I probably won't be around too much over coming weeks but I too would like to stay in touch with the good and honest folk I met on here....and that includes you, girl.....and others who know who they are.
Have a great weekend !
We all need to just disagree without being so vindictively disagreeable no matter which board we post comments on. Hopefully by shutting down that board it will send a strong message to those who just can't be respectful of those they disagree that there is no place safe for them on AW.
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If you dislike someone or their actions, just ignore them. If they persist with annoying you publicly, then AW will have to step it. The evidence will all be there. As for these 3 who insist on disrupting (still!) every venue and thread, time will tell the story..... until then, they don't exist to me. I don't read their posts, don't look at the portfolios..... I have a little button to "IGNORE" them in my mind. Try it... it works! It may be the ONLY way to find PEACE at this place.
I don't feel compelled to leave and I'm not leaving :)
I'll be around much more on other parts of the site but I'm afraid I can't share your belief that AW will rid us of what needs to go. If that were the case, it would be already gone.
All my best to you and Denny !
For once, I find myself in total agreement with the lady above...
Peace, everyone.
You stated the Auction Thread would be reinstated on the Art Discussion Board, but as yet, this hasn't happened.
Please advise.
Thanks, Natalie.
I will try to make a bit more of an effort to come back now. I did say more but I have decided to leave it unsaid for now.
it would be really glad to see you back on art wanted and to say i hadn't really noticed you weren't about so please do come back
I don't see much advantage to removing the forum.
I suppose some of the negativity may have spilled over, but can't people just skip what doesn't work for them?
I don't object to the removal, but I don't applaud it either. And if it drives the trolls into the actual-content forums, it will have been a bad move from my point of view.
Don't come back because of anything I've said lovely :) I mean that in the nicest sense :) I know you are doing well and life has you smiling again.
That's all that is ever important to me, "that when I ask about folk, they are still alive, kicking and getting by as best they can with the occassional crap hand":)
Remember how the Abstract thread grew ? That was fun and REAL, it still makes me smile.
You take care, and be mindful of cries to return here full force, for twas a 1 way street lovely, not intentionally, but 1 way nonetheless :) You deserve so much more than that, so much more :)
Take Care and best wishes yours Laz.
PS: I think the "parole board" have decided to give me freedom again after all these years in solitary. Can't say too much in case I put the mockers on it, but the mere thought of freedom weakens me at the knees ;)
I actually witnessed Spring this year, wierder still, I'm sure I smelled its arrival too :) So sweet and heavy with blossom :) 21 years January just gone. WOW thats a long time to stare out of a window wondering what its like outside :)
That's why I'm quiet lovely :) ALL in good time. Yours Laz.
It occurred to me while reading this of all the good that I've personally lost here. I had a plethera of Sher's threads bookmarked. I liked to go back and read them occasionally. They left me a connection to a lost friend..... all gone now. I have tears in my eyes thinking of it now as I see the bookmarks to my left that no longer have "any" meaning.
There are others I will miss..... Pete's AW Member Roast thread...... gone and all the fun and goodness right along with it. Shall I continue?? All of Daisy and Alex's wonderful "Weekend Flowers" threads, "World Peace," member-to-member "Happy Birthday" posts, and most lastly, the auction to help Kandice (where is it now?? Not re-posted as promised?).
I understand fully why AW removed the GDB..... it wasn't because of the plethera of good threads... it was because of a few people and a few threads that got out of hand. It's a business decision and whether any of us like it or not, all the good is now gone with the bad.
But, there is a bright spot here if you look at it as a "clean slate." Members have the opportunity to have fun again, together, many times over in future events...... we just won't have to worry about the political agenda, religious, sexually bias or otherwise possibly offensive threads that don't relate to art. Afterall, this is an art site, right??
Besides, we have other sources for communicating with one another outside of AW.... not having the GDB won't stop friendships that have formed, right? It's up to all of us to find creative ways to have fun and remain within the AW "boundaries" such as they are here. There are other times and places for the rest. Let's use the chat room. How about Yahoo?? Maybe we could convince Pete to reopen Bash Planet with an "approved admission??" What say you?
Denny and I will be leaving tonight for our trip to Pittsburgh (a whole week..... whooo hooo!) but we'll still check in for emails and such from time to time. Be good to one another and please, no one else leave.... it feels like a funeral in here this weekend.
The majority have been most effectively silenced and the minority given free rein. The latter can yell all they like. Doesn't matter any more because nobody's listening !
Belle
Leigh.....you're right ! It feels like a funeral because it is like a funeral. But life goes on ! It might just take a while for the dust to settle. Have a good trip both !
Laz, I see you as this healing executive of life. So cool and right. And yawners? I laughed so hard, as your posts will stifle a yawn any time...lengthy as they sometimes are, they remain interesting and to the point.
Below is my opinion of this General Discussion Board removal situation. I emailed it to myself to work up the courage before I posted. I'm chicken...so what! edit. I know Stephanie's on the art critique, but stopped coming to the gdb long ago.
I'm sorry the GD board had to be removed. Man, am I sorry. The return of the GD board WITH an ignore click might be advantageous to those who want to mingle and talk about anything under the sun...without verbal abuse. The ignore click should put an end to the trouble makers, i.e., those who seem to have an extremely opposed opinion to certain subjects. The ignore click would just wipe them out of the subject on hand, BUT, only if the ic would be used by ALL on that particular thread. However, isn't this the same thing as blocking, which caused many problems before? Again, everyone on the discussion would have to use it in order for the baddie to not enter into the discussion. Correct me if I'm wrong in the understanding of blocking and ignore. Here I go in circles. ARG! But, I do know that everyone can have a difference of opinion without blatant verbal combat. There's no trick to it at all. I bite my tongue a lot. But when I know what's up and right, I speak up. I'm afraid that I think the GDB will ever return and I'm just going to have to adjust. As soon as I can get back into art as I used to be, like commenting on the very many artists whom I admire here on AW, I am going gung ho. Time for art ain't on my side these days. Besides, because of my absenses I fell behind and became so confused as to who is who and why this and that on the GD and I was unable to keep up with much of what was going on, and I hate to be confused. I DO know I've missed Steph and her wonderful art critiques that I loved to read and learn from.
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