Posted by Anyuser on April 23, 2002, at 17:15:36
In reply to Gee whiz, posted by allisonm on April 21, 2002, at 23:35:00
"I don't quite get why this 2000 board is such a huge deal. I'm an old timer."
Well, then, maybe that explains why you don't get it.
Conversation among old friends is surely a good thing, but there are other venues for that. IMHO, Dr. Bob has chosen to facilitate such conversation for no particularly good reason, and the creation of exclusionary boards is detrimental to what I would view to be the more generally useful purposes of PsychoBabble.
"Are the 2000 topics of such burning interest that it's imperative to be able to contribute to the threads?"
By the same token, if the 2000 topics are inherently uninteresting to outsiders, there wouldn't be any need to exclude outsiders. Furthermore, the 2000 board subject matter is not restricted to mere chit-chat, even though that's all it is for the moment.
At a minimum, the proliferation of all these sites makes visiting PsychoBabble a hassle.
The creation of an exclusive board implies that posters on that board are more knowledgeable, are wiser, and have more gravitas. Conversely, those excluded are comparatively ignorant and nutty. Maybe PsychoBabble should be re-named PsychoRabble.
This is certainly not a huge deal for me. I came to this site recently for information only, not a way of life. Even so, a newcomer is faced with a choice of mingling with second-class citizens on the original board or pressing one's nose against the window of the 2000 board to catch a glimpse of the elite exchanging bon mots.
On the other hand, the really scary thing is the mere existence of a voluntary and exclusive club of "old timers." Why would one seek information or advice from an old timer? Who on earth would want to belong to such a club?
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