View Full Version : R.I.P., Random Thread
Darcy Foxx
03-26-2008, 09:47 PM
darcy, i'm curious, then, since apparently i'm so wrong. please explain to me why anyone should be responded to in a thread meant for random thoughts. i honestly, 100% cannot understand that.
look, at the end of the day, the random thread was the main source of a lot of drama on this website, it caused a lot of people to feel unwelcome and unwanted, it attracted trolls like crazy, it upset a lot of people, and the owner of this site wanted it closed.
whether you agree or not, that's just the way it is.
Callyish
03-26-2008, 09:53 PM
How could no one see the cliqueynes?
It was pushed right in your face. Also I am far from the only person who noticed this... but a perfect example.
And now... Queen of the TRT Post Whores!
Introducing, the Royal Court
Princesses Lola Rose, britt244, Cameron Keys, Lysondra, and Yekhefah
King LunarObverse
and Court Jester Mastridonicus
Long live the Queen!
juggernutz
03-26-2008, 09:57 PM
Interesting you say that because 'corn flakes' is my safe word for BDSM.
So I guess we have to stop now. ;D
Callyish
03-26-2008, 09:59 PM
Also before anyone thinks im making personal attacks I am going to say. I love Jade dearly and I know everyone was just having fun. This is just what other members have noticed and what made them feel unwelcome.
Its a given that friendships will form and people will have their groups. I mean hell with 50 thousend plus members it has to happen.
I love SW and all the friends I have made off here so don't think I am saying that its wrong that people have formed these friendships.
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 10:15 PM
I want to know who feels unwelcome. We have a whole section for welcoming people to SW. My "Crush" thread apparently made people feel unwelcome, TRT made people somehow feel unwelcome.... I don't get it.
LJ's quote didn't make me feel unwelcome either... I don't want to be a post whore, LOL. I don't feel left out of the party.
Sometimes I just had to say what was on my mind...
If that happened to be "Weasels are damn cute critters...." TRT was the perfect place.
I'm sorry things got out of hand. And I'm sorry I missed all the cool, popcorn laden drama. *Huff and Puff*
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 10:24 PM
some people no matter what they wrote got noticed and replied to. others wrote things and no one bothered with it.
that doesn't make u feel good.
God... are we so desperate for attention?
Aww boo... some of my threads are ignored. I have made posts and got zero replies. I have killed threads. Some of my own threads got no responses. Such is life on the Interwebz.
I feel damn fine about it. Obvioulsy the topic isn't interesting or worth typing about.
Jeeze. Let's allow the ebb and flow of internet attention to ruin some poor n00bs day. :'( boofuckin'hooboobookittyfuck.
May I suggest an "I need an attention NOW" thread for the likes of people like that.
Meh... this is what you mean by unwelcome....
Now I see.... ::)
TheTempest
03-26-2008, 10:35 PM
Yeah I had the feeling that siggie would come up. There are people who know what it means, but some don't so I guess it could look a little weird. At the same time, there are a lot of siggies out there and saying that one specifically made people uncomfortable would have sounded more plausible if it was mentioned to Jade personally. Knowing her, she probably would have taken it down rather than cause waves.
I can see how some people might have felt it was clique-y because a bunch of us know each other/post there a lot/use chat. Hell, I'm sure I was part of that clique (although not mentioned in anyone's signature). And we did get trolls on occasion. I disagree with the decision nonetheless. I think it could have been handled differently by the moderators and members.
That said, it sucks but it's done. It's not going to end the world. I really think (as much as I love this site and have met/kept in touch with tons of awesome people) that we're all getting a little wound up about THE INTERNET.
Darcy Foxx
03-26-2008, 10:52 PM
God... are we so desperate for attention?
Aww boo... some of my threads are ignored. I have made posts and got zero replies. I have killed threads. Some of my own threads got no responses. Such is life on the Interwebz.
I feel damn fine about it. Obvioulsy the topic isn't interesting or worth typing about.
Jeeze. Let's allow the ebb and flow of internet attention to ruin some poor n00bs day. :'( boofuckin'hooboobookittyfuck.
May I suggest an "I need an attention NOW" thread for the likes of people like that.
Meh... this is what you mean by unwelcome....
Now I see.... ::)
chill out a bit, please.
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 10:54 PM
chill out a bit, please.
I'm chill. I don't let posts (or lack thereof) ruin my day. Hah! :laughing:
beauty21queen
03-26-2008, 11:03 PM
I agree with you on that Shopia _Starina.
