Quinn Morani

CiaoBella Mirabella wrote: The major thing I did was....I gave my avi a makeover.. I also made my first apperance at the forum cartel hangout.... I of course arrived Maddy style.. On top of the bar :smileysurprised:... and as I realized where I was standing, Quinn couldn't resist letting me know that most arrive through the front door ... :smileyvery-happy: uhhh yeah thanks Quinn.. Well SOMEONE has to stand up for good manners. Sheesh! :smileysurprised: Oh wait, I forgot what group of people I'm talking about here. Nevermind. :smileytongue:

I'm glad it works!

Ossian wrote: While it does show recently CREATED threads, it would be useful to be able to see threads that have new posts. Agree with Ossian on the above. Also: light gray text on white background is too hard to read. No way to tell who a poster is responding to if they don't the post in their reply. Either need a link to the post being replied to like Jive had, or a threaded view in order to follow discussions. I would like a GD forum, and I'm disappointed to see that threads noting the lack of a GD forum and trying to identify alternate locations for posts have already been locked or deleted by moderators. The smileys are AWFUL. Can we get better ones? Some things I like so far: private messages The ability to bookmark posts The ability to float threads to the top

I have just used the super cool "Bookmark" feature to bookmark this post so I can find it later when I'm ready to give this badge thing a whirl. Thanks for the great tips!

Awesome! Thanks so much for the helpful tip, Suzy.

Thanks Derek. I'll keep digging around too. Let me know if you come up with anything.

At the bottom of each reply to your question is a link labeled "Comments." I believe you can use that to leave comments to people who have responded to your question. My guess is that is the best way to provide feedback or ask for clarification.

Jessika Rang wrote: The new forums are up and its my REZ Day! What a nice gift from LL (it's all about me afterall :smileywink:) Hello everyone! Happy Rez day, Jessika!

Nathaniel Scorpio wrote: You know I do. You and Ima and Quinn and Dee have been picking on me. /me grins Hey, I'm innocent, I swear! /me hopes no one notices my fingers crossed behind my back

To get this thread back on track, I'll be the first to share a story in this new version of the thread. Although it's not a new story. I'm just copying what I posted in the original thread, buried so deeply there that probably no one ever saw it the first time around anyway. So here goes the unedited (though in hindsight there are things I'd edit to read more smoothly) reprint: 11-12-2010 09:45 AM My turn. It's only fair that I share my story too, since so many of you have been so gracious to share yours. Maddy talked about having a charmed life, and in the original thread I think it was Sling who mentioned privilege. I would say both of those descriptors have applied to me. I often feel that I've had things undeservedly fall into my lap. That's not to say it's always been easy. In high school, my parents emphasized education and wouldn't let me hold a job unless I was making straight A's. And so my classmates (mostly in good fun) teased me for not having to work, with the implication being that I had the easy life. Later, when I finally landed my first summer job as a waitress, eager to demonstrate a work ethic and establish an employment history, a classmate who was also a co-worker told me that my car was out of place in the employee parking lot and that I was taking a job away from someone who "really" needed it. I felt humiliated. I've long since forgiven those cutting remarks, having attributed them to adolescent inexperience, but I learned some life lessons from the exchange that have remained with me to this day. The first thing I learned is that you'll never please everyone. As much as I would love to try (and I do fruitlessly try sometimes), there are some people who will always see the negative, no matter what you do. I learned that it's pointless to waste a lot of energy on those people when there are so many others out there who will appreciate you for exactly who you are. The second thing I learned is that I'm fortunate to have the things I do, but it's a mistake to bank my happiness or social acceptance on them. It's just "stuff," and only temporary stuff, at that. At the end of the day it's who you are on the inside that makes you stand out, not what you have or don't have. But that's only one piece of my story. The next part of my story is that I was a late bloomer. Growing up, I was very shy. I was voted "Most Shy" in high school, and was surprised that enough people even knew who I was to have voted for me. My high school yearbooks are littered with people calling me "sweet," and I have always looked at that as code for "I don't know you well enough to say anything else." It wasn't until college that I began to crawl out of my shell, finally escaping the self-fulfilling label of "shy" and offering some substance behind the "sweet." No one who knows me now would describe me as shy, but I still don't know, even at 40, if that's because I'm really no longer shy or because I've just gotten so expert at hiding it. I suspect it's the latter, because there are still times when I have to mercilessly beat that shy girl back into her hiding spot. The final piece of my story is that I have a career and a family that I love. There is nothing about my life, not one thing, that I would change. There is not one part of my life that I would go back and attempt to repeat or repair, however tempting that seems sometimes, out of fear that I would inadvertently do something differently and, like butterfly wings flapping in the wind, it would alter the entire course of my life. I don't want to be anywhere except exactly where I am. Lest anyone think I sound too impossibly well-adjusted, there are plenty of things I've failed at. I went all the way through graduate school but never wrote my final thesis, so I don't have my Masters degree. That has not hurt me in my career advancement, but I regret what it says to my kids about not following through. Some of my acquaintances call me "Supermom" because I appear to be really good at balancing work and family cheerfully, without ever having bags under my eyes. I accept those compliments because I'm too chicken to tell them the truth: I miss a lot of my kids lives because of work, especially when I travel. But still, I wouldn't trade my life for anything. Somehow it always seems to end up just right. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

