves, notwithstanding that, I can see the logic and intent behind moderation --- I just fear it takes some of the soul and edge out of the posting.

A message board with some soul and edge .... bah, what a concept! Where do you get your ideas, cloudboy? Who would possibly want to read a message board with so much tension and edginess in it? If sissy wanted edginess in his life he would read the National Enquirer or watch reality TV. [;)] Like Goldilocks' porridge, the moderation on these boards is just right. The reason that 50% of your posts mysteriously disappear once you've made them is much more likely due to a problem with your ISP, cloudboy. [sm=rolleyes.gif]

sissy maid lola

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sissymaidlola -> RE: spinning pink dildos (2/24/2006 12:03:43 PM)

quote:

Even spinning pink dildos would have been better.

sissy Has to admit, if after the handcuffs it was pink rotating butt plugs instead of naff tan paddles, sissy would right now be posting 100 messages a day in order to try and get four of them! [sm=lol.gif] Maybe the currently most prolific posters on the CMMB feel the same way about tan paddles? That would account for a lot IsHO. [:D]

sissy maid lola

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fastlane -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/24/2006 12:30:10 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: IronBear


quote:

ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

Awwww, I didn't even make your shit list?

quote:

ORIGINAL: SirKenin

When I think of the least memorable posts, I think of Aakasha, LuckyAlbatross, MichaelGa and RiotGirl. The last two for whining and wearing their heart on their sleeves, the first two for just plain irritating Me.




S'ok LaM, I didn't make it either.. Perhaps we need to start our own list????






I'll put you on mine, if you add me to yours IronBear?

Actually, I don't know what stage I'm in, so I have only read this thread with interest, but have been afraid to say anything out loud.....Oh...I know I'm at 'stagefright'




SirKenin -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/24/2006 3:58:43 PM)

I will bet almost everyone here, if not everyone, has a list. It is just that some people do not have the kajungas to stand up with it. [:D]



sissymaidlola -> RE: In Memoriam, Stages of Posting, All time threads & posts (2/24/2006 5:27:00 PM)

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It is just that some people do not have the kajungas to stand up with it. [:D]

kajungas ... kajungas ... kajungas ???? Hmmm, sorry, Sir Kenin, there's no such word! [:(]

sissy Thinks that perhaps what You really meant there, Sir Kenin, is "cojhones"! [;)] If sissy remembers correctly, Karl Jung Ass was a Swiss psychiatrist who was a contempory of that silly Sigmund Freud Ass fella. [:D] Hope that helps, Sir ...

Respectfrilly Yours,

`·.,¸¸,.·´¯"§§ _ sissy maid lola _ §§"¯`·.,¸¸,.·´

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