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Topic: Need Two Mods Here!
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WinkAway
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From: The great beyond
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 30, 2010 03:40 PM
 
MVM  So honestly.. I think people here need to learn to have respect for each other when they post. Debating is one thing, even Linda loved a good debate. But there's a fine line between speaking your mind and shoving it down someone's throat. And there's the point when that line is crossed where you end up name calling and what not. So having said that, I'd love to see GypseeWind, AG, Yin and Unmoved as my toppers. carry on.... lol IP: Logged |
LEXX
Moderator Posts: 1438
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 30, 2010 04:18 PM
My votes are going privately to Randall.
Do not want to p!ss anyone off or hurt anyone's feelings.  ------------------
Everyone is a teacher...
Everyone is a student...
Learning is eternal.
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Valus
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posted April 30, 2010 05:49 PM
My mistake, cpn (and kat's and whoever else misquoted you). Thanks for the words of wisdom. I won't be engraving them in stone, or reading them every morning, but it's good stuff. Sounded like LTT.  No comment on the rest of my post? IP: Logged |
teasel
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From: Ohio
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posted April 30, 2010 07:03 PM
I don't think I could handle it, and I think the forum needs moderators who are more respected by most members. You were one of the first people I thought of, because you're so down-to-earth, you fit in well here, and you garner a lot of respect. I'm also going to take a bit of a break - but thank you, Unmoved.   If Jane spent more time here, I think she would be great, too. Katatonic is another (I'm not just mentioning her because she's here today - I thought about nominating her before.) If Yin and WinkAway really want to moderate, then maybe they should be given the chance. IP: Logged |
Valus
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posted April 30, 2010 07:59 PM
Unmoved,I was only referring to the people
who had posted on this thread so far,
except for the ones I mentioned,
and teasel, because I didnt see
that she had posted. I was just kidding anyway.
Someone here called me that,
among other things. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 271
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 30, 2010 07:59 PM
Hey! for once AG didn`t come out and say no, so how about it AG  ------------------
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
Dervish
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posted April 30, 2010 08:00 PM
Just out of curiosity, what would a moderator be expected to do?I don't mean the general idea, I mean something more specific and procedural. I see a lot of threads with requests to be locked that don't (some I'm glad are left alone and others leave me baffled at why they aren't), and some threads denigrate real fast into outright flame wars that are left alone, or are intently political and yet left in this forum, and the like. I see some people create a major disturbance who are left alone while another may let loose an opinion or view that some find offensive that people act was willful trolling of the most despicable kind and even get locked for reasons that baffle me (especially in light of what isn't moderated). Some people are banned and I have no idea why while others are completely left alone and again I don't know why. IOW, I don't really understand how this forum is moderated at all. It almost all seems random to me, like once in awhile the mods spin a wheel and do whatever the spinner sets on. If I were to become a moderator, I wouldn't have any idea on what to do. And just for the record, I'm not interested, I'm simply curious (but I think defining what a mod does is a good thing for everyone). For one, I don't think I come here often enough and I skip many threads when I do. Two, I'd have typical Libran indecisiveness on when to act and when I did I'm sure someone would get upset when I'm already wondering if I did the right thing to act, not act, etc. IP: Logged |
Lara
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posted April 30, 2010 08:35 PM
LOL hilarious Randall must be having a right ole chuckle at his thread!! Good luck to the newly chosen moderator - maybe a guy would make a good moderator to throw into the cauldron? IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
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From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted April 30, 2010 08:56 PM
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Unmoved,I was only referring to the people
who had posted on this thread so far,
except for the ones I mentioned,
and teasel, because I didnt see
that she had posted.
Then why say anything at all? What's the point of making snarky comments out of the blue? All it's going to do is cause problems. quote:
I was just kidding anyway.
Someone here called me that,
among other things.
And yes, if someone called you that, on another post, however is that any reason to act similarly here? It didn't sound like kidding. There's a difference between kidding and mean. (edited because I had a toddler helping me ty[pe)
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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. --Benjamin Jowett
It is in giving that we receive. --Saint Francis of Assisi
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LEXX
Moderator Posts: 1438
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 30, 2010 09:27 PM
Dervish.....I wonder too.
