Briana Dawson

I guess someone got pissed off because people did not take her seriously regarding her opinion of the future of this country...I think. Or maybe it was the reaction she got from her post.

You be the judge:
http://secondsurvivor.com/SecondSurv...ead.php?t=1738

Michael Bigwig

Hmmm...

I don't know her well enough to judge whether she's shooting from the hip, or...not.

I know that nearly every single (especially trendy) forum houses jerks...but like I said, I don't know shit about shit.



I hope she's going to be OK.

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Briana Dawson

Well I guess that is an option if you view things negatively.

I think the post should be addressed more constructively.

I sometimes like reading what she has to say, even though I do not agree. She makes some interesting and sometimes on point remarks.

I mean, people are going to post messages, but like anything, you can please some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.

Often times I say things that are disagreed with and I have been verbally assaulted and insulted over what I have said. But I am not leaving SLU over it. And I am definitely not going to go vent on some other forum about it.

So, let's not drag her through the mud. Let us send her some private IM's and ask her to come back.

Posting this message is away to let people know what is happening and giving them the option to act on it.

Michael Bigwig

Briana Dawson

Also, that is a very negative view of SLU. I have never seen anyone dragged through the mud for here for posting that they are leaving.

You obviously were not at :sc: or if you were you choose to ignore the amount of mud dragging that occurred there without moderation. But I guess crucifixion is ok *if* you like the forum.

Mordos Yering

Yanked my posts. Got a nice healthy case of foot-in-mouth this morning.

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Jessyanne

You must have missed Rosie leaving

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Vivianne Draper

Well she didn't post *here* -- she posted there. And that's not drama -- thats one person who was there before here posting that she's gonna stop pariticpating on all boards and the rest of us asking her to come back. But don't let that stop you from misrepresenting the truth or trying to start drama here.

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Kristian

And bringing this back here accomplishes ... ?

Vivianne Draper

its a way to try and start more drama. must be a slow news day.

Briana Dawson

The Drama over SLU at SS

Kristian

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/...ers/index.html

This is pretty dramatic stuff right there.

ZATZAi

Oh I wasn't even reading that thread, I just assumed it was someone bitching. Course, I was right it seems, but eh.

By the way, I like the new avatar.

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Briana Dawson

In my post I specifically said let us send her some Private Messages and ask her to come back.

All you see is the negative...angrily at that.

I've already sent her a private message apologizing for my part, if I had any at all, in her leaving.

I do not like to post hateful, angry messages, screaming out expletives and insults, because THAT is what I call drama.

Briana Dawson

Clancy did it for me!

He is soooooo cool. I will never disagree with him again on a political thread, ever...maybe.

badkittybeth

i said this...hope it was good :'

No forum is completely dramaless. Because the majority of us hold strong opinions and views, we clash and argue. Sometimes. I dont find SLU to be a "drama pit" and although i am registered with several SL related boards, I was overall accepted and welcomed most warmly at SLU. I understand some peoples need to bash other forums that they disagree with but dont completely judge a forum by only a few members. We have our trolls and our nay-sayers. But as a group, we are intelligent and respectful.

I dont post anywhere else because i dont know anyone on other forum, save two people and the ones currently on SLU. And what is said on SLU is generally said on other forums as well.

I am sorry your SLU experience wasnt as pleasant as one would want, but the vets of SLU have stuck around despite personal attacks from misunderstandings. They do so because they overall enjoy the people active in the forum. And from this thread I can see you have many friends from SLU and SS.

Hope you stick around. It's a bumpy ride!

Kristian

I just think that broadcasting someone's elseforum post can't end well.

It's hard to read that post and think she hates SLU. She just thinks that some people on SLU are Douchey McDouchersons and feels harassed by them in some nature. There is a lot of people who'll continue to dog a poster with nothing more than 'nuh-uh, you're wrong' for pages and pages. It gets tiring to handle it reasonably. I'd probably rather just demure than practice with the sharp knives if I was her too.

ZATZAi

Oh an actual picture of it? That's the first time I've seen that.

badkittybeth

i feel two ways about her post, i agree with kristian but i feel its stirring up badness when posting a complaint about another SL forum. Seems we are the current drama forum. What an interesting reputation we gained. I happen to think the other forum are quite boring compared to SLU, not neccessarily dramaless but just not as active.

<3 SLU 4eva

Briana Dawson

Well the best advice I can give is that after a rebuttal or two, leave the thread. Leave behind all the emotion and just walkaway. Leaving behind the emotion may be hard if it hits close to home, but walking away is not.

This is after all a message forum. And no amount of arguing is going to convince a close-minded person or a person not open to your view, that you are right.

These things take time.

It took a while for me to agree with Kendra and JenH on some things.

Michael Bigwig

transforum drama....I like it.

Polymorphous

Meh, its quite the setup for a we/they mentality. (Not you Briana, though this thread could feed it too even though not your intention).

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Brenda Connolly

Wait a minute. Saying stuff that no one wants to hear or giving information no one wants to know in the Internets is a bad thing?????

I'm Fucked then

Mordos Yering

Anyhow, I'll be withdrawing from this thread, and apologize for my part in it.

I suppose it was the use of the emote that left me unclear on the OP's intentions, which she then clarified as being more benign.

Clancy Sullivan

Hmm, Jen H. is the kind of passionate person I enjoy sharing a forum with. I hope she comes back because it's a nicer place with her than without her.

SecSurv is a great forum, I don't get why she seems to be leaving that one, too.



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