shiftyw
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ORIGINAL: Kaliko
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ORIGINAL: LadyPact
(Gentle kidding about to ensue.)
Are you telling me that you don't have just a little soft spot in your heart for some of the truly outstanding funny stuff that's been here over the years? Not even just a bit?
Some trainwreck of a thread starters (and I don't mean the picture one) have been in a class all of their own. Tap, tap, tap is just as funny today as the first time and the crisps thread is still a quick fifteen minutes of hilarity.
(OK. I know that's not what you meant. Just trying to be funny.)
RS wrote the booklist thread. I was the person who recommended it to be a sticky several years back because it's a great resource. These days, there are more articles and such on the net. Still, you never know who would like one of those older books.
Rule posts? I agree with you. During any of the various Mod regimes, I've never been big on Admins putting information that members need in the middle of some thread, somewhere. In the course of this thread, I believe the new Admin said something about the ticket system not working right now. That's something that should be an Administrative Announcement post. Not buried in the middle of an Off Topic thread.
FAQs/Stickies? I'm half with you, half not. If the Administration writes any opinion based thread that is not the policy of the site, it's interpreted as standard of the site. That's not especially the best idea.
On the other hand, any individual poster could create any thread they wanted to and ask for contributions of good reference threads. If it's good, they can ask for a thread to be made a sticky if it is serving a purpose to be one.
By the way, new Mod-type person, if you are listening... You have a current inconsistency in the restored Ask A Mistress FAQ. The Professional Service section has been removed, so you might want to take it out of the reference thread.
I think if this were a site that uses some sort of upvoting in which all members had a say as to what threads or posts are given prominence, that would be okay. In the same way that any member could keep posting on this thread in order to keep it in the active list. I'm not crazy about a thread being given special designation because a select few of the members like it. A small group of longtime posters doesn't necessarily reflect the member base accurately. So for the site admin to mark a thread with some sort of special designation because ten people somewhere in the forums like that point of view, or think it's a hysterical story, tells me that the site admin isn't being very discriminating about what they're putting out there as significant. And perhaps that's the way they want it. But personally, I consider it misleading.
And again, I really don't mean to be all grumpy about it, especially if we're talking about some of the funnier threads in the past. But much like dominance, submission, slavery, and kinky, the definition of "funny" is not the same for everyone. So, if the site admin believes something to be funny or important, then as admin (or owners, or whatever), it's their site, have at it. But if a small group of people get to say what site admin considers to be funny or important, then ... eh, it just seems a little off-color to me. It almost seems like we are being possessive of the forums. Which maybe is understandable, given the absence of a lot of us from a place we used to come to daily.
I actually sorta agree with this view.
As someone who is bisexual- 20 something- bedroom only- slutty the whole thing- I rarely find my views are all that similar to the majority here. Which is GREAT! Like thats what makes the world go round to me. Thats like the point of the discussion board I think.
To me the most interesting 10 page threads are ones that get there naturally because people are discussing and exploring differences of opinion.
But thats just me. I'm not really sure what's right, because I think some of these things can be helpful. And like certainly I think searching for content on this forum is needlessly difficult and I think its great if its right there- but I also don't know that I necessarily think my views will align with stuff that gets stickied.
I don't know though. I share your feelings Kaliko.
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RE: -= Stop it, RS. Dont be an ass=- - 
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This is not intended to be a smart ass remark. It's just from what I'm seeing, you're definitely getting some work on your plate. I sincerely hope that you do get some help in doing the job or obtain a very large bottle of Bayer aspirin because you are going to need one (or both) of those options very soon. 
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