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mayerling

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...or do you find yourself lurking or posting on other boards?
 
When PS is slow, I lurk on other boards. I admit it! I am a forum philanderer!
 
Date: 6/22/2010 8:34:54 AM
Author: Circe
When PS is slow, I lurk on other boards. I admit it! I am a forum philanderer!
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Me too
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I post on another forum that is mainly for mothers or mothers-to-be. It''s completely different from PS but I like it because I have access to hundreds of mothers at any point in the day. It comes in handy when DD is sick or I need help with something specific. Plus, it isn''t heavily moderated so people can freely post things like coupon codes or giveaways that I can take advantage of
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I have a tendancy to lurk on boards related to other things I''m involved in, though I haven''t felt the need to post as thus far I''ve been able to get what I need from other people''s posts.
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I don''t visit other forums
 
I'm on here and on **Edited by moderator**. Once in a while I lurk on some Russell Crowe boards.
 
Please remember everyone, for privacy and security we do not allow other forums to be discussed by name. Many people may be a part of different forums and not want those internet paths to cross.
 
I''ve always been happy here. Pricescope is enough for me. I''ve made some very nice friends here that I like to keep up with. There''s only so much time in the day for the computer.
 
I''m in a monogamous relationship with pricescope
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. No time for any other ones!
 
I don''t have time for any other foums! Hell, I don''t even have time to be on HERE!
 
I used to talk on a perfume forum regularly. I still lurk there.

I talk on a barrel racing forum sometimes, not often though.

I really want to find a good cooking forum, where cooks share thoughts tips and recipes.

OH I also follow a fitness forum, though I talk only seldomly on there.
 
I love cooking forums. There are also some forums related to teaching that I frequent.
 
I mostly tend to lurk on bridal forums whenever things get slow on BWW.
 
I belong to a few decorative painting forums, but lately I''ve been devoting a lot more time to PS. I think I''m slightly addicted lol.
 
I''m pretty faithful to PS although I do visit a lot of coupon blog sites. I''ve really been saving a lot of money...not enough to buy any bling
but I still enjoy finding a bargain!
 
It does pretty much serve my needs. I feel like I can ask about etiquette issues, for career advice, wedding advice (when I needed it last year), and of course- jewelry advice. In a couple of years when we start to have kids, I know I''ll be over in FHH on the TTC and pregnancy threads seeking support and information.
 
Madam, you never cease to amaze me
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Great topic!
No; I've followed a couple other fora for years.
While I love the people here, am grateful to be a guest and happy to follow PS rules, I do admit feeling very constrained.
I'm a square peg, and PS only has round holes so I've had to file down my corners to not get banned here.
My philosophy is to just say whatever I think.

The 3 other fora I visit sprouted 5 years ago from the same product-based forum (like PS) with an equivalent of Hangout.
Their "hangout" got so much traffic (more than the main product forum) and got so contentious that admin just got sick of the bickering (and paying for the bandwidth) and closed that "hangout" forum.
Their product-related forum remains today.

Evicted members immediately started other 3 other fora; I'll call them A, B and C.
They are very tight communities and many members meet in person.
I have met over 50 members and stayed in many homes of these wonderful people when traveling.
Members fly across the country, and between countries, for parties and funerals and such.

The only one I post in, B, has no rules except no pr0n or posting the personal info of other member's .
It is very vibrant since people on opposite sides of every issue can say anything.
The food fights are riveting.

Forum A (which I no longer post in) adds one more key rule, no personal insults.
It's not that I like insults, it's just that it is virtually unenforceable and it takes colors off the palette of a forum, resulting in sort of a morose rose-colored tinge.
This results in what I find to be a stuffy atmosphere of high-afternoon tea, where polite discourse on gardening and kitchen remodeling are the usual fare.
Forum C was started by a guy who is seen as a huge trouble maker.
He's been banned on A and also on the original product-related forum that A, B and C came from.
It is astonishing to see what has transpired in these 3 sociological petri dishes.

A has mostly lefties and C has mostly Christian righties.
It is clear some people can only be with people who are similar to themselves.
They live on A and C.
People okay with diversity, like me, live on B.

I no longer post in the one that forbids personal insults (A) even though most members are on the far left like me.
I just can't stand how so many of them work so hard to follow the letter of the no-insults law but violate its spirit in spades; it makes me puke.

The whole problem is you cannot define "personal insult" and you are suppressing part of human nature.
Free speech and sunlight for every idea, while occasionally being contentious, results in a magnificent vibrancy.
The context and the long-time history of individuals can result in the other person feeling insulted while the words themselves could be seen as not insulting.
This happens here AAAAAAAAAALL the time.

The atmosphere at A reminds me of that TV show Dynasty with Krystal and Alexis struggling to appear civil to each other while a cat fight constantly bubbles just below the surface. The nice-but-snotty comments are priceless.
I love to lurch there but will not support it by posting.
In B the claws come out and the mud slings and eventually truces develop but the place functions very well.
People get mad and leave, then they come back like flies to fly paper; they can't resist.

Recently several long-time rightie members of B left for C because they felt their religion was not being respected enough.
Weeks later many returned.

A certain type of person feels more comfortable on each.
Only a handful of people post in all 3, but I suspect the majority lurk on all.
 
I lurk on one professional forum where I would never, ever post. I find PS quite fulfilling and always have my questions answered here. Plus, I love the community. Yay, PS!
 
i have an interest that is for the most part unaddressed in this forum; therefore, there is another forum that interests me greatly. however, i now only lurk there rather than participate because while i share an interest with those that participate there, i do not share their politic. i do, though, want to have access to purchasing certain items and also want to keep on top of information regarding certain items as well.

mz
 
I only come to PS. I like it here, I think there is a nice variety of forums to choose from. I find that most people are pretty nice as well.
 
Only so much time in the day....

I had been posting on two other forums for awhile but the thing I was dealing with in one group finished up and I drifted away. The other started to have more and more ridiculous over-the-top stuff and when I left there was very little of the great debates & information that had drawn me to it originally.
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Currently I post in PS (obviously) and one other forum. The other forum is on a very different subject that is only briefly discussed on PS from time to time.
 
I often use forums as a research resource (which is how I found PS). I like to hear people''s first hand opinions on items/processes. When I''m interested in a car I lurk on automotive forums to see what''s been said by owners. When buying a house I looked up local forums to see what people''s opinions were on towns and the process of buying. When considering a camera I might lurk on a photography forum. When I was getting married I lurked on a wedding forum. Heck, I''ll even visit forums that are dedicated to my favorite TV shows to get get more insight from posters, haha. I''ve only been active on a handful of forums and some I''ve "outgrown". The only ones I still visit frequently is PS and a forum dedicated to Newfoundlands.
 
I moderate on a shark forum, and have been there since 2004. It''s super slow, so the owners are going to give it a make over and try to get some new posters with some sharky/ocean groups from FB.

There''s a private forum that I posted on constantly-until I discovered PS. Now I pop in now and again..it''s nice tho b/c they''re always happy to see you and you can just pick up where you left off. Small group and very family like.

And occasionally I get on a home and garden forum to ask questions when the decorating bug hits and I want to repaint a room.
 
This is the only one I post on now, I do lurk now and then on a couple other jewelery forums and a few gardening sites through facebook.
 
i moderate 4 other fora, 2 of them professionally, so don''t have as much time as I would like for PS!
 
No. I am on a couple of others.

ETA: But it didnt mean anything. And I was thinking of PS the whole time.
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