BLOCK FEATURE II
Renee,
My whole point in the block comments is that we should never give others on a message board the POWER over us that would cause us to not have peace of mind.
It is important that people differentiate between the real world and the cyberworld and when that can't happen, it is time to step away from the computer and let it all go.
You say that the block feature keeps you from being nasty and ugly to some people. Don't let anyone on a message board have enough control over you to make you want to be nasty and ugly to them. It is a total waste of time and energy to let anyone have that influence on you. Your husband, your children, your co-workers, those you spend your daily and personal life with...sure, they will affect your emotions and feelings, but people on a message board...just don't let it bother you.
You don't have to block someone to avoid reading their post. There are several people that I don't read their post ... I just skip over them when I see their name--but it does not require blocking them to avoid being nasty and ugly to them. Just a little self control...(on most days.)
I guess the one thing the block feature would do would be that it could prevent PM's from being sent, but geez,
if someone really wants to say something bad enough, they will find a way.
And you are right---lots of people, myself included, get emailed or PM messages about things that are posted that others think we may want to see.
I say--just suck it up...forget the blocking and deal with each other as adults.
Iris Shimmer
Somwhere In, AL
Edward Facundus, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Member Since: 09/20/05
[Latest Posts] Post Date: 8/31/08 6:55 am
The block feature is to give you peace of mind. It will not keep anyone from reading your posts if the want to. What it does do is prevent me from reading posts from those I don't care for for one reason or another. If I can't see them or read them my feeling aren'yt hurt by anything that is said.
The truth is this.. we are on a message board. I have met many people on here in person. I care for most of them a great deal. Then there are those I don't care for, just like in real life.
Blocking them keeps me from being nasty and ugly to some people.
The folks I have blocked can log out and read what I post. That is no secret. I don't really care.
It makes me much more important in their lives than I should be.
BTW-- Most of the time I read what someone blocked has said I get it emailed to me in a PM.
Not that I ask for it..I just get it.
Have a reat day ya'll. Let's have peace and not worry about the past. We can change the past. We can only worry about what we do today.
My whole point in the block comments is that we should never give others on a message board the POWER over us that would cause us to not have peace of mind.
It is important that people differentiate between the real world and the cyberworld and when that can't happen, it is time to step away from the computer and let it all go.
You say that the block feature keeps you from being nasty and ugly to some people. Don't let anyone on a message board have enough control over you to make you want to be nasty and ugly to them. It is a total waste of time and energy to let anyone have that influence on you. Your husband, your children, your co-workers, those you spend your daily and personal life with...sure, they will affect your emotions and feelings, but people on a message board...just don't let it bother you.
You don't have to block someone to avoid reading their post. There are several people that I don't read their post ... I just skip over them when I see their name--but it does not require blocking them to avoid being nasty and ugly to them. Just a little self control...(on most days.)
I guess the one thing the block feature would do would be that it could prevent PM's from being sent, but geez,
if someone really wants to say something bad enough, they will find a way.
And you are right---lots of people, myself included, get emailed or PM messages about things that are posted that others think we may want to see.
I say--just suck it up...forget the blocking and deal with each other as adults.
Iris Shimmer
Somwhere In, AL
Edward Facundus, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Member Since: 09/20/05
[Latest Posts] Post Date: 8/31/08 6:55 am
The block feature is to give you peace of mind. It will not keep anyone from reading your posts if the want to. What it does do is prevent me from reading posts from those I don't care for for one reason or another. If I can't see them or read them my feeling aren'yt hurt by anything that is said.
The truth is this.. we are on a message board. I have met many people on here in person. I care for most of them a great deal. Then there are those I don't care for, just like in real life.
Blocking them keeps me from being nasty and ugly to some people.
The folks I have blocked can log out and read what I post. That is no secret. I don't really care.
It makes me much more important in their lives than I should be.
BTW-- Most of the time I read what someone blocked has said I get it emailed to me in a PM.
