Have you or your friends been suspended from Askville?

@marissa, so… what’s the story? Why were you suspended? Is there a link you can provide where we can ready some of the backstory?

Yeah, why’d you get suspended?

No, I haven’t been suspended, at least not at this point, but I want a place that all my friends will be welcome, so I’ve posted this, please forward it to anyone that would be interested. I know some are on Facebook, but I don’t really know how to use it. Also, just so you know, if I disappear from this discussion, I have little ones that might need my attention without me getting a chance to say ‘bye’ :0)

Ah… they’ve been identified as harassers… subject to a sudden reckoning against what apparently was previously lax enforcement of terms & use guidelines.

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BTW, every time I go and look at Askville or Answers or whatever, it’s always so refreshing to return to the clean and elegant layout of the Fluther site. Seriously, I don’t know how those people get on over there.

I’ve posted that I suspended myself for 7 days in protest and probably won’t be back. Askville was lax with their policy, said in their blog they needed to clean it up—and then swooped in and cut off many heads.

PC Police!
SeekerSeeking… Oh, and I’ve asked others to join me in voluntary suspensions.

http://askville.typepad.com/askville_blog/2008/08/community-guide.html

Yes, but they are mostly good people, it is a long story. I don’t want to carry over the negativity here to Fluther.

Hi Seeker! I just wanted some place that we could all hang out together :0) I came across Fluther months ago and although I haven’t been here much, it is a great place and everyone I have met here has been really nice and fun!

Yes, it looks like I’ll be wanting a new space. I wish I had the real email addys for the suspended—anybody know any?

Thanks
Thanks for staring the site Marissa

Oh, seeker, I didn’t start this site, some other brillant people did that, I just came across it. Ironically, I found it while researching an answer for Askville…lol

Hello! I am one of the outcasts – was TurboB at askville. To clear up a few things – none of us got any advance warning that we were going to get the boot. Tried to log on and got a full page “you account has been suspended” message. I am not really too upset about being suspended, as I do admit that I had in the past harrassed members, and that is what the blog said was going to happen. What is upsetting is the 3 strike rule. I have been in contact with several of the suspended members, and all of them have stated they will not return after the 7 days are up. We have all joined other boards. I do have e-mail addresses of several of the other members, however, do not feel right about sharing them. If there are any messages I can relay, let me know!

Eureka, please just let them know that they can find me and some other here :0)

Hi all! I have been a bit out of the loop while moving but can you explain the problem to me , marissa?

Will do, Marissa. And Seeker – your protest suspension is very much appreciated by all of us “outlaws’!

Hi Marissa, Thanks for posting this question. I was suspended from Askville today. I just received an email from the Askville Team letting me know that the suspension will last for 7 day’s, beginning today. I have 3 strikes against me. If I receive one more strike within the next 3 months, I will be banned for good. After the 3 months are up, my standing will return to no-strikes. I hope to meet that deadline and rejoin Askville as a member in good standing.

I was able to find your question on Askville without signing-in. It was quite easy to find the question, because Askville allows one to not sign-in, but does allow one to read the questions and discussion boards.

I’m sad that I was suspended, but I’m not surprised. After the time a few of us, who also have been suspended, had with dealing with layyla, and not dealing well, we fell into the same kind of harassing tactics as she. I was no better than layyla was. Because I knew better.

BTW, this is Lin.

Ed, I emailed you. I don’t want to point fingers here. I want this to be our ‘happy place’...lol

Oh Lin, it is good to ‘see’ you! {{{HUG}}}

You are a very big person to be able to say that, however, I think the powers that be that let it get out of control hold most of the responsibility for the situation.

Hi guys! Yes…it’s me. Cak. I forgot I had this account!

BTW, here is a Q that I asked that the responses may help everyone that is new here.
http://www.fluther.com/disc/13820/im-new-here-can-some-one-please-link-me-to-what/

My apologies for the long link, but I don’t know how people do it where they have a word that is the link (like robmandu did above). If anyone can tell me how that would be great…hey I can ask that here!

Hi Cak!

Hi marissa! I’m confused, but going to figure this place out, eventually!

Thanks Marissa, my name on here is “bookmarks.” I’m just like Cak, I forgot I had this account, too. I took the name bookmarks after a creative writing story I wrote for a question asked by Late2Serenity, about her constantly losing bookmarks.

Hi Cak, Gosh, it’s only been a few hours and I miss my Askville friends so much. When I saw who was suspended, I couldn’t believe it. At that point, I hadn’t been suspended. My final words today on Askviller were “Oh my God!” That was when when someone wrote a comment letting us know who was suspended. Then, the hammer hit me! <boing!>

{{{{{{{{{{HUGS]]]]]]]]]]]]] To you, too, Marissa, and to Cak, SeekerSeeking, EdFoug and Trubo, yep! you, too, turbo! :)

I think I found an answer to my question “here“http://www.fluther.com/disc/19488/how-do-you-add-a-link-in-a-fluther-question/

oops it didn’t work….
here

Yeah, it worked!

Welcome outcasts! We at Fluther are proud to be the Australia of q&a sites. Take look at the guidelines, steep yourself in the culture, and welcome!

Remember as well, you can PM other users.

Will someone let me know how I can find this question once I sign-off? ~ bookmarks/Lin

Australia reference: um, where the criminals were sent back in the day? Nice!

When do I get my cool accent?

Oh wait. I already got one.

Thanks for the welcome Andrew!

@robmandu: Apropos, no?

Lin, I think if you go to your account, it should show up…but I’m still a newbie here, so maybe someone with more experience can help…

Lin! Bookmarks! I don’t know how to pm on this site…could you tell me or Pm me, I’d give you my email for you and all other outcasts! I’d like to write them or have you tell them I’d like to write them….hope my now unblinking green eye helps you folks know, it’s me the SeekerSeeking!!!

And thanks Andrew for the Aussie welcome, Mate! ;-)

@Andrew, certainement.

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@seeker, just click on a person’s name or avatar to be presented with PM ability.

Hi, Andrew. Thank you for the welcome! :)

Seeker/Seeking, I’d recognize your eye anywhere! When I figure out how to get around this site, I’ll send you a pm with my email address and you can give me yours.

The best way for me to figure out who was suspended, was to go to Nutty’s friends list and scan each page. It’s wonderful that she has so many friends. It pays to be the leader of the Welcome wagon at Askville.

Andrew, Thank you for your greeting! BTW, we’re not all outcasts. Just Tubor and me, so far! Until the next shoe drops! ~ bookmarks/Lin

this thread is like a soap opera.. Or something along those lines.. But welcome outcasts! (is that your group name or something?)

Hey, I like that name—we be the OutCasts….if I may be so bold as to join you without [yet] getting suspended!!!

