Newcomers and the old MuseBlog
January 7, 2008 at 1:19 pm Fortune Cell 129 comments
It has been a frequent topic of discussion: should we tell the GAPAs, the old MB?
Who should we let in? How should we decide who can come? Should we even bother?
[note: This isn't really an intro place for newcomers, for that try the monthly thread or "Tell Us 'Bout Yourself]
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1.
PENTAY | January 7, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I don’t think we should have a screening process for new members, at least not now that we are fairly unknown. If we do tell the old MB, then we will have to sharpen our snark and elitism until the annoying ones go away. A lot of them will be good sheep and accuse us of being subversive and against the spirit of MB or whatever. Then we will accuse them of being exactly as stupid as they are. Then they will leave. Or at leas that’s the general idea.
But there are some good MBer folks out there who I would like to tell about FMB, and telling the OEADs about it first might be a good way to go. I know that about a year ago, when we were at a n00blet-rush, they were kicking around the idea of a Museblog for more mature bloggers, so they might be cool with it.
Really, I don’t think telling would bring down the apocalypse, but I don’t think there’s much harm in keeping it quiet either. It’s not that big of an issue for me.
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Fortune Cell | January 7, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Monty and I have talked about this quite a bit… I feel we should tell them, let the good people who we haven’t managed to reach to come here.
We could make a thread just for newcomers from the MB, give them a chance to say why they want to be here. We don’t let the annoying people through, and we do let the good ones through.
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Jadestone | January 7, 2008 at 1:46 pm
1- No, I think that someone suggested the idea for a more… for lack of a better term, ‘advanced’ MB, but the GAPAs thought it would be to elitist. Like, who would decide when people were ready to go on or not, or who? And if all the people like us left MB and only came on here, then no one would be around to show how we actually put content in our posts and whatnot.
I dunno. I like MB, and I was hesitant about FMB at first and still kind of am. But although I go on MB a lot now, I mostly lurk… there’s just not really many people to talk to now, and the ones who do listen don’t really see other posts between the crap. But… eh.
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oxlin (e~a) | January 7, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I’ve noticed that this MB can be immature in it’s own ways, just not those of the maturity level of the old MB. We’ve moved on, but we can keep doing so. I’d say we could have this be an MB for those who are willing to talk about more suposedly ‘mature’ topics. (mature isn’t the right word but… you know. stuff that old MBers would be uncomfortable talking about.) it isn’t really and age thing but age affects it. I don’t know.
yeah. I agree with JS. I was hesitant to post here, and I still am. But I like the smaller community and the fact people actually read each others posts. on old MB, we can’t read them all. there are just too many. I like this place because the community is small.
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Bird of Purple | January 7, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I agree with most of what’s been said. It would be good to notify the GAPAs (an e-mail, maybe? …I don’t know), but I think they might know about it already. Or not. It is kind of risky in a variety of ways (I would imagine), running a kind of alternate MB. We should be careful not to “step on anybody’s toes”. Feelings are most likely going to be hurt, especially if this is dealt with the wrong way.
I’ve been a lurker on MB for a while, and I doubt that anybody really knows me. I feel like I’m only posting for the GAPAs (most of the time), and they have a lot better things to do than read my random posts, anyway. I’ll definitely continue to MuseBlog, but I can’t seem to get into it as much as I used to. I know I was as bad as everybody else, in my newbie days, with grammar and capitalization and obnoxiousness and stuff, but I think I’ve improved…
We need to give everybody a chance, though. We’re still all musers here. We’re just more snobbish. (just kidding)
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ebeth | January 7, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I don’t know if we should post something on the MB for everybody to come yell at us for being elitist (most likely the very same immature people we’re trying to avoid) but i think informing the GAPAs would be a good idea. an email would be good. I also think we should give anyone a chance to come, but we shouldn’t have a big link staring everybody in the face – if they bother finding us it means they really want to come. Maybe we could do a post, something like “hey, there’s a new blog up for those who like the old-school MB, email the GAPAs or julia for more info” and see what happens. I agree with penty though, if anybody is n00bish we should give ourselves full permission to be snarky and they’ll prolly leave. (not exclusive, per se, but we could slyly point out typos and mispellings in fonts of withering scorn and the like)
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Pan | January 7, 2008 at 5:09 pm
oxlin (4): I completely agree.
I’m definitely very hesitant to post here sometimes, because I feel like I’m “betraying the blog” in a way. I still love it, but there are times when I don’t, most notably last year around this time (overflow of newbies, overflow of PoPoPo).
I like this place because it’s a smaller community (as many of you have said) and I think advertising it on MuseBlog would make it very elitist and would turn this into yet another MuseBlog, etc.
I do think we could come up with a better name, though. (Other than “FreshMuseBlog,” I mean. Unless people really like this one.)
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schoonLee | January 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
4- I agree. I only lurk on MB because when I’ve finished reading its too late to post anything, and I’m tired, and there too many posts saying something simmilar to what I am planning to say etc.