Not that I ask for it..I just get it.
Have a reat day ya'll. Let's have peace and not worry about the past. We can change the past. We can only worry about what we do today.
Carolyn~
Let me explain....
First I created a thread with the title of "DID YOU KNOW"
regarding the use of the BLOCK feature---
Then a new thread was created about the BLOCK FEATURE---because that poster really wanted to respond to my thread and make comments regarding it, but because they had utilized the block feature, they were unabe to do so without unblocking me.
(Although let me be perfectly clear here....my original comments about the block feature were not intended to imply anything about the poster that responded. I guess it was just that ... "if the shoe fits" thing that caused them to respond to my post.)
Likewise, I was unable to respond that that thread because of the poster having used the block feature so in order for me to make my comments back, I had to create yet another new thread...
Did all that make sense?
In reality -- it just proves my point from my first thread on the subject--THE BLOCK FEATURE IS NOT REALLY AN EFFECTIVE TOOL.
Anyway--while you may not have a dog in this fight, I bet you have some pretty nice fish--When is dinner?
I'll bring the slaw and hush puppies!
First I created a thread with the title of "DID YOU KNOW"
regarding the use of the BLOCK feature---
Then a new thread was created about the BLOCK FEATURE---because that poster really wanted to respond to my thread and make comments regarding it, but because they had utilized the block feature, they were unabe to do so without unblocking me.
(Although let me be perfectly clear here....my original comments about the block feature were not intended to imply anything about the poster that responded. I guess it was just that ... "if the shoe fits" thing that caused them to respond to my post.)
Likewise, I was unable to respond that that thread because of the poster having used the block feature so in order for me to make my comments back, I had to create yet another new thread...
Did all that make sense?
In reality -- it just proves my point from my first thread on the subject--THE BLOCK FEATURE IS NOT REALLY AN EFFECTIVE TOOL.
Anyway--while you may not have a dog in this fight, I bet you have some pretty nice fish--When is dinner?
I'll bring the slaw and hush puppies!
Carolyn~
Iris Shimmer
on 8/31/08 10:09 am
on 8/31/08 10:09 am
Carolyn,
This is somethng we do agree on..this is not a fight at all. You assumed I posted in response to your thread..but you don't know it for a fact. I do not hate you, in fact I am indifferent to your opinion of me. It really doesn't matter. Years ago, for reasons unknown to me , you decided you didn't like me. You don't even know me. All you know is what I post on a message board. That is a very small part of who I am. That being said, you were blocked because I didn't care what you had to say. I still don't, but since you addressed me directly, I thought a direct response best. I use the block feature because I CAN. It is a tool OH gave us . In some instances I have chosen to utilize it. Trying to intimate that I lack self control is laughable. I have plenty of it.. I have to because I live in a house with not just 1, but 2 teenage boys. No one on a any message board has power over me. It is a message board. PERIOD. Please, go on your way and I will go mine. I don't wish you ill at all. I am not mean and malcious. Nor am I like a "snake" as you so proudly declare in your signature line. I am who I am, I choose who and what I respond too. I also choose those I wish absolutely no connection with, and you are one of those few.
This is somethng we do agree on..this is not a fight at all. You assumed I posted in response to your thread..but you don't know it for a fact. I do not hate you, in fact I am indifferent to your opinion of me. It really doesn't matter. Years ago, for reasons unknown to me , you decided you didn't like me. You don't even know me. All you know is what I post on a message board. That is a very small part of who I am. That being said, you were blocked because I didn't care what you had to say. I still don't, but since you addressed me directly, I thought a direct response best. I use the block feature because I CAN. It is a tool OH gave us . In some instances I have chosen to utilize it. Trying to intimate that I lack self control is laughable. I have plenty of it.. I have to because I live in a house with not just 1, but 2 teenage boys. No one on a any message board has power over me. It is a message board. PERIOD. Please, go on your way and I will go mine. I don't wish you ill at all. I am not mean and malcious. Nor am I like a "snake" as you so proudly declare in your signature line. I am who I am, I choose who and what I respond too. I also choose those I wish absolutely no connection with, and you are one of those few.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Exactly as I said in my post Renee..this was not a dog fight, it was not a cat fight...it was not a fight at all.