And thanks for telling me how to Pm…is it Robmandu??? They COULD made the names a bit bigger for us ‘reading impaired’ folks! hint hint!

Ahhhhhhhhhh…I’m happy to know this place…

SeekerSeekingOutCast

Oh blush, so it’s an Aussie Reference, sorry missed that. It’s late…

Thanks for the welcome TheHaight! (didn’t I tell you Askville guys the folks here are great and really nice).

heh… maybe a band name would work for you guys.

SeekerSeeking, I just sent you a PM on fluther with my home email address.

The Haight, Thanks for the greeting!

Andrew, Robmandu and TheHaught (and any other regulars out there reading this), just please let us know, if any of us newbies get too annoying or breach any Fluther ettiquette. I’m all about playing nice :0)

HI THERE!

check out the e-mail!

In response to feedback from the community we have begun stricter enforcement of our policy on harassment, and this includes retroactive enforcement for the sake of the greater community. Please review our current community guidelines and terms of service:

http://askville.typepad.com/askville_blog/2008/08/community-guide.html

We have reviewed your behavior and have seen instances where there was an intent to harass another individual on Askville. As a result we have suspended your account for a length of 7 days. Along with the suspension comes a 3-strike assessment against your account. These 3-strikes will be in place until a 3-month period of your behavior in accordance with our policy is observed, after which they will be removed from your record.

Be aware that this stricter enforcement has affected other members of the community. So long as we could see there was intent to harass another individual the result was suspension of that member’s account for 7 days along with the 3-strike assessment.

It’s with regret that we take this action as we clearly see that you’ve also provided value to the community. If you do decide to come back to Askville we’d ask that you abide by our terms of service and community guidelines. It is our belief that stricter enforcement on harassment will play a part in Askville being a safer place for people to interact.

Thanks,
The Askville Mayor

no warning, no nothing, just suspension. lovely!

oh yeah, guess who. bet it won’t be hard!

Hi avvoooo! We’re just having fun here getting to know some of the Fluther folk. Stick around here for seven days and you’ll see what a great place this is.

< < off to pop some popcorn as this drama unfolds…

Here is a Q you Askvillers might want to post on….

i had an accomplice post the letter on av. we discussed the possibilty of that putting her on the hit list, but she hasn’t done anything other… who knows? she’s on vacation for the next week anyway!

At least we can provide you all with some entertainment….

I’ll always remember this day as the famous Askville Boat Lift! Welcome to your new home.

WE’RE “THE ASKVILLE 17” NOW! WOOHOO!

Thanks for the welcome shilolo!

Hey avvooo, “The askville 17”, what about us who haven’t been banned, but just love you ‘bad boys’ (and girls) so much we can’t stay away from you :0P

Shilolo, LOL, the “Askville Boat Lift.” I hope it’s nothing like the “Cuban Boat Lift” to the US in the 1970s. Castro sent all the so-called misfits and crazy’s.

Thanks for the welcome!

Marissa, when you go back online to Askville, will you as “RG” how she avoided the suspension? ;)
~ Lin

How about the Askville 17 Plus——cause I want to be in the plusssss!! I’m outcastng my self….!

Lin, I’m not sure about ‘RG’ myself, perhaps she will be before tomorrow.

Okay, this rebel is heading off to bed…got court in the am! Wish me luck against disgruntled employee…

I’ll check in tomorrow. NityNite!

I think I’ll join you guys for the week, maybe even for good :)

I need a change of scenery

Avvooo….someone posted the letter

Good luck in court, SeekerSeeking!!

Marissa, I know “RG” hasn’t been suspended, I can see her Pooh avatar when I look into Askville’s window. I can peek, but I can’t enter the door! Say hi to mighty, autumn, rg, VB, smiley, alley and all our friends on the Party Board for me. I’m all partied out for at least a week.

KnottyNiki, How the heck are you? It’s Lin. Good to see some friendly faces here.

mighty’s out too… and i provided the letter to unicornx to post

I have a question for Fluther. When do you think Questville will begin? :-P

Mighty’s out??? How could that sweet chickie be out?

avvooooo, Mighty’s out. Oh, you’re talking about MightyCow. I meant mightymite.

I love you Lin, but I may scream if I see Questville questions on Fluther….LOL

Oh so were talking about the mighty cow, not the mighty chick….

Marissa, Just kidding! I promise I won’t ask any more questions about that topic!

BTW, all you Fluther regulars out there, I don’t want us to appear ‘cliqueish’, you have all been so welcoming, if any of our comments are too ‘insider info’ like and you would like us to explain, please just ask.

But Marissa we are cliqueish!

But we are a welcoming clique (is that an oxymoron sp?)

Not if you wrote it.

So, if Mamasu, RG, autumn, mightymite and others are on Facebook, why aren’t we there?

My problem with Facebook is that it’s too busy looking with all that clutter all over the place. I think this site is nice, because all of us can hold a conversation, instead of one at a time, like on Facebook. Unless there is a way to hold a group conversation there, but we just haven’t been able to figure out how to go about it.

gallileo girl is on with another account… “gginexile”

Oh yeah, I saw that galileogirl was suspended, too.

i’ve had facebook for YEARS so i guess i’m used to it. it wasn’t bad until applications turned up

Do you mean galileogirl is on with another account on Askville? Or on Fluther?

She’s on askville right now. I just saw a post from her. She isn’t even trying to hide her identity. Too funny.

She’s going to totally be banned from Askville.

on as “gginexile” and signing all her posts with her “real name”

So far, I like this a lot better than Facebook. It seems cleaner, but thats just me. I like it a lot so far. :)

Me too!

I just hope this site doesn’t start to give out “gold.”

I definitely like it better here, I am sooooo confused on Facebook, I need a ‘Facebook for Dummies’.

LOL!!

Ya know, not to sound critical, because I don’t know what all they have on their plate, but what is with the Askville stuff that just keeps flopping….
Questville (I know – I should be screaming at myself)
Askville Town Square
Bonus Questions
Topic Bulletin Board feature

I think they just don’t have enough staffing.

Oh and I almost forgot that voting super power thing awhile ago….

Oh God, yeah!

Aaahhh…Big ideas, small staff

Marissa, KnottyNikki, You’re going to have to be our link to our other “world,” Askville. Let we “outcasts” know what the scoop is with the latest happenings there.

Question for the Outcast 17 Plus clique: what’s gold?

Is it similar to lurve?

yes, it is similar to lurve, but lurve is much nicer, because lurve is given freely and with love. Gold has to be earned by asking, answering and voting on questions. The higher the rating for your answer the more gold. Unlike here, only those that ask or answer the question can rate the answer, it is competitive.

I never heard of lurve.

@bookmarks, I just clicked on “Great Answer” for you. Which then gives you +5 lurve points. And now you’re up to 18.

