Posted by jane d on January 16, 2004, at 0:44:13
In reply to Re: Administration as an appeals board/ Blocks » Karen_kay, posted by NikkiT2 on January 13, 2004, at 10:57:12
> And yes, I remember I was new once. But I also can't wipe out 5 years of history that has made me the way I am.
Nikki,
I also remember being new here, although that was long after you were an established poster. And even then I was probably less trusting of other posters than they appeared to be of me. I tend to take my time deciding about people, both here and in real life so I completely agree with you about being careful who you make yourself vulnerable to. As long as new posters are treated courteously and given a chance to be accepted over time I don't see what the problem is. And I think that's the way it works now. I think a little reserve works in everyones favor. Perhaps it takes a little time to be accepted but on the other hand you don't see people being wildly welcomed one day and attacked the next.> Maybe you could also remember that there is history here that you don't know about / don't understand as you weren't here at the time.
This is one area I don't entirely agree with you on. You said in an earlier post that people didn't read all the archives but I think you underestimate how impressed some of us were when we found this site already running and with years of wonderful archives of posts (including yours) to read. I know I went thru them all within weeks of finding the site and other people have told me that they did the same. If you are reading the posts in order you get a very good sense of the interactions between people and the little flare ups. I did this something like 3 years ago - it would definately be much harder to do today but I'd probably still be excited (all right - obsessive) enough to do it again and I'm willing to bet that plenty of new posters still are too.
This is one of the reasons I oppose editing posts and I'm glad that only the bare minimum are deleted. Unlike on other boards if you want to badly enough you can go back and see what was going on 2 or 3 years ago. Anyone who wants to can see exactly what has happened here to make people jumpy if they choose to look and I think this is one of the things that will help the board in the long run. We won't be divided into those who "know the secrets" and those who never can. I've seen that kind of thing implied on other sites and my response has been to leave immediately. This way I think everyone can stay on equal footing.
Jane
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