Darcy Foxx
03-26-2008, 11:03 PM
i meant tone down the sarcastic bitchiness.
it's that kind of attitude that caused drama. just because someone got offended by something that didn't offend you, there's no need to respond like that.
fancygirl
03-26-2008, 11:03 PM
i kinda miss TRT-- though I'm happy not to have to catch up on a bajillion pages.
where else would I talk about the pizza that I want to order even though what I really want is fresh fruit and there's nowhere to get it at this time of night.
or how my jammed finger hurts :(
or that I'm sore after finally going to the chiropractor.
or how I wish I had someone to have a late night food run with :(
edit: i was gonna make a new thread to just say all that but it seems kinda lame and whiny.
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 11:09 PM
I agree with you on that Shopia _Starina.
Sorry... the masses have spoken.
Not like thats going to get TRT back anyway. I think I have a right to vent. I think anyone has a right to vent, to be saracstic, bitchy, and peeved at the fact that some apparent n00b nobodies, trolls, and lameasses who are hypersensitive to people ignoring their (most likely) inane BS got a fun thread taken down.
i meant tone down the sarcastic bitchiness.
it's that kind of attitude that caused drama. just because someone got offended by something that didn't offend you, there's no need to respond like that.
Darcy, you might be a Mod or a model or something but you can't tell me how to feel, nor can you tell me how to type.
Admit it, you're just pissed I called out your countrywoman.
Talk about CLIQUE! Wanna ban yourself? ::)
Darcy Foxx
03-26-2008, 11:14 PM
what the fuck does being a model have to do with anything? and calling out my countrywoman?? i have no idea wtf you are talking about. who or what the fuck is my countrywoman?
i am doing my JOB as a moderator. part of that job involves controlling the drama on this place, and when people are encouraging drama by posting bitchy sarcasm, i am one of the people who has to stop it. i'm just doing what i'm told to do.
TheTempest
03-26-2008, 11:16 PM
C'mon, let's not start MORE drama about the drama in the past. Sophia, I love you and you know that, but just chill a little. You can be angry but it's JUST THE INTERNET. It's not the end of the world that the thread ended.
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 11:19 PM
Your job as a moderator is to jump to jaizaines defense when I disagree with her internet Utopian ideal weepy nonsense post?
Then to imply I'm somehow a bitch?
Wow...
Silly me. I got it all wrong.
My apologies.
hardkandee
03-26-2008, 11:20 PM
Hmm... and now this is on the member's boards.
TheTempest
03-26-2008, 11:21 PM
She just asked you to lighten up on the sarcasm, to keep from drama starting (sarcasm is hard to detect via the internet!). She even said please.
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 11:22 PM
:hug: Tempest.... it's not the first time Ausies have ganged up on me... but this time around I don't like it ;)
:laughing:
*wink wink*
Darcy Foxx
03-26-2008, 11:22 PM
no, my job as a moderator is to stop people from posting "OH BOOHOOKITTYWTF I DONT LIKE THAT A THREAD GOT CLOSED SO IM GOING TO BE SARCASTIC AND BITCHY TO ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME" because that is the kind of shit that causes drama.
i asked you to please tone down the sarcasm and bitchiness, and you've totally over-reacted. i don't give a damn that jaizaine is from the same country as me or whatever, that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. i was simply asking you to tone down the bitchy sarcasm, as i would have asked anyone else the same thing.
TheTempest
03-26-2008, 11:22 PM
:hug: Tempest.... it's not the first time Ausies have ganged up on me... but this time around I don't like it ;)
:laughing:
Oh good, you still lurve me even when we disagree. I'm glad. :)
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 11:25 PM
no, my job as a moderator is to stop people from posting "OH BOOHOOKITTYWTF I DONT LIKE THAT A THREAD GOT CLOSED SO IM GOING TO BE SARCASTIC AND BITCHY TO ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME" because that is the kind of shit that causes drama.
Nope I was just disagreeing with her... quoted her post only... not even yours... now you are jumping down my throat.
I rest my case. I'm off to bed.
Sophia_Starina
03-26-2008, 11:26 PM
Oh good, you still lurve me even when we disagree. I'm glad. :)
Yeah I can't promise I'll attack everyone who disagrees with a Jersey Girl.
I guess I'm not made of the same mettle as Darcy.
