Diaries

[GreekStein]

Don't even know where to begin.

Blonde is good how it is now. I like it.

[TightEnd]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

[ohdear]

Each diary has it's own set of followers and not everyone reads every diary.  Like minds tend to flock together to a certain extent.  Pretty sure people will still go to the diary of their choice to post a topic, even if they're all placed in a new sub section.  Thing is, each diary has it's own special 'feel' and people who read them know what works in them.  They know what's of interest to the 'owner' and like to interact.  Posting those topics in the diary aids the interaction.  

Sure the owners of the diaries like to see people reading, but the readers like to read them too.  It's a two way street.  And fact is, while they may not be one person's cup of tea - there's a whole lot of viewer stats to suggest they appeal to many others.  I don't care if they're moved or not, but I don't believe for a minute they make any part of the forum look messy.  That's just silly.  Doesn't matter if it's a diary or some other thread.  Something's going to turn up there.

i don't disagree with any of that, trust me it's not that you've so well communicated your point that i don't get it or that im "blinkered" it's that maybe your missing the point, the point i'm making and the point being discussed about diaries and their broader impact on the growth and numbers on the forum, you say i'm blinkered but go on about how each diary has its special feel and its unique followers, lol just to let you know i understand what you're saying agree with it, mostly because thats what for the past 7 pages i've been saying is exactly the problem, keep up

[ohdear]

i think it was gatso who made the point about one of the most frustrating aspects of the diarys for him is that if someone had something, fun, entertaining etc that they wanted to share then instead of posting a thread about it in the lounge or rail it was just natural for them to automatically go to their favorite diary where 10 or so of there friends post and say: "wow look at this, what do we all think"?, it's become second nature

example of this from yesterday. I don't remember who it was but someone posted a video on tikay's diary about how people aren't very good at walking straight. as far as I can see there's no logical reason for posting it there. it probably got 2 or 3 comments as not everyone reads that thread and stuff on there gets lost in amongst the other stuff. if it had been posted on a new thread something like that would probs run to 2 or 3 pages of comments

because Manuels Mum, who posted it, thinks it will appeal to tikay

therefore could he not start a thread in the lounge entitled "FAO tikay" thus opening the subject up to a whole bunch of existing members than don't read tikays diarys as well as potential newbies

yes he could, but who is anyone to tell a poster where to post?  That's not what a community or forum is about

"but who is anyone to tell a poster where to post"?

responsible senior members that can see misplaced posts are causing people to miss out on good debates and interesting discussion?

[ohdear]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

i'm glad i remind you of arbboy, he turned up, got on everyone's nerves, turned out to be completely right though 

[TightEnd]

i think it was gatso who made the point about one of the most frustrating aspects of the diarys for him is that if someone had something, fun, entertaining etc that they wanted to share then instead of posting a thread about it in the lounge or rail it was just natural for them to automatically go to their favorite diary where 10 or so of there friends post and say: "wow look at this, what do we all think"?, it's become second nature

example of this from yesterday. I don't remember who it was but someone posted a video on tikay's diary about how people aren't very good at walking straight. as far as I can see there's no logical reason for posting it there. it probably got 2 or 3 comments as not everyone reads that thread and stuff on there gets lost in amongst the other stuff. if it had been posted on a new thread something like that would probs run to 2 or 3 pages of comments

because Manuels Mum, who posted it, thinks it will appeal to tikay

therefore could he not start a thread in the lounge entitled "FAO tikay" thus opening the subject up to a whole bunch of existing members than don't read tikays diarys as well as potential newbies

yes he could, but who is anyone to tell a poster where to post?  That's not what a community or forum is about

"but who is anyone to tell a poster where to post"?

responsible senior members that can see misplaced posts are causing people to miss out on good debates and intersting discussion?

obviously misplaced threads and posts are often moved by moderators. they are good at it

Someone posting something that doesn't break the forum guidelines in a diary of their choice is definitely not something a moderator is going to get involved in

It's personal choice of the poster. Would it be good if more people started new threads? Yes. Does that have to mean people don't post what they wish in diaries? No.

