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Date Posted: Fri, 08/15/03 12:15pm
Author: Ylva
Subject: Re: Thank you for the invite & Hello from an old newbie
In reply to: Bella 's message, "Re: Thank you for the invite & Hello from an old newbie" on Wed, 08/13/03 4:15pm

>Hi Ylva,
>It's good to see you here. This forum is less
>"confrontational" - trying to think of the right word
>- than Indianz.com. I remember someone (think it was
>OPK actually) saying on here that you weren't going to
>post at Indianz at any more. That board goes through
>phases when it gets more aggressive, then it settles
>down again. I really like Indianz. But I think this
>one started with kind of self imposed guidelines that
>people disagree here, sometimes quite strongly, but
>it's not abusive and Sunny maintains a good atmosphere
>on the site. Being less public than Indianz, it's good
>to come here and relax.
>Bella

Hi Bella, thanks for the reply.

Ofcourse everything can't always be perfect or totally peaceful at a forum, not even a "less confrontional" (well put, btw) one like this board. All of them have their ups and downs I guess, and people may fight over whatever topics - it's just bashing I don't really fancy. I'm not so naive to believe we're "perfectly hidden" here and don't need to mind what we say and how we behave - we're online and it's still a public place, the group of participants is smaller though and each person "checked" before entering (at least most of the time as far as I gathered).

Me spending less time at Indianz.com doesn't have much to do with liking it or not; it's kind of huge and more and more people take part - that's good, and as an outsider I have no right to pass strictures on it, it's just that I don't have the time to read as much as I would have wanted to. I've got to select and focus on certain types of postings (learned quite alot by reading serious topics), and to me it makes no big sense taking part in a place I don't even have the time to read half of the messages.

The discussions as to why 'white' people go there made me look upon the issue from as many angles as possible and in a way I can understand if a minority group of people(s) living in the middle of a huge majority desires spots where its members can be "alone". I was never badly treated there, but to me it feels better to be somewhere where people know and have agreed to it's ok we're a mixed bunch. My main aim is simply to spend less time online - without missing too many goodies.

Now, Inspector Bella - got a hat like Sherlock Holmes? A magnifying glass? Even a pipe?? Just kidding :o) Good luck chasing the cookie thief.

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