Recent Frequent writers

[gallahadesquire]

To all:

 

There was some recent commentary on someone or someones who commented on just about everything, presumably to acquire their title more quickly.

 

I am a relative newbie, albeit proud of being Knight - hence I can be called Sir Gallahad instead of Gallahadesquire. But I do try to limit my comments either to disssent or to enhance the scope of the discussion. So it'll take me forever to get to Price, Queen, King, or Emperor.

 

But, to restate: What happened to our recent frequent posters? Were they sent down to shovel coal in the boilers for the Titanic? Input would be appreciated.

 

Sir G.

[orbital sander]

Maybe they got tired of talking...

 

To all:

 

There was some recent commentary on someone or someones who commented on just about everything, presumably to acquire their title more quickly.

 

I am a relative newbie, albeit proud of being Knight - hence I can be called Sir Gallahad instead of Gallahadesquire. But I do try to limit my comments either to disssent or to enhance the scope of the discussion. So it'll take me forever to get to Price, Queen, King, or Emperor.

 

But, to restate: What happened to our recent frequent posters? Were they sent down to shovel coal in the boilers for the Titanic? Input would be appreciated.

 

Sir G.

[BewareofNick]

As someone with a long term tenure here (brief vacation notwithstanding, ahem), the board tends to go through cycles of prolific posters. Many contribute immensely. Some flameout spectacularly, others fade quietly into that good night. Even regulars go through periods of inactivity for various reasons. I look back at some of my old posts and shake my head wondering who that person was and what was so damn important to proclaim my self proclaimed superiority and more importantly, my lack of civility to others and some things I definitely wish I could take back.

 

Paraphrasing the Governator:

 

Don't worry. They'll be back.

[+ glutes]

 

But, to restate: What happened to our recent frequent posters? Were they sent down to shovel coal in the boilers for the Titanic? Input would be appreciated.

 

Sir G.

 

Maybe they were voted off the island...

 

http://www.companyofmen.org/showthread.php?84176-Can-we-vote-someone-off-the-island&highlight=island

[seeker630]

To all:

 

There was some recent commentary on someone or someones who commented on just about everything, presumably to acquire their title more quickly.

 

I am a relative newbie, albeit proud of being Knight - hence I can be called Sir Gallahad instead of Gallahadesquire. But I do try to limit my comments either to disssent or to enhance the scope of the discussion. So it'll take me forever to get to Price, Queen, King, or Emperor.

 

But, to restate: What happened to our recent frequent posters? Were they sent down to shovel coal in the boilers for the Titanic? Input would be appreciated.

 

Sir G.

 

There are still a few around. But I think some faded in response to the disapproval of some of the 'senior' members here.

[orbital sander]

There are still a few around. But I think some faded in response to the disapproval of some of the 'senior' members here.

 

Hmm...I have yet to see "frequent" posters that seem to fear the disapproval of "senior" members. In fact, I would speculate that it was quite the opposite (except maybe when daddy decides to get involved). I suppose more is going on behind the channels than I am aware of, perhaps that is it?

[+ purplekow]

Some frequent posters, of which i suppose I am one, come and go for a variety of reasons. Several of the more recent prolific posters have dropped down in the number of posts as there has been a change in the life they are leading. Some men, new to hiring, new to being with men, new to being out, new to this site, take the opportunity to express the every detail of their brave new world and then, as things settle and other life priorities come into play, they fade into the background. i know of several regular posters who have new boyfriends, new jobs and a new lifestyle.

Other prolific posters, like to take on other personas and so one personality fades and another comes to the surface, just as with Sally Field in Sybil.

Occasionally Daddy has tossed a poster for a prolonged period of time, but that is usually accompanied by discussion on the boards. I suppose there are as many reasons for leaving as there are reasons for posting in the first place.

When I worked at a resort, vacationers would come to stay for week. intense relationships would develop and then be over. While waving a busload of vacationers away there would be real tears and the catchphrase as the bus started off was: "Good bye. We will miss you. Thank God they are gone. Let's get a beer."

[+ Gar1eth]

As someone with a long term tenure here (brief vacation notwithstanding, ahem), the board tends to go through cycles of prolific posters. Many contribute immensely. Some flameout spectacularly, others fade quietly into that good night. Even regulars go through periods of inactivity for various reasons. I look back at some of my old posts and shake my head wondering who that person was and what was so damn important to proclaim my self proclaimed superiority and more importantly, my lack of civility to others and some things I definitely wish I could take back.

 

Paraphrasing the Governator:

 

Don't worry. They'll be back.

 

Wow- I almost never look at my old posts ( maybe I should?) unless I'm trying to remember if anyone ever answered a question I posed. On the whole I don't regret most things I've posted. I think I am usually nice to others-of course I'm no Mother Teresa. I am beginning to wonder if I should have been so candid about my lack of desirability as a sex partner- but you can't uncrack an egg.

