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scaeagles · 10-25-2014, 08:53 AM

I miss the LoT.

DreadPirateRoberts · 10-25-2014, 07:22 PM

Me too

Morrigoon · 10-25-2014, 09:02 PM

There's a shelf life for message board participation, I find. I think a large part of it is the irl life changes that take place, but also one finds a certain repetitiveness of topics after several years. I don't think we have that problem here so much, but I know I find it very difficult to stay long on micechat/mousepad type boards because they're still having the same conversations we were having 15 years ago on A.D.D.

I miss LoT though.

I suspect the casualness with which we can post our random thoughts to facebook causes us to more heavily scrutinize what we'd post here, to the extent that we end up posting very little. So many times I find myself wondering if a topic is "worth" its own thread on LoT. But that does rob LoT of its richness.

lashbear · 10-26-2014, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Home sweet home?

I press your "Like" Button.

lashbear · 10-26-2014, 12:17 AM

I miss the non-Facebook folk like SzczerbiakManiac, 3894, & scaeagles (along with all the others whom I've forgotten to mention). And Suzie-Ann Krellingshaw feels stifled on Facebook.

SzczerbiakManiac · 10-26-2014, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I greatly miss the LoT discourses, the park meetups, and the annual traditions/celebrations with the swanksters.

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Facebook can't be blamed for the loss of ALL of that.

I didn't mean to imply FB was solely to blame. You're right, times change, APs become ridiculously expensive, paths eventually fork. I was just reflecting on/longing for the "good old days".

katiesue · 10-27-2014, 11:31 AM

I find the format of facebook makes it nearly impossible to follow discussions. If I see a discussion starting on an interesting topic on a friends list and say I'm busy but I want to go back later unless I remember whom it's impossible to find.

I don't participate unless I feel I have something to add, but I know a lot of very smart, interesting people and I love to see their opinions. And facebook just isn't a great format for expressing opinions.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-27-2014, 01:00 PM

Off topic, but on topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxAAezqJZQ

Moonliner · 10-27-2014, 02:05 PM

Everyone misses the community on the lot but few people post here anymore. We are the Yogi Berra of websites.

SzczerbiakManiac · 10-27-2014, 02:54 PM

As in, "Nobody goes [to LoT] anymore. It's too crowded."?

10-25-2014, 08:53 AM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I miss the LoT.
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10-25-2014, 07:22 PM	#12
DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	Me too
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10-25-2014, 09:02 PM	#13
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	There's a shelf life for message board participation, I find. I think a large part of it is the irl life changes that take place, but also one finds a certain repetitiveness of topics after several years. I don't think we have that problem here so much, but I know I find it very difficult to stay long on micechat/mousepad type boards because they're still having the same conversations we were having 15 years ago on A.D.D. I miss LoT though. I suspect the casualness with which we can post our random thoughts to facebook causes us to more heavily scrutinize what we'd post here, to the extent that we end up posting very little. So many times I find myself wondering if a topic is "worth" its own thread on LoT. But that does rob LoT of its richness. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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10-26-2014, 12:17 AM	#15
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	I miss the non-Facebook folk like SzczerbiakManiac, 3894, & scaeagles (along with all the others whom I've forgotten to mention). And Suzie-Ann Krellingshaw feels stifled on Facebook. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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10-27-2014, 11:31 AM	#17
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I find the format of facebook makes it nearly impossible to follow discussions. If I see a discussion starting on an interesting topic on a friends list and say I'm busy but I want to go back later unless I remember whom it's impossible to find. I don't participate unless I feel I have something to add, but I know a lot of very smart, interesting people and I love to see their opinions. And facebook just isn't a great format for expressing opinions. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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10-27-2014, 01:00 PM	#18
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Off topic, but on topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxAAezqJZQ __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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10-27-2014, 02:05 PM	#19
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Everyone misses the community on the lot but few people post here anymore. We are the Yogi Berra of websites. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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10-27-2014, 02:54 PM	#20
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	As in, "Nobody goes [to LoT] anymore. It's too crowded."? __________________
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