Yes, I do assume your post was in response to the thread I had started about the block feature. Seems a bit obvious when I make that post and your come right along and make a different thread about it....could be wrong but I would be willing to bet my life that I am not.
I don't like you? Not true...you are not someone that I would choose to pal around with and you are not someone I would choose to be my best friend---but I would not waste my energy on not liking. Unless you crop up on the board somewhere, you are never in the forethought of my mind. You are right...I don't know you and I don't care to. There are a limited number of people of the board that I have actually taken the time to get to "know." Out of all those that come and go, it is impossible to forge true friendships with all of them, so it is more reasonable to find those few that you can connect with and bond with and keep the true friendships to that. Others, are acqaintances--do I care what happens to most on the board and do I share in the good and bad with them---yes...but true friendships don't come a dime a dozen and take time and effort to develop.
You are welcome to block me Renee, it does not hurt my feelings one little bit....trust me, if you say something that I need to know, SOMEONE will let me know. I knew when it happened today--huh?
You yourself said you use the block feature to prevent yourself from being nasty to some people. That indicates that YOU ALONE can not control yourself without a tool to assist you. That is a lack of self control. (In my opinion)
Please go my way? Where do you think I have been?
I have been going my way all along--not faltering to the whims and desires of others. I have stood steadfast as the person that I am--never caving to the demands of others and remaining consistent over time. I am the same person today that I was when I first came to this board. No one has to wonder who I am or where I am coming from.
Renee--you have repeatedly tried to make me out to be a bad person--you have not yet succeded and you won't ever. It is a waste of your time to try and do so. I do know --- not only on this board but on others, you do have quiet a reputation of being a troublemaker. I invite anyone to go over to the DS board and bring up your name---or to read back over the past year of your posting to that board and see what I am talking about.
Are you mean and malicious? I don't know...I do recall some very mean and malicious things you have said about me but that is water under the bridge and I have forgiven you for that....
Likewise, I am not mean and malicious---people who know me know that and those that don't know me, well I am not concerned about their opinions.
A snake--yes I do proudly declare that in my signature line...Like I said...that snake sits quietly until it is stepped upon, THEN it strikes back. See, if you leave me alone, I leave you alone--but if you step on me, I will strike back.
You choose no connection with me? Do you think that you are going to offend me by that or reduce me to tears because you won't be my friend. Renee, grow up--this is not kindergarten and we are adults. We are not here to try and win popularity contest. I am proud to be one of those few that you choose to have no connection with---
Yes, I do assume your post was in response to the thread I had started about the block feature. Seems a bit obvious when I make that post and your come right along and make a different thread about it....could be wrong but I would be willing to bet my life that I am not.
I don't like you? Not true...you are not someone that I would choose to pal around with and you are not someone I would choose to be my best friend---but I would not waste my energy on not liking. Unless you crop up on the board somewhere, you are never in the forethought of my mind. You are right...I don't know you and I don't care to. There are a limited number of people of the board that I have actually taken the time to get to "know." Out of all those that come and go, it is impossible to forge true friendships with all of them, so it is more reasonable to find those few that you can connect with and bond with and keep the true friendships to that. Others, are acqaintances--do I care what happens to most on the board and do I share in the good and bad with them---yes...but true friendships don't come a dime a dozen and take time and effort to develop.
You are welcome to block me Renee, it does not hurt my feelings one little bit....trust me, if you say something that I need to know, SOMEONE will let me know. I knew when it happened today--huh?