5- stepping on toes could be a problem. the GAPAs as well as others would likely be insulted but I don’t know what to do about that…
I was happy to be invited here though. xD
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S&Mel | January 8, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Do as you will. It’s not much of an issue either way for me.
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Jadestone | January 8, 2008 at 1:25 pm
We probably should change the name. That way, it’s more like “here is another site where we talk but with no n00bs” and less like “here is a site branching off the old one where we’re going to be snobs.” Not saying we are, just that’s how it would come off. And this place doesn’t really have much to do with Muse the magazine….
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Eccentric the Afterthought | January 8, 2008 at 1:47 pm
4 – Agreed. I actually have nothing against the old MB; the only reason I haven’t posted anything there in ages is that it takes hours for me to sift through all of the daily posts and by the time I’ve done that, I don’t have enough time left to type out thoughtful responses. I was content with lurking, but I haven’t even found time for that lately.
The Fresh MB works much better for me because it is small, focused, and coherent. I really appreciate the atmosphere here of intelligent conversation rather than the usual l33t gibberish I find online.
I do think that it would be good to notify the GAPAs, but I’m afraid that if we don’t word the announcement just right, they will take it the wrong way. I assume we don’t want to alienate them?
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ebeth | January 8, 2008 at 3:02 pm
that assumption would be correct, as far as i’m concerned. the GAPAs are froods who brought us all together and made all this possible, and we should be cool with that. and from the sound of it, most of us still have MB loyalties, but just feel lost in the huge crowd of newcomers. that’s why i think we should send them an email or something just saying “hey, we’re not being angry young rebels or anything, we just made a new place to hang out. just fyi.”
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penguini | January 8, 2008 at 4:31 pm
In reading the posts here, I’ve noticed several things. The two blogs closely resemble the world and the posts are concise. So much so that I could read all the posts in a few minutes, grasp the content etc.
The world view thing in kind of interesting. I find that I’ll say something that makes perfect sense to me but the other person doesn’t get it. They ask me to explain and I decline because to do so would require explaining how my mind works. (Yes, I have a point.) On this blog, what I said would have been understood just fine because we think a little bit the same and are willing to think a little bit to understand what the person is saying. On the other blog I would get a quantity of unrelated or superficially related posts and at most one or two relevant posts.
I’ve tried this: Annie sits at my lunch table at times. Other people sit at my table who don’t know what muse is but are ok. I can say something that is funny to FMBers to the general table. Annie will laugh and get it. The girl across the table might laugh but won’t get it. Everybody else will look at me weird.
Also: The vocabulary on this blog is bigger and better used.
I know that rambled a bit…Sorry.
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Pan | January 8, 2008 at 4:51 pm
This may help: at the Pumpkin Drop, Robert told me why he started MuseBlog. He did the Q&A column at the time, and also read all of the letters that came to Muse for Muse Mail. He thought: “these kids are so smart, and have such great ideas, and they’re really cool! What if they could meet one another?”
And boom, the Blog started.
Er, well, the Gaboomba started. But that led to the blog.
Muse has a wide age range of readers. There are six-year-olds, and there are eighty-year-olds. It is often difficult to mesh six-year-olds with eighteen-year-olds online, and elsewhere. Most of us met each other on MuseBlog. I still love it — it’s a fantastic place, and I’m so glad it exists because I got to meet all of you through it. But as people get older, some of the bloggers seem to get younger. There are also different kinds of people on the blog: people who are on 24/7, and people who only check the blog once a week or so.
I had a great thought to finish my post, but it seems to have disappeared. But anyway…
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oxlin (e~a) | January 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm
and a lot of us do respect the GAPAs rules regarding personal info. well. sort of. I know I IM some of you occasionally but I would definately not allow my name/IM SN etc to be posted here or spread.
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ebeth | January 8, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I respect the GAPAs rules as far as the MB are concerned. Personally, i don’t care who gets my sn, because people can always be blocked, so as far as the rest of the internet goes, I don’t follow the GAPAs rules, but on the MB i try to avoid posting any personal information.
however, this isn’t the MB and the GAPAs’ rules don’t necessarily apply. This is part of what i would consider “the rest of the internet” and outside the GAPAs’ jurisdiction.
that’s the big question i guess…how much is this linked to the MB? obviously if people want to follow most MB rules and have an MB-style blog, i’ll follow MB rules, but so far i’ve been treating it as a totally different place.
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Vendaval (Conrad) | January 8, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I feel that we should throw Robert an email with the link to this page, specifically. He’s obviously really great with the whole idea of a blog, so i think that while the GAPAs will zap anything leading here, it will be tolerated and read. They should see this conversation.
~I’m trying to say anyone who needs this place will find it through [insert network here] or something, but it should be dropped out in the open on the MB to be handled by the GAPAs as they see fit on their site.
14~ Very well said.
