Posted by Atticus on January 21, 2005, at 22:42:26
In reply to Re: list of criteria » Dr. Bob, posted by malthus on January 21, 2005, at 6:12:03
It is always nicer to be the recipient of a direct response than to have your post used as merely a springboard for discussion among others. This problem does seem rather endemic to this site, and the only answer I can come up with is the existence of so many mini-cliques. I don't think these are usually meant to be malicious, but are rather the result of people who are more comfortable talking to their established friends on the site. Nonetheless, you're right: feeling excluded from a thread you've started, rather than a participant in it, seriously s*cks. Maybe people here could make more of an effort to communicate with the names that are not as familiar. I know you haven't been a frequent poster recently, Malthus, but that shouldn't matter. People might be surprised what results when they welcome someone into their discussion circle -- they might even make a great new friend.
Atticus
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