*Le Sigh*
Darcy Foxx
03-26-2008, 11:34 PM
Yeah I can't promise I'll attack everyone who disagrees with a Jersey Girl.
I guess I'm not made of the same mettle as Darcy.
*Le Sigh*
and here we have a perfect example of how NOT to behave
BalletBaby
03-26-2008, 11:42 PM
Hmm... and now this is on the member's boards.
Well I'll be...what else has been moved?
And ceriously ya'll, can't we all just wear the sad panda hat and let it go?
TheTempest
03-26-2008, 11:44 PM
Well I'll be...what else has been moved?
And ceriously ya'll, can't we all just wear the sad panda hat and let it go?
I'm totally wearing the sad panda hat right now. I think people are just mourning... Anger is the second phase in the healing process!
Seriously, everyone needs to CHILL. Chill + love = happy Tempest
BalletBaby
03-26-2008, 11:49 PM
Or we could all pop some pills. Mmmm pills....:chillpill :chillpill :chillpill
OdysseusNJ
03-26-2008, 11:51 PM
Well I'll be...what else has been moved?
And ceriously ya'll, can't we all just wear the sad panda hat and let it go?
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Lysondra
03-27-2008, 12:02 AM
Us Aussies gang up on people? WTF... we're now an Australian Internet Gang?
BalletBaby
03-27-2008, 12:04 AM
Didn't they originally send criminals to Australia? So technically...(I keed I keed)
TheTempest
03-27-2008, 12:05 AM
Didn't they originally send criminals to Australia? So technically...(I keed I keed)
Yeah and the U.S. was full of people so uptight the English kicked them out!
BrunetteGoddess
03-27-2008, 12:13 AM
Wow. Was that mishandled or what? Sophia, stop being nasty already. You don't need to prove any point, we allllll hear you. ::)
OdysseusNJ
03-27-2008, 12:31 AM
Yeah and the U.S. was full of people so uptight the English kicked them out!
No, dear, we were simply following our manifest destiny...
Kaylinn
03-27-2008, 12:43 AM
Holy Fuck, girl. Get your head out of your ass.
Does it make you feel good to call people names and put them down? Seriously, do you feel better about yourself now? That is pathetic, nasty and so fucking uncalled for. Jaizaine did nothing to deserve that. She was stating how she felt, you whining for pages and pages over a fucking thread being taken down. whos the crybaby really??
Seriously, some of the people who frequent this site anymore disgust me. And I missed TRT drama that was supposedly mean, but obviously the nastiness continues.
For these reasons, among others...I have decided that SW is no longer for me. This place is only bringing me down, it's no fun anymore, and I don't need to be surrounded by such meanness. SW was a big help to me for a few years...but it's lived out it's usefullness. It actually hurts me to see such downright hatefulness directed to other people, and I got enough crap in my life, to come here and see it too, it's just more stress I dont need.
I honestly hope that people learn compassion.
MsQwerty
03-27-2008, 01:37 AM
It seems that the goings on of and subsequent closing of TRT was the biggest thing to happen to some people this week. I hope this meaningless speculation is finished by the time I log on tomorrow! ::) ;D
scarlett_vancouver
03-27-2008, 01:44 AM
Seriously, some of the people who frequent this site anymore disgust me. And I missed TRT drama that was supposedly mean, but obviously the nastiness continues.
For these reasons, among others...I have decided that SW is no longer for me. This place is only bringing me down, it's no fun anymore, and I don't need to be surrounded by such meanness. SW was a big help to me for a few years...but it's lived out it's usefullness. It actually hurts me to see such downright hatefulness directed to other people, and I got enough crap in my life, to come here and see it too, it's just more stress I dont need.
I'm sorry to hear that, but I TOTALLY get where you're coming from. Lately, when I log in, I literally just look around and shake my head. Some here need to grow the fuck up. Cerously.
Darcy Foxx
03-27-2008, 01:46 AM
Didn't they originally send criminals to Australia? So technically...(I keed I keed)
true, but stereotypically, south australians - the only australian state settled by independent british settlers rather than convicts, hate their victorian convict settled neighbours, so if we're bringing nonsensical geographical rivalries into this, technically i should be picking on jaizaine if anything.
britt244
03-27-2008, 05:22 AM
Also before anyone thinks im making personal attacks I am going to say. I love Jade dearly and I know everyone was just having fun. This is just what other members have noticed and what made them feel unwelcome.