Lurve is the number next to your name. You get it when folks click ‘great answer’ on your comments and for other reasons too.

Oh, Thank you, robmandu! That’s very sweet of you. ;)

luvre

you know, you can lurk still… but not being able to comment is frustrating.

Sorry, “luvre.”

avvooooo, I was lurking a bit, that’s how I found this question Marissa asked. I don’t know if you read one of my prior comments here. I found out who most of the Askviller’s who were banned are by scrolling through Nutty’s Friends list. She has over 1000 friends!

Good to ‘see’ you PnL!

VB, You found us! Yippee!! ~ Lin/lin/Lin_Boop.

Hellllllllllooooo all my Askville Friends! Lin, Marissa, Ed, VB – I have missed you guys :). I am glad to see you all here and hope you decide to stick around. If you people have any Qs, please feel free to PM me. I just logged into my Askville, and I haven’t been kicked out. Though the fact that I have been inactive there for the last few months, I would be rather surprised if they managed to get any dirt on me.

I have found fluther to be a better site in terms of web design and simplicity. I would recommend you all run through the guidelines real quick just to get a feel for this place. Once again, welcome!

Hi PnL, It’s wonderful to see you! I wondered what happened to you.

Where’s VB?
Here’s Nutty’s Friends

I’m not crazy, I saw VacationBoy crafting a response. Then he disappeared.

Hi Lin. I blame (thank) marissa for it completely! Her question on Askville about Fluther is what brought me here :) And I saw VB crafting a response too. Now why is my favorite bartender hiding?

VB!!! {{{HUGS}}}

I got kind of lost——shocker, I know. I was just thinking that “The Outcasts” is almost as good as “The Hugely Irrelevants”.
Hi everybody!

marissa – Who’s the stalker now…Mwahhaaaaa! LOL!

Hi VB! I was a bad boop and got spanked by Mr. Mayor.

PnL, thanks for the link to guidelines, I’m hoping this Q and discussion doesn’t violate this rule “Off-topic chatter or an inside joke”. I hope I’m behaving here.

Tsk, tsk…Lin/lin…You always walk right along the edge, don’t you? Ooops! Aree we not supposed to go off topic? What is the topic?

Yeah, you get to stalk me VB! I’m so excited!

Are typos acceptable here? I’ll try to do better…

I think this Q can be excused from the general guidelines since it involves a bunch of newbies (to this site) reuniting. As for general chatter, discussions don’t go as long here as they do in askville. But that’s because we have a real live chat room for that :). I am a chat moderator, and will PM whoever wants a chat room link. We don’t keep it public so as to avoid trolls.

VB, I was trying to be good, but then you left Askville for a while and I didn’t have your guidance to take me back to good side of the ville.

I’d love a chat room link. However, I think, if it is okay with the Fluther regulars, we should keep ‘visiting’ here, so if any other Askville newbies show up, they can see we are here.

soooo… question. don’t think i’ll use it, my style is too distinctive… if i switch wireless networks… does that affect my ip address?

Marissa, I think we’re following the guidelines here. If I remember, 2 of your topics for this question are “chat” and “Askville.”

@ marissa – i agree you should continue talking her to welcome the other askvillers.
@ avo – that will affect your IP address

I’m a super-newbie, so I’ll look to PnL to give us some guidance…Don’t want to mess up somebody’s nice clean floors..

ooookie dookie! good to know. i thought that was it, but didn’t want to post on av and give people ideas.

VB, Were you shocked when you went on Askville tonight and saw that some of your friends were suspended?

A question whose answer should be obvious, but I’ll exploit my ignorance for as long as I can. How do I find this discussion again? Is there a search feature? And why don’t I read about the site instead of vbothering everyone?

I was a bit dumbfounded as I hadn’t been on AV for a week or so..

@VB – to answer your Q, to find this discussion again, it will show under your “Activity for You” which can be found under your username in the top left hand corner

VB, it should show up in your profile, I also search ‘Askville’.

PnL, you are a doll, thanks for helping us all.

Also, I have made this temporary chat room especially for the new members, so you can talk instantly, if you would like to join it.

I’m going to have to sign-off. Got a lot to do tomorrow, and need to get some sleep. It’s been wonderful to see my friends tonight. I was feeling a bit low after being suspended. I hope to see you tomorrow.

PnL, Thank you for setting up the temporary chat room!

Night-night!

Woot!

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I think you can access the comment even if you are banned.

Hi there Goldie!

Wow, went to get my hair done, came home and I’d been booted from AV.

hey goldie! join us in the chat room if you can spare the time

I guess I need to comment so I can find this again?

<anxiously awaits the flood of iPhone / favorite t-shirt / Mac vs. PC questions>

Welcome to Fluther BTW :)

Welcome mighty!

Thanks for the welcome Dave!

@mm – you can also follow threads by clicking “Start Following” under the Q description (for future use)

OK, thank you!

If you aren’t banned and have an Askville account, you can put http://www.fluther.com as your website on your profile, then folks will know where to look for you.

jaw drops!

Welcome new folks. Anyone PnL vouches for is OK by me. Enjoy our Zen simplicity.

@breedmitch – aww i appreciate that compliment :)

I have been spending the past week learning Facebook (and discovering how many people I know who are also on Facebook) but now I suspect I will be spending the next week learning to fluther.

I like a couple of the games on Facebook and the way to stay in touch with relatives and post fotos and such, but the question answering and writing is missing from there, so I imagine I will become active here.

Interesting site.

welcome darwin! if you have any Qs, feel free to ask me or leave a message in this thread.

I was actually going to bed when I stumbled on fluther and the Askvillians (meaning “bad” Askvillers) here. I am sure I will have questions eventually but right now I really do need to sleep. :-)

Hasta manana!

It’s manana. I found you guys. You can’t get away from me!

I wish there were time stamps on here. Hi autumn!

Hi mighty. Does this picture make me look fat?

Nope. It’s adorable!

Haha. I guess PC123 will be here any minute! (hopefully)

I better get back to work. I took a 15 min. break 45 minutes ago! SYWISY!

Good morning, AV17+. It’s like a ghost town over there.

<< looking around… looks nice here!

I love the little sayings they put up by your username (top left)...so funny.

hi mm! I’m learning my way around on here.

Me too…I’m afraid if I venture out of this question I will get lost! haha

Good morning folks! Thanks for the welcome breedmitch.
Good morning Divalicious (do I know you?)
Autumn, mighty and Darwin – great to see you!
I hope mamasu and the rest of the gang find us!
Mighty, I agree about time stamps :0)

Mr. M!!! Good morning!

I found you but I can’t say with certainty I’ll be able to again! :)

I’m paranoid this site will suspend my account! The Askville action has caused emotional abuse!

Believe me it is much easier than it seems. Since you have posted on this Q, it will show up on your profile under ‘activity for you’. You can also follow a question by clicking “follow this link” at the top of a question.

