greg might just get angry very soon

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 02:09 PM

Joe, I completely agree with Greg and SharonA. But I'd take it one step further and suggest that there is no need to combine threads at all. Catters are quick to post links to older threads and that is enough. And anyone who wants to reenter the new discussion, can.

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 02:24 PM

"MB" Should really be $$M$$$$$$$$$B$$. Those sites CH mentioned carry commercial interests handled in a variety of ways, and they are funded for the increased BW (band width or bratty whiners, take your pick). This place, OTOH (oh the old ho!), runs by a higher order of management, which is voluntary leadership that seeks input and implements what can be done creatively.

I wish we still had the $5 fine for whining. It made for a better quality of whining, because as we all know, you tend to get what you pay for.

~Susan

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 02:58 PM

"Those sites CH mentioned carry commercial interests"

Ummm... Ever site on the net has commercial interests... If for no other reason than that it costs money to have a site...

This place is no different than any other Message Board on the net...

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 03:07 PM

Well, I've never come across one like it. And I have looked.

Every now and then various people on the Cat have said stuff like that - but when they've come up with their suggestions for sites which are comparable to the Cat or even better and I've had a look, they just aren't in the same league. Clearly tastes differ. That is fortunate - otherwise this place would be horribly overcrowded.

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 03:19 PM

"Clearly tastes differ"

Zactly!

And that's part of my point... just about every Message Board on the net claims to be a 'community'... They're all just Message Boards... Not that that's a bad thing...

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 03:30 PM

No ads, CH? No spam for joining?

~S~

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 03:47 PM

Gallons of 'em...

millions that do of course, ya... but millions that don't either...

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 04:05 PM

Examples?

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 08:26 PM

Claiming to be a community and being a community are not quite the same thing. But if you can come up with some places that really are comparable, by all means let us have them. I hate to think of the Cat ever folding, but even worse is the idea of the Cat folding without there being any real alternative to move to and link up with old friends.

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: GUEST,rangeroger
Date: 20 Sep 02 - 09:10 PM

My 2 cents worth on the webtv aspect.

I've been accessing the Mudcat via webtv for over 2 1/2 years now. When this discussion came up I decided to test some of it's capabilities. I brought up the "Killing the Thread" thread and found I was able access about 390 posts. I can't remember what the total was on it but I think somewhere around 500.

msn has recently added a utilities program for webtv users so I checked on my connection speed and it shows as 26,400 bps(compressed). I have a dial-up connection at 128k.

I don't know what greg is using in the UK, but it does seem to be rather limited based on my terminals performance.

I have found that today I haven't been able to access the Mudcat through my regular bookmarks. I am posting this by using the IP provided by Max. part of the utility program was the capability to reset or clear my cookie cache. I tried it on one of my other user accounts and may have inadvertantly cleared everything.

Will check it out and be back.

rr

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Sep 02 - 12:02 AM

If it makes you feel better, Joe, you could make a mistake and I wouldn't recogmise it with my level of technological knowledge.

What does worry me is your attempt to use intelligence, logic, and reason. That could have terrible effects.

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 21 Sep 02 - 02:36 AM

McGrath, I can show you a "commercial" site that is more of a community, at least for me. Carol prefers the Mudcat. In that community, people are generally friendlier and closer, without any cliques, No one can post as GUEST and threads have pages 40 posts long. I've met about a hundred members at five different gatherings including people from as far away as Wales and Australia. Problem is, it helps if you play guitar. Go to www.acousticguitar.com. Look for the discussion forums. The community feeling is particularly strong in "Talk Talk Talk".

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 20-Sep-02 - 08:26 PM

Claiming to be a community and being a community are not quite the same thing. But if you can come up with some places that really are comparable, by all means let us have them. I hate to think of the Cat ever folding, but even worse is the idea of the Cat folding without there being any real alternative to move to and link up with old friends.

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Sep 02 - 02:05 PM

I had a look, and I'll have another. But in my experience all communities have their cliques and their squabbles, and that's fair enough, providing that kind of thing doesn't go over the top. And, even in music terms, guitar playing is only a small part of it for me (even thouugh that's what I play most if the time), and I can't imagine enjoying a session which was all guitars.

But thanks - that's closer to the spot than most of the ones I've seen.

Subject: RE: greg might just get angry very soon
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 21 Sep 02 - 11:34 PM

It was a mistake to make KatLaughing a clone.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Now JOE OFFER has bought into the pussy's philosophy and is changing things willy-nilly all over the place.

Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

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Hey, Gargoyle, I admit I screwed up on this one - but I fixed it back as soon as I found the error of my ways.
I still contend that there are times when it's good to combine threads, like when there are multiple threads running on the same topic at the same time, or to avoid splitting discussion of a song into too many parts when people have started separate threads for request/add/chords/lyrics/tune/origins.
I'm still learning. Can you expect more of me?
-Joe Offer-