DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '02 II => Topic started by: Connie on November 09, 2002, 03:23:47 PM
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Does anyone have the problem of keeping up with this board? There's so much posting I can't keep up - lately especially. It's like you aren't at the computer for maybe 10-12 hours, then you login and all of a sudden there are pages of new posts! How do y'all keep up??? I figure I miss about 30-40% of the messages. :'(
Am I just slow or something? Help!
-CLC
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Hi,Connie your'e not slow at all don't ever say that!!
Any-way sometimes i log onto to here as well and
find so many new posts i guess maybe people
must stay up all night to write them. I usually
post my new ones after i see DS that night.
( Ps I LOVE YOUR POSTS ABOUT THE Q-MAN AND
PICS YOUR'E THIS WHOLE BOARD YOU ALWAYS
BRIGHTEN MY DAY!!!!
LOVE U ANNE
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( Ps I LOVE YOUR POSTS ABOUT THE Q-MAN AND PICS YOUR'E THIS WHOLE BOARD YOU ALWAYS
BRIGHTEN MY DAY!!!!
Hi Anne... [wavey]
You're very sweet. I'm not "this whole board" though - LOL - only a small part.
What I wanna know is....you're gonna make sure you get to next year's Fest, aren't you?
I wanna watch you fall all over the Q-MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL
love
CLC ;)
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Yes i hope to make it to The DS Fest Next yr Connie
And i want you to be there so i can faint or fall all
over The Q-man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wont' be able to
speak to The Goregous man either get tongue tied
trying to say hello!!!!!!!!!!! Question for you i
love the wavey smiley guy you have i've tried to
typing that and it won't appear just the word
"wavey"?? Iam i doing something wrong??
Love Anne
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How do y'all keep up???
-CLC
It can get daunting especially when you've been to Mexico and New Orleans and come back to so many messages here and then 180+ from the JuliaList. . .but for here Iuse the "New Postings" option. . .are you trying that Connie? It really helps . . .
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It can get daunting especially when you've been to Mexico and New Orleans and come back to so many messages here and then 180+ from the JuliaList. . .but for here Iuse the "New Postings" option. . .are you trying that Connie? It really helps . . .
You are not the only one Connie. I have a very hard time trying to keep up and I know that I miss many posts. Although "New Postings" does help somewhat, I am still presented with literally dozens of posts, some of which I have, in fact, already seen. I'm just resigned to the fact that I won't see everything. :(
Bette
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Yes i hope to make it to The DS Fest Next yr Connie
And i want you to be there so i can faint or fall all
over The Q-man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wont' be able to
speak to The Goregous man either get tongue tied
trying to say hello!!!!!!!!!!! Question for you i
love the wavey smiley guy you have i've tried to
typing that and it won't appear just the word
"wavey"?? Iam i doing something wrong??
Love Anne
i have to check several times a day Connie but do find if i miss a day there are a few to look at! There are a lot of cousins now[wavey]
jennifer
Annie did you remember [] before and after?
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{wavey} Hi, Jennifer thanks for the info i'll try it
now and see if works.
Love Anne
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I know what you mean, Connie. There is a great deal of posting here, enough to fill up the first three pages of the board in an average day. I'm very lucky because my schedule allows me to visit several times a day and I can avoid being swamped. However, I'm almost reluctant to go on vacations anymore unless the hotel offers Internet access because I don't want to miss out on all the messages. (Yes, I know I'm addicted, lol.) I think it's worth the effort to read everything though. I learn so much from the people here, (and not just about DS) and enjoy more laughs than I do from other sources. In any case, I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to catch up on all of the topics in December when DS is supplanted by all of Sci-Fi's marathons.
ProfStokes
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Annie Wrote:
i guess maybe people
must stay up all night to write them
LOL!! Annie, that's me!
