Somebody .... make me stop!

[Nordic]

I have found myself delving into this place, almost involuntarily.

http://occupywallst.org/forum/

It's like Democratic Underground all over again.

NO! Make me STOP!

It wouldn't be too hard to take this place over.

[§ê¢rꆧ]

'Like'

Ugh, I think I've been playing in Facebook too long, I keep looking for teh 'Like' button on RI

[justdrew]

raid!

[Project Willow]

'Like'

Ugh, I think I've been playing in Facebook too long, I keep looking for teh 'Like' button on RI

Like

Remember when there were prohibitions against "ditto" posts?

[Nordic]

Whew! Got sucked right in there late last night.

Managed to escape. Having to wait a minute or more between posts helped. Gave me a moment to think "why am I doing this again?". And "haven't I been through this before in the past"?

And it also made me realize how astoundingly high the level of knowledge is here. I've grown accustomed to this place. Out in the "real world" like that (using the term extremely loosely) its incredible how the vast majority of people are frighteningly uninformed.

[Nordic]

'Like'

Ugh, I think I've been playing in Facebook too long, I keep looking for teh 'Like' button on RI

Like

Remember when there were prohibitions against "ditto" posts?

I love that! So where's the "share" button here?

[82_28]

I think it's because probably a lot of us here were early adopters of the "common Internet" with connections to when it wasn't so common and were lucky to find one another via outrage and empowerment that we sought out ourself. I can speak for myself and say that doing it yourself was much better. I'm 37 and way too old for this FB bullshit. Not because I am too old -- many people older than me and my age are FBing it up, but it doesn't improve anything about what I, MYSELF, want out of the Internet. It does too much. Not that I can't handle it were I to dive in. But I know how the Internet has worked for me going on 20 years and this is what I expect out of it.

Remember when ICQ was a fucking miracle? I sure do. Remember when BBS's were a fucking miracle? I sure do. Remember shell accounts at early Internet cafes? Remember gopher? Remember LYNX?

RI is a moderated and friendly old school hybrid of ICQ and Newsgroups of like feelings due to the various writings of Jeff and the other bloggers for the day who brought us here. And we're still alive! We did each other. We're like the elders and shit at this point that the youth don't respect and the head honchos hate because we use the Internet largely for communicating.

Shit today doesn't have the chance to evolve on its own, because there are "apps for that" to make it more simple. Great. But the true beauty of the Internet is in trying to learn about it. Plug and play is great, but it basically sucks because it takes one's one intellect out of experiencing it. It's just a thing you turn on anymore and as long as you pay your bill, it is expected to work seamlessly. This was never the case for my last 20 years. I appreciate it. But troubleshooting is where it's at, yo!

[Nordic]

Shit. I just put up my first post over there. Damn.

I may have to have someone go over there, change my password and not tell me what it is.

[wordspeak2]

On the contrary, Nordic, you're our perfect rep to go FSU!!! Take no prisoners.

[Stephen Morgan]

No Platform. Conspiracy theories, will be removed immediately and the spammer will receive a swift global network ban. Fascist propaganda, will be treated with the similar actions. In that we are very specific about what fascism is: the word has a meaning.

Have you seen their rule page? Is there anything you're actually allowed to talk about? I reckon I'd last about three words before getting one of thoe "swift global network ban"s.

[Nordic]

No, of course I never looked at their Rules page.




I wonder what passes as "conspiracy theories" there. Guess I could find out by posting a few. BWAH HA HA!!!

That might make me get off of their pronto.

[Nordic]

HA! Right now I'm at the top of the "best comments of the day" column. I wasn't looking for it, just thought I'd see what the best comments were and thought "that looks familiar".

They have some rule there where you can't post too fast, which is really annoying, because I type really freaking fast. Just as well, it helps keep me off of there.

[MacCruiskeen]

No Platform. Conspiracy theories, will be removed immediately and the spammer will receive a swift global network ban. Fascist propaganda, will be treated with the similar actions. In that we are very specific about what fascism is: the word has a meaning.

Have you seen their rule page? Is there anything you're actually allowed to talk about? I reckon I'd last about three words before getting one of thoe "swift global network ban"s.

How, about a rule banning, indiscriminate use of, commas?

Just, sayin'.

Fascist propaganda, will be treated with the similar actions.

What is the author's mother tongue? Martian?

[Nordic]

Yeah, what's up with that? I thought the OWS people all had high-falutin' and useless College Educations!

[Stephen Morgan]

Yeah, what's up with that? I thought the OWS people all had high-falutin' and useless College Educations!

I'm sure they're all very well-eduated about the parallels between the cinematography of the Alien franchise and the psychological phenomenon of birth trauma. They just aren't trained to write about it. I've mentioned before that I'm doing a university education myself, I just scrawl gibberish and pass. I've learned nothing! Well, Latin, I've learned a bit of that, but studying archaeology, history, the law and a general arts course I've learned nothing.