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Is it just me, or has the internet died? MLA's all wonky buggy and now also hard on my eyes to read, and there's nothing happening in any of my tribes, and sometimes I can't help but feel like it's my fault in part because I've totally bailed out of my "online communities". I keep writing stuff, then saying no, I can't say that, so I delete it, or I just stick up a chapter of the Dao De Jing instead.
I can't seem to verbalize anything these days, but if I just try to make it simple, to sum up, I took a road less-traveled by back in March and I'm in what I'm into right now pretty deep. I also find myself totally turned off by the MLA's refusal to do such a simple task as load a thread. I've basically ditched the internet except as a lurker lately, and I'm about to ditch it more. And since this tribe is private, if I'm not checking in to approve people, then folks can't get in. And that would make me feel more lame, so if anybody wants the tribe, please pipe up. Otherwise I'll just try to be good and approve people at least.
I can't seem to verbalize anything these days, but if I just try to make it simple, to sum up, I took a road less-traveled by back in March and I'm in what I'm into right now pretty deep. I also find myself totally turned off by the MLA's refusal to do such a simple task as load a thread. I've basically ditched the internet except as a lurker lately, and I'm about to ditch it more. And since this tribe is private, if I'm not checking in to approve people, then folks can't get in. And that would make me feel more lame, so if anybody wants the tribe, please pipe up. Otherwise I'll just try to be good and approve people at least.
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Re: Anybody want to mod this tribe?
Sat, June 7, 2008 - 8:37 PMI feel pretty much the same. So much going on that I just don't spend much time on tribe and pretty much gave up on MLA cause the pages won't load.
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Re: Anybody want to mod this tribe?
Thu, June 12, 2008 - 10:00 AMIs this like that thing where women in the same house have the same cycle? Cuz, I been off the internets, too.
And NO! I do NOT want to moderate. What the hell does a moderator do, anyway? If nothing, then I might reconsider. But if anything, NO NO NO!
Unless nobody else will. That's my M.O. Do nothing (with a purpose) until nobody else will do something. Then I'm all nuts and bolts and upanattem. But I'd rather do nothing (for the sake of so doing). -
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Re: Anybody want to mod this tribe?
Sun, June 15, 2008 - 8:54 AMuh huh, uh huh. I've been doing a lot of internet conversations with family & friends, but that's about all. I agree entirely. Where did everything go including my enthusiasm for anything that I'm not immediately doing? I feel like I need a big long rest. I miss you Mindy! -
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Re: Anybody want to mod this tribe?
Sun, June 15, 2008 - 6:48 PMEVA!! I miss you too, girl. We just celebrated the boy's 16th birthday last wednesday, grandparents just left this morning, and I'm wrapping up a freelance project... keep saying "I'll go get a USB headset tomorrow" but somehow I haven't gotten around to it! Will do soon and let you know when I have it. -
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Re: Anybody want to mod this tribe?
Sat, July 19, 2008 - 4:38 PMCor Blimey! if you'll forgive an old cockney.
Just because the world got very dense and fast, suddenly we act as though missing a few weeks is some kind of issue! Wow.
I went several years without hearing from my son...then we spent a few months together, and now we exchange some kind of email or something about once a month, maybe. Think snail mail speed. No hurries, no worries.
As to MLA business, well Bobby and I have always had OM to play with (and Blogger remains stable), and MQ to try to encourage along. Right now a small crew has put together a print copy (due soon) but I don't quite know how you'll get a copy unless you TALK TO US...
And as to the Forums, well yes, I entirely agree that the teething problems sucked, but we have got Clyde (Ratatosk) as webmaster attempting to respond to our protests and pressure. The post loading problem got solved for a while (now the bbCode buttons don't work, but I can write bbCode so that doesn't bother me much). Of course, if you hate technology, and just WANT IT TO WORK INVISIBLY then such problems definitely seem annoying, but we continue to negotiate access to the controls, as Admin and Co tried to pull Only Maybe into the site, only for us to find a very limited tool...but Bobby has started to use it, and we run it in parallel to the stable Blogger OM.
As to moderating - well, I moderate a Circus Forum, but the job is more monitoring that people are happy with how it works and don't abuse the system, rather than try to enthuse and keep people motivated.
Me personally, as an introvert, I feel likely to retreat into my own creativity, after this wonderful burst of learning to collaborate. I am taking an online course about becoming an e-tutor (although I may end up devising online courses rather than 'teaching') and I know how energy fades. Why not? I have moved on so often in my life that I don't even think of that as a problem. New friends, new partners, new interests, new places to live...
It annoys people who like stability, but neophiles come and go....
Social Networking is finally about as satisfactory as telephone sex, let's face it.
Which is why I am looking forward to a brief meetup in Paris with a few MLA crew next week. Face to face, or F2F if you prefer txt. :-)
It's not too late to join us!
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