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POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Friday, August 21, 2009 13:11
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Thanx, Tex...you couldn't drive me away with a pitchfork at this point.
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Thanx Gordon, I really appreciate your help. Sounds a bit confusing how to check for replies, but I'm sure I'll figure it out, and it's well worth it. This is one FINE boat you guys got yourownselves, if I may say so, I'm loving everything I'm finding in wandering around, and I like the colorfulness of everything.
Off to have more fun on walkabout... 
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Thanks Peacekeeper, I will wear the coat proudly! Yes, I love the look of the boat, it looks like a LOT of work went into it, I'd like to thank Haken too.
I've always been sad I came so late to Firefly and missed SO much, people who got to go to panels and see/hear the BDHs in person (tho' I did get to meet Adam briefly at this year's Wondercon here in SF), and some who even got to meet and talk to Nathan--and apparently both they and Joss even used to post there.
But I guess I can see it from your perspective, since I know each person I've turned on to Firefly let's ME see it from a different perspective and makes it fresh in a way to watch it with them. I'm glad we can give some back of what we receive from being able to be part of a Browncoat community, late-comers that we be! :biggrin"
It's really nice that this place is so active; I searched around (someone at the OB suggested this as a "much friendlier" Firefly forum when I first went there, but I didn't remember the name until I got here) and most of those I found were long dead or had few posts in a long time. This boat ROCKS!
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Phew! This thread got long. Been gone for like 12 hours there's already 30 replies. Thanks for welcoming us here. As for RWED, I'm somewhat apathetic to politics so I dont think I'll enter a discussion about that anytime soon.
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Niki,
Hi its Adam's Hot Pearls from the O.B. I just wanted to let you know lots of people from there post/read over here too. You might not get away from them.
From your posting over there you should be in the RW thread, you have things to say, if you remember I was NEVER in those threads. Either you agree or you stay out, its the same everywhere.....
Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion
Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!
...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal
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I'm in heaven! Admittedly so far because not only are the posts intelligent, but there seems to be somewhat of a left leaning...ahem. Back at the OB, the hardline right wingnuts were virtually the only ones "in charge", and their "debates" weren't even sensible...you want birthers? Deathers? People convinced Obama is the anti-Christ? Go there!
Oh, we got heathens a'plenty right here... ;)
Just wait; you'll see some rather eye-opening stuff. Our nutters will take a back seat to no one else's nutters.
As for "non-sensible" debates... well, I confess I've been in more than a few. Sometimes it IS fun to poke the hornets' nest a bit, just to watch 'em go crazy. Or craziER.
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How does one go back to replies to one's topics?
Well, in your profile (My Firefly), you can scroll down and see all your recent posts and replies. If you don't want to scroll to where you left off, you can click on the most recent, and it will pop the window to where you last posted on that thread, so you can pick up from there.
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How does one get bak out of a particular thread back to that forum?
Not sure what you're trying to do. I'm on a Mac, so I'm in the habit of just hitting "Command-Enter" on my keyboard, which opens whatever link I'm looking at in a new window. I take it from there, and when I'm done, I close the window and I've still got the old window open and pulled up. I tend to leave my browser bookmarked to fireflyfans.net/community, so when I open it, I've got a quick overview of the forum areas and the last 5 active threads.
From there, I tend to look at what's going on in General Discussions, RWED, Other Science Fiction Series, and occasionally the Buffy and Angel areas. I used to spend quite a bit of time in the Buffy/Angel areas, but there hasn't been much in the way of news out of those 'verses in quite some time, so not so much reason to hang out there. Except for "The Tragic Death of Count Chocula" that got posted there. It's hilarious. And horrible. In equal measures. If you don't know what it is, Google-image search it. (It's work-safe, so don't worry; it's just a painting).
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Is there a way of being notified of new posts in a particular thread?
Yes. In your profile, you can add signatures, avatars, and click on the "e-mail me when someone replies to me" button. It doesn't work for me because I registered under old, dead e-mail addresses which I no longer have access to, and I haven't updated those addresses. Plus, with some of the "friends" I've made in the RWED area, I'm not sure I *want* my real e-mail addy out there in the world... ;)
Mike
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You've received plenty of warning about the RWED, so don't think I need to say anything more than even if you do see a really heated nasty fight, a lot of those people are friends on other parts of the board despite hanging out on the opposite ends of the political pool.
And THAT is the way we try to keep it. Not sure we always succeed as a group (I know I've let some personal "vendettas" cloud my posts in other forums a few times, but I'm trying to be a better person about it. Usually.), but we try to keep our feuds confined to one or two areas. I have vehement disagreements with some people here, but when we discuss things like "Silent Running" or episodes of Firefly, we can actually find common grounds for agreement. What unites us is the show.
Mike
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But we also respect people's right to speak, so we also don't really believe in banning anyone. If you see someone who just really offends you and you can't understand why we allow them to hang around, the best course of action I can suggest is to ignore them.
Right on. Ignore, or mock openly. We don't ban. I honestly can't remember a single person here (and I've been here since '05, so I'm not quite a noob, but others have been here far longer...) who ever got banned. Tagged as "offensive" a few times - and I'm not even sure what that means or entails, because I can get down in the muck with the worst of 'em, and I've never even been warned, so Haken (our dear and fluffy internet lord around here) is truly a very open-minded soul.
Mike
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I'm telling you, though, beware! You never know when someone unexpected is gonna jump out of nowhere and rip you a new one. It's happened to me, and wasn't pleasant. I don't have a tough enough hide for it. I generally only jump into the RWED fray if there's hard science or cute kitty pictures involved.
Been wondering where you were, Mal. We're worse off for your not being there to offer your input.
Mike
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Thank you for telling me who you are. I would sincerely appreciate it if you told nobody over there that I am here. I just want them to leave me alone and I will do the same.
Good to see you. It's lovely to see a familiar face, long as it's a friendly or neutral one! Stay shiny, Niki
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