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Fortune Cell | January 8, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Okay, after some deliberation, Monty and I’ve decided to go send Robert some mail, just to let him know. We won’t tell the MB (if we decide to) until a later date.
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Fortune Cell | January 9, 2008 at 11:26 am
Robert’s Response (not in full, as he requested):
“But I have to be honest: you’re doing an excellent job with the site. It’s understandable that you’d want a place to carry on discussions that, for one reason or another, wouldn’t be possible on MuseBlog itself, and I think it’s great that you want to conduct them with one another. So, good luck with the project, and long may it wave”
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oxlin (e~a) | January 9, 2008 at 12:34 pm
19- cool!
Wouldn’t telling MB just cause hoardes of people to come here, either dislike what we say or linger here and just make the place similar to the chaos of MB? I don’t think that the content of MB itself is poor, MB is an excellent forum pretending to be a blog. it is just that MB is so huge which is why FMB is a nice subset of the community. That said, I don’t wish to make it exclusive to those who’ve found other MBers contact info somehow and occasionally use said contact info.
and…. Robert? are you lurking here? because if you are, hi Robert!
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Vendaval (Conrad) | January 9, 2008 at 1:19 pm
19~ “Long may it wave” Perfect.
20~ I think we all agree on that whole paragraph, but nobody has any idea what to do about it.
Some basic points:
~MB is an ocean of greatness, but it’s still an ocean.
~FMB is nice because it’s contrastingly small.
~Opening the flood gates would be unpleasant for everyone.
~Remaining “closed” may be elitist, and would cut down on growth.
QED: We need a filter. A cell membrane. A border patrol.
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Fortune Cell | January 9, 2008 at 2:25 pm
21- Exactly.
Robert says: “I don’t think you want to advertise the existence of FMB on MB. Unless you want the noise level on your site to increase a lot overnight, I’d keep admission by invitation only for as long as possible”
Another idea is to ask Robert to forward on a few invitations to some people. Whether he would be willing to do this is unknown to me.
Or, as others have suggested, we could do the filter. Announce it on the MB, let the hordes rush in and zap most of them, allowing a few to get in.
However, that could be seen as elitist or mean.
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oxlin (e~a) | January 9, 2008 at 2:55 pm
21- yes, we can’t just advertise it. Stumbling across it could very well work. Otherwise what I can think of is length of time spent on MB or age of MBer neither of which I like as neither of which are particularly fair…
Ideas? Shall we just let it sit? Invite those we like? not invite anyone? Ask the GAPAs to invite select individuals? (I don’t think they would)
I vote for just letting it be.
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kricket | January 9, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Personally, I think that we should drop a few hints on the MB for certain people. No one reads every single post, so it’s likely that a lot of the annoying people that we want to try to avoid will not see it. And if they do, you can always zap them or kindly lie and say that the site has been shut down, etc. However, there’s always the chance that no one will see the hints, but.. that might or might not be a good thing.
Robert could foward an email to some bloggers that we would like to invite, but he might not agree to do that. Maybe. Who really knows? I just think that there MUST be other people on the MB that feel like they just need a break from all the madness and craziness on there.
By the way, an example of a hint might be like, “Hey, *insert name here* there’s a new.. place that you should check out if you are tired of all the madness here. Go google …” etc. Something of that sort.
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Pan | January 9, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I’m glad Robert thinks it’s okay, and I also agree with everything he said — keeping it small and invitation-only sounds great to me, because the current level of traffic is about perfect.
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Fortune Cell | January 9, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Well, I guess it couldn’t hurt to come up with a short list of people to invite. Feel free to post anyone you’d like to come.
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ebeth | January 9, 2008 at 4:31 pm
24-do that and everybody will google it. i think it’d be better to just find their emails, it’s usually not hard.
i feel kind of weird posting a list of people i’d like to come though…maybe this would work better as an email/AIM discussion. but i suppose not everybody is involved with those…
idk, maybe we could zap these posts when we’re done (julia? monty?) it would just be really awkward if somebody we’d considered inviting and decided against were to find us…
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oxlin (e~a) | January 9, 2008 at 4:43 pm
25- same. I was really relieved to see that he seems to find it alright.
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Vendaval (Conrad) | January 9, 2008 at 7:12 pm
27~ How exactly do we easily find emails?
I’d feel so conspiratorial deleting posts and such. AIM sounds good, but I can’t imagine a maturity rating system. What if we invite people who’s names we know, and let anyone uncomfortable with the idea leave? I don’t think stupid randomness will last long if it’s countered by a good explicative.
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Bird of Purple | January 9, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I’m not sure about making lists of people to invite… If somebody was accidentally left out, or something, things might not go over well.
I’m glad we have GAPA approval–it doesn’t seem as rebellious or anything, now, which was kind of awkward before.
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The Skipper | January 9, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Hi. Thanks for the e-mail notifying my of this, it was refreshing to find. I still love the old MB but I agree with everyone else…I end up mostly lurking because I get lost in crowd.
