Ok, JG got you - but Fork Handles was not truly open to all - many people who posted on there were ignored so they stopped trying. Also it was so fast moving and full of so many 'in jokes' those who could only pop in and out occasionally couldn't keep up. Then Verdun was asked what he was doing posting on there?
Plenty of room for some other chat threads - most Forums have lots. The fact that the Potting Shed is there shows that they're welcome on the Board.
As I understand it the regulars on Fork Handles 'took against' the innocent use of the term Forkers by someone who they didn't see as 'a Forker'. When he refused to change the name of his thread they got upset. It wasn't the use of the word Forkers, it was their attitude to it. It also revealed that they considered the Fork Handles thread to be 'theirs'. All very sad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You are absolutely right Dove. Stirrers and random rubbish posters are not really desired on there, just because they like to hear the sound of their own voices. Just the way it is. Sorry.
I prefer a free society to a police state, however low the crime rate - that's just how I am.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Miss Becks, I am sorry if what I wrote seemed offensive. You are entitled to have a forum of your own. The method of recruiting is questionable, to say the least, but perhaps that was not your responsibility. One may not like the number of chat threads, but that does not seem a matter for someone else to try to control. This is a public forum where there is freedom to start a thread if one wishes. If they are not wanted or needed, they will soon die. Having more than one, clearly open to all, is not divisive.
I agree that the Fork Handles thread was off-putting because of the in-jokes, etc. I tried it a couple of times and gave up.
People are entitled to have a circle of friends whom they trust, but exclusiveness is not appropriate on a public forum. The invitations to your new forum - if they were at all appropriate on a rival forum - have created the impression of exclusivity.
I don't think you intended this, but it is still the case. I still wish you well with your new forum.
That's just the point though. I wasn't trying to change this forum, or tell anyone what to start threads on. In fact, I rarely speak on this Forum, apart from Fork handles, where I like a giggle. I never get involved in the confrontations normally, as I can't be bothered. I tend to keep myself to myself, as I know naff all about flowers and plants. I'm a veg grower.
All that's happened is I've started something that is pleasing to my eye, and I can learn from.
Yes, selfish maybe. But I'm enjoying it. And learning.
Noooo verdun, I am not asking people to leave here!! That is just daft!! Seriously. Good Lord. I still use it myself.
And of course Daniel will have read this thread, or is following it. I'm expected to be ejected any second. But I am not out to cause trouble, just to be happy with where I chat.
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Ok, JG got you
- but Fork Handles was not truly open to all - many people who posted on there were ignored so they stopped trying. Also it was so fast moving and full of so many 'in jokes' those who could only pop in and out occasionally couldn't keep up. Then Verdun was asked what he was doing posting on there?
Plenty of room for some other chat threads - most Forums have lots. The fact that the Potting Shed is there shows that they're welcome on the Board.
As I understand it the regulars on Fork Handles 'took against' the innocent use of the term Forkers by someone who they didn't see as 'a Forker'. When he refused to change the name of his thread they got upset. It wasn't the use of the word Forkers, it was their attitude to it. It also revealed that they considered the Fork Handles thread to be 'theirs'. All very sad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I prefer a free society to a police state, however low the crime rate - that's just how I am.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's an issue which is actually nothing to do with me Brumball. Thankyou.
Miss Becks, I am sorry if what I wrote seemed offensive. You are entitled to have a forum of your own. The method of recruiting is questionable, to say the least, but perhaps that was not your responsibility. One may not like the number of chat threads, but that does not seem a matter for someone else to try to control. This is a public forum where there is freedom to start a thread if one wishes. If they are not wanted or needed, they will soon die. Having more than one, clearly open to all, is not divisive.
I agree that the Fork Handles thread was off-putting because of the in-jokes, etc. I tried it a couple of times and gave up.
People are entitled to have a circle of friends whom they trust, but exclusiveness is not appropriate on a public forum. The invitations to your new forum - if they were at all appropriate on a rival forum - have created the impression of exclusivity.
I don't think you intended this, but it is still the case. I still wish you well with your new forum.
That's just the point though. I wasn't trying to change this forum, or tell anyone what to start threads on. In fact, I rarely speak on this Forum, apart from Fork handles, where I like a giggle. I never get involved in the confrontations normally, as I can't be bothered. I tend to keep myself to myself, as I know naff all about flowers and plants. I'm a veg grower.
All that's happened is I've started something that is pleasing to my eye, and I can learn from.
Yes, selfish maybe. But I'm enjoying it. And learning.
Oh Bugger. Sorry.
Noooo verdun, I am not asking people to leave here!! That is just daft!! Seriously. Good Lord. I still use it myself.
And of course Daniel will have read this thread, or is following it. I'm expected to be ejected any second. But I am not out to cause trouble, just to be happy with where I chat.