[smashedagain]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

Lol. Wtf is arbboy doing on a body building forum.  Ohdear is more likely to be Arnie than Arrboy

[TightEnd]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

i'm glad i remind you of arbboy, he turned up, got on everyone's nerves, turned out to be completely right though 

and your alter ego didn't know when to stop, either 

[GreekStein]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

i'm glad i remind you of arbboy, he turned up, got on everyone's nerves, turned out to be completely right though 

No no no.

That idiot came on and tried to tell us something we were unravelling ourselves the proper way. He just made it a more lengthy process and was actually a stumbling block for us finding out about the Blatch scam.

Good fail of a post there though.

[Marky147]

Can't please all the people all the time but comparing Blonde to UK-M is probably not really the way to go and as has been mentioned you can't go telling people where to post. What works in one place isn't going to be a good fit for another and I think that's the case here too.

The forum isn't perfect, it's a very good forum though and seems to be as good as I can remember it in my limited time as a regular poster.

Also fwiw I post on a lot of forums #waytoomuchtimeonmyhands #nolife

They all work although they are all very different and imo that's just life, of course people are going to post more in the diaries that are most applicable/relevant to them and in turn some members will miss out on some good threads.

I'm not going to speculate as to the financials of the forum as like you I have no clue and at present everything seems to be ticking along happily enough. Tikay is on a spin up, Tightend is getting his 100hrs updating a week and Mr Dempsey has enough change to keep him in Foie for the forseeable.

Also paragraphs please it is pretty hard to read your posts chief and some of your better points are probably being missed due to migraine onset midway through

[kinboshi]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

i'm glad i remind you of arbboy, he turned up, got on everyone's nerves, turned out to be completely right though 

No no no.

That idiot came on and tried to tell us something we were unravelling ourselves the proper way. He just made it a more lengthy process and was actually a stumbling block for us finding out about the Blatch scam.

Good fail of a post there though.

^^^ THIS

He didn't have a shift-key, return-key or the ability to use full stops either...

[Ironside]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

i'm glad i remind you of arbboy, he turned up, got on everyone's nerves, turned out to be completely right though 

No no no.

That idiot came on and tried to tell us something we were unravelling ourselves the proper way. He just made it a more lengthy process and was actually a stumbling block for us finding out about the Blatch scam.

Good fail of a post there though.

well said that man 100% in agreement all these people that think arbboy is some kind of hero have there heads up there own backsides blatch had been caught out before arbboy was even heard of he came on to rubber neck and came up with stuff and made public stuff that the boys in the know working on the case already knew

wait have i just agreed with greekstein must be something in the water normal service will resume soon ;-)

[smashedagain]

I wish oh dear would use capital letters and paragraphs like the rest of us. His posts are so tilting to try and wade through, it's just a big wall of text with the occasional decent point mixed in, it's just not worth the effort anymore.

Reminds me of arboby

ohdear, are you arbboy?

i'm glad i remind you of arbboy, he turned up, got on everyone's nerves, turned out to be completely right though 

No no no.

That idiot came on and tried to tell us something we were unravelling ourselves the proper way. He just made it a more lengthy process and was actually a stumbling block for us finding out about the Blatch scam.

Good fail of a post there though.

I have spoken with him quite a lot Cos but never about the Blatch stuff because it was before my time. He seems really knowledgable about all sorts of random stuff and I like and agree with a lot of stuff he has to say about poker.

Calling him an idiot is more like something I would and it takes a lot to wind you up. Do you hold a grudge against him and would you not welcome his return to blonde?

Just read Ironsides and kinboshi responses too. Guess the mods don't like him either

[celtic]

I'm meeting arbboy tonight. If ohdear is arbboy, I'm gonna hit him. Really hard.

[cambridgealex]

I don't know who of the diarists you're referring to when you say they don't contribute to other threads. Red and Tikay, you've already agreed post loads elsewhere. Greekstein does, mondatoo does, I certainly do (I mean I don't post in the betting section cos it's not my thing) maybe ant doesn't, but his diary is all personal content and he doesn't discuss issues that could be in a separate thread anyway.

I think all the diarists contribute loads to blonde in general, not just from having popular diarys that attract new members, but from their posts all over the forum.