 

Gman

[jjkrkwood]

I think I am ONE of the people that has been criticized for posting TOO MUCH, and climbing up the royalty ranks TOO FAST. I am not sure what the Big concern over the quantity of posting is ? THIS is not a competition, at least its not for ME. I comment on a topic when I feel compelled to, when its something that interests me, or when I have something to contribute. I am not doing it for Title as some have accused me of. What does a Title here acutually DO for me ? NADA ! Perhaps people should worry about themselves, and not concentrate so much on what others do?

Knocking me down and kicking me only makes me want to get up and fight Harder. But thats just me. As for others before me who have disappeared, I cant speak for them. To those here of higher rank than I, calm down, I dont want your title or whatever prestige you feel accompanies it. I just want to be able to speak my mind about things I care about. Or at times, just bring a sense of levity and humor to the site.

If thats not your thing, you can certainly block me, or simply skip over my posts. No need for hostility.

[+ glutes]

I am not doing it for Title as some have accused me of. What does a Title here acutually DO for me ? NADA ! Perhaps people should worry about themselves, and not concentrate so much on what others do?.

 

Really? Then why make such a production of announcing your new titles??

[+ Lucky]

Each post carries its own weight. Thus a newbie with ten posts has just as much chance of influencing the board as does someone with 10,000 posts.

My observations-

The quantity of posts brings the poster nothing. If people don't like them and don't read them, a million posts won't give you any status.

Today's goat is tomorrow's hero and then back in the shadows when someone comes along with a new idea.

I know of no group of senior posters who could influence anyone to stop posting.

Thus threads like this have entertainment value, and not much else! Post intelligently with respect for others and you will have influence with your fellow posters.

That's why Cooper is such a respected moderator.

But over the long run, it becomes harder to post with respect, as the more you post, the more chances you have to annoy someone, and someone with thin skin is easily annoyed.

People like Oliver and Charlie thrive here because they are not out to impress anyone, instead just act like themselves and avoid name-calling or other nasty fights.

They have a knack for being nice guys, and it stands out the more you see the posts that they write. Emulate them if you, too, want to be liked.

Being liked is not everyone's reason for being here.

[Guest verymarried]

For awhile, this wasn't a very friendly forum. People seemed to snipe and make rude comments to others. While there are some very together people on this forum as evidenced by their posts, others of us on the site live awkward and fragile lives. This forum may be one of our few outlets to express our feelings about certain subjects. The posts now seem warmer and more accepting with less cynicism and negativity. I am appreciative of that and I think more people will hang around with that kind of mutual respect in the tone of the posts.

[jjkrkwood]

Really? Then why make such a production of announcing your new titles??

 

Actually Glutehole, YOU are the one making a production out of it, not I. Just like you do out of everything.

 

Stop causing the firestorm and then claiming no involvement. Like I said, just worry about YOURSELF and not about ME..

[+ glutes]

Actually Glutehole, YOU are the one making a production out of it, not I. Just like you do out of everything.

 

Stop causing the firestorm and then claiming no involvement. Like I said, just worry about YOURSELF and not about ME..

 

~~If thats not your thing, you can certainly block me, or simply skip over my posts. No need for hostility.~~

[JT Brooklyn]

As in the past we have seen when One Name disappears it can take "one or more" with it.

 

Sort of the "Sybil" Syndrome the Internet Chat Rooms are full of...

[orbital sander]

For awhile, this wasn't a very friendly forum. People seemed to snipe and make rude comments to others. While there are some very together people on this forum as evidenced by their posts, others of us on the site live awkward and fragile lives. This forum may be one of our few outlets to express our feelings about certain subjects. The posts now seem warmer and more accepting with less cynicism and negativity. I am appreciative of that and I think more people will hang around with that kind of mutual respect in the tone of the posts.

 

It is nice to have a friendlier tone here in the forum, but we always seem to slide back into mudslinging and name calling here. Eventually, daddy will "time out" some people, close down some threads and things will get mellow, and then it will all start slowly back up.

 

This has happened so many times, that actually, I think many long time posters have sadly left for good. Many fine people, including many escorts, post very sparsely these days, if at all.

[RockHard]

Thus threads like this have entertainment value, and not much else!

 

I always thought The Lounge was the "entertainment value" forum. I didn't realize there was a litmus test for "quality" entertainment.

 

Lucky, I agree with part of your observation. IMO, boring threads like these are typical in late January. As for everything else you had to say, I could have done without the lecturing, the judging, and the name dropping. One man's throne is another man's rusty lawn chair.

 

Post intelligently with respect for others

 

Excuse me, but are you reformed or born-again? Or are you making fun of Newt, who speaks out of both sides of his mouth, while asking for God's forgiveness when he doesn't practice what he preaches? Just asking.

 

People come and go. Nothing new here. No matter how many multiple usernames appear, this community is quite small, and IMO, has always been small. Daddy has worked hard to end the era of destructive negativity so, that means, a lot of the really mean queens are gone. I say good riddance.

 

The escorts who survive here stand among the smartest and the bravest (or, perhaps, their gluttons for punishment?). Those who can't take the heat should not hang in the kitchen, which happens to be the most fun room in the house apart from the bedroom.