This site is hard to learn? I don’t know what I’m doing!

Can I make out on this site?

Good morning marissa and Mr M.

So is this okay that we are just making comments here and not answering the question?

Here is a question I asked that should help.

Yes, at this point, there is also the chatroom. Andrew, one of the founders of Fluther chatted with us last night and has been very welcoming.

Here is where you can all ‘sign in’ and also see other Askvillers.

@marissa When I joined this morning I had a banner directing me to you and PnL. Is big brother hovering, or is this actually a well-oiled, working site? Wow.

if you scroll up to PnL’s post and click on ‘chat room’, you will enter the chat room. I am there right now :0)

The banner is what Andrew put together for us last night to make everyone feel welcome. It isn’t ‘big brother’. Askville and Fluther are not associated. This site isn’t as big as Askville and the people here are really nice. It is also very well attended by moderators, so you won’t find the nastiness that you find on Askville.

Andrew rocks, and it definitely worked. Thanks!

Hi all! I just wanted to post that I’m here too even though I wasn’t suspended. It’s a mess on AV.

Yes, Andrew does rock and Hi BarbieM! I really love this place!

The only bad thing is that I’ll spend even more time online now!

Yes, but at least you’ll be in good company :0P

Hi Barbie! I thought I had a lot of windows open before…and now…geesh!

I know mighty, windows, windows, everywhere…lol
There are some more folks in the chat room, including Poppet, Jason and Avvvooo

Ah-Ha! I found my banished askville friends!

Hi tedibear!

Shilolo – thanks for the welcome! I see a few more of the askville 17 and some others also found their way here. It is nice to see old faces and make some new friends!

Hi, everyone.

YEAH!!! I found you!!! I felt lost!!! I logged in to AV this morning… and whoa…. crickets
I was off AV yesterday b/c I had to work registration… a sure sign school is about to start.. SIGH… when I logged on Av this morning… whoosh…..
BTW Paradise T is also suspended.
Thanks for the idea of posting the fluther website on AV, marissa.. heading over to do that now!

Hi empresspixie and readtolive!!!

https://fluther.campfirenow.com/room/171049

we are in the chatroom for Askvillers, if the above link doesn’t work, scroll up on this Q to PnL’s ‘chat’ link.

I just joined this site a few minutes ago after findling your link on AV….. still trying to navigate, so the links are helpful!!:-)

Hi kids. Popping in to say hi before I hit some have toos in the real world. I’ll pop into the chat room a little later

Hey.. looky
http://askville.amazon.com/17-people-suspended-askville-needed/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=13865436
If you can…:-)

oops.. ParadiseT did it in protest….

Alright, first off, hi…shout out to all my suspended peeps.

If a second post shows up under my name, it’s because I typed my “answer”, then joined, it said it would save it, but it doesn’t appear it has, but my luck, it will show up anyway when I least expect it.

Re my avatar, didn’t pick it, but I kinda like it.

I read some of these comments last night, but was trying to get a better handle on what was going on before I popped over.

Re the suspensions, wow, don’t know what to say. Still not sure how to react. From what little I do know, I am guessing this has a LOT to do with the back and forth between the majority of the AV17, and one particular person who shall remain nameless (as she already has too many names over at Askville to begin with). A lot of the back and forth I know was about how this person was gaming the system for more gold. As I never really cared about the gold, and I never personally had a run in with the person, I stayed out of it, so I’m admittedly a bit out of the fray now. But I saw enough of the back and forth to draw a few conclusions.

First, though I’m not going to judge who crossed the line and when. If I am to just assume that you all did cross that line, here’s what I have to say about that. It seems to me that the same people suspended were the ones absolutely SCREAMING for Askville to take some action. They did not, and y’all got frustrated (understandably).

So, in a way, Askville itself was the catalyst…had they acted, some of you may not have gone off the deep end per se.

In light of this, I think a 3 out of 4 strikes and a week suspension is way too harsh, particularly when there is no warning given.

It also seems that they are giveing everyone the same treatment, regardless of who set this off, and who went the “most” crazy (who threatened to sue over having their feelings hurt for example). Doesn’t seem consistent or fair.

And I’m never a big fan of retroactively applying new rules. There were perfectly good rules already in place to deal with the behaviours they wanted to punish. If they had consistently and fairly applied them, they could have given some people one, two or three strikes, taken away set amount of gold, etc. No one had any way of knowing in the heat of the exhanges that they could get snared in the same net and now be one step away from a lifetime ban.

I also worry in that it seems many of those on this list were the most vocal critics of Askville. For example, OldHippie who hasn’t as far as I see made an appearance here, I know went as far as to call the Askville Mayor out in question form to say, looks like you aren’t going to do squat. I worry is this retaliation…is it not HOW you leveled your criticism, but at WHOM? I can’t back that up with anything but a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, and I’m hearing others say they don’t think that’s it. But if anyone feels targeted, I’d be interested in knowing.

As for me, I’m not leaving AV just yet, but I also won’t stick around if it becomes a facist regime. I’m sticking around to see where the chips fall, to show solidarity, and to serve as a link between these two communities. I’ll have to see how I like this place.

I heard Poppet was inquiring about me, so hi Poppet.

I’ll be back.

I followed the link. Several people changed their avatars, and then got scared they would also be banned, so they changed them back. I get the feeling that some of the people over there are walking on eggs, wondering if they, also, are gonig to be suspended. I cannot complain about my suspension, as I did what they are saying I did. It would have been nice if they had followed the actual procedure for suspension, instead of changing the program and booting us out in a 2 hour period. What tickles me is the people that were not suspended – one even still has a post showing that insults anothers Mother with an obscene word. What bothers me the most is the suspension of the users that did NOTHING except copy the actions of a long time abuser. Goldie and Poppet, in my mind, did nothing to warrant this treatment.

Thanks for coming by Dale! I agree with your comment, I wasn’t banned, but I am trying to keep folks in touch, by being here and at Askville.

My avatar over there is staying what it is until I say otherwise. I ain’t walking on no eggs for no stinkin’ mayor.

Dale, that’s a great point. I fully admit crossing the line a number of times, quite some time ago. The problem is, I sent dozens of PMs to the mayor and begged for help. The few responses I received were to tell me they didn’t want to get involved in disagreements and were leaving it to us, as members, to handle. Now I’m serving the same consequence as someone who threatened me and harassed me endlessly. I don’t mind the suspension. Frankly anybody who crossed the line should have the same consequence. It should be equitable. I asked for equal treatment and accountability for all. I don’t think the carryover of 3 strikes is equitable. I never had a post removed or any warning in over a year. For months, I have treated layyla with respect, even when disagreeing with her. She and her pawn used PMs to threaten me and askville did nothing. I say we should all be held accountable for our behavior. That’s fine. Continuing to punish us after we have served our time is ridiculous, especially given how far back they had to go to find a reason to punish some of us.