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Potato Chip (Kelly) | January 10, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I’m glad that we have GAPA approval, too.
Some people have their emails on Sandstone Fortress… http://www.sandfortress.proboards98.com/index.cgi
I don’t know if they’re all here…
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Potato Chip (Kelly) | January 10, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I’m happy that the GAPAs approve, too.
We could get emails from Sandstone Fortress, but I think most of those people are already here.
http://www.sandfortress.proboards98.com/index.cgi
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Megan- VF | January 11, 2008 at 1:59 pm
i like the situation now, its nice and small and we all know and respect each other. also, there’s not nearly as many posts, and they’re actually relating to the same topic! (gasp) so i think if we wanna invite someone we can discuss it here or email or on IM and decide. but i dont want it to get to crowded here, especially with n00bies. then it could just be like the MB. i mean, just imagine if [name zapped to avoid possible hurt feelings] got our link… *shudder*
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kricket | January 11, 2008 at 2:12 pm
34- or that [name zapped] person… *shudders* I agree. Small and invitational sounds good.
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ebeth | January 11, 2008 at 4:43 pm
34, 35-that’s kind of what i was saying when i said we should discuss it over IM…what if either of them were to find us somehow? i’m not a huge fan of them either, but i don’t want to be mean or exclusive unless we absolutely have to
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ebeth | January 11, 2008 at 4:45 pm
that last post might have come out wrong…i don’t mean that we should just let everybody come and stay, but if they were to see those posts i would be embarrassed at the thought that we’d hurt their feelings. after all, they are musers and we have to remember that they’re younger than we are (which is part of the problem). we were probably just as annoying back then…(and yes, i know some of you are the same age and quite a bit more mature…and that’s great! but the majority of that age group that i know are pretty obnoxious)
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kricket | January 11, 2008 at 6:06 pm
36, 37- If we invite certain people, and they see that we were talking about, then yeah, they might be a bit offended. I agree, we probably should delete some posts/this thread.
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oxlin (e~a) | January 11, 2008 at 7:13 pm
what amuses me about the ‘certain age’ discussion is that it sounds like some adults talking about teenagers. It is based on reality but one has to realize that all of one age group isn’t alike.
I still say just leave it for now.
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Bird of Purple | January 11, 2008 at 7:51 pm
No, no, no, let’s not name names of people we don’t like. The people you’ve mentioned are very nice, and I personally wouldn’t want people talking about me behind my back on the interent…would you? (“Oh that purplefinch…she’s so annoying an immature”
)
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oxlin (e~a) | January 11, 2008 at 8:22 pm
40- agreed. what is the point of naming names of people that one doesn’t like? I find them nice people and what happens if they idly google their names and discover this? then they’d end up here anways.
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Fortune Cell | January 11, 2008 at 9:13 pm
If/when we get around to telling the MB, we’ll delete this thread.
Until then, we’ll keep it open for discussion.
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ebeth | January 12, 2008 at 6:59 am
39-yes, some members of an age group are more mature than others, and muse tends to attract the more mature, and again, that’s great but there is a significant difference between a “normal” (ie, at a normal maturity level) middle schooler and a “normal” high schooler, especially for girls (there’s research on this somewhere…maybe if i get bored i’ll find it…)
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Eccentric the Afterthought | January 12, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I’m also glad that Robert approves; I feel more comfortable knowing that I’m not making enemies on the MB by having friendly discussions on the FMB. If you’re lurking, GAPAs, hi! *waves/pies*
As for the names, I have nothing to say because I think most of the people I knew are already here.
As for the age debate, I don’t want to shut anyone out purely because they are younger, since I was always complaining in middle/early high school that the older students excluded me from their conversations automatically because of my age. Now that I am one of those older high schoolers, however, I can see that there is a gap between most middle and high schoolers’ issues. I now realize that I was, in fact, an idiot back then, but that’s just me. I’m sure there are plenty of mature middle schoolers out there. I suggest that unless immaturity becomes a problem, we leave age out of it and accept people based on the quality of their posts. If they can contribute, they can stay. If they do nothing but litter threads with popos, their posts get deleted and they get kicked out. That way we won’t be seen as elitist (I hope), because the people we reject will have brought it on themselves.
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ebeth | January 13, 2008 at 7:46 am
just to clear this up people, i wasn’t at all suggesting we should limit those who can come in by age, i was simply reminding everybody that we shouldn’t be too hard on some of the younger MBers. There are quite a few very mature younger musers that i would be happy to have on the blog.
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Vendaval (Conrad) | January 13, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I do think that time in MB-years should be taken into account though. If you’re in the latest generation, you can’t know the whole blog thing too well, or the people behind both.
