This Board...

[sweet angel]

I like this board. I liked the O&A board (I didn't join til probably late 2001) to an extent, and I enjoyed CDIH until it became a huge clique....one where you were either "in" or "out".

I'm not going to lie and say that I'm a huge O&A fan because, frankly, I didn't have much of an opportunity to listen to them. I heard a few bits that I thought were really hysterical, and a few that I thought weren't.

I have "friends" here that I "met" through O&A, some of whom never made it over to CDIH.

It's not my place to say what's wrong or right with this board. Yeah, it's been slow lately. But my theory is, if I see a thread I have an interest in, or something to say, I'll read/post. If not, then I move on. Also, it's summer, and people (generally speaking) are inside less and have more things to do, so I don't know if the quantity and quality are fairly judged at this time of year.

I would imagine it's very difficult to be a fair/impartial mod. How do you moderate effectively without ending up looking like you're playing favorites or holding a grudge?

You can't re-create the past...what's gone is gone. The best you can hope for is something new and different. And just because something doesn't work out exactly as you planned, doesn't mean you should just pack up and leave. Isn't there an old saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again?

Also, I agree (yikes!) with Ken. People bitch about dumb threads and people bitch about the lack of posting. It's a lose-lose situation. I'd rather check in and see 10 dopey threads, than see absolutely no action.