It’s definitely shaking my faith in the site. I agree with accountabiltiy for all, but I guess I see a difference between collusion combined with PM harrassment and threats, and calling someone out in a rather combative manner because the powers that be tell you to deal with it yourself. Could be a net positive, but I’ve lodged my complaint, we’ll see what happens.

hi everyone i may never want to go back.

i received a pm from one of the instigaters asking me what he could do to help get you guys back.

Just wanted to poke my head in and say hi.

So what does everyone else in fluther think about the flood from AV?

Talking about those of us who have left in disgust, Feisty?

I really must eat lunch, but the live chatting and quick responses have caught me in the net.

yeah, i told him if he wanted y’all back to pm christian and he said he did. i told him i might be suspended in the next few days and thought he should be too..

I told Christian in a PM that I’d be back when the suspensions are over. not before.

Christian showed up somewhere to say that playing with the Suspended avatar was A-OKAY with all of the workers. They totally expected it.

i am still on but watching, i sent christian a pm and told him they were wrong especially when some of the people who started it are still there.

Just so you know, the folks at Fluther have been more than welcoming. The cofounder, Andrew, chatted with us all last night. He even set up a special message for us from Askville.

i saw that Empress, but i did not change mine back for fear of suspension, i did it because you could not tell who was who, an o was suspended and who wasn’t.

i have to get used to this site and figure out how to pm, as most of you know i am not computer literate. i am lucky i got this far.

Sorry guys, but “you know who” was harassing a number of the suspended people for a LONG, LONG time. Overtly and in secret PM’s. Legal threats, even. We can’t even conceive of everything they put up with, yet some are saying those people acted the same as “she”??! You’re wrong. NO WAY. Meanwhile, these same people bothered NO ONE. NO ONE. Eventually, like the kid who gets beat up by the bully in the school yard, when the teacher’s not coming around, you have to defend yourself. And if I see someone getting a beating and I think I can help, I will. If I saw YOU getting a beating and I thought I could help, I would. I just realized, I’m even doing that NOW. And the people I’ve helped appreciated it greatly. In turn, people have helped me in some “discussions”. And I appreciated it greatly. That’s what it’s all about.

I responded to the email I got from AV challenging them to tell me where I “harassed” anyone that wasn’t in direct response to something the OTHER person said first (either in the same board or a prior one). What? I should feel guilty that I sometimes wiped the Askville floor with the person who first attacked me? No. I won’t. That’s how it works sometimes, i.e., the bully picks on the WRONG kid. Because you like the person that started it with me, I’M the bad guy? Too bad for YOU. That’s why I won’t go back to AV. I have no intention of doing anything differently.

The reason I think I was suspended? When I posted the question calling attention to the repulsive, evil remark she told Cak, a woman with cancer, of how her God would make her sicker if she dared be “negative” with her. And I, on the other hand, can’t imagine why someone would just do nothing and allow someone else to say that to Cak. Screw them. I’d do it all again.

i agree with you Mr_M and i told christian the same thing. it was wrong and i expect more suspensions to come down.

Chimp, up until yesterday, I was in the moderates’ camp, even where she-who-must-not-be-named is concerned. When I looked all the “suspendeds” on my friends list this morning, I decided I needed to act. Enough is enough.

sorry i don’t know who most of you are, with all the name changes, but i did not change mine so my friends could pm me and let me know who they are, and you may notice my puppy is not laughing right now.

Mr_M, you’re right. How often did we beg the Mayor and team for help. They ignored us or told us to handle it, but tied our hands and took away the tools to ‘handle it.’

I will accept responsibility for my behavior, but I will not apologize for doing their job for them or for standing up to a bully. When I was told to just take the threats Layyla and Rufus handed out via PM, it was the last straw.

What they allowed to be said about CAK was when they lost all of my respect. Even if I stay active on Askville, I don’t I’ll ever be able to respect them. I wasn’t banned, but had I been around when that was going on, I know I would have said somethings that would have gotten me banned.

hello all yes it is me hammer thanks for the invite cat

How do you get to the chat room from here?

Just go to the Fluther main page. At the top, there’s a welcome message to the Askville Outcast 17 Plus, as well as a link to the chatroom just for you guys.

Chimp, it’s https://fluther.campfirenow.com/room/171049

@ichthe, that link won’t work consistently. Campfire redirects you from the “real” link to one of those “room” links. And they start to fail.

You’ll want to bookmark: https://fluther.campfirenow.com/ae568

Thanks Rob.

Thanks!

Heh… the welcome I just mentioned has already disappeared from re-appeared on the main page. Oh wells. Glad I linked the chatroom in here directly.

Are the new posts at the top or bottom?

@aie, new Questions appear at the top of the list. While new Quips always appear at the bottom.

Good question highlighting an interesting interface conundrum!

Thanks Rob! Welcome Hammer!

Good Morning Everyone!

Well, I wondered if I’d feel differently today about being a self-indicted BadAsk and banning meself. But I don’t. Only difference is I know I won’t be going back after my 7 days self-imposed, except to tell them bye.

Good to see everyone, I hope I’ve gotten you all on my ummmm “fluthers list’, ie friends… I didn’t know Andrew was the co-founder until this am! Why, thank you Andrew! and also to PLn.

I will admit to a bit of paranoia…but I’m working it out! At least and at last there are no more BONUS Questions…LIKE “How many fingers are on 1 human hand?” hahaha,
Just wanted to say good morning, er…afternoon…
SS

Hi Seeker! Folks are chatting in the chat room again :0)

Seeker, you aren’t going back?

Hm, I just realized I fat fingered my screen name here. Oh well, you all know it’s me. Seeker, those of us in self-imposed exile have to go back. It’s the only way to let them know we aren’t going to be bullied out, even by the powers-that-be.

Please come back . . .

weeeeeeee!

Hi friends, It’s Lin_Boop. I just wanted to say hello to all my buds from Askville. Hi autumn, mightymite—my Party Board bestest buds. Love to all of you. This is a drive-by hello. I have an appointment which I’m going to be late for unless I get a move on!

Update from an outcast! Marshall tried to e-mail Christian for some explaination – only to find that Christian had blocked him from sending e-mails. funny, since Christian was always e-mailing Marshall wanting tips on monitoring!!

Hi all
I just wanted to enter this db. I’m trying to get you all included into my Fluther. I’m going to have to go out for a bit, but from what I’ve seen, I like the layout of this place and the fact that you can do live chat easily. So I’ll be back later. Just wanted to say hey and
happy day

I wish Marshall would join in here.
I emailed to the email addy that sent me that canned “explanation” but no response. It didn’t bounce back though.

we all have to go back to try to take care of what the others can’t . i am now waiting for a response from Christian to my pm, also Goldie’s letter has been posted by Katy, and last the word is that Christian as pm’ed several folks that are not involved asking them what they think.