Its a given that friendships will form and people will have their groups. I mean hell with 50 thousend plus members it has to happen.
I love SW and all the friends I have made off here so don't think I am saying that its wrong that people have formed these friendships.
dont take this the wrong way, because as much as youre not making attacks, neither am i.. but didnt you, lola, pooka, paige, and maybe someone else have a little group around a year ago? i dont remember the details but you called yourself brunette something or something bitches or SOMETHING.. so.. you did the exact same thing. so.. why are you pointing out when other people do it? youre saying you dont think its wrong but what, are you playing devils advocate, then?
Lady Jade
03-27-2008, 05:33 AM
I can't decide if the levels of hypocracy that have been discovered are horrifying, disappointing, or a sad combination of both.
Lysondra
03-27-2008, 05:47 AM
LOL... I'm a part of Lady Jade's clique? We barely even talk anymore! I still haven't added her on facebook because I can't figure out how. Hahahaha.
kitty69
03-27-2008, 06:36 AM
Firstly I need to say that, yes sometimes I felt a little ignored or fed up when my posts had been overlooked (even a couple of threads) and I did feel that there were tight groups of friends on this site. However I also realize that this is an internet site and that as well as providing the anonymity for us to be open with our experiences, it also does the same and can contribute to sometimes being overlooked.
This doesn't mean that I get all arsey and stop logging on, no I get up at 5am to see my boy of to work and then settle down to see what had occurred over night. I loved TRT although it was only towards the end I felt I had been accepted into it. I caught up with it a couple of times a day ( I have no real friends lol). I just feel that sometimes feelings do get hurt or friends are made, we as adults should be able to deal with that and move on.
All the drama is the reason TRT was closed down, and that makes me sad that we can't learn from that. Of course I loved the gossip or the drama, but I have also made friends and am sad to feel the bad feeling on this site at the moment. Will I stop coming? NO I will just hang around waiting for it all to subside which it will.Now can we all just agree to disagree and move on. Sorry for long post.
ETA: I feel that it is also important to add that I have never had anyone being horrible or mean directly to me or felt that I have been attacked as a newbie.
aussiebelle
03-27-2008, 07:09 AM
ah whayt happened? i love this tthresad :(
its my favourieyte adni can;t find the drunk thread. where am i going to postt all my ransoms happenings
awww
aussiebelle
03-27-2008, 07:10 AM
add mer to facebooklk rtoo lys?
Lysondra
03-27-2008, 07:17 AM
^ I can't figure out HOW.
kitty69
03-27-2008, 07:20 AM
aussiebelle honey I have bumped the drunk thread to top of lounge for you. Post away. X
Darcy Foxx
03-27-2008, 07:20 AM
^ I can't figure out HOW.
facebook is lame anyway. i always forget that i even have mine.
aussiebelle
03-27-2008, 07:25 AM
add e,me!!!
thasjnks sweetiwwe
^^^
Lysondra
03-27-2008, 07:27 AM
I FOUND IT!
Holy eff that link is tiny.
Callyish
03-27-2008, 07:39 AM
dont take this the wrong way, because as much as youre not making attacks, neither am i.. but didnt you, lola, pooka, paige, and maybe someone else have a little group around a year ago? i dont remember the details but you called yourself brunette something or something bitches or SOMETHING.. so.. you did the exact same thing. so.. why are you pointing out when other people do it? youre saying you dont think its wrong but what, are you playing devils advocate, then?
Huh? I don't ever remember being part of anything like that. Pooka, Paige, Lola, Chrissy and I used to chat all the time and we were all 'buddies' but there was never a group :confused:
Either way I could care less about Jades signature. I was just using it as an example of one of the things that was 'offending'(thats not even the right word).
Like I said I could care less. I have so many friends on here. Im just speaking for those who didn't want to speak up.
Im not on SW much anymore anyway and I could care less if im part of a 'clique'. I have a lot of friends from here and I love them all dearly.
I think its great that people here have formed bonds and friendships. I mean after all thats what this is for.
zxcire
03-27-2008, 08:04 AM
I think if the internet is actually pissing you off and making you butthurt to the point that it's affecting your daily life and hurting your feelings, it's time to take stock of your life and find out why you care so much what a bunch of anonymous strangers think, or don't think, about you online!
Come on guys, really, what's the big deal? If something bugs you, click the back button. There's an ignore function if you don't like someone's opinions. The crying and drama is so silly!