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kricket | January 13, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Well, another thing, I was only eleven when I came to the MB and I’m still only 14… So… yeah, there are a few mature younger MB-ers out there… (Me, I’m not so sure…
) I just don’t think we should scout for them or anything. I think familiar names would be good to invite and who knows? Maybe as time progresses we’ll get to know other people on the MB better and invite them or whatever.
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penguini | January 14, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I think what we’re looking for is not an age level or a particular generation but a level of think before you type, look before you leap, and read before you make an opinion…and a love for intelligent conversation.
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Lady Montague | January 14, 2008 at 3:43 pm
48 – Very well said.
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oxlin (e~a) | January 14, 2008 at 4:28 pm
48- YES. I love that description of it.
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penguini | January 14, 2008 at 4:33 pm
My father and I have kicked the moral problem of this around for quite a while. Several things have come of it.
One of which is that on the other blog there is a newcomers thread. On this thread, the n00bs are directed to a link that instructs them in the ways of the blog. When I first arrived on the blog, there was this big world with people I could talk to in it! I went to this thread, recieved my pie and went out to the world and made a total (in retrospect) ass of myself. What I note as NOT being on that list is following that link. Possibly that link should be made larger or an excerpt from that page put at the top of the welcome thread? Maybe popos should be prohibited on that only that thread?
I have also determined that the New York Times article called The Moral Instinct is excellent and thought provoking reading. I recommend it.
I would have sworn i had a point aomewhere but I seem to have lost it…sigh
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Vendaval (Conrad) | January 14, 2008 at 4:41 pm
51- Clarify “that link “please. Here or there? It looks as if you have a good nebulous point in need of condensation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html?_r=1&oref=login
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Vendaval (Conrad) | January 21, 2008 at 2:35 pm
This whole scenario parallels Eternal September.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
54.
dark duke of darkness | January 22, 2008 at 9:05 pm
why, hellos. this looks most excellent. was absoloutely looking for this. i am tempted to never post on the old one again.
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Fortune Cell | January 22, 2008 at 9:08 pm
54- Hi there.
Welcome.
So how’d you hear of us?
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dark duke of darkness | January 22, 2008 at 9:21 pm
the evil facebook. yeah.
57.
Fortune Cell | January 22, 2008 at 9:24 pm
56- w00t facebook.
Aaaaaanyways, glad you joined us and all that.
I’m Julia and uhm…
I feel I should make an introduction?
Whatever, there’s loads of that shit all o’er the blog.
58.
Alison | January 22, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Hey newbie. Welcome, nice to meet you, now tell us about yourself!
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dark duke of darkness | January 22, 2008 at 9:35 pm
wells. i wouldnt exactly call myself a newbie per se, ive been on teh old mb for like 2 years. but umm. 14 year old male, nyc, goes to early college, has no school this week. i really really like computers, spend far too much time using mine. serious fucking metalhead. enjoy writing, but not nearly as much as y’alls seem to. anythin else ya care to know?
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dark duke of darkness | January 22, 2008 at 9:35 pm
oh, pictures! how do i get one of thems. do i need a wp acct?
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Jadestone | January 23, 2008 at 10:43 am
Hey DDoD, nice to see you here too. Yeah, if you have a wordpress account it lets you have a picture, but not really any other way. That I know of.
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darkdukeofdarkness | January 23, 2008 at 11:30 am
saweet. got myself a picture.
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kricket | January 23, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Hola DDoD! Welcomesss!
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Potato Chip (Kelly) | January 24, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Hey DDoD! welcome.
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Pan | January 26, 2008 at 5:20 am
I’m actually really glad this exists, especially right now, when I go on MuseBlog and look at the recent comments, and every single person is a newbie. I don’t dislike newbies, but when I only have a few minutes to go on the blog before I have to start doing homework again, I would much rather have a nice conversation with an older MBer, and I don’t want to have to read 500 posts to catch up on something.
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ebeth who is too lazy to sign in | January 27, 2008 at 8:43 am
is anybody in contact with the chairman outside the blog? he seems liable to explode if we don’t get him over here
that’s a big question, isn’t it, how do we contact people? would the GAPAs send out emails if we asked them to?
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Jadestone | January 27, 2008 at 10:01 am
66- I was just thinking that, ’bout Grant. I don’t know if they’d send them, because it’d be like we were giving them a link to a place where we could exchange contact information and stuff? I dunno. DOes he have a facebook or anything, people on those sites?
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Pan | January 27, 2008 at 10:43 am
Does he have a NationStates?
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Dodecahedron | January 27, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I think he mentioned having a facebook once or twice. I don’t think he’s in the MuseBlog group, though, which makes it more difficult to find him.
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Pan | January 27, 2008 at 2:19 pm
All I know is that his name is Grant O., and that he lives in Ohio.
I’ll do some Facebook searching.
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Fortune Cell | January 28, 2008 at 9:38 pm
If we do end up asking the GAPAs to pass it along, I really want Cedar (that’s everyone’s favorite bonobo-sexer, btw)
Penty and I even made a new song for him!
