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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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24 hours for my flight... daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!
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Gabe1

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Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Busy Day, As I try and catch up....

JenniferS said:
Okay I'm back. Told you it would only be a day or two.
I guess I'm naive, but I don't care for people being deliberately hurtful.

FYI - it wasn't my feelings that were hurt. I'm fairly thick skinned. Just ask @Goofyernmost ;).
I was hurt because other people were hurt. Like I said, that's not how I roll.

Thank you for the PM's. I appreciate the concern. The core group of people here are outstanding folks, and I would be honoured to meet any of you and buy you a Dole Whip (float)!

I do not intend to reveal what ticked me. I discussed it at length with one of you already. At this point it would just be gossip. And as my mom always said - Gossip doesn't have to be untrue to be harmful.

Pity party over. I'm all better.
Now to go back and see what you've all been up to in the past 30+ hours.
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I'm glad you are back Sister-Friend. Sometimes we all need to take a step back and analyze situations and you are a lot of wonderful things but niave is not one of them. Most of us are uncomfortable with the deliberate mocking and hurtful jabs. It isn't fun to be the target nor the bystander to watch it.

MinnieM123 said:
If I may, I'd like to share my own perspective on the "like" button. First of all, I respect your opinion and am glad you told us. My own interpretation of the like button has always been either for something that I really liked, or just that I wanted to acknowledge your post (as in, thank you for posting). Apparently, people interpret things differently, and this is my own understanding.

I've given this a lot of thought. Perhaps a compromise might be for the moderators to add an additional button such as maybe a simple checkmark (I don't have a picture, but just a general checkmark), and maybe that could be used as an "acknowledgement" button (for people like myself, that care to use it).

I've been a forum member now for over a year. This is the first and only forum I've ever joined. I have followed the lead from others in liking many posts for various reasons, because that's what I thought we were supposed to do. And, speaking for myself here, I've certainly never, ever, asked or hinted to anyone, for any "likes" as that was the least important thing for me, personally. The happiness I have received from these forums is the great information sharing, humorous posts, and a sense of community and fellowship from my fellow members.
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While I did not like most posts at first and still do not on most threads I too followed the lead for the most part here.
There are various interpertations of the rules of liking and it just demonstrates there really isn't a right or wrong way to like a post or for that matter just avoid the like button altogether.

Zweiland said:
That's not a bad idea, actually!

My problem with the likes is that when you like an actual informative post with breaking news about WDW, it has the same value as when you like a post that's one word long.

Maybe if we had different values of likes, "acknowledge", "like", and "love", that problem would be solved. Of course, it would also make the like counts really confusing.
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I tend fall into your camp mostly regarding the devaluation of the like button. You seem to be a well educated guy with some decorum for situations like these.

My take though on Adding a love button would likely only hype the competitive and to add an acknowledge button I fear it could be used as a swipe at members by some other members, not worthy of a like or love. Not worth it IMO.

As of late "Here" instead of now just tapping that like button I often add a reply too if it a great post. I try to mindful not to like hurtful or mocking posts. But I tend to roll with you believing if you like everything it carries less meaning.

And thank you! :inlove: I saw when I clicked on your profile (to see if you had an age) that your Status Message is now SLURP! I genuinely appreciate the support. What a kind gesture. :happy:
 
seahawk7

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Zweiland said:
^THIS.

It would be best, in my opinion, to take away everyone's individual tally.

Of course, it would be even better to keep the tallies, and have the number of likes be a measure the person's credibility. But unfortunately, people who never post anything constructive, informative, or funny would keep climbing the lists somehow.
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Constructive, informative, or funny by whose standards? What is my cup of tea might not be yours and vice versa, so what I "like" might be superfluous to you or vice versa. I "like" in the moment and I don't shop around for likes when I post, I just add to the conversation what I want to say.
This whole "like" controversy is silly and people changing names of threads to discredit posters on that particular thread is beyond immature. I don't understand the need for that.
 
seahawk7

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Goofyernmost said:
I haven't entered into this topic, officially, and I don't want to do so now. I can say that it is a good feeling to get likes, but, please everyone... this isn't about quantity. More importantly, there is no super jackpot at the end. We all get the same prize whether or not we have a million "likes" or just one. That would be nothing. There isn't even a mention for anything over a small number when you start out on the board.

My advice, just have fun with it. Do what you want to do because it really doesn't matter. If you want to like something because it struck you as funny, serious, spot on or even close to how you feel about things, then do it. If you don't feel anything and it is just another post to you... don't like it. It doesn't matter one way or the other.

I have an ego as well as everyone and I like to see that people enjoy, in whatever degree that they do, what I post here. (except Canadian of course, cause you can't trust them) I'd hate to see that go away, but, I also don't want to put too much emphasis on the importance of getting them. Just keep on keeping on! Thanks... now we can all go back to the true reason for the existence of this thraed and that would be the organized bashing of Canadians, eh!
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In a nutshell! I think that is apropos considering one of your previous posts about being able to catch squirrel...
 
seahawk7

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Zweiland said:
Very true. Might I suggest taking away the "most liked", "most posts", etc. lists then? It seems to make it into more of a competition than it was before between some people.
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Yes please take away anything that causes some people to get competitive on this forum. We are sharing ideas, information, jokes, pictures, and interests. The spirit of sharing here should be fluid and spontaneous without any competitive motive. This is supposed to be fun.
 
seahawk7

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acishere said:
I think the whole issues with "Likes" right now is because there are lots of posters on this site who put a lot of work and research into their posts, who have a history of being able to get great inside info, and who devote lots of time in helping answer questions in great detail. Some considered that the like board was a good way to promote these users and let them know that they are well regarded here. Being able to boost your likes just by going in Words of Wisdom, however, kind of makes it hard to use the like leader board for that purpose. Trying to alter the way people use the like button to make it serve that purpose is obviously not going to work.

I think maybe a "Top Contributor" badge for those who have proven to be important members of the forum would probably be a better solution to solve this. I know this is probably not the place to throw suggestions at the mods, and there are probably a billion reasons why my suggestion is a bad idea. But this is where it is being discussed so here is where I posted it.
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I'm up for whatever it takes to appease people so they stop being hurtful to other people. I am not talking about myself by the way. I like everything in WoW because I honestly liked the progression of the thread. I wasn't aware of a like leader board. I just liked the posts in the trivia and games because each and every post I saw contributed to the flow of the said thread.
 
StarWarsGirl

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seahawk7 said:
I'm up for whatever it takes to appease people so they stop being hurtful to other people. I am not talking about myself by the way. I like everything in WoW because I honestly liked the progression of the thread. I wasn't aware of a like leader board. I just liked the posts in the trivia and games because each and every post I saw contributed to the flow of the said thread.
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My reason for giving likes on those threads isn't so much that I like every single thing, but more like a "thanks for playing" type thing.
 
Soarin' Over Pgh

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Ive no desire to read the last ten pages, sorry guys.


Been meaning to post this one for a few days:

(Warning, food ahead!)








Homemade pesto (sweet and cinnamon basil from my yard!), home grown tomatoes, and the mozz cheese my friend made. Guess what we had for dinner last weekend? :)


This is what i made tonight:



Hamburger on nutty bread its a pecan almond bread) with sharp cheddar, bbq sauce...and peanut butter. :) it was fantastic! Also made whole grain onion rings and waffle fries...baked, but i doused them in veggie oil first :oops:

But it was so.. SO good. I even used the real (plastic) plates instead of paper! ...with paper towels to soak up the oil.

Anyways, i wanted to post to @Cesar R M before he leaves for his trip! Have a great trip!!
 
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