It all seems rather random/chaotic at LLC2.
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AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 2934
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posted April 30, 2010 09:59 PM
I just wanted to post to acknowledge Juni. . I think it's funny, because you were the first person I thought of for the job (followedd by Zala, who doesn't appear to be around anymore).I'll admit to considering it this time. I had a bit of the same conundrum Dervish and Lexx have, but I actually think I can navigate it. There's two things that break down in these situations: tolerance and respect, and if a thread veers from them you step in to restore the focus. The most important thing LL has to offer is the relationships, so really that is our sacred ground. It's probably really the only thing that needs to be considered in determining what's good for the forum. IP: Logged |
Valus
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posted April 30, 2010 10:06 PM
Good points, Absinthe.I can't wait to hear what you have to say
to wheels for her berserk tirade on my thread,
where she just came in and started abusing me
and my fiancee and trying to break us up. You seem like a fairly reasonable "tosser".
I'm sure you can see how her behavior is
at least, if not infinitely more, deserving
of a sharp rebuke as mine. If my post was "snarky", I would hate to be
in her shoes when you deliver a hearty word
or two to her for calling me a "joke",
a "poor baby", and a "smug, narcissistic,
worthless, sack of sh!t". And for ridiculing Yin who has never been
anything but a perfect sweetheart to her
and to everyone here. Yin turned the other cheek. She proved, again,
that she has class. A girl couldn't find
a better friend, and a guy
couldn't find a better girl. But boy, is wheels gonna get it. Go easy on her, will you? I know you will.
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The Pigeon Hole
"The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within, not for want of a teller, but, for want of an understanding ear."
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listenstotrees
Knowflake Posts: 1174
From: the 5th dimension
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 30, 2010 10:51 PM
Thanks Valus for the compliments...I think though, at the end of the day, I'm too much of a loner to be a mod. I haven't offered because I'm not certain if I am in the right place at the moment; I have some things I have been dealing with that are rather personal to me (nothing recent; this has been going on for a while). I withhold any judgment about who should be a mod or not as I've not really been around here much except over the last few days (a bit more), so I have not been seeing much of what has been going on, at least not the bigger picture. All the folks suggested so far have good qualities though, so I leave it up to everyone else to decide. I expect if we were to somehow weigh up everyone's unique sets of strength and weaknesses, we'd probably find that we are all more or less equal. But for what it's worth I'd just like to say I think Yin is a sweetheart. Sincere gentleness is something I admire in people. IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
Knowflake Posts: 222
From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted April 30, 2010 11:00 PM
I can't say that I'm surprised at your response, though I would like to know what I said that deserved that kind of verbal abuse? You could have just pointed me in the direction of the post instead of being rude and angry at me.No Valus, you don't know the first thing about me. Oh and I am sure that Randall will be pleased to know he has been lumped in with the rest of us tossers. ------------------
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. --Benjamin Jowett
It is in giving that we receive. --Saint Francis of Assisi
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Valus
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posted May 01, 2010 12:22 AM
Absinthe,Randall hasn't been lumped in,
stop trying to start sh!t. I don't even know what a "tosser" is. Ask WHEELS. What verbal abuse did I give you?
I quoted Wheels' verbal abuse.
You got THAT, right? I'm surprised you haven't seen it. Know who your friends are.
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum25/HTML/001228.html
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Valus
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posted May 01, 2010 12:22 AM
LTT IP: Logged |
Yin
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posted May 01, 2010 12:23 AM
Thank you, LTT. I feel the same way about you.
Absinthe, "Verbal abuse"? "Rude and angry"? That's a little much. The only abusive words I can count were quoted from elsewhere. Oh, and I'm not sure V. knows what the word "tosser" really means or implies. I don't think it's very common around here. And he already said it was a joke. IP: Logged |
listenstotrees
Knowflake Posts: 1174
From: the 5th dimension
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2010 01:01 AM
Isn't it extraordinary being a human being?
