Venus Petrov Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Should all fun threads go in Off Topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie Inshan Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Do you mean things like that? :smileytongue::smileywink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyo Darcy Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hmmm... good question I think we have no off topic or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Venus Petrov wrote: Should all fun threads go in Off Topic? Is 'fun' allowed???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suella Ember Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I imagine it depends on your definition of fun and what fun thing you are talking about really If you are writing a 'fun' thread about something that happened to you while out at a fun concert inworld, then the 'Entertainment' section would probably be ok. If you are wrting about something more general such as a topic of "What's the funniest thing you have ever seen in SL?" then the off topic section is probably best. I've seen it said that the more structured nature of these forums resticts 'fun' but I certainly don't think that's true at all. It's perfectly possible to have fun in context and without breaking the community guidelines. It's just that some people think it's fun to break those guidelines and, when they are prevented fom doing so, they interpret that as not being allowed to have fun. I also don't think LL themselves have any intention of restricting fun where it is within the bounds of the guidelines. Try telling Torley, for example, not to have some fun! :smileyvery-happy: It's all about balance as I see it and I think the wonderful quote from Maddy aptly sums up the way I use, and will always use, forums: "Hopping from loony chat to deep philosophy is not schizophrenic. It's mental agility at its best. - © Madelaine McMasters" :smileytongue: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Suella Ember wrote:<Snipped to pieces> I imagine it depends on your definition of fun and what fun thing you are talking about really It's all about balance as I see it and I think the wonderful quote from Maddy aptly sums up the way I use, and will always use, forums: "Hopping from loony chat to deep philosophy is not schizophrenic. It's mental agility at its best. - © Madelaine McMasters" :smileytongue: *Shrugs - if you say so - I'm still not convinced. Maybe I just have a wierd idea of fun - and no - I don't mean the 'nasty' sort - more a sort of... serendipitous sort of thing. Anyway Happy St. Patricks day etc :smileyhappy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suella Ember Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Mags Indigo wrote: serendipitous Big words no fun! Hurt brain! Mags Indigo wrote: Anyway Happy St. Patricks day etc :smileyhappy: And to you too! Speaking of which, I really ought to go inworld to package up the St Paddy's Day costume I made and list it on the Marketplace, but I really don't have the energy! (Plus packaging and listing is no fun!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 There was a thread posted that several of us posted to yesterday about a date with Lexie Linden. It is gone now. I do not know why. It was fun. I want to have more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Venus Petrov wrote: There was a thread posted that several of us posted to yesterday about a date with Lexie Linden. It is gone now. I do not know why. It was fun. I want to have more fun. Somehow I never thought that one would survive :smileyhappy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage Acanthus Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I am not sure fun threads fit into LL's new vision of the forums. Pity. But now that we are LL's new outsourced customer support, we shouldn't be gabbing when we should be working. Back to the answers fourm or no kudos for you! (cracks whip). (edited to change "help forum" to "answers forum" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keli Kyrie Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Venus Petrov wrote: There was a thread posted that several of us posted to yesterday about a date with Lexie Linden. It is gone now. I do not know why. It was fun. I want to have more fun. This thread is now back thanks to the MODS and Lexie, HERE IS THE LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Mags Indigo wrote: Venus Petrov wrote: There was a thread posted that several of us posted to yesterday about a date with Lexie Linden. It is gone now. I do not know why. It was fun. I want to have more fun. Somehow I never thought that one would survive :smileyhappy: Why Mags? The thread was never offered to offend anyone. It was SL related. It had a touch of humor. If all we can create are vanity threads - I'm out. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Break a leg tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Storm Clarence wrote: Why Mags? The thread was never offered to offend anyone. It was SL related. It had a touch of humor. If all we can create are vanity threads - I'm out. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Break a leg tonight. Firstly I thought some people might take exception to it's frivilous nature and perhaps make a case (or try to) that the people participating in it were either 'brownnosing' or 'insulting' - depending on their humour. As for tonight - thanks I think (I don't have to actually break a leg do I? I'm notmuch of a one for pain) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 @Mags: I could make an argument that some vanity threads might be brown-nosing to content creators but that argument would be ridiculous. What is insulting to me are patently personal insults. There are none in the Lexie thread. YAY for humor! ETA: Mags, I know you are not arguing the point you raise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Mags Indigo wrote: Storm Clarence wrote: Why Mags? The thread was never offered to offend anyone. It was SL related. It had a touch of humor. If all we can create are vanity threads - I'm out. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Break a leg tonight. Firstly I thought some people might take exception to it's frivilous nature and perhaps make a case (or try to) that the people participating in it were either 'brownnosing' or 'insulting' - depending on their humour. As for tonight - thanks I think (I don't have to actually break a leg do I? I'm notmuch of a one for pain) No, you don't really have to, but in 'show biz' it's the appropriate statement. PS Most people that participate in this forum want humor, answers, and a sense of belonging. The people that try to make a case for brown-nosing use their blogs as weapons: This Should we be afraid of people like this? Or should we participate in this forum and have fun and laugh at ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Indigo Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Venus Petrov wrote: @Mags: I could make an argument that some vanity threads might be brown-nosing to content creators but that argument would be ridiculous. What is insulting to me are patently personal insults. There are none in the Lexie thread. YAY for humor! ETA: Mags, I know you are not arguing the point you raise. Nope - seeing as I took part in it and 'outed' myself as having a crush on Torley :smileysurprised: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suella Ember Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Storm Clarence wrote: PS Most people that participate in this forum want humor, answers, and a sense of belonging. The people that try to make a case for brown-nosing use their blogs as weapons: This Should we be afraid of people like this? Or should we participate in this forum and have fun and laugh at ourselves. I probably shouldn't get into this minefield, but I have to say there is a very large dose of irony in that link! It seems that one of the strongest advocates of action being taken against people who abuse the reporting process is angry having been shown that abuse of the reporting process is now being actioned! :smileysurprised: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Suella Ember wrote: Storm Clarence wrote: PS Most people that participate in this forum want humor, answers, and a sense of belonging. The people that try to make a case for brown-nosing use their blogs as weapons: This Should we be afraid of people like this? Or should we participate in this forum and have fun and laugh at ourselves. I probably shouldn't get into this minefield, but I have to say there is a very large dose of irony in that link! It seems that one of the strongest advocates of action being taken against people who abuse the reporting process is angry having been shown that abuse of the reporting process is now being actioned! :smileysurprised: It is never a minefield to step in and offer an opinion. We are not fools - and few blog posts will not convince me we are. The minefield you allude to is created by a very few and select people. These people do *NOT* speak for me or this forum. ETA Welcome back, Suella! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 @Suella: Oh the irony! /me chortles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carole Franizzi Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Fun? If by "fun" you mean "posts which will act as free positive publicity for SL and free customer service to fellow SLers", I think anywhere in the forums would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 @Carole (and nice to see you!): Well, I mean fun for the residents as, without us, SL would not 'be'. We are working with Amanda, Lexie and the Mods to create the environment where we can all 'win'. How about that for a concept? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphiel Galaxy Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I could have sworn (not literally) I posted in this thread earlier........oh well I must have dreamt it me/ scratches head and goes back to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) ...waits for Rhonda to give her a shiny medal. Edited May 22, 2017 by Madelaine McMasters Being vain, I necro'd the thread with the first reference to my name I could find. Bump! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Congo Rats! Please accept this six-year pin and welcome the return of fun to the forums. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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