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Jack's Ramblings
ifyoucantfixit:
Yes she started out as premed...but realized her heart wasnt in it...
She really wants to do work in charitable companies.. As in the Red Cross,
Doctors without borders,, such..
ifyoucantfixit:
Honey i dont think its so much that the place has flaws, as the people have flaws...The flaws that some people have that dont care , and the flaws of people that care too much.
I loved your ghosttown metaphor...i hope it doesnt come to that. I think there is still life here. It only has to be cared for and fostered. Just like a marriage or afriendship. You have to keep adjusting and accomodating...If one
or the other is intent on getting their way all of the time...It wont work. That is the thing that people have to remember.
The movie and its motivation, is becoming secondary now. The primary is the friends we have made here, thru that common thread...Its up to us
now to keep those friendships alive and thriving... Does this not show the
difficult and harsh things that conspire to cause problems in any relationship. Just as all the troubles that Jack and Ennis had to overcome....
jstephens9:
I agree completely Janice. There is still a lot of life here and there are new people finding us along the way. Take for instance Joe who just started posting. I think many of us almost scared him because we showed him such a strong welcome :) The movie did bring us here, but there is no doubt that the friends we have made here provide the continuing motivation to stay. We may loose people along the way, but like I say we gain new ones too. So no we will not become a ghost town, but it seemed a fitting metaphor at the time. A lot of people don't realize that an online community too will always develop the same type problems as a real world community. That is just the way it goes and as such it is like a relationship. I had to read a book for one of my last classes that dealt with how online communities develop and how they grow. I saw much of BetterMost in there. It was almost ironical how much I understood the book.
Shasta542:
A lot of people don't realize that an online community too will always develop the same type problems as a real world community. That is just the way it goes....
That's why we have to have a mayor, sheriff, and moderators like a RW community. The moderators have to be mediators, and there has to be a place where the buck stops -- the mayor. I am glad that the board has a "board" because otherwise -- anarchy! :P
Some people -- including a couple of moderators -- don't like me because I am a fence-straddler. I'm a middle of the roader -- and that is anathema to many people. Not adamant enough. Won't fiercely take sides. Slightly right of center. That's okay. I will be what I will be. Everyone does not have to like me. So far, I have no animosity toward anyone. I may stay away from them to make their lives easier, but I have no hard feelings.
I love Bettermost!! If it was an actual town, I'd retire there! ;D
Shakesthecoffecan:
Yeah I wondered too if he didn;t get freaked out by page after page of welcome. But we are a bunch willing to learn and adapt. That is what this place has going for it.
I know, some of those people who mosed on, Celeste, Andrew, yeah I miss their presence, but they seem like they were doing well, they moved on because they had something else to demand their attention and that is preferable to leaving because your possed about something.
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