(it’s the song for genital mutilation):
OH OH FUCK
OH OH FUCK
Soooo they cut off my clitoris and now I am kinda pissed. dun dun dun.
OH OH FUCK
YOU BASTARD
OH OH FUCK
OH OH FUCK
That was mine for the sexy-time!
OH OH FUCK
OH OH FUCK
Now cunnilingus will not be for us
OH OH FUCK
or even coiiiiiiiiituuuuuus
OH OH FUCK
OH OH FUCK
NO MORE FUCK
NO MOOOOOOORE FUCK
for MEEEEEEEEE
YOU BASTARD
YOU BASTARD
OH OH FUCK
72.
Bird of Purple | January 29, 2008 at 4:24 am
71-Umm… Um… Um. Okay. I admit, it made me laugh. *hides*
“That was mine for the sexy-time”
However, I’m not sure exactly how appropriate that is… XD
73.
ebeth who is too lazy to sign in | January 29, 2008 at 2:17 pm
71-HAHAHAHA
i should really say something more constructive, but all i can think of is…HAHAHAHA
74.
dark duke of darkness | January 29, 2008 at 2:18 pm
71-lawlz.
75.
S&Mel | January 29, 2008 at 2:28 pm
71- *dies laughing* Uhm, what was Cedar’s gender anyway?
76.
Fortune Cell | January 29, 2008 at 2:34 pm
75- He is a male.
Which makes it even more hilarious.
seriously though, I want him here.
He is like full of epic win.
77.
Jadestone | January 29, 2008 at 8:41 pm
He’s cool. He was also doing the Muse Movie… he’s into the play/movie production stuff it seems.
I see how it was badly received though… he’s 18 now, I think, 17 when he was talking about the bonobo play and was naturally more mature than the most of the general population at the time. Even for musers.
78.
ebeth | January 30, 2008 at 4:13 am
77-his ALL CAPS POSTS OF EXCITEMENT were rather annoying, but when we asked him to stop he did.
i didn’t think he was all that badly received…maybe not the most beloved MBer, but he was ok…
79.
S&Mel | January 30, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Yeah. Good times, though.
80.
FrigidSymphony | March 8, 2008 at 3:05 am
How is the old blog anyway? Even I got tired of “OMG YOU INSULTED CHRIST NOW YOU WILL BURN IN HELL FOR EVER AND EVER AND EVER!!++11+!!” eventually. And I thought that would never happen.
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ebeth who is too lazy to sign in | March 8, 2008 at 7:44 am
80-religion’s at a low, as far as i know. i haven’t been going on much either these days. rth is apparently being very amusing on the romance thread though.
82.
Jadestone | March 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm
When you can get to the blog at all. It’s having a ton software issues or something.
Actually, going to check, I received the massage:
“Not Found
The requested URL /blog/archives/1250 was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”
Lovely. Even the stuff to tell you you couldn’t find stuff can’t be found.
83.
oxlin | March 8, 2008 at 3:31 pm
yeah. earlier today it was completely blank. The recent comments thread was causing a permanent loop so the wordpress people didn’t let the blog communicate and then it went back up sans recent comments and now Robert’s trying to fix it. it appears to not be all that successful as I also got a 404 not found error trying to view it.
84.
ebeth who is too lazy to sign in | March 8, 2008 at 5:06 pm
“Actually, going to check, I received the massage:”
you go to check something and you get a massage. what a great life.
85.
Jadestone | March 8, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Hahaha. That would be nice.
Except for the part where I don’t like massages and people touching me. But it would probably make my muscles feel better so I’d get over it.
Anyway, it’s still having an identity crisis apparently. And I was trying to go through all the old P&S threads too…
86.
darkdukeofdarkness | March 9, 2008 at 1:38 pm
wow. i just went back, just to see, and found this.
“HHEEELLLLLPPPPPP! THE BOY THAT HAS HAD A CRUSH ON ME SINCE FOURTH GRADE MOVED NEXT DOOR!
[missswann dies]”
no explanation needed as to why im almost definitely not going back there.
87.
Fortune Cell | March 9, 2008 at 1:47 pm
86- Um yeah.
-twitch-
88.
penguini | March 12, 2008 at 4:07 pm
anybody think we’re a wee bit off topic???
89.
S&Mel | March 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Not really, I mean, “the old Museblog” is in the title and all…
It’s just way too much anymore…
90.
Fortune Cell | March 12, 2008 at 4:31 pm
haha
well here’s on topic for you:
GAPAs zapped my post on R&R that was bitching about R-t H.
Here’s the last bit:
Okay, now a small notice:
As about 30 of you know, this is not the only MuseBlog.
Together with MontgomeryGurl, we have built a replacement. Mostly it’s to bring back the glory days of the early MB, but quite a bit of it is to avoid people like you. Yeah. You, R-t-H.