Annie, I think you're hitting the key along with the "CAPS" by mistake. Make sure you're just hitting the bracket key [code] with the word right in between the brackets and don't leave any spaces. Hope this works for you. [wavey]
Sometimes the board does get pretty hectic with all of it's messages but I really enjoy that. I love the board being busy and I find that using the "New Posts" icon really helps me out alot. I think when it gets to a point where there's hardly any messages to read then you have a problem. ;-)
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Thanks Cassandra for your help i think thats what
i was doing !! LOL!!!
[wavey] Love Anne
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I can't keep up either. What frustrates me is that if I do make the effort, there are far too many "me too" posts :(
So basically I skim. If it looks intriguing, I'll open a topic, if not, too bad. I miss a lot that way, but sometimes that's the way it goes . . .
Luciaphil
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I hafta admit that I can't read every post or even every subject, but I try my best. But so much better that we've got such a productive troop rather than having a message board where something new pops on only every two weeks. There's always something here for everyone!
Gerard
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Sometimes I don't get to my computer ( to do FUN things) for several days. I do miss a lot, and will never have enough time to read everything. But I manage to always find some posts that point out some amazing things about DS. I love the analyses of actions and scenes that I must have seen four or five times and never noticed these details!! In many cases DS takes on a whole new level of intrigue!! Thanks everyone!!
Always finding new insight-----Misty
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I wouldn't be able to keep up without the New Posts Search feature (what a life saver!). But I do manage to read everything (while the dust and the dishes pile up around me, lol). What I have trouble with is making the time to start new topics. If I have something I want to discuss I usually have to wait until someone else starts the topic or brings it up in a current thread.
dom (who is the world's slowest typer to boot)
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I generally start at the bottom - Luciaphil - and check to see if there's anything new. For quite a while there hasn't been, but these last few days, it's suddenly been revived! Then, I go to Robservations. I usually skim that really quickly, as I've already seen the episode, and mostly read the comments and any replies.
Then, I check out anything new in Testing - that's usually pretty quick.
Finally, I arrive at the Main Forum - do a quick check to see how many topics have new items and then search for the new posts. I like it when there are a lot of replies to a few topics rather than a lot of topics with 1 or 2 posts, as, once in a thread, it's easy to read quickly and move down the page, rather than waiting for each topic to come up.
I do a lot of skimming. Many items are short or occasionally something that I don't know much about and read very quickly. Once in a while there's a more in-depth item that does require real reading.
I generally try not to post too many things myself (especially if it's a really busy day and I'm signing on even later than usual). If there's a birthday or something that requires a more creative response, I try to find something that will look colorful, but be simple to create.
I suppose I get through it in less than an hour. If it's a day with more time, I come a bit earlier and then check back later for anything new (like now!)
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OMG! Josette has this down to a science! LOL (Not me - sorry to say)
I start at the top - Current Talk - and rarely get through it. Plus I end up jumping around. Needless to say, I almost never see Testing, or anything below it, and since I've got the categories collapsed, I sort of forget they're there. Oy...
My daughter's a fan of Luciaphil's Idle Thoughts so I don't have to worry about that. She keeps tabs, and if there's a new one, she usually reads it to me while I'm at the kitchen counter or something (and we have a little giggle).
Anyway, I'm glad there are others besides me who don't get to read everything. Does it ever worry you though? Maybe this sounds a little weird, but sometimes I worry that maybe someone said something to me or asked something, and I didn't see it, so then they might think I'm ignoring them when I'm not. I'm just not aware 'cause I didn't catch it. THEN there's the problem of seeing a few things, or maybe an IM, but only having a few minutes on the board and not having time to answer it at the moment, then forgetting what it was I was supposed to get back to!!
Then, like ProfStokes, I am totally addicted to this board. Because of this sad fact, I don't get to my email until I'm too tired to think. (Carol will attest to this) LOL Why she puts up with me I'll never know.
