the lounge discussion v. september 2016

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alasdairm said:
^ thanks.

because it's part of a larger community and it has little value to that greater community as a deliberately and aggressively non-inclusive playground for a small number of participants.

not least, the ownership and senior staff of the site would like it to be a more positive, welcoming place.

i need to read and digest the feedback here to ensure it gets the attention it deserves. as i indicated in my announcement, next steps would likely include:

- rewriting The Lounge guidelines to clearly lay out expectations.
- review the forum moderator team and make changes if/as necessary.
- making The Lounge visible to all users and available for posting to all registered users

that should take a day or so. maybe two.

thanks to (almost :) ) everybody who provided their thoughts.

alasdair
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So pretty much Lounge 2008?

If the owners want a more welcoming place why not get involved? I assume they have alts that post because I for the life of me have never seen them participate in anything other than Maps spam and the occasional RIP thread
 
I have 8 pages of this thread to catch up on. I've been so busy with everything today I didn't have the time to read every post in this thread. All I got when I skimmed through is that bombo had some good ideas.

Can someone give me an executive summary of the last 8 pages?
 
it's sad but i know he's always watching over us

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Cosmic Giraffe said:
what you got going on tonight mikeo?
I'm off tomorrow, but even if I wasn't i would probably still be awake
I don't want to sleep anymore for some reason
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i'll be at school all day tomorrow and just have to finish some math hw then try and sleep

i was hoping the lounge would reopen so i could post during my breaks cuz i have no IRL friends
 
I went on a camping trip for a few days.

I come back and we're all arguing. :(

Can we all hug and make up?

In all seriousness, I do agree that things have divulged into a mess of negative posts and hate-talk. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to push back to prove they're strong enough to not put up with that b.s. I never really saw a kind side to the lounge and it used to piss me off, but we live in a much different world now.

The world I see these days is one of apocalypse via suicide. :(

I think some people might be taking their daily frustrations out in a (somewhat) anonymous forum, screaming to have their voices heard. Perhaps their families ignore them, playing on their phones. Perhaps they're confused because their best friend is in prison and now they feel alone. Perhaps they have never felt a closeness and connection to anyone and have no other way to vent than to share anger via shitposting. Perhaps I need to go back and look at my own posts and check their accuracy and forgiveness!

If you walk into the ghetto and you keep your head up, walking proudly, someone will eventually beat the shit out of you. If you walk with your head low, someone will eventually take what you have on your person.

The world has evolved into a dog-eat-dog existence. It's sad, but it's just something to remember. I haven't read all of the pages of comment, but this might have been a long time coming that I didn't see before.
 
MikeOekiM said:
maybe with the lounge closed i'll make some new friends

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mike big ufc 205 coming to madison square garden.

predictions? conor gonna get that 155belt? woodley gonna be able to stop wonder boy? gonna be the best card ever
 
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