It’s been up for a while now, and I’ve tossed around the idea of telling people here. We were worried about a flood, about defeating the purpose and whatnot. The GAPAs know, and approve. It is not censored, and there is no comment moderation (except for the first comment). I’m not telling you what it’s called or giving you a link, but if you want to find it, it shouldn’t be too difficult. To give you a general idea of who’s here: Ebeth, Jadestone, Penty, Glassboro, and MontgomeryGurl are just a few. I guess this is my good-bye MuseBlog. I’m not saying I’m never posting here again, but being a Museblogger isn’t what it used to be, and I’m okay with not being considered one anymore.
Here’s the revised (not yet gone through, though) version:
MuseBloggers:
I don’t know if many of you recognize me, cus most of the people who I talk to here have moved on, but I’ve been here for about 2 years. These good-bye messages have become more popular, which I find somewhat disappointing, but not at all surprising. The MuseBlog was (and to some, it still is) a great place for quite a while. It seems, to me at least, too chaotic and fast-paced (guess I am an oldie). This is my second attempt at this letter, and I can see why the GAPAs snipped it (GAPAs: I hope this is diluted and vague enough to pass). I haven’t been posting much anymore, anyways. I have been keeping busy though- new school, musical theater, and online projects. A Google for my name and “museblog” should show you how I’ve been spending my time (GAPAs, please let this pass). Anyways, best of luck to all of you.
Cheers.
Fortune Cell
EDIT: FUCKING GAPAS.
THEY LET IT ALL THROUGH EXCEPT FOR THE DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO FIND FMB.
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FrigidSymphony | March 13, 2008 at 7:25 am
internet paranoia taken to an extreme. They’ll all be corrupted by our maturity!!
92.
dark duke of darkness | March 13, 2008 at 7:28 am
90-anyone deserving to come here is capable of googling it.
91-heh.
93.
oxlin | March 13, 2008 at 12:55 pm
91- how do you know we’re mature?
94.
penguini | March 14, 2008 at 12:25 pm
92- I think that should be our filter. It should work…Anybody who cares enough will come and those who are lazy will not.
Mature? I think we express our immaturity in different ways.
95.
tetracontakaidigon | March 14, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I claim to be less mature than when I was younger. But more social. And happier…
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Lady Montague | March 14, 2008 at 9:59 pm
94 – I agree with you (hello by the way, I’m not sure if I’ve ever talked directly with you). Some people manifest their immaturity by an inability to discuss anything serious, some by an inability to get over themselves, some by an inability to laugh at themselves, and some go around constantly trying to prove that they are mature.
95 – Wow, the story of my life. But while I felt happier, I don’t know if I actually was happier. My highs and lows changed at a moment’s notice. I’m stabler now, and, you know, being mature can mean thinking about serious things and serious things don’t usually make one happy. Plus, life gets more complicated as it moves along. When I was twelve, I never questioned my parents and didn’t really have a problem with the way they viewed the world. Not necessarily their religious and political beliefs, just the way they processed information and organized things in their brain. Now I’ve developed my own way of thinking, so even if I don’t have a problem with their conclusions I may have a problem with how they arrived at them. This has consequently made my life a lot more complicated, and me unhappier, but I think I’m more mature. Thank you, whoever actually read this rant that probably has no business being on this thread.
97.
FrigidSymphony | March 15, 2008 at 1:19 am
94: I was being semi-sarcastic. You must admit that the maturity level here is greater than “OMG MY CRUSH MOVED AWAY”, though.
98.
Jadestone | April 22, 2008 at 7:37 pm
From the random thread, we mentioned Treble_cone_freeskiier… I thought I remembered who they used to be, and who’s here gave me:
yay4hotpinkbunnies! = the pink stalking penguin of penzance = the purple cow of doom who sucks blood = treble_cone_freeeskier! = zoe means life (3/11/06)
Well, Yayforhotpinkbunnies was annoying, a bit. But when she calmed down and changed her name, I liked PSPOP. I don’t remember a lot otherwise, and idk what others think, so whatever. But I am sleep deprived and should probably not be let anywhere near online shopping sites in this state so that’s where I’m headed now.
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darkdukeofdarkness | April 22, 2008 at 7:45 pm
About T_C_F, the name gets me. (100 pie points, etc.)
100.
Fortune Cell | April 22, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I say invite her, if you can.
If she ends up being a pain, we can always kick her out as a last resort.
101.
Vendaval (Conrad) | April 23, 2008 at 9:08 am
98. Vendaval | April 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
72~ Goodbye TFS, we’ll be sorry to see you go. I’m sure we all do understand, the blog gets overwhelming at times.
Bon Voyage!
Well, this got through. Snipped was everything even hinting at a world outside of MB. Even the names Fortune cell and MontgomeryGurl.
102.
Fortune Cell | April 23, 2008 at 11:24 am
101- Guess we’ve been blacklisted. then. Do you remember what the unedited comment said?
103.
