What's Changed On Tiki Central? - General Tiki

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 10:47 AM I think it's only natural that as TC grows, it casts a wider & wider net attracting those who are perhaps less "harcore" tikiphiles than those of you who started out back at Yahoo! Groups. It's all relative, though, and people aren't going to bother to spend much time here if they don't enjoy tiki. Do they deserve to be part of our community any less just because they are "into it" less than others? They're still into it more than the average Joe. Speaking from my personal experience, my personal interest leaned more towards the Hawaiiana end, and I got involved here at TC as I tried to explore further what I could do with my bar. What I've learned about tiki has come largely from either the BOT or this site -- what I'm getting to here is that these folks who are less knowledgeable now may have come here to learn, and will be able to participate fully with a little more time. I may not be a grizzled tiki old-timer, but I am a grizzled BBS old-timer... I've been participating in online communities and been making real-life friends from them since back in the old pre-web dial-up BBS days. The "what's happened to our community?" line of thought has come before, and will come again. As the lineup of people gradually shifts over time, the character of the place also shifts. Conversations that seemed fresh the first time you heard them have now grown awfully stale. It's just how it works, and it's your choice how you want to approach it: see the potential in the freshly minted tikiphile (you weren't born into tiki yourself, you know), or grump off into the corner and grouse about How It Used To Be. On the other hand! I would love to see more meaty posts, like the one jungletrader just gave us in regards to his personal carving dilemma -- actual new dialogues about tiki. I also grow tired of posts that say not much more than "hey, neat," but I think that has less to do with people not being serious about their tiki and more to do with people not knowing not to bother to post if their post doesn't actually have any content (I'm guilt of this from time to time, myself). I had to beat up SugarCaddyDaddy & take his two damned coconuts for this post. :wink:

I think it's only natural that as TC grows, it casts a wider & wider net attracting those who are perhaps less "harcore" tikiphiles than those of you who started out back at Yahoo! Groups. It's all relative, though, and people aren't going to bother to spend much time here if they don't enjoy tiki. Do they deserve to be part of our community any less just because they are "into it" less than others? They're still into it more than the average Joe.

Speaking from my personal experience, my personal interest leaned more towards the Hawaiiana end, and I got involved here at TC as I tried to explore further what I could do with my bar. What I've learned about tiki has come largely from either the BOT or this site -- what I'm getting to here is that these folks who are less knowledgeable now may have come here to learn, and will be able to participate fully with a little more time.

I may not be a grizzled tiki old-timer, but I am a grizzled BBS old-timer... I've been participating in online communities and been making real-life friends from them since back in the old pre-web dial-up BBS days. The "what's happened to our community?" line of thought has come before, and will come again. As the lineup of people gradually shifts over time, the character of the place also shifts. Conversations that seemed fresh the first time you heard them have now grown awfully stale. It's just how it works, and it's your choice how you want to approach it: see the potential in the freshly minted tikiphile (you weren't born into tiki yourself, you know), or grump off into the corner and grouse about How It Used To Be.

On the other hand! I would love to see more meaty posts, like the one jungletrader just gave us in regards to his personal carving dilemma -- actual new dialogues about tiki. I also grow tired of posts that say not much more than "hey, neat," but I think that has less to do with people not being serious about their tiki and more to do with people not knowing not to bother to post if their post doesn't actually have any content (I'm guilt of this from time to time, myself).

I had to beat up SugarCaddyDaddy & take his two damned coconuts for this post. :wink:

Post #56262 by Humuhumu on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 10:47 AM