[ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?

[Bruce Bakken]

Hi, Seth.

>
>Although technically a member of the ASL Forums I have never spent any time 
>there after the initial couple of visits.   Based on the content of your 
>recent post about dissemination of Perry "sez...I doubt I will.  I was 
>immediately struck by the easily half dozen disclaimers and statements that 
>you were not trying to be controversial, incite anything, debate anything, 
>etc that were included in your message.
>

Yeah, I probably over-did it a little bit with my disclaimers!  :-)  I think 
that was a counter-reaction to the numerous comments on a different Forums 
thread about the nastiness (my word) of some ASLML messages.

>Fer crying out loud, you spent more time saying how you did not want to 
>offend anyone than you did asking your question!  Having seen your posts on 
>the ASLML, which are often lengthy, but most often don't include this sort 
>of pre-apology to anyone who might even consider taking offense, I am given 
>the impression that on the ASLML Forums what you have to say is much less 
>important than what you say (and probably why they support moderation...to 
>make sure nobody's feelings get hurt).
>

A mistake on my part, in hindsight.  I needn't have bothered, since so far I 
have gotten only one response on the Forums to my "Perry Sez" inquiry.

>Life is too short for that kind of pandering to the PC crowd who are more 
>intent on trying to find an insult where there is none or at worse, none is 
>intended.  They can have it.
>

Perhaps we shouldn't take my pre-emptiveness as indicative of any supposed 
intolerance on the part of Forums participants.  I wouldn't claim that 
Forumers are too strictly PC, because I don't have enough experience with 
the Forums to know that for sure.  Based on some of the comments I had seen, 
I thought it might be taken poorly if I "behaved" on the Forums in the same 
way as I do on the ASLML.

>Not that a web-based forum is a _bad_ idea...but when you have to worry 
>more about how you say something than what you say, sounds like a loser to 
>me.
>

Please don't form your opinion based on how I phrased my Forum post.  I'm 
not sure my approach is a fair indication of the Forums' tolerance for, 
shall we say, passionate opinion.  :-)  (It *may* be an accurate 
representation of the Forums' inhabitants, but I just can't say for sure.)

>JMO though.
>
>Seth (Wow, seems like I've been agreeing with Tate a lot recently!  People 
>may start to question whether I actually exist or not!)
>
>

Wait... a... minute...

How do we know you really *are* Seth, and not just Perry pretending to be 
Seth?  Hmm?

Bruce Bakken

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>At 12:49 AM 11/30/2003, Bruce Bakken wrote:
>>Greetings, Fellow List-heads.
>>
>>There is currently a continuing thread on the ASL Forums about the ASLML, 
>>of all things.  It contains some commentary about the virtues of 
>>moderation, how to conduct moderation, blah blah blah, and the usual run 
>>of ASLML bashing.
>>
>>My personal opinion is that there is room for both discourse mediums 
>>(media?) in the ASL Community.  People have different preferences, and 
>>should be able to exercise their preferences.  (I feel there are *some* 
>>interesting topics on the Forums, but for thought-provoking consideration 
>>of rules, nothing beats the ASLML, baby!)
>>
>>I was curious whether Listers have similar, reciprocal feelings about the 
>>Forum.  Do we, by virtue of being Listers, inherently prefer the ASLML 
>>over any other forum?  Is it even a good thing that two separate sources 
>>of information exist, when many times the topics do not overlap?  How can 
>>an ASL player keep up?
>>
>>Just wondering.  Ignore this or contemplate it at your leisure.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Bruce Bakken
>>
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