I hope this gets straightened out soon. . . but I feel like there will be some fallout.
Some folks may not come back.

Once again, welcome AskVillians. We hope you enjoy your stay here.

Feisty, as of last night, I was one of those he PM’ed asking what I thought, so I hope it added some weight to what I told him this morning. Haven’t been back to check my messages in a while.

Hey, Andrew, thanks. I like the neighborhood. I might build a house here.

Andrew, very kind of you. Thanks!

thank you andrew.

Hey guys! It seems everything has been said. I feel action was necessary but I don’t agree with specifics of the action and how it was taken.

Dale- As soon as I saw there was a loooooong post I realized it should be yours!! :)

And btw, this is Paradise.t!

Paradise.t! Nice look . . .

OK, I’m getting a little lost here. I might have to explore more when I get home this evening.

Is there a way to get to the most recent post without scrolling to the bottom?

As for going back, I don’t think ANY of us 17 should EVER go back. Why? Anyone I want to reach from AV I CAN. And they can reach me.

I had it bookmarked somehow, but I don’t remember how.

@mr_m – when you come to thread from “Activity you are following”, it takes you to the latest quip that you haven’t read.

@Mr_M, when you visit the “Activity for You”, the links there will automagically take you to the newest quip you haven’t seen yet… even if there are 40 that follow. So that’s nice.

But short of scrolling, no, there’s no other way to get to the bottom.

Jinx, @PnL! You owe me a Coke!

Thanks for answering so quickly.

I lost the chatroom…is there a way to get back in?

;-P

Is this it?
https://fluther.campfirenow.com/ae568

@ goldie – here you go.

ooops. missag got it too!

Did my screen name change?

YESSS ! THANKS ANDREW !!!

is there a way to reply to a reply?

well evidently it ws believed by one individual that I was “calling her out” when I posted to a db. It would have been nice if she had simply pm’d me and asked me about it. But Christian evidently believed HER and he didn’t bother to Pm me either. I just has to say folks that I have a very very sick feeling in me tummy.

did anyone look at the evidence?

I’m telling you I have had NOTHING from anyone at Askville except that “canned” so-called explanation. I’m getting very very saddened by this.

And I’lll say this NO ONE, not me, poppet, layla, Marshall or ANY of the 17 should be given that much power from Christian or any PTB

i agree cat, but i am really ticked also because he will not respond to my pm. he hands down crap and disappears.

PTB is what again?

Powers That Be – sort of like the true Kings of Askville. ;-)

Hey, I’m beginning to think layyla used rufus to put legal pressures on AV and was empowered by that.

Might not be off base there, Mr. M. Business people react to business concerns. Rickisgirl posted a cc of a PM layla sent to Rufus in which she said that Christian had asked her who was bothering her, and essentially the list of names she gave were the ones that were suspended. She almost bragged about her power in my view, seemed like she was saying that a couple people who should have been suspended weren’t because she didn’t name them. So much for them not taking sides.

Hello lovelies!

hello RebeccaLove, i am feisty.

Hi feisty, nice to meet you :-)
Are you from AV too?

yes, just came in today. are you new here too?

yes…kind of liking it!

are you feisty on AV too?

that is SOOOO awesome when you can see someone “crafting” a response!
Great!

yes feisty/sugar with the laughing puppy, but he isn’t laughing now

i know, but it is so different, have you been in the chat room?

not yet…I’ll have to go check it out sometime. Must go now…hope to see you soon :-)
thanks for the short chat :-)

you are welcome, i enjoyed it.

Me too :-)

Welcome Rebecca and everyone else who joined recently! Hope ya like it here, and feel free to ask me any Qs about the site :)

i think its funny that some of the people who led passive aggressive attacks on askville are coming on here and pretending they’re “nice”

well i am not passive agressive, i was lonely avoooo, no one to have fun with

Hi everyone!

hi mits.

I seemed to have missed all the drama

avoooooo i missed y’all, an i know what you mean

another reason tearing 8 ligaments in my kne was a bad thing

yeah you did mits, i am waiting for the ax to fall on me. are you doing ok? silly of courseyou aren’t.

hey FS how did Diva get suspended?

how did i not get suspendedafter the way I acted?

she didn’t she is just wearing the avatar, paradise didn’t either

see how much I missed?

it’s not over yet sweetie. and scorpio is still there.

I was on the beach on Sunday playing in the surf and a wave flipped me ass over teakettle and bent my knee backwards

whoo, bet that hurt like heck. and still does.

cant even use my crutches at worek so I have to stand on it

though doc orders are off feet till saturday

that must be hard to do.

Huh? even MitsuNeko is here!!!

hi boxing…................

LOL gee thanks boxing do I seem that clueless?

fs, try pure agony 9+ HRS a day and they only gave me 6 painkiller tablets on Sunday

can you ask for more?

hi feisty..

no, Mitsu I just meant that you had been so quiet lately…

she has been working like a dog.

Can’t tell which of these was posted last or how long ago, but I just stopped by to say hey. “HEY!” Okay, I’m good…

hi WD

Feisty, I think I may really end up liking this place!

me too if i ever get used to how to get around.

Well, I just now found this so I’m definitely behind the curve. However, this is really cool!

it is but the chat room…..i can’t keep up and type too.

Me either! Crazy action going on there. I feel like I’m an octogenarian in a kindergarten class! I’ve gotta run, but hopefully I’ll see all of you later tonight.

later…...................

I am not a chat room person LOL

Hi WD
I was joking boxing
fs it cost 325 for the short appt and I am not paying that plus gasd to drive 350 miles just for a few pills

gee Cat we have the same name sorta

oh mitsu – feel better fast – yeah I know light kitten ;-)

I still feel so lost here! I was so annoyed today that I just DID sign on! I posted my feelings on AV and came here!

hi cak

hi cak – hang out for a bit, you’ll get the hang of this and it’s actually very nicely put together.

Remember, it’s me. Sometimes, finding my way out of a paperbag is difficult! :)

are we twins separated at birth?

oh gosh i understand cak – i like the live chat aspect of that here. and it’s amazing to be able to do live chat in one tab and this DB in another

LOL…FS, sometimes, I wonder!

Can someone send me a message w/ instruction on where to find the chat?

here ya go cak
https://fluther.campfirenow.com/ae568 – you need to bookmark THAT link, not what will show up in your browsers address

hey cak!

i get lost sometimes even after both ends are cut off

follow the link to the chat mitsu – you can right clik and it will open in a new tab

I dislike chats

i meant sometimes I get lost in conversations like a cat lost in a bag with both ends cut off LOL

hey bosM – OK mitsu

no problem this works good too

So this is where the AV16 are hiding! Miss you guys. I’ve PM’d Christian and also posted to several DB’s about not liking how they handled this. Too bad, they’ve got some real governance issues.

