What do these Forums mean/offer for you?
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David Jacobs
Just
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 235
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11-01-2005 11:12
I would like to know what all of you get out of the Second Life Forums, whether a post-whore [Willow] or a newbie-poster all views are welcome. 
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Kurgan Asturias
Apologist
Join date: 9 Oct 2005
Posts: 347
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11-01-2005 12:31
Intelligent discussion (once you bypass all the non-sense). |
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Gabe Lippmann
"Phone's ringing, Dude."
Join date: 14 Jun 2004
Posts: 4,219
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11-01-2005 12:32
Fun nonsense (once you bypass all the "intelligent" discussion).
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Einsman Schlegel
Disenchanted Fool
Join date: 11 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,461
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11-01-2005 12:41
Watching people be idiots of themselves. Oh, and on that note, see who has the mentality of a 13 year old.
That's all these forums are good for.
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Euterpe Roo
The millionth monkey
Join date: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,395
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11-01-2005 12:44
Neither intelligent discussion nor fun nonsense is available in the SL forums (with all due respect to Gabe and Kurgan). It is the push and pull of ideas--some nonsensical, some essential--that drive the rhetoric here. Ever watch thinking evolve? Ever watch a multiplicity of ideas distill? As the world, inside and outside of SL, creates itself, these forums provide an ad hoc arena for discussion. (Yes, I have managed to write an entire paragraph that says absolutely nothing) 
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
Posts: 9,935
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11-01-2005 12:45
Post SLOOT ty Jacobs -.- I enjoy reading more than posting, i've done the whole trolling thing, it lost its edge when it started being a case of who could outtroll who 
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Kris Ritter
paradoxical embolism
Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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11-01-2005 12:47
I just stalk Willow round them
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Memory Harker
Girl Anachronism
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 393
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11-01-2005 12:50
They show me the life of the mind.
And sometimes that life is shown in the way that John Goodman's character in Barton Fink threatened to show it, and sometimes it's as thoughtful and inspiring as an E. O. Wilson essay, and sometimes it's just silly and fun.
And who wouldn't enjoy all that?
Oh, and they're also accessible from the dayjob. I mean, c'mon: what more could one ask for?
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
Posts: 9,935
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11-01-2005 12:51
*pouncehuggles*
It's like a big stalking circle of bored ppl!
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Gabe Lippmann
"Phone's ringing, Dude."
Join date: 14 Jun 2004
Posts: 4,219
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11-01-2005 12:55
From: Memory Harker Oh, and they're also accessible from the dayjob.
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Frostie Flora
Dilly-Dally Shilly-Shally
Join date: 27 May 2004
Posts: 526
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11-01-2005 13:00
Watching how easily a thread can become dead after a single post from my cold clammy hands, [cue] Muahahahaha BWA HA HA HAHAH [end cue] Yep,
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Ursa Falcone
Rocket Scientist
Join date: 26 Mar 2004
Posts: 1,989
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11-01-2005 13:08
From: Willow Zander *pouncehuggles*
It's like a big stalking circle of bored ppl! You got it baby!
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From: someone Jeska Linden: I'm closing this thread because it's obviously overstepped the boundaries of useful conversation, even for the off-topic forum.
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Jake Reitveld
Emperor of Second Life
Join date: 9 Mar 2005
Posts: 2,690
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11-01-2005 16:03
I get to always be right.
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Zuzu Fassbinder
Little Miss No Tomorrow
Join date: 17 Sep 2004
Posts: 2,048
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11-01-2005 16:09
The forums are for entertainment. In fact they are often more fun than actually logging into SL.
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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11-01-2005 16:13
I get a lot of entertainment and smiles here. I also learn a lot, and feel sad when sad things happen. It's a lot of emotions, that's for sure.
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Liona Clio
Angel in Disguise
Join date: 30 Aug 2004
Posts: 1,500
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11-01-2005 16:22
From: Zuzu Fassbinder The forums are for entertainment. In fact they are often more fun than actually logging into SL. Heck, who logs into SL anymore?
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Gabe Lippmann
"Phone's ringing, Dude."
Join date: 14 Jun 2004
Posts: 4,219
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11-01-2005 16:50
From: Liona Clio Heck, who logs into SL anymore? What is this "SL" anyway? Is it some kind of add-on or tool bar to help me better enjoy the forums? 
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Jsecure Hanks
Capitalist
Join date: 9 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,451
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11-01-2005 17:05
I see the forums as a kind of grubby marketplace at one end of SL. Grubby doesn't mean it's not nice, it just means it's not formal and posh. It's that kind of market place where worn stalls heave with goods people are selling for cheap. And if you're a regular at the market you might just know a seller or two, or some of the people who mill around in the busy, bustling crowd.
People come here whenever they have a new product to sell, or whenever they need anything. Everyone is spilling in and out of this or that side street here, so it's a great place to spread the word. And it's inevitable with this many people bustling in the same small area, the odd bit of humorous gossip or chat will pass from ear to ear.
So that's how I see the forums. A kind of relaxed, slightly worn but comfortable market place, where a lot of faces, most I don't know, some I do, come together for tons of different reasons.
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Memory Harker
Girl Anachronism
Join date: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 393
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Jsecure ...
11-01-2005 20:55
... that was lovely, absolutely lovely. |
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Goyan Luchador
Carbon Based Humanoid
Join date: 23 May 2004
Posts: 218
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11-01-2005 21:09
I see the forums as that alien bar scene in the first Star Wars movie. Exciting, engaging, and diverse, but one wrong move and you can have every molecule of your body split and splattered like pancake batter dripping and sliding down the grimy walls. 
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