WB is clearly teasing GOG with his conspiracy theory crankery.
Jb flext his crankery on R&E, diving into his NDE.
The loony toony boys are attracting the predictable flies. 

I'd rather have Gog and jb than Mondo. 

The poisonous nature of what's going on there is disturbing.  We might as well be back on the old White Whine Board.  That's what it felt like to me and why I just bailed and posted this.  It's upsetting.  I hate what jb and GOG have done and caused there.

Woodbine's board was fun and quirky.  Weird as hell sometimes, but it's flavor was unique.
 

Apparently, the infection there is just getting WORSE.  It's simply unbelievable.

GOG & jb are a BAD combo.  But GOG has turned the place upside down and into so much B.S. that it's nauseating.
 

Somewhere in between might be better ??

Notice that Woodbine's board has lost the majority of its "regulars" ??

Not only that, but posters who might add to it pretty much don't anymore.  I know that I rarely bother nowadays aside of blasting GOG for ruining the board.  Others, who were frequent flyers seem gone now too.

So, yes, overuse of rules and micromanaging to the extreme isn't good at all because it drives posters away. (also R&E forbidding politics for excessive days, constantly flipping from okay to not okay is annoying), but all but NO rules guarantees the same environment that turned the White Whine board into what it ultimately became.

Woodbine's board is on the same path.

I did notice that HH has calmed down considerably.  Well, I should say that the two of you have settled into a more comfortable "peace" which is a plus.  But GOG is singlehandedly destroying the whole atmosphere there, even worse than jb does.  His nonsense just gets worse and worse.
 

Siagiah wrote:

Somewhere in between might be better ??

Notice that Woodbine's board has lost the majority of its "regulars" ??

Not only that, but posters who might add to it pretty much don't anymore.  I know that I rarely bother nowadays aside of blasting GOG for ruining the board.  Others, who were frequent flyers seem gone now too.

So, yes, overuse of rules and micromanaging to the extreme isn't good at all because it drives posters away. (also R&E forbidding politics for excessive days, constantly flipping from okay to not okay is annoying), but all but NO rules guarantees the same environment that turned the White Whine board into what it ultimately became.

Woodbine's board is on the same path.
 

The problem with the White Whine Board, which Woodbine's does NOT have, is Mongo.  His use of sockpuppets, his attacks on posters he disagreed with, his encouragement of bullying of said posters, his random ejections of posters, and ultimately his devotion to right-wing politics destroyed that board.  It was doing well, at least in terms of number of posts and posters, until he wigged out.  Using registration to turn it into an echo chamber was the last straw.

Woodbine's board was nothing but a few regulars and Bauer, who spammed the CRAP out of it, when I got there a year ago or so.  It's a lot more lively and viable now (I'm not taking credit, no), and seems to be on a pretty good track IMO (despite a couple of posters).  Bauer's not nearly as much of a nuisance.

greenman wrote:

Siagiah wrote:

Somewhere in between might be better ??

Notice that Woodbine's board has lost the majority of its "regulars" ??

Not only that, but posters who might add to it pretty much don't anymore.  I know that I rarely bother nowadays aside of blasting GOG for ruining the board.  Others, who were frequent flyers seem gone now too.

So, yes, overuse of rules and micromanaging to the extreme isn't good at all because it drives posters away. (also R&E forbidding politics for excessive days, constantly flipping from okay to not okay is annoying), but all but NO rules guarantees the same environment that turned the White Whine board into what it ultimately became.

Woodbine's board is on the same path.
 

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The problem with the White Whine Board, which Woodbine's does NOT have, is Mongo.  His use of sockpuppets, his attacks on posters he disagreed with, his encouragement of bullying of said posters, his random ejections of posters, and ultimately his devotion to right-wing politics destroyed that board.  It was doing well, at least in terms of number of posts and posters, until he wigged out.  Using registration to turn it into an echo chamber was the last straw.

Woodbine's board was nothing but a few regulars and Bauer, who spammed the CRAP out of it, when I got there a year ago or so.  It's a lot more lively and viable now (I'm not taking credit, no), and seems to be on a pretty good track IMO (despite a couple of posters).  Bauer's not nearly as much of a nuisance.

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OH? I didn't know that mongo went to registration ?? 

mongo DEFINITELY is a major negative as far as his own board goes, for sure.  But I was thinking of the "free for all" nature of it that lends itself well to posters getting seriously nasty with one another and devolving down into mud wrestling and food fights. 

Hey, if everyone there is content, then that's a good thing.  I was only pointing out the "free for all" thing and where that leads is all.
 

Oh, I think that he asked for emails to send the location of his new board wherever it was going to be ??  There was a major threat that Webapps might pull the plug early and there'd be NO way to let anyone know where his board went without email addresses.  I'm pretty sure that was the reason for that.

Davidjayjordan ??  LOL... Like johnjay jinger hammersmith ? or some other sock puppets of you know who ??  LOL. 
 