Hey Mutsu BRB, dinner time!

hi bos

hi bos

hehehe…there yall are!! this seems like a nice neighborhood.

hey jemsmom. welcome!

thanks!! I have blue and green ribbons tied to my mouse in support of all but 2 of the AV 17.

i need to catch my gerbil named Mou and tie ribbons to him?

The PTB on AV said they will be retroactively suspending more ppl, I might be on that list as I know I have flirted around with some dirty jokes, etc…oh well..

yeah..mitsu..if you can catch him…tie one on him

Mouse*

jemsmom dare I ask which 2 are not on ribbon favor with you

ya know, there’s enough of us, we could pick a yahoo chat room and take it over

between my politician joke and my ranting during layyla’s circe act…..I may be gone soon too

i dont do chat rooms

hmmm….they would be the evil maggitrocious and galileo girl whom I recently took a minor disliking to. there is another av who should sure as heck be kicked off for her nastiness but we shall see on that.

the one good thing about a yahell chat room is that you can put all the retards, lamers and bots on ignore and you are left with only the ones you wish to bs with

i never had an issue with #2…........

but i liked my joke that got me in hot water in OA

but anal sex never went over well there LOL

gg started making really off the wall mean comments here and there and it really seemed like she was smoking something . one post she was nice and the next she was a bit## out of hell.

they dont like anal sex because they are too anal. (not that i can say i like it ..but i know i am not anal)

so let’s go for it….................

I posted a joke I was emailed about a woman asking if it was safe to have anal with her husband and he asked if she enjoyed it. She explained that it was peasureabl and the doc asked that they always use condoms to prevent pregnancy right?
The woman was baffled and said she thought you could not get pregnant during anal and the doctor looks at her and asks “Where dou think politicians come from?”

LOL..that’s funny!!

OBTW…they already have the anonymous answerer till final ratings in deal going on. Its only 2 am here…hmmmm and this was just done within the hour.

well..i will catch up with yall later. the butt crack of dawn comes pretty early around here. (dawn really needs to wear pants that cover her crack if you ask me.)

LOL – you have a great evening and thanks for the supportive comments you’ve left at AV

i know the feel jem…its 830 and I get up at 4 am

I am waiting on a reply about the aspects of freedom of speech and how it applies to askville since askville is based in the US. If anyone around here knows…let me know and give me solid evidence.

night yall!

night jems

I have to sign off now, but this will be here tomorrow.
I said it in the chat https://fluther.campfirenow.com/ae568 and I’ll say it here as well. YOU folks are the reason I stuck around in Askville and I am very happy to be part of a community that is bold and brave in their thinking – that is diverse in opinion and that can share laughter and tears. Thank you all! You many not know how you touch the lives of others. You certainly have touched mine.

Oh by “this” I meant this DB – LOL

Hey all, sorry for not responding earlier but I’m back. Good to see some friendly faces. Sorry about all the grief this week. That decision AV made blew me away. Too bad. Hey if they look back 3–4 months I’m gone too, I got into it with MTC pretty good at one point. GTG

hi bos, we might all be gone, but the fact is they did not get the main ones.

You have a good point Feisty. I think they said there are more to come. How’s that for building anxiety in a community? What are they thinking? I’ve said it all along, they’re a group of young developers, not a group of leaders who know how to run an organization. Too bad.

i should be goingf to Bos

And they DID get layyla fs. It is a start. maybe Spenn is next

Did anyone see the mayor post from 5 minutes ago? They’ve reduced the 3 strikes to 2 based on community feedback.

http://askville.amazon.com/other%27s-join-Pat_Alli-protest-suspended-matter/DiscussionBoard.do?requestId=13847542&page=9&scrollToLatestComment=true#db

The Mayor’s post is #89

Hi all, L2S here, I’d forgotten I was a member here, it is so long since I posted…. At least I can keep up with my friends who won’t be around for a week or two.

what friends?

you have friends?

I’m beginning to wonder, seeings some people have been telling me one thing and then denying that they said it to others.

nope. that’s not OUR game. neither is making stuff up out of thin air to “prove our points.”

Excuse me, what is it you think you’re talking about?

do you think we can’t read the dbs?

I know you can read the DBs, so what.

we can read the spiteful, untrue things that you’re writing. NOBODY that i’ve talked to, and i’ve talked to almost everyone, says that they said jack to you. i have no idea why you weren’t suspended, but if i were you i’d be keeping a lower profile. round 2!

Really, so when Lin posted that she understood why it happened to her, she was lying? And I need to make this up because….

@ avoo and tantigirl – please let’s not get askville anger onto fluther. Let’s just enjoy this site without getting into any personal attacks? Thanks..

“them” is plural

I haven’t attacked anyone, I was however accused of making stuff up, as though I need to do that.

Yes I know them is plural, and just because they haven’t told you doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened, it just means you don’t know about it.

i’m not the only one who has talked to other people. there are a LOT of us, some have talked to some people, some to others. but so far, its pretty much down to layyla, lin, and gg (who shows no “remorse”) that could have talked to you. and nobody else wants to. simple truth.

you’ve been diging your own hole with people’s opinions of you on the boards the past 2 days.

You don’t know anything really, so it should be left at that. I don’t intend to get any further into a “he said, she said” argument.

Take the drama to another place. Like http://gizmodo.com. We don’t need or want your drama.

We’ve stopped, won’t start it back up.

I personally always thought that though we may not see eye to eye part of a good relationship is areeing to disgree and acting like we are all mature adults. And yes I am aware I act like a big baby sometimes. And I agree with John,,,,, no drama here please. We have enough of it on Askville, and if we wanted more we could just go to myspace or as I clled it last time I was ther -myspaz

those were supposed to be…. not ,,,, oopsie me

Hi everyone, Lin_Boop, here. I was peaking through the window into Askville, and read the message Mr. Mayor posted on a comment board. It appears the powers that be have decided to rescind the 3 strikes against those of us who were suspended and lower it to 2 strikes. I don’t know what that means. I guess it’s good news. I wonder if he’ll send we suspendee’s an email about that?

It’s great to see so many old friends here. I “left” Askville so abruptly, I wasn’t able to say “So Long.” I must say, when I was scanning the Questions and Db’s off and on since yesterday, I was rather surprised to see so many who should have been suspended still there. Don’t get me wrong. I should have been suspended. Probably back in the beginning of the layyla/blue haired old ladies day. If it is true what someone wrote about Layyla giving names to Christian about those who have been harassing her, fine. But, I believe Christian should have given equal time to those she named.