kattatonia Wickentower wrote: so what's a plurk and why do i want one? I want to know too. I have no idea what plurk is.

Mags Indigo wrote: Suella Ember wrote: <snip> :inset sadly missing evil devil smiley here!: Yup - so far that's what I miss the most - the old smileys - these ones are quite crap and so tiny I can hardly make them out. (Old age is an awful thing!) I agree, the smileys are awful. :smileysad:

When I view topics using this link: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/category-id/secondlife_forum/post-type/thread 1) How do I get the list of topics to sort by latest post instead of when the thread was created? 2) I have my settings set to go to the first unread topic in a thread, but that doesn't work in this "all topics" list as it does under the individual forums. How can I change that?

Venus Petrov wrote: As I posted in the 'other like thread' but will post again here to up my count, I tink the 'new' GD is the Second Life forum and the topics under it. Post in any topic you think 'fits' best your OP and go with it there. Sheesh, it's Day 1...can't y'all just have a bit of relaxing fun figuring it out first? This link lets you see all threads within the Second Life forum and its subtopics. It might be what I use to replace my old GD link. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/category-id/secondlife_forum/post-type/thread ETA: but it looks like it sorts threads by when the thread was started, not by most recent post. Anyone know how to change that?

Aha, I'm testing that Reply button at the top now and you're right, it looks like you're actually replying to the last reply, not to the OP. Strange.

ChuckBaggett wrote: I think there needs to be a "Reply to the original post" button at the bottom, doesn't there? I didn't see one at the Lithium company forum. Hi Chuck! There is a Reply button at the top of the thread above the first post that I think serves as reply to original post. I think it would make more sense for it to be at the bottom, since most people read the thread before they reply to it. It's counter-intuitive to have to scroll back up, but at least it's there.

The problem with the large images is that on some of them it's almost impossible to see name of the poster!

I promised that when the new forum came online, I would find a way to keep this thread alive. The original thread is preserved in the archives. Let's carry on the conversation here. I've loved reading everyone's stories and hope more of you will step forward to share. ETA: For those who are newcomers, here is the OP text from the original thread in the archives, to help you understand a little better what this is all about. ************************************ There's been a lot of discussion in this forum over the last couple of days about how others perceive us, how we perceive and present ourselves, and how much of ourselves can or cannot truly be communicated in this type of environment. It got me to thinking—there is a lot about each of you that none of us have ever been exposed to. That unknown story behind the avatar which defines who you are or how you see the world or how you interact with others. I think we each have something fascinating or poignant or traumatic or hopeful to share that has shaped us, either permanently or for a season. Something that we've never revealed here but which might help us all understand, or at least read each other, better. Will you share your story? I don't mean specific RL information, just a backstory, something you'd like us to know about you that has influenced you or drives you or might change how we perceive you. I know this topic will not appeal to everyone in this anonymous environment, and I respect that. But for those who, like me, would be interested to know more about the personalities that we communicate with here on a regular basis, I point you to this video for inspiration. ************************************ ETA #2: Hot off the press from Keli Kyrie, we now have the following graphical representation of the diversity within this forum community. Thanks, Keli!

Suspiria, how did you get that big image for your avatar? I like it, but it's hard to see your name!

Derek Torvalar wrote: You may use this Entertainment forum for GD. Or the Avatar one. If both then we can have flame wars between which is the bestest GD. I vote entertainment. :robotvery-happy: Nice use of the spoiler feature. I was thinking either Entertainment or Make Friends would be the best alternative to GD.

Keli Kyrie wrote: I did a lot of wondering what the new forums would be like. I see there is no GD forum. :smileysad: Keli, have you been able to log into SL yet?

I hung out at SL Offworld and on Twitter. :smileyhappy: (ew, ugly smileys) ETA: And the hyperlinked text sure isn't very obvious, is it? Just bold? That's not web standard at all.

Go to your profile and on the right where it says "Images for Suspiria" click "Upload an image." Then you can go back and add it as your avatar in your settings.

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I'll post pics later. Just wanted to make my first post in the new forum. Woo hoo! ETA: Cool, it kept my signature in the transfer!