I haven't any idea what the gender of Thrinaxodon actually is, whether by birth or by choice.  However, I saw comments about being transgendered and also a teenager, about age 19, but also vaguely worded suggestions that S/He might be intersex or nonbinary as well as handicapped somehow. 

So, I used S/He because I don't know and don't care which it is, but needed a pronoun for her/him in my post because I didn't want to assign an incorrect one or be demeaning for THAT reason, which I consider rude.

Since the disgraceful RBG remarks, I want NOTHING to do with that poster ever again.

It is my opinion that S/He is nothing but a nasty troll play-acting on the board trying to get attention and to spark angry exchanges.  I'm highly suspicious because said poster has now THREE TIMES tried to get another poster to make an off-board connection using twitter and email.  Once to me. Just this week to Poppet and once to someone else, a while back, whom I forgotten who it was but noted at the time and remember because an offer to continue discussing a topic via email was made to me a day or two later.

HH clearly loves strife and flame wars.  Sooner or later, it's always going to end there no matter what you do or say.  So why indulge it ??  Clearly Thrinaxodon is more than capable to lobbing her/his own flaming arrows and venom back at detractors. S/He apparently enjoys it as much as he does.  So why bother defending him/her ??  I've little doubt that Thrinaxodon ENJOYS provoking that kind of thing.  As far as I'm concerned, S/He isn't worth the time or bother of even reading anything posted to or from her/him.

Shades of typical jb-like crap is rampant in his/her posts too.  It wouldn't surprise me ONE BIT if they were the same troll.  As far as I'm concerned, they may as well be for all the attention they'll get from me going forward.

Woodbine is tied up with some family business if I read his post correctly, so don't expect any response from him anytime soon. 

 

I think that she is seeking strife and disagreements because I've never seen her make any effort to discuss topics or gain any understanding of other's viewpoints.  She is usually antagonistic.  The remarks about RBG were so far beyond the pale and uncalled for that she poisoned herself and I simply don't care what else she is, says, or does.  It's about the kind of person she portrayed herself as. I'm not "pissed off" and will get over it. I'm disgusted and that's the end of my interest in her.

My impression of her is that she consistently lobs lit bombs and waits for the reaction.  I most certainly could be wrong, but that's the impression I have of her.  She exhibits no ability to empathize with anyone else and everyone else is to blame for whatever she's angry about.

She has admitted that she plays multiple roles on the board, just for the funovit.  Have you forgotten "Concerned Citizen" and "Dr. Ben Dover" ? as well as others that may very well be her ?  Remember when she callously dissed Pikes talking about his sick wife and children ?  Now she disses RBG.  Did she pretend to be GOG with the obvious troll "Smoke Jumper" ?  She's that kind of person. 

I didn't say that she IS jb.  I said that she employs troll-like behaviors similar to his nonsense.  For example: top posting to keep disagreements going.  Using a suddenly appearing disability that came out of nowhere in the middle of a flame war. Going out of her way to bring attention upon her personal life rather than her opinions and using it in her arguments.  

I said that it wouldn't SURPRISE me if it was jb FOR that reason, NOT that it is so. 

As for who she claims that she is, obviously I accepted it and tried to be sensitive to her self identification but didn't know what it was, so covered the bases.  She can be a 19 year old transgendered troll playacting on the board to start fires and get attention.  Saying that I think that she's a troll does NOT mean that I think she's a 40 year old man and whatever else you said HH is claiming. 

As for trying to connect privately, every single time there was NO REASON not to just continue the discussion right there.  WHAT possible reason/need was there to put out private email or "identifying info" trying to draw others to bite ??  If she's 19 years old, then WHY doesn't she know all about the "dangers" of the internet and NOT exposing oneself in that manner ??

Something just doesn't add up and I distrust her and her intentions.

No more, no less.

As for HH and your arguments, I didn't read most of them so really don't know (or care much about) what crap was thrown. I seldom do because I'm not interested in that stuff and frankly, don't like it.  You brought up his attacks, which the ONLY reason that I mentioned them at all.

Peace.


 

Not only is Bauer’s trolling worse than ever, Hemi’s constant screeching counterattacks and flaming have made it far worse.  Enablers?  He’s the biggest by a mile.  And with Woodbine gone who knows where, there’s zero moderation of the board.

Needless to say, no reason to be a regular there at this point. Glad to notice that Ishkabibble might be coming over here.

Hey, I got a notification that you also posted to an ancient thread by SES saying "It's going to take some getting used to here" ??  But there's nothing there ??

Siagiah wrote:

Hey, I got a notification that you also posted to an ancient thread by SES saying "It's going to take some getting used to here" ??  But there's nothing there ??

 
I posted in the wrong place, sorry.

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No problem on the other post on other thread.

I saw what transpired there and chuckled.  It's never been your style to hide behind fake nicks.  Plus, it didn't sound like you.

It has been some time since Woodbine has been around.  I, too, hope all is okay.
 

Woodbine infected with Mondonucleosis. Kissingass disease. The pestilence is just like Trump. Prolly richer too. Buying his way into heaven with his old money and brags about his new money. Is obsessed with small dicks and farts too. He is a small dick.