Posted by shar on November 20, 2000, at 11:13:13
In reply to Re: Boundaries of Lumptonia, posted by dj on November 20, 2000, at 10:11:34
I wonder if there is perception that Lumptonia is 'hogging' the board, because the thread generates a quantity of posts.
Of all 20 threads on this board as I write,
---two carry on the Lumptonia story
---three are indirectly related to Lumptonia.The two Lump story threads are:
---Missing Lumptonia--Emmanuela (turns into Christmas carol thread)
---Labrassador--Coral (main thread, most posts)The three threads containing Lumpotonia related posts are:
---Same Questions and Topics--Dr. Bob
---Dark Night of the Unlumpy--Hannah
---Quick Comment--NikkiT2Now, the volume of the main Lump thread is large. The minor lump thread has fewer posts and turned into a thread on a Christmas carol (first day of Christmas).
So, I guess I don't understand why people feel that PSB is too Lumptonian, or so Lumptonian that people don't want to post on PSB anymore. Or why people don't just zoom right past and ignore the posts, as we have all been advised to do on different occasions when there were threads that we didn't participate in or didn't like.
Anyone can "join" Lumptonia, it is a fun, silly thing, and creative, and lighthearted. The original posts are in the archives, should someone want history or background.
Should Lump stuff be banished to an e-group because the one main Lumpy thread is long, or should the number of posts in any given thread be set to a certain number? Or, should it be banished because people point to the long thread as disruptive (and create more Lump-related threads) and don't want it on PSB at all? BTW, I don't see where the disruption comes in, except as a matter of quantity.
It seems there is more going on here than is warranted by the actual count and contents of PSB threads. I will certainly abide by Dr. Bob's decision, but an e-group doesn't make sense to me (why the strong feelings about wanting it off PSB altogether?), but maybe only posting to one thread would help. Or, maybe it needs to be banned for whatever reason?
Shar
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