Hee-hee. What a ride.History has shown that human beings have always struggled to communicate, to get along, to see eye-to-eye. No wonder so many people who don't particular have "thick skin" or what it requires to be "extrovert" end up becoming hermits/ recluses or chose to just be close to one or a few. I found a book of soppy, but good, love quotes the other day. One was "don't be something to everyone, be everything to someone". I dream of Utopian world of blue skies, telekinesis, levitation, empathic telepathy and teleportation....but maybe the dynamics of life and the universe are that duality is simply part of it all...I read those quotes in your "Know Two are Alike" thread Valus...by that Italian writer Antonio Porchia ....got me thinking. Maybe thinking is bad. I expect on threads like these the arguing could go on forever...one thing that someone says in self defense to another...or something someone says that was misunderstood or said the wrong way....will it ever be resolved? Maybe humans simply are not designed to always get along. It is too difficult for us to truly understand one another. The best thing we can do is love ourselves, and just try to enjoy our lives the best we can. ? IP: Logged |
WinkAway
Knowflake Posts: 462
From: The great beyond
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 01, 2010 01:16 AM
LTT
Two thumbs way way up!!Sometimes it's best to agree to disagree
for the sake of keeping the peace 
and love and sunshine and happy fuzzy little bunnies...or some sh1t like that...
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Valus
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posted May 01, 2010 01:23 AM
Thank you, Yin.
LTT,
You make it sound easy.
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katatonic
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posted May 01, 2010 01:27 AM
to quote one online dictionary "a tosser is similar to a wanker, well, its really exactly the same. tossing and wanking are both different words for masterbation. if you dont know what any of those words mean, dont use them." - my bold. and very good advice in general (not using words you don't understand).
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katatonic
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posted May 01, 2010 01:33 AM
i agree somewhat, LTT, that thinking can be - well, not bad, but counterproductive. it can lead to taking things too seriously, to getting confused, and to disappearing up one's one xxxhole. i am NOT referring to ANYONE here, but making a general statement.but thinking is also FUN, enlightening, and apparently inevitable without a great deal of selfmastery and training!! i often wonder though, why so many people think being human is such a rough deal. or why we think our thoughts are so important!! shall we have a hatchet burying bonfire party? IP: Logged |
AbsintheDragonfly
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From: Gaia
Registered: Apr 2010
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posted May 01, 2010 01:34 AM
If you don't know what a word means, don't re-use it. Try googling it. Since you did use it, take responsibility for it. Wheels didn't call anyone on this post a tosser. YOU did. quote:
Unmoved,I was only referring to the people
who had posted on this thread so far,
except for the ones I mentioned,
and teasel, because I didnt see
that she had posted.
quote:
Yin has sympathy for everyone, and hates to see anyone ridiculed. She is good at seeing every side and being diplomatic (Libra Moon), and doesnt just react to things (Moon Sextile Saturn). She is extremely objective, with her Aquarian Ascendant, and capable of sacrificing her personal will when there's a noble reason for her to do so (Neptune exactly conjunct Sun, trine Mars). She was made for the job.Melody would be great, too. And LTT. And mermaid. All very loving, diplomatic people,
who, strangely enough, don't hate me
or enjoy ganging up on me on my threads. In comparison with these few,
pretty much everyone here is a tosser,
I didn't notice Randall's name mentioned there. Maybe you didn't realize though. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. quote:
You seem like a fairly reasonable "tosser"...But boy, is wheels gonna get it.Go easy on her, will you? I know you will.
None of that seemed very polite to me, especially when all I suggesting was that if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. None of what Valus said, contributed to the conversation at hand, and was an attempt to be passive-aggressive at apparently Wheels.Like I said, all you had to do, was point me in the direction of the post in question. I would have to say that none of that post was very kind either. And I have no problem saying that it requires an apology. ------------------
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. --Benjamin Jowett
It is in giving that we receive. --Saint Francis of Assisi
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Valus
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posted May 01, 2010 01:47 AM
Randall has been contacted
and informed in detail of what
has recently occured at Lindaland.No hard feelings, AD. You're not a bad sort. I just hope four kids will be enough
to keep Kevin hanging on. Peace
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Yin
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posted May 01, 2010 01:54 AM
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