You yourself said you use the block feature to prevent yourself from being nasty to some people. That indicates that YOU ALONE can not control yourself without a tool to assist you. That is a lack of self control. (In my opinion)
Please go my way? Where do you think I have been?
I have been going my way all along--not faltering to the whims and desires of others. I have stood steadfast as the person that I am--never caving to the demands of others and remaining consistent over time. I am the same person today that I was when I first came to this board. No one has to wonder who I am or where I am coming from.
Renee--you have repeatedly tried to make me out to be a bad person--you have not yet succeded and you won't ever. It is a waste of your time to try and do so. I do know --- not only on this board but on others, you do have quiet a reputation of being a troublemaker. I invite anyone to go over to the DS board and bring up your name---or to read back over the past year of your posting to that board and see what I am talking about.
Are you mean and malicious? I don't know...I do recall some very mean and malicious things you have said about me but that is water under the bridge and I have forgiven you for that....
Likewise, I am not mean and malicious---people who know me know that and those that don't know me, well I am not concerned about their opinions.
A snake--yes I do proudly declare that in my signature line...Like I said...that snake sits quietly until it is stepped upon, THEN it strikes back. See, if you leave me alone, I leave you alone--but if you step on me, I will strike back.
You choose no connection with me? Do you think that you are going to offend me by that or reduce me to tears because you won't be my friend. Renee, grow up--this is not kindergarten and we are adults. We are not here to try and win popularity contest. I am proud to be one of those few that you choose to have no connection with---
Carolyn~
Iris Shimmer
on 8/31/08 11:11 am
on 8/31/08 11:11 am
Well said Carolyn, I feel the same. You made an assumption..you were wrong. And sometimes, yes I need tools to help me on way..that is the reason I had bypass surgery. We all need tools at various points in our lives. CArs, homes, microwaves, televisions..these are all tools of the human race. Don't tell me you have never used them.
You too are not someone I would choose to be friends with. You are not my type of friend. With a friend like you I don't think anyone needs enemies.
As far as trying to make you into a vile person..you do that on your own. I don't have that much control over anyone and I wouldn't want to. I think you just get upset when I don't run and hide or cowtow to you.
Posting on the DS board, yes I did. But you don't know the whole story. There are 2 sides to every thing. Did I make the trouble..no I didn't. Did I defend my choices? Yes I did.
As far as you going on your way..there are several times you have responded to my posts that I ignored. There was one about a particular yogurt I buy that is only available at one store..yet you responded you got it at another store. Impossible, because the brand was particular to the store I buy from.
The major difference between you and I Carolyn is that I have changed. You state that you have not. If we don't change we cannot grow as people. So maybe I have grown, and you have not. I don't know. I don't care to know . Now I have said my piece. I will not respond to you again, as I don't feel you are worthy of a response. You have not had surgery, yet you come here like you know something. Experience is the best teacher, and you have none as far as RNY. You have a great night with your "friends". I know I will with mine.
You too are not someone I would choose to be friends with. You are not my type of friend. With a friend like you I don't think anyone needs enemies.
As far as trying to make you into a vile person..you do that on your own. I don't have that much control over anyone and I wouldn't want to. I think you just get upset when I don't run and hide or cowtow to you.
Posting on the DS board, yes I did. But you don't know the whole story. There are 2 sides to every thing. Did I make the trouble..no I didn't. Did I defend my choices? Yes I did.
As far as you going on your way..there are several times you have responded to my posts that I ignored. There was one about a particular yogurt I buy that is only available at one store..yet you responded you got it at another store. Impossible, because the brand was particular to the store I buy from.
The major difference between you and I Carolyn is that I have changed. You state that you have not. If we don't change we cannot grow as people. So maybe I have grown, and you have not. I don't know. I don't care to know . Now I have said my piece. I will not respond to you again, as I don't feel you are worthy of a response. You have not had surgery, yet you come here like you know something. Experience is the best teacher, and you have none as far as RNY. You have a great night with your "friends". I know I will with mine.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
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