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Grex > Coop13 > #72: Valerie Leaves Discussion Item! | |
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cross
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response 17 of 64:
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Jan 8 18:12 UTC 2004 |
And the garage conference, that was a real loss.
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mta
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response 18 of 64:
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Jan 8 19:06 UTC 2004 |
Re resp:11: I think the reason she was burned out is pretty
self-evident.
Still, it is sad. The end of an era.
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richard
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response 19 of 64:
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Jan 8 19:29 UTC 2004 |
I think valerie may be overreacting to that parody item on mnet. that item
parodied her baby diary. now maybe she thinks that every thing she ever
posted is ripe for parody so she has to remove them all. If so, it seems like
a huge overreaction.
Valerie is one of Grex's founders, and I'm sure Grex would be a different,
lesser, place today had it not had her participation as board and staff
member in its early years. I mean who's been a bigger fan and supporter of
Grex over the years than she has?
Which makes her leaving so publicly, so completely all the more sad and
mystifying. When you leave that publicly, its like slapping this place in
the face. Like maybe she's hoping other people will follow her example and
abandon the Grex. She could have left quietly, not even told anyone, but
she didn't. She left publicly. She wanted people to know she was
leaving. That implies she's angry and has an agenda. Does she not like
what Grex has become? Does she wish it was still just a local dialup bbs
for the Ann Arbor community?
Or is Valerie now saying that she thinks Grex has failed in its purpose,
that Grex can no longer be what she wanted it to be?
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aruba
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response 20 of 64:
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Jan 8 19:42 UTC 2004 |
I doubt Grex would exist at all if it weren't for Valerie. I know I
wouldn't be here.
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gull
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response 21 of 64:
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Jan 8 20:06 UTC 2004 |
Re resp:19: I don't know. Personally, if Grex continues on the current
path towards allowing users to remove other users' writings that they
disagree with, I will have considered it a failure.
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cross
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response 22 of 64:
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Jan 8 20:23 UTC 2004 |
As will I.
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jp2
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response 23 of 64:
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Jan 8 21:01 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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davel
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response 24 of 64:
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Jan 8 22:13 UTC 2004 |
What cmcgee said. <SIGH>
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willcome
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response 25 of 64:
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Jan 8 22:28 UTC 2004 |
Re. 5: Valerie's script IS DoSing the system, which has had absurdly high
load averages all day, in addition to being slow. I don't understand why you
think Valerie should be allowed to attack the resources of a not-for-profit
corporation.
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naftee
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response 26 of 64:
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Jan 8 23:02 UTC 2004 |
M-net is older and more mature than GreX, which is clearly populated by
children.
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willcome
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response 27 of 64:
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Jan 9 00:43 UTC 2004 |
(and gay fags.)
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jaklumen
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response 28 of 64:
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Jan 9 02:49 UTC 2004 |
When you canuckleheads stop jacking off, let me know.
resp:16 I'm seeing the scribbling in the kitchen/cooking conferences.
I would imagine the mass scribbling is making some past discussions
look stilted and funny-- and anyone looking back (if they do) will
never know what she said in those parts. But I suppose she wished to
make a complete departure, leaving nothing behind-- with as little
trace as possible.
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naftee
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response 29 of 64:
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Jan 9 05:16 UTC 2004 |
Hey, that's an insult. THAT"S A COLLECTIVE INSULT. YOU HURT ME WITH THAT
CANADIAN INSULT.
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bhelliom
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response 30 of 64:
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Jan 9 15:42 UTC 2004 |
Give a rest folks. You can discuss policy crap in the item for which it
was intended.
I personally do not think that scribbling everything that she has
written was a childish act. If I were to leave under such
circumstances, I'd want everything I'd written to be erased. She wants
a complete break from the syste, and I can't say I blame her. I doubt
she would have done so if she thought the system would be crippled and
it isn't. Beyond that I will make no assumptions. Having said that...
Have some class people, and leave her alone. She's gone, and she can't
answer for herself. Speculating about her motives is pointless.
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mynxcat
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response 31 of 64:
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Jan 9 15:54 UTC 2004 |
I can see why she would erase all her posts.
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other
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response 32 of 64:
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Jan 9 16:27 UTC 2004 |
Personally, I'd rather just erase all the posts of certain other
users...and then chain those other users into small holes in the
ground for a few years.
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bhelliom
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response 33 of 64:
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Jan 9 17:33 UTC 2004 |
I'm seeing a scene from Monty Python now, Eric. You meanie!
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jaklumen
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response 34 of 64:
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Jan 10 12:38 UTC 2004 |
resp:29 now you notice that I called you canucklehead. Lots of people
are canuckleheads. One's a friend of mine. Hmm, and I'm an ugly
American apparently. But you'll get over it =P
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naftee
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response 35 of 64:
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Jan 10 17:07 UTC 2004 |
Just like you'll get over being a GreXer. Well, you might, but others won't.
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tod
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response 36 of 64:
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Jan 10 23:47 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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jaklumen
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response 37 of 64:
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Jan 11 09:56 UTC 2004 |
resp:35 Oh well.
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tsty
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response 38 of 64:
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Jan 27 00:12 UTC 2004 |
having caught up, mostly, valerie stated her motives clearly
and concisely in #71.
she was no longer willing to leave open the opportunity for her
words to be abused here or elsewhere.
in her official capacity/capacities though, (and there are SOOOO many!)
valerie maintained her thoughts. very adult quality, that.
i will miss her.
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albaugh
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response 39 of 64:
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Jan 27 16:33 UTC 2004 |
It was done childishly, and it was done to grex, which was not where the
dreaded parody items were created.
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styles
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response 40 of 64:
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Jan 28 03:39 UTC 2004 |
yes, how dreaded. :(
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sarahlee
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response 41 of 64:
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Feb 2 14:58 UTC 2004 |
Valerie has every right to do whatever she likes with her own words.
When I joined Grex, there was nothing saying I would have to give up
rights to my words on Grex. In the absence of such a contract, everyone
here owns what they write. If the majority of Grexers object, then the
rules need to be officially changed to reflect that.
In Valerie's place, I would have done the exact same thing.
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