Post #56771 by aquarj on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 5:04 PM

I don't mind too much if someone here is rude - it just reveals their own character. The problem is when they intentionally give the impression that they are speaking for all of TC (even using the word "we" at times).

Someone said when a "bully" posts, the rest of us are either complicit or scared of the bully too. Not necessarily true - many of us are just too busy much of the time to keep up with the Million Mail club.

As for the original question, I honestly don't see any big changes. I remember squabbles and dry spells on the original club. I think Bong's original post referred to TC being "taken over" by off-topic posts from new members with apparently a passing interest. I see plenty of off-topic posts, but I wouldn't say that all or even a majority necessarily comes from new members. Just the opposite - so-called old-timers often seem to talk about almost anything on their minds. But maybe that irony was supposed to be part of a "joke" of posting this in the first place, along the lines of "I like to start fires and watch them burn." If so, the joke's on us for reading and replying, and Tiki-Bot's reply was the most appropriate. Who cares - I think the forum is what you make of it. I'm still very glad it's here, and still see interesting posts from the "bullies" and "newbies" and others in between.

-Randy