Posted by lil jimi on August 16, 2016, at 16:39:07
In reply to Re: ghost story » lil jimi, posted by Clearskies on August 15, 2016, at 19:45:52
In reply to Re: ghost story » Clearskies, Her Clearness:
"It's not for me to tell the Ghost Story of PsychoBabble. I believe several forces conspired to frighten the population into distrust. Critical on a site like this. Dr.Bob, even in the background, ran this site. He's letting it run itself, and we're bumbling."Thank you, Clear.
I hear what you're saying. Well, at least, I think I hear what you're saying.
"It's not for me to tell the Ghost Story of PsychoBabble."
Fair enough. And not a problem. But I'm hearing that there is story to tell, confirming my intuition. And that story might be for someone (else) to tell. Maybe?
"I believe several forces conspired to frighten the population into distrust."
Yikes! Just the 'frightening population into distrust' detonates my head, even without the hypothetical 'forces conspired' lighting the fuse! I feel like I must the proverbial babe in the woods. My vague inklings of this from back in the day could never have imagined this outcome.
"Critical on a site like this. Dr.Bob, even in the background, ran this site."
Okay, Dr.Hsiung (whose name I recently misspelled here: sorry!) runs PBabble. And it is critical. PBabble runs because servers, networking, memory storage, software updates, security, firewalls, power supplies, more servers, lots of wires and connectors and other stuff are tested, operated and maintained by him. I cite the tech stuff because it's taken for granted, and it is done so well it succeeds by being transparent.
But I sense you refer to his presence on the boards, as a poster, a monitor, an arbitrator, and an authority figure/moral compass, kind of "ran this site". I experienced some of that.
"He's letting it run itself, and we're bumbling."
Dr.Bob's absence from the boards is implicated in this decline if only for enabling these bumbles? By 'several forces' coincided into the 'frightening' and 'distrust', maybe?
I feel certain Robert Hsiung, MD remains the " man behind the curtain" keeping PB online. My question becomes What has him holding PBabble at arm length?
I am playing the investigator/archaeologist discovering clues and digging for evidence. Your message offers me a clearer perspective, clearer, yet darker.
I respect this is not your story to tell. I appreciate your insights. Do not feel I expect you to answer my questions.
Thank you
poster:lil jimi
thread:1091319
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20160101/msgs/1091381.html