Why so many pictures?
POSTED BY: bejeweled
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 17:20
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Originally posted by bejeweled:
I've been lurking for ages now.... I probably shouldn't make my first post a rant....
BINGO. Every online community has a personality developed over time. If you don't like the culture at one, you find another that you can approve of, and you join it. You don't join a community you disapprove of just so's you can make it over the way you want it to be. It won't work. It's rude, but probably more important, it is ineffective and a gigantic waste of your precious time.
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Originally posted by bejeweled:
Are you guys that arrogant and needy as to need pretty faces, toes, feet, hands, pets...does it ever end?
Yes, ladies and germs, just the sort of introduction that will make for swift acceptance and integration into a new community!
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I probably shouldn't make my first post a rant...
So close to prudence, and yet....
Oh, yeah: ditto what Grizwald said.
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Wow, bejeweled, not a good way for an introduction. I really hope this is just a bad day on your part as Solan said and I'm willing to give you that benefit of the doubt. But here is my 2 cents on the matter...
I find it very lovely that my fellow Browncoats are willing to share a piece of themselves. It's nice that we all talk 'bout things in our lives all the time and then we put pics of it to show how much we care for it, whether it be our pets, something we own, our precious loved ones. Makes me smile when someone mentions how much they love their children then puts up a pic. As far as putting up pics of ourselves, I really like to see who I'm talking to. In some cases I may never get to meet the Browncoat in question I would love to just look at their beautiful, smiling face and know I know just that much more 'bout them. In other cases I might be meeting some Browncoats at an upcoming event (yay for Dragon Con!) or perhaps visiting them and it's nice that I can be able to possibly pick them out in a crowd and wave at them or run up and give them a big hug. I myself am a photographer and really like taking pics and sharing them. It's just one of my many passions. You don't like this opinion, ignore it. You don't like the pic threads, ignore them. They are clearly marked and you obviously know which ones they are. I really hope you come to like the rest of this site for we really do love all our fellow Browncoats. Please make yourself at home, just don't put us down for something the rest of us enjoy.
*gets off soap box*
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If it was the picture threads that broke the board most recently than I say perhaps we could use a few less pictures. If it was not, than post away.
Posting to stir stuff up.
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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
If it was the picture threads that broke the board most recently than I say perhaps we could use a few less pictures. If it was not, than post away.
It wasn't. The domain name expired, only it didn't, only they thought it had. There's a thread from Haken about the mixup here: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=5&t=27499
Said it before, saying it again: Pictures hosted elsewhere do not put a strain on the bandwidth for this site. It might put a strain on your connection, but it doesn't put a strain on this site itself, because the images are not being hosted here. If the issue with site crashes is a bandwidth issue, I'm sure the first thing to be discontinued would be the Blue Sun Room, since those are images actually hosted here.
And I put in my two cents up a ways, but ditto what Avery, G32, Roxy, Grizwald, and everyone else said. And way to make an impression.
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Why so many pictures? Um. I don't know the answer to that. It doesn't bother me. I'm just a newbie- But i like to post in those threads because they are constantly bumped,i can meet fellow members,and I can trade pics. As for the "watercooler" and the "bar" threads- well i don't know anyone here that much yet so i wanna build up a rep.
I also enjoy the Blue Sun Room content alot. People have talent here.
If you don't like the picture threads- Don't click on em. And if you require "content" then bump an old thread or start a new one.
So whats wrong with a little Jaylee?
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Well, you were right about ranting on your first post. Wrong way to make a good impression. As Grizwald pretty much nailed it, all I can say is "ditto" to that post.
I am neither needy nor arrogant. As PR pointed out, it is a good way to "see" who is here. As for the multiple photos, I am one of those guilty parties. Until these threads, I was not a big fan of cameras....now, I have a field day. It's nice to take photos and have people comment on them...I will agree to that part. Encouragement breeds repetition. Being comfortable enough to post my face and some of the silly antics I get into hopefully shows new people to the site that we are indeed a family and not afraid to be seen.
And no, it is not a beauty contest, either. I have never seen someone say "Yeah? Well I look better than you do!" Lots of photos, lots of positive comments, lots of fun.
G32 had a good point....don't like photos? Don't click the threads. Seems logical to me.
Quick aside...PR, thanks to the link to the Haken post. I have been able to access it through the no "s" tag, but kinda got freaked for a little bit. Nice to hear from him on this.
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Originally posted by Tristan:
And no, it is not a beauty contest, either. I have never seen someone say "Yeah? Well I look better than you do!"
LOL I actually recall quite a bit of the opposite happening... "You're so pretty!" "Oh no, you're prettier than me!" "No, I wish I looked just like you!" "But you're so pretty!"
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Quick aside...PR, thanks to the link to the Haken post. I have been able to access it through the no "s" tag, but kinda got freaked for a little bit. Nice to hear from him on this.
Very happy to
I nearly had a panic attack when it said the domain had expired; wouldn't want anyone else going through anything like that, even after the fact.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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LOL I actually recall quite a bit of the opposite happening. "You're so pretty!" "Oh no, you're prettier than me!" "No, I wish I looked just like you!" "But you're so pretty!"
Heh...yeah, that does happen a lot!
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Very happy to.
I nearly had a panic attack when it said the domain had expired; wouldn't want anyone else going through anything like that, even after the fact.
Yep. I may not post a lot now, but this place is still home...and I am happy it'll be around for awhile longer.
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Are we holding guns to your OPish head? making you stare at and comment on our gorgeous selves? FORCING you to stare at pages and pages of self-portraits just for our own vicarious pleasure?
No? Well then, what's your complaint?
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