-CLC [sleep]
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OMG! Josette has this down to a science! LOL (Not me - sorry to say)
I'm impressed. I can't keep up like that, either, lol. I do start at the bottom as well, but there are categories I rarely venture into and I usually make the decision not to read posts that look like a lot of OT.
My daughter's a fan of Luciaphil's Idle Thoughts so I don't have to worry about that. She keeps tabs, and if there's a new one, she usually reads it to me while I'm at the kitchen counter or something (and we have a little giggle).
Eek, my column has fans???
Does it ever worry you though? Maybe this sounds a little weird, but sometimes I worry that maybe someone said something to me or asked something, and I didn't see it, so then they might think I'm ignoring them when I'm not. I'm just not aware 'cause I didn't catch it.
Every once in a while, I do a search on my name here. That's the only thing I can come up with, because what you mention worries me too :)
Luciaphil
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OMG! Josette has this down to a science! LOL (Not me - sorry to say)I start at the top - Current Talk - and rarely get through it. Plus I end up jumping around. Needless to say, I almost never see Testing, or anything below it, and since I've got the categories collapsed, I sort of forget they're there. Oy...
Same here. I pick and choose and just do the best I can to keep up.
Anyway, I'm glad there are others besides me who don't get to read everything. Does it ever worry you though? Maybe this sounds a little weird, but sometimes I worry that maybe someone said something to me or asked something, and I didn't see it, so then they might think I'm ignoring them when I'm not. I'm just not aware 'cause I didn't catch it. THEN there's the problem of seeing a few things, or maybe an IM, but only having a few minutes on the board and not having time to answer it at the moment, then forgetting what it was I was supposed to get back to!!
This happens to me, too. Not only here but at another sites.
Then, like ProfStokes, I am totally addicted to this board. Because of this sad fact, I don't get to my email until I'm too tired to think. (Carol will attest to this) LOL Why she puts up with me I'll never know.
-CLC [sleep]
After email, I check this board next since my other sites seemed to have slowed down a bit. No need to check them every day.
As for you, Connie, I put up with you because I like you, you're my opposite, you give honest and forthright opinions that I mull over and sometimes take, you're a mom with a daughter so we commiserate, you hate my verbiose emails with a quick jab to the funny bone, you called concerned about my eye surgery so we chatted for over a hour. You are what I call a friend.
And for those of you out there, Connie and I have never met. We came across each other online, exchanged emails and pix and then phone numbers. We keep in touch everyday thru emails to share life's foibles.
--the UNHIP mom(CHM)
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I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am to read that you guys are enjoyng the board... and even addicted to it, wow! :D
Thanks, jennifer and Cassandra, for stepping in to help Annie with her forum question.
I definitely recommend reading boards from the bottom (oldest) up. It's not unusual for new posts to appear while you're catching up, and since it'll cause the topic to automatically jump to the top, well, you get the picture.
Because the vast majority of visitors aren't reading everything, posters might want to consider the [overcolor=yellow]titles[/overcolor] chosen for new topics. If your title is too cryptic, the audience that would be most interested in it might pass it by. :o
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Come on people.....you're all starting to make me feel like a freak. I can't be the only non-moderator on this forum who reads every blessed word posted, can I?
Yes, I admit , I'm logged on here all day and half the night...but that's because I'm on and off this computer constantly for that entire duration....
And yes, I'll admit I OCCASIONALLY skip a post here and there because the topic doesn't interest me...
But I'd find it a lot harder to follow threads and keep up with posts if I let it slide for any length of time. It's actually MUCH quicker and easier to stay on top of it than to try and catch up with it.....but that presumes that you have endless free time on your hands to do it!
My hat's off to all of you who have to find time in otherwise crowded days to plow your way through a ton of posts.....I don't think I could do it, if I had to do it that way!
BTW....why would anyone skip the Testing 1 2 3 board? Reading that religiously has saved me from asking a multitude of VERY stupid questions (thereby also saving me from a multitude of snarky comments from MB ::) )!!!
Raineypark