 

...but we always seem to slide back into mudslinging and name calling here.

 

Actually, I would argue there is only one instigator and a few angry grumps. But it only takes one to start a war of words among many.

 

Eventually, daddy will "time out" some people, close down some threads and things will get mellow, and then it will all start slowly back up.

 

It is a tiresome cycle. Imagine how tired Daddy must be of it. People who come here with nothing to say, with nothing but an agenda to make trouble and manipulate people into a frenzy, are REALLY, REALLY boring. I guess if you have no life, stirring shit gives you something to do.

 

As I get older, I'm finding it easier to ignore the troll(s). However, it's no secret, a troll can ruin a board for everybody. :-(

[leigh.bess.toad]

Each post carries its own weight. Thus a newbie with ten posts has just as much chance of influencing the board as does someone with 10,000 posts.

My observations-

The quantity of posts brings the poster nothing. If people don't like them and don't read them, a million posts won't give you any status.

Today's goat is tomorrow's hero and then back in the shadows when someone comes along with a new idea.

I know of no group of senior posters who could influence anyone to stop posting.

Thus threads like this have entertainment value, and not much else! Post intelligently with respect for others and you will have influence with your fellow posters.

That's why Cooper is such a respected moderator.

But over the long run, it becomes harder to post with respect, as the more you post, the more chances you have to annoy someone, and someone with thin skin is easily annoyed.

People like Oliver and Charlie thrive here because they are not out to impress anyone, instead just act like themselves and avoid name-calling or other nasty fights.

They have a knack for being nice guys, and it stands out the more you see the posts that they write. Emulate them if you, too, want to be liked.

Being liked is not everyone's reason for being here.

 

Very well said Lucky. And especially accurate about Cooper, Oliver and Charlie.

 

As someone who would no doubt earn the title of "frequent poster", I know my posts are becoming less frequent. I certainly must be one of the posters PK was thinking of in his great response when he talked of posters "who have new boyfriends, new jobs and a new lifestyle.". Well no new job anyway. But new boyfriend (partner, yeah) and lifestyle? Certainly that is me. As I focus more of my time and attention on my partner and my new life, my time here is less than it was as I began this journey from a nervous, closeted married man to an out, gay man with a whole new life in front of me. This forum provides a place for so many at different points in their lives and who are looking for different things. As our lives change, of course there is an ebb and flow to what we need from this place as well as what we think we can contribute. I have seen many men here have such a radical change in their lives since I've been here. And as we move along in our journey, others will join in, looking for something in their own trek.

[jjkrkwood]

I always thought The Lounge was the "entertainment value" forum. I didn't realize there was a litmus test for "quality" entertainment.

 

Lucky, I agree with part of your observation. IMO, boring threads like these are typical in late January. As for everything else you had to say, I could have done without the lecturing, the judging, and the name dropping. One man's throne is another man's rusty lawn chair.

(

 

RH, not that anything you have to say deserves a reply, but if anyone on this site is guilty of Lecturing, preaching and judging, its YOU. So perhaps you need to get off that high horse you are perched on, hold a mirror to your face and have yourself a Reality check. Your posts read like mini-novels since obviously you LOVE to SEE yourself talk. As another member said, "Much Ado about Nothing". Maybe if you lowered yourself onto a rusty lawnchair you'd have a better grip on Reality. ? No snide, cocky rebuttal is needed here. As for the Troll with no life thing, you are certainly here enuf to fall into that group.

[bigvalboy]

RH, not that anything you have to say deserves a reply, but if anyone on this site is guilty of Lecturing, preaching and judging, its YOU. So perhaps you need to get off that high horse you are perched on, hold a mirror to your face and have yourself a Reality check. Maybe if you lowered yourself onto a rusty lawnchair you'd have a better grip on Reality. ? No snide, cocky rebuttal is needed here.

 

RH I believe the balls in court...I'm goin for some coffee, I'll be back.

[jjkrkwood]

RH I believe the balls in court...I'm goin for some coffee, I'll be back.

 

And here we have the aforementioned "INSTIGATOR"

[bigvalboy]

and here we have the aforementioned "instigator"

 

lol

[Bosguy]

GETTING BACK TO THE SUBJECT!!!!! I have only been a member of the Forum for a little over a year and have been extremely loyal to its philosophy and members. I enjoy reading the instructional, assistance, positive, and fun posts. Yes, it is true that many of the posters I loved to read and respond to are either no longer posting or submitting reduced posts. I'm sure the reasons are as varied as life--Things change in

all our lives-- knowingly or unexpected--and people make adjustments as they see fit.

 

My hope is that new posters will step in to fill this void and carry the torch forward.

 

Enjoy this wonderful venue.

 

Boston Bill

[RockHard]

As I get older, I'm finding it easier to ignore the troll(s).

 

:-)

[jjkrkwood]

Well so much can be said for taking the "High road" and "the road less travelled". But I prefer when people take the road outta town. ;-)