Tell the board if you are leaving.

[Lummy]

One thing I find very annoying about discussion boards, though it doesn't bother me as much now as it used to and doesn't seem to bother most people at all -- is that posters just drop off the board unannounced, not to be heard from again. Elizabeth, for example, seems to have disappeared, and she was a prolific poster.

This is a common problem and one of my biggest peeves.


I would like to see a policy here that posters are to inform the board if and when they are leaving.  This policy would be stated in the board introduction and in the rules.

For example, if Elizabeth is posting somewhere else, I'd like to know where. No privacy issue, no admin issue -- No problem.

Thanks.

[Lummy]

For one thing, a poster might just disappear in the middle of a discussion for reasons unknown.

This should be a matter of simple internet etiquette.

[jirqoadai]

what happens when the govt carts you away? you think youll have time for goodbyes. like with Liz. they chased her around her yard just trying to get her in her straight jacket.

[Lummy]

what happens when the govt carts you away? you think youll have time for goodbyes. like with Liz. they chased her around her yard just trying to get her in her straight jacket.

You are becoming very annoying, at least to me.

[HawkTheSlayer]

One thing I find very annoying about discussion boards, though it doesn't bother me as much now as it used to and doesn't seem to bother most people at all -- is that posters just drop off the board unannounced, not to be heard from again. Elizabeth, for example, seems to have disappeared, and she was a prolific poster.

This is a common problem and one of my biggest peeves.


I would like to see a policy here that posters are to inform the board if and when they are leaving.  This policy would be stated in the board introduction and in the rules.

For example, if Elizabeth is posting somewhere else, I'd like to know where. No privacy issue, no admin issue -- No problem.

Thanks.

It IS a common occurrence with some posters.

Liz is still a member in good standing here . She has a problem of treating those who disagree with her, not very nicely. And tends to center on certain individuals with a honed-in, particular nastiness. We dont have any penalty points or crap like that.

She received a 7 day ban.

@Lummy , you , me and a lot 0f folks here have received  many temp bans in a lot 0f places! Lol

I've gotten a few 30 days in the hole and docked 1000 points or a whole level on occasion. Unless I'm permabanned, I just come back posting more than ever! Lol.
But that's me..

She's still welcome here.

But like you say, disappearing is not the way to do things. It's petty and punishes the board as a whole.


You take your licks and keep on ticking. Because most times, they are justified(unless a cock goblin liberal gave it to you) .
Hopefully, you see the error and try harder.


There is no way to "enforce" member participation!  

[Sprintcyclist]

She might have died.
Did not realise she had a 7 day holiday from here, perhaps her ego stopped her form coming back, perhaps she found something better.

[HawkTheSlayer]

She might have died.
Did not realise she had a 7 day holiday from here, perhaps her ego stopped her form coming back, perhaps she found something better.

I'm pretty sure she's still alive and well..
The other two are distinct possibilities.

[vege57]

Just for you Lummy, I am leaving the board ,,

[HawkTheSlayer]

Just for you Lummy, I am leaving the board ,,

OMG! Did you die?

[vege57]

Hi im back, just nipped next door to make a loaf of bread lol

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