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Testing. 1, 2, 3... / Re: New Forum Logo
« on: September 25, 2002, 09:56:51 AM »Quote
MB....I rarely read the Testing section either or the top flagged posts in Current Topics area. My eyes just have a tendency to glance over them - simply because I've maybe read something there in the past and don't realize there's a new issue or request. I bet many people do the same thing.
It sort of upsets me that you may be thinking the worst of people because they're not responding to your requests. I think there are probably quite a few who aren't aware of them. Not everyone reads EVERYTHING that's posted on this board. (I certainly don't - I don't have the time. It's a busy board and I can't keep up).
Also, not everyone understands everything they're reading. If they don't, they'll have a tendency to skip over it.
Example: Yesterday I asked my daughter if she'd collapsed her categories and she didn't know what in hell I was talking about. I had to explain everything.
Also, the issue of your thinking some members are spiteful and turned the smileys back on after you turned them off....think about it.
You have to realize that you know this board intimately, how everything works, what everyone is doing, etc.
WE, on the other side, see the board differently.
It's obvious to me, that someone has logged on, gone to type a post in, and seen that their smileys are missing. So they check in their profile and it's like, "hey - something weird happened" and they go and turn them back on -- NOT realizing you turned them off to save bandwidth 'cause they never read the message.!!
Most of the people on here aren't programmers, computer wiz's, etc. Some of us are in the dark in certain areas (and at times, a bit thick)(at least I am).
Please don't think badly of people because it "appears" that they've deliberately done something out of spite.
I think the overwhelming majority of board members are good people with no spiteful intentions at all.
Don't mean to sound like I'm lecturing or anything....
Just wanted to give you my take on what I think happens -- on the "other side of the screen" from you, so to speak, ya know?
Well, I don't mean to sound like I'm lecturing anyone either, but as a point of reference, I'd like to quote a paragraph from the forum's rules/guidelines, which I'm sure you and everyone else thoroughly read over when you registered as a member, right?
"It is the responsibility of posters to this board to familiarize him- or herself with these guidelines before posting to these forums. It's up to you to periodically check to see if they have been added to and/or amended. It's also up to you to be sure to read and follow any instructions that might be posted to either the 'Testing. 1, 2, 3...' board and/or specially marked topics atop 'Current Talk'. Failure to read additions/amendments and/or special posts will not be considered an excuse should you violate a guideline or fail to comply with a request."
Periodically checking the rules/guidelines is a simple enough task as we've made sure that a link to them is in the menu at the top and bottom of most of the forum's pages. And any special posts made on either "Testing. 1, 2, 3..." or "Current Talk" are always specially marked to draw attention to them.
Also, it's unfortunate that four posts I made in this topic last night are no longer here (due to our host's rebooting of the server) because you might not have come away with quite the same impression as you did without having read them...