I am just awaiting an ax to fall on my head one day

Mitsu Neko, I don’t believe any ax will fall on your head. For the most part, the ax fell on those of us who were deserving of it.

avvooooooo, Regarding your comment to L2S, you can remove my name from your guess of who has been talking with her. I don’t know how to reach L2S. She and I have never exchanged email addresses. I wish we had.

@L2S, Now that I do know how to contact you on this site, I’m going to send you my home email address. Just in case I decide not to return to Askville. Thanks for being such a good friend to me. Did you notice the name I selected as my ID on Fluther? “bookmarks.” It was because of your question about your losing your bookmarks, and my taking a chance on a “creative writing” challenge by answering your question. Your question gave me the opportunity to realize I just may have a bit of skill in writing stories. Thanks again, friend. Love ~ Lin

I didn’t say we spoke either Lin, she assumed it I think. Anyway, I don’t want to start this up again here, we can talk about it in the chat room. Avvoooo I’d like to talk about it there other than here.

Yep, I did notice your name here LOL.

“Really, so when Lin posted that she understood why it happened to her, she was lying? And I need to make this up because….”

She posted it publically avvooooooo, that is what I was talking about.

Alright, where is everyone tonight?

WDLittle…good to see even a relative newbie (compared to these longtimers) has come over….

Been hanging since last night! Definitely a newbie here. And, I’m actually liking this alot more than AV, (except I’d like to be able to see when the previous post was made. I don’t know what’s active and what’s stale). Cool site though!

Quick announcement about the temporary chat room that we made for you guys. Today, Aug 7th, will be the last day that the temporary chat room will be open. For further information about this, please check out this link

Thanks!! And hope you jellies like it here :)

fascinating. I skip fluther for a day… And there’s 257 new responses on this!

Looks like I missed a lot. Serves me right for having a life (i.e., a 3-year-old at home) after working hours.

Note to all, I signed in on Axedville this morning, checked my action items, and signed out. It’s like the place has been stripped of its soul. I pledged that I would not participate in the community until my friends were back, but at the moment, I’m not even interested in lurking there. I might not go back at all. That’s kind of a flip-flop for me after all the times I’ve sworn I wouldn’t let the trolls and bullies run me out. I can deal with them – but how do I stand up to my own contempt?

PnL – I like that the moderators are quite involved in the DB’s and chat rooms. I would bet that it keeps the harshness to a minimum. From what little I’ve seen, everyone still talks and says what they feel/think/believe without fear. A very nice combination.

Just popping in to say good morning. I can’t seem to open this page on my other computer. It just opens a blank white page. As this computer is not convenient, I won’t be on much.

While I’m on here, may I please request that the bickering above not be brought here? The folks at fluther haven’t just been welcoming, they have creating special circumstances to allow us a forum to be supportive of one another. Bringing the bickering is a slap in the face to those who have bent over backwards to be good to us. Not very gracious. I don’t suggest we all have to like one another, but take the dislike and need for rebuttal elsewhere.

hello everyone, just dropped in to say hi.

Hi! I just didn’t want this question to die out yet. :>

maybe i can help, missag.

I don’t think they expire, missag. I think tempers have settled a little, but every time I look over at Axedville, my blood starts to boil again.

I was just thinking, though, that we ought not to make this nice place an extension of Askville by talking only of that. Why don’t you post some of your great brain teasers for the benefit of the flutherites. I think they’d go over pretty well here, although I don’t know how well they’d work with all the answers being immediately visible.

That is a brillant idea Ich! I hope everyone is takening a swim in this wonderful ocean by asking and answering questions here.

whoops ‘taking’ not ‘takening’ my brain oh where oh where is my brain

that sounds great missag

I guess the first to get it correct, gets the “Great Answer” checked by me. : > Let me see what I can find. (you know I had to buy a few books to help me out).

I put one out there under Brain Teaser. ; )

hey guys! it’s great to see you all settling in here :). as for being unable to see this Q, it’s not the computer, it’s the browser. Firefox has a height limit, but browsers like IE (Internet Explorer) do not. The Fluther team is aware of this problem and it’s on their “to fix” list. But until then, you can use IE or other browsers to view this Q.

I can view it in IE, but it doesn’t bring me to the previously unviewed answers, not since it got so big. It does for every other question, but this one it just brings me to the top of the page.

I love that it takes me right to where I need to start. I always hated paging through on AV when I couldn’t remember where I had left off.

Ok. The fluther chat mods have been discussing this and we have an announcement: The chat room will NOT be closing today. Stay tuned for further update. Thanks.

sweeeeeeet

Whoa, need some time to digest some of these suspensions. I intentionally got myself banned, because I didn’t like the direction the site was headed. Thanks for sending this to me, Marissa. I’ll be back, but I’m slammin’ busy these days…

Hey all! Just stopping in to see what’s going on. Thinking about calling a moving truck… I think I like this site better than Assville. Oops, typo… really.

Good to see so many of my fellow Askvillers here! And, thanks for all the kind welcomes from the Flutherers. :D May take a while to learn to navigate my way around here. Look foward to talking with you all when I know what I’m doing. :D

It is so fast paced at times, it will take me a while to adjust to the change. Everyone has made me feel so welcome here, that I really don’t miss it over there anymore. This is the 1st site that I pull up now. : ) It helps to have all of you guys here too, though.

missag – we really enjoyed your brain teasers Q. hope to see more activity from all of you :)

Hi Joe, haven’t seen you for ages my friend.

Good Morning
Cat – lost as usual – here :-)
My entire system was in complete disarray yesterday. Phooey on that.
Anyhoo – I’m wondering IF the chat room is still available and since I can’t remember what email and password I used to open it in the first place – if anyone can help me figure that out.

It IS. My advice is to click the link in PnL’s comment above.

Flippy here, hi all. Howzit? Had a few minutes to get on the computer and all I gotta say is how do I keep up with y’all? whew! Be back home wednesday and hope to chat more than.

hi flippy, howzit?

Chat room link has changed. Here’s new link for AV Chat room – https://fluther.campfirenow.com/c9fc8 best way to not lose it is to bookmark THIS link that i just pasted!

Hi1 Flippy! Wow – you look really thin! from(Turbob)

greetings all – just wanted to stop in to say hey. I need to work in the garden today but I’m thinking of you all. Make it a happy day

Hi everyone.
I was in the midst of joining the AV site when I thought I best check it out first. I’m glad I did. It seems to be in a bit of a conundrum. Yes?
I have decided to join this site and it appears quite wonderful.

very boring and very quiet on askville.

a few strikes have been handed out by the mayor…but its a virtual ghost town.

hi jemsmom, haven’t kept up, anything new?

Hi jems mom! a ghost town over there? according to sardi, loulou, and kyashi, the new users ar ejoining in droves!