Jobby Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 It wouldn't affect me personally if they did disappear but I think it's a good section of the board for the people who use it. I don't see why anyone would be actively against the love boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaking Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I wouldn't personally care if the love boats were ditched. But I would be an egoistic cunt to want them gone. Why is it that all of the people complaining about them are also the ones who don't have one? I SMELL BUTTHURT. Much like a dog in heat Sippe can smell butthurt miles away. It wouldn't affect me personally if they did disappear but I think it's a good section of the board for the people who use it. I don't see why anyone would be actively against the love boats. It's BECAUSE THEY IS BUTTHURT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Wow there are a fair few haters out there, 20%+! I don't see the point in just killing it tbh. It's not stealing resources from the Muse areas so there's no real limiting factor to justify deleting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legit Queen Blee Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 The way we decided upon it, a namechange, clarification as to what the area was to be used for, and including community/hi i r nu/group threads was a better use for it than as it stands. This was based off of feedback from yew guise. As many of you probably know, I've wanted it deleted for about 6 years so streamlining and accommodating new things into it is a better use for it than it being gone completely, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_ Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 The way we decided upon it, a namechange, clarification as to what the area was to be used for, and including community/hi i r nu/group threads was a better use for it than as it stands. This was based off of feedback from yew guise. As many of you probably know, I've wanted it deleted for about 6 years so streamlining and accommodating new things into it is a better use for it than it being gone completely, really. If you're gonna change the name, at least change it to something that's still humourous but is clear... "Community" is just... ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Why is it that all of the people complaining about them are also the ones who don't have one? I SMELL BUTTHURT. I'd say my opinion of them went down around the time I got one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the aurora Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I wouldn't want it gone. It used to be my main thing and even if I don't use it anymore, I see the appeal and know it would upset many! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiner1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't get the opposition to the Love Boats. People who aren't interested in them can avoid them, like many people avoid the Kit and Tab area, and I can't see that it takes much effort to moderate as I haven't seen much drama go on in there This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxomflirter Queef Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Wow there are a fair few haters out there, 20%+! 20 votes is hardly a representation of a community with 9400 active users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sammy! Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 20 votes is hardly a representation of a community with 9400 active users Cut it out Dore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee3Dee Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 20 votes is hardly a representation of a community with 9400 active users Valid point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxomflirter Queef Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Cut it out Dore sorrrrrry sammy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 20 votes is hardly a representation of a community with 9400 active users But my point wasn't in the context of active users, was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My view: Love Boats create cliquey friendships which then translate poorly to Banter where all the in-jokes and references are lost on most people. This makes for bad banter. Furthermore, the amount of ego-massaging and self-congratulatory wank in Love Boats, apart from being wholly vomit-worthy, could take place elsewhere seeing as about 99% of it is just empty, inane chatter. Finally, such in-groups develop a detachment from the rest of the board and thus there is a rather putrid cloud of high and mightyism which lingers, predominantly, over the Musey areas where regulars pick and snipe at newer users/those just here to talk Muse (one of which I'm increasingly finding myself) before retreating to the Love Boat lairs and high five eachother. I know this is quite a sweeping generalisation and not all Love Boatism is like this but this is just what I have observed during my eight years posting here. And yes, I am currently writing a piece of academic work hence the grotesque wordiness of this post . /cue rage. kthxbi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee3Dee Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My view: Love Boats create cliquey friendships which then translate poorly to Banter where all the in-jokes and references are lost on most people. This makes for bad banter. Furthermore, the amount of ego-massaging and self-congratulatory wank in Love Boats, apart from being wholly vomit-worthy, could take place elsewhere seeing as about 99% of it is just empty, inane chatter. Finally, such in-groups develop a detachment from the rest of the board and thus there is a rather putrid cloud of high and mightyism which lingers, predominantly, over the Musey areas where regulars pick and snipe at newer users/those just here to talk Muse (one of which I'm increasingly finding myself) before retreating to the Love Boat lairs and high five eachother. I know this is quite a sweeping generalisation and not all Love Boatism is like this but this is just what I have observed during my eight years posting here. And yes, I am currently writing a piece of academic work hence the grotesque wordiness of this post . /cue rage. kthxbi. To be honest, what you described just now sounds exactly like Banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 To be honest, what you described just now sounds exactly like Banter. Aye, well that's obviously a similar issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 All of that said, I don't really give a toss as I only have time to come here for LP #6 talk and Other Bands these days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Those a problems that can be solved with more rigorous moderating. If people act like twats to other people they get infractions, and if they keep doing it, they get banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uccellino Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I don't see much 'ganging up' by love boaters going on. Just 'cos you're friends with people, doesn't mean you're a mindless sheep without an individual opinion and like Niall said, if there was evidence of ganging up on innocent Main Musers by evil Love Boaters, the mods would have taken action and there would have been much drama, which I haven't seen any evidence of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Furthermore, the amount of ego-massaging and self-congratulatory wank in Love Boats, apart from being wholly vomit-worthy, could take place elsewhere seeing as about 99% of it is just empty, inane chatter. To be honest, what you described just now sounds exactly like Banter. Agreed with both of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurellama Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My view: Love Boats create cliquey friendships which then translate poorly to Banter where all the in-jokes and references are lost on most people. This makes for bad banter. Furthermore, the amount of ego-massaging and self-congratulatory wank in Love Boats, apart from being wholly vomit-worthy, could take place elsewhere seeing as about 99% of it is just empty, inane chatter. Finally, such in-groups develop a detachment from the rest of the board and thus there is a rather putrid cloud of high and mightyism which lingers, predominantly, over the Musey areas where regulars pick and snipe at newer users/those just here to talk Muse (one of which I'm increasingly finding myself) before retreating to the Love Boat lairs and high five eachother. I know this is quite a sweeping generalisation and not all Love Boatism is like this but this is just what I have observed during my eight years posting here. And yes, I am currently writing a piece of academic work hence the grotesque wordiness of this post . /cue rage. kthxbi. Cheers Clunge - you've summed up my stance. As for Dee's comment - there's always time to get to know people in Banter. You can become part of the "community", for lack of a less ghastly word. Can one, as a new user, simply visit another's Love Boat at random and say hello? That, I feel, is the crucial difference between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Can one, as a new user, simply visit another's Love Boat at random and say hello? That, I feel, is the crucial difference between the two. Oh dear. Not something that I would suggest. People seem to be very protective about who posts in their loved ones boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinkie Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Oh dear. Not something that I would suggest. People seem to be very protective about who posts in their loved ones boats. Hey, I made your love boat batter than it ever was by randomly posting in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clom Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Oh dear. Not something that I would suggest. People seem to be very protective about who posts in their loved ones boats. Yeah, I know what you mean, but not everyone is like that. Personally, I don't give a fuck who posts in my boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hey, I made your love boat batter than it ever was by randomly posting in it.And by batter I assume you mean batshit crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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