Opinion about new icons

[Laurie Grathen]

I'm st***ing into this discussion quite late because I've been on a school bus trip to Washington DC with my 12 year old niece the past week. Having no children of my own, that was quite an experience.

I missed the smilies that have been deleted, but I'm sure I would have been offended by them. I am still offended by the mooning, especially Bart.

Dan, Locker Room Humor? It's your board and I can choose to stop visiting. I'm in a completely different locker room than you are. I just don't think anything crude and rude is funny.

I agree with Bridget in that our children are a reflection of what we condone as "ok" as a society. Parental influence is certainly important, but parents aren't attached at the hip to their children 24 hours a day and the negative influence of our crude, rude, permissive, violence tolerant, etc. etc. etc. is evident in the moral decay of America. The damage caused is cumulative to society. Garbage in...garbage out. You get what you give. And many more of those old, trite truisms.

Yes, I can choose not to participate. And I do...yesterday I asked them to turn off Jerry Springer on the TV in the doctor's waiting room.

I'm opposed to anything that gives even the slightest impression that behavior is ok. And I'm saddened and disappointed that morality seems to have become a dirty word in our society.

 

[Mark Dadian]

Just to add my 2 cents, It don't add nothin, and if Bart Mooning is "adult" humor, send me back to grade school. If locker room humor is what your after, go to the lockers. What would have been wrong with letting sleeping icons lie, that is to say, why bother adding them in the first place if there was any potential for creating disharmony or causing offense?

 

[Beth]

Ahhhhhhh, but Mark...... You see it really was quite effective, wasn't it?

All these controversial little icons were added, then many of them removed, and it had a very distinct cause and effect. We all had feelings which caused us to react to them in some way. This in turn drove traffice to the board, causing posts to increase. If it was not done intentionally, well, there have been times in marketing history where this type of thing has been done, causing sales to go through the roof.

EXAMPLE: Old Coke vs. New Coke....remember when they changed the formula? Same thing.

If this was not done on purpose, well, it was a boat missed. If it was, I'll bet stats went up on the click thru to the site.

If Dan was selling products, I'm willing to bet this would mean an increase in sales, and I'm fairly confident his advertisers (V-Seal etc, who have banners) are glad to see the traffic and potential for click thru.....

Just looking at it from another angle.

Beth

 

[Dan Flynn]

Just to add my 2 cents, It don't add nothin, and if Bart Mooning is "adult" humor, send me back to grade school.?

This is a community of many different people, with different views on all aspects. I am not the person to judge what adult humors is. I try to offer new things and options that will appeal to the different people here. I also am the first to adjust and correct any problems. So just because you or I feel one way, doesn't mean that is how the majority feel. I try my best to give and take appropriately.


If locker room humor is what your after, go to the lockers.

I think it's not up to you to decide what content is on this bbs. I feel it is up to all members in the long run. All I can do is offer my ideas and the suggestions from the members and implement them. Then make the right adjustments when the whole community speaks. Some will never be satisfied or helpful.


What would have been wrong with letting sleeping icons lie, that is to say, why bother adding them in the first place if there was any potential for creating disharmony or causing offense.

Who is to know for sure what will create disharmony? Why even start the board in the first place??? Why try to tie your shoes for the first time. When you know it will cause disharmony, until you learn how to do it better and then make the adjustments necessary to be successful at it. Common sense.

If you don't move forward, regardless of the difficulties that are inevitable in the future you will never progress.

Just my 3 cents.

Good Questions.

 

[Larry L.]

<b><font color="FF00FF">Wow Beth [kiss],dat may be the reason them phones ring'ing [kiss] ,I miss my cat wish he was still around cuzz me would show him to you ,Don't who way Ron so luck-e to have someone like ya,hey wait a min. he ant never around is he,I'll get hat and be right there .</b></f>

 

[Beth]

Hi Bigboy!
Rod is home today and you should have seen him, pounding his chest, all puffed out like an old bear, you did raise his dander up a bit when you said you were gonna get your hat and visit. Golly day!

Be cool....
Beth

 

[Larry L.]

<b><font color="FF00FF">Will tell him I know how to get ree'd of dander,so he better stay set down or he'll think a old setting hen got hold of his dander.I see tho he may have dat right to get a wittle huff-E,I know I wooould [kiss].

Will I prayed for a rain,so me getting,boy I'm getting lazy,just did 8 rigs Sat. and 2 this morn'ing,me taking off a few days,to rest up and do 2 more day next week </B.</f>

 

[Beth]

Well, when it rains it pours. It has been dry as a bone here, and Rod and the crews have been washing and sealing decks, but now, we need good weather to seal the ones we haven't been back to..... So what's the forcast for the whole next week? Rain.
So, we'll just box the rain right up and send it your way Bigboy!

Beth