Vendaval (Conrad) | April 23, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I said things like “there are other places on the internet that are friendly and fresh like Museblog” (which sounds really weird, I know), and “Other prominent MBers have left too, like Fortune Cell, and MontgomeryGurl”
104.
glasseh (DEATH) | April 23, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Oy, what about me? *insulted*
105.
Fortune Cell | April 23, 2008 at 5:15 pm
103- Oh, that kinda speech raises discontentment amongst the masses! Can’t have people free-thinking now!
106.
Lizzie | April 23, 2008 at 5:21 pm
what would happen if someone just mentioned talking with ___, ____, and ____ online?
107.
ebeth who is too lazy to sign in | April 23, 2008 at 5:39 pm
a test
124. ebeth | April 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
I talk to ex-MB and MB people online outside the blog.
Just wondering if the GAPAs are going to censor that.
108.
Jadestone | April 23, 2008 at 8:37 pm
107- Hm, they didn’t. I think it’s just that you used the word “fresh” and stuff, and eluded to here/ They’re pretty strict about the no-contact rule…
109.
Jadestone | April 23, 2008 at 8:38 pm
*By “you” I mean “people who posted about FMB even a tad”
110.
darkdukeofdarkness | April 23, 2008 at 9:56 pm
100-how?
there is no registration, so umm, yeah. nothing to stop you from posting.
111.
glasseh (DEATH) | April 24, 2008 at 4:14 am
Mark their posts as spam, I would guess.
112.
Fortune Cell | April 24, 2008 at 9:39 am
110- I happen to run this circus, bitches!
and uhm, yeah, mark them as spam (as glassy said).
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darkdukeofdarkness | April 24, 2008 at 10:13 am
Oh. That would take a lot of work if they kept posting. I sometimes wonder why we don’t have an actual forum instead of a blog with comments. Really a strange choice by the GAPAs on the MB.
114.
Fortune Cell | April 24, 2008 at 11:32 am
Not really. Mark one as spam and all comments by that person are considered spam as well.
115.
Lizzie | April 24, 2008 at 2:55 pm
and then, to start posting again, they would have to *gasp* change their name! oh, the horror!
116.
ebeth who is too lazy to sign in | April 24, 2008 at 4:20 pm
115-but posts under a new name have to be moderated, right?
117.
Fortune Cell | April 24, 2008 at 5:18 pm
115/116- Yes, they do. However, IP address is also given, so I could use that to check.
118.
Vendaval (Conrad) | April 30, 2008 at 4:36 pm
333. Logogeo96 | April 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
72- I’ve been thinking and I bet treble_cone_freeskier!’s disappearance has something to do with this post on the first Hare-athon Thread:
9. treble_cone_freeskier! who is a day ahead of everyone, so HA! | March 1st, 2008 at 1:52 am
I have to say the blog was alot better in 2006. I think we should stop letting new people post, and return the blog to its old glory, OR we should make threads that only people who were here by summer 2006 can go on. This way, those threads can be the wackyness that they used to be, even though we will be missing some people, who made the blog special
What does everyone else think?! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Thanks to Logogeo96!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for finding this.
119.
Fortune Cell | April 30, 2008 at 5:17 pm
The plot, she thickens!
Ugh, I wish more people could find this place.
120.
Glasseh | April 30, 2008 at 5:32 pm
#
214. Glasseh | April 30th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I’m not going to forget this place…and I’m not going to talk here. That’s cheating. I don’t doubt that it’s possible to find me on the internet…
*goes off singing Rouse Your Dream until something actually happens*
That actually got through…Hoping that someone’ll go to the EK forum, or possibly search for this place. If they get to the forum I can send them a PM.
121.
glasseh (DEATH) | April 30, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Crap, forgot to log in then…
122.
Vendaval (Conrad) | April 30, 2008 at 8:18 pm
120- That’s kind of vague, but I would still think more people would know how to use google. 25 have, but that was mainly through fb, no?
Try Flamablamablous.
123.
glasseh (DEATH) | May 1, 2008 at 1:01 pm
If it wasn’t vague it wouldn’t have made it through the GAPAs.
124.
Vendaval (Conrad) | May 1, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Was Grant O. someone who was on the Yes, Let’s-Find-Him-Because-He’s-So-Cool list?
125.
Fortune Cell | May 1, 2008 at 1:24 pm
124- I think so, yeah?
126.
Vendaval (Conrad) | May 1, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I’m very certain I can find him. What he’ll think of that, I don’t know. Should I facebook him?
127.
Fortune Cell | May 1, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Most definitely find/invite him if you can!
128.
Vendaval (Conrad) | May 2, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Kiara? I don’t know her that well. Is she even still active?
129.
Lizzie | May 2, 2008 at 2:50 pm
118 – what’s ironic about that is that some of the people who joined summer 2006 annoy me to death. Oh, for the good old days of the Gaboomba.
Well, not really. That got pretty boring.