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Discussion Title: What's happened here
Created by: junieg
Created on: Sat, 02/09/2008 - 12:52pm.
Created by: junieg
Created on: Sat, 02/09/2008 - 12:52pm.
Gee. Been away for some time and didn't recognise these message boards. Why all these blogs. Thought this was about helping each other out, not pushing our private little lives down others throats. Todd, being sick might suck, but isn't it great you've got a nanny to pick up the slack and take care of 'the kid' for you. Thirteen hours sleep is a helluva lot more than us normal 'mere mortals' would get when we were sick. Be thankful. Not being in the least interested in what you are doing with your life [except exploiting children by your choice of brand names] you will be pleased to note that it will be a long time before I venture back to the message boards. Leave some space for people who need the help of others. They are goingh to stop coming on these boards too if you keep up your inane prattle about the inconsequential minutae in your life.
Junie: Oh, there are so many possible reactions to have to your comments. But, I'll leave it with this: Have a great weekend. You've clearly read way more into the "inconsequential minutae of my life" than was written. By the way - it IS great that we have some part time help to pick up the slack while my wife and I both work full time jobs in order to make ends meet. You're absolutely right - and I am thankful. But, I'm not going to bother getting into any sort of argument with you, as we're all entitled to our opinions. Again, have a great weekend.
Hey Junie, great to see you back. This virtual community is just like a real one, except you can ignore somebody and they don't even have to know it.
It's a learning experience for us all. I think a lot of us were disconcerted when the blogs showed up, especially me because whoever is in charge didn't tell me how to do one of my own. The nerve!
Kind of makes one wonder if that was intentional.
:-D
Hey Junie
The blogs are a new feature that we are going to launch fully soon. You don't have to read the blogs at all and you should be able to tell what is a message board post and what is a blog when you open the recent posts page by looking at the type.
I hope that you will continue to come to and post on the boards and just ignore what you aren't interested in.
Marti
http://www.familyeducation.com/home/
Hey Gail
We have not fully launched the blogs yet but as soon as we do you will be able to make your own blog!!
I know the blogs are a different thing but I think that they will be a lot of fun for members that are interested in starting a blog and fun for the members that want to read certain blogs. I agree that a great thing is that the members don't have to read any blog or post unless they are interested!
Marti
http://www.familyeducation.com/home/
Junie, thanks. You saved me having to make any more comments. Right on girl. Please don't go.
Hi Marti, just wondered if it was possible for the blogs to be in an entirely different category. As it is, you go to recent posts and have to go back to another page. When you have finished with a thread, you have to go back through that process again. I guess this only happens though when you are not on as often and interesting things work their way down the list of recent posts because they are pushed there by the blogs. The blogs could come under some sort of general discussions and would be a lot easier for us to ignore.
I am not aiming to get into any arguments either. I just don't understand the blog culture where you air your private life in public. I am asking a sincere question when I ask why? What do you get out of telling us all about your home life. Is it instructive. Is it some kind of therapy for you? Will it help all the people who come on here hoping for some help with their problems? Maybe you can help me to understand what YOU get out of it.
Frankly, the issue isn't about the blogs, it's about the placement of the blogs in the discussion forum. I think there were some good comments (that weren't personal attacks) about separating the blogs from the discussion posts. That makes sense, and, as I understand it, is what the powers-that-be behind the scenes are planning.
What do I get out of it? Well, I don't necessarily do everything with a final eye toward what I get out of anything. I've been writing and producing parenting-related content for a very long time. I've written a book, produced podcasts, posted thousands of blog entries and, based on the comments that I usually get back, the content I create is read as a source of entertainment, sometimes information, but rarely raises the kind of vitriol that it did for you.
The post about being sick wasn't all about me being sick. The point was that being sick as a parent sucks. We (as a collective whole) don't usually have time to recover. We have to plow through. You, however, got stuck on the fact that my wife and I have a part-time nanny (and, I assume created a picture in your head of high-society, Hollywood living - NOTHING could be further from the truth).
As some of the other comments also pointed out - don't read the blogs if you don't want to. By bailing on the discussion boards - you don't hurt me. You hurt yourself (as you clearly have a passion for this site and the discussions, which is good) and you hurt whomever you might be able to help with your comments. What struck me about your comments was that you made this personal, when the real issue (as stated previously) is really about the location of the blogs.
The "blog culture" is growing. I've been part of it for a long time (and I must have been doing it reasonably well for Parent Education to invite me to blog for this site).
That being said: I do love the phrase, "inane prattle about the inconsequential minutiae of your life," however. I'll be using that as the title of my autobiography, and I'll be sure to thank you in the credits. But, I would offer this: I don't think that ANY action is inconsequential. Everything we do has some kind of consequence: good, bad or indifferent.
Finally, let me ask you a question right back: Aren't the message boards a similar "airing of one's private life in public?" Isn't asking for help on naming a baby, or how to stop a teenager from breaking up a marriage (or discussions on sex) just a different version of said "airing?" I don't know. (And what if my postings WERE about what you consider to be important? Then, they'd simply be long-form discussion topics.) Something to think about.
I’m not here to [filtered word] anybody off. I’m here to write about my life as a dad. It’s what I was asked to do and what I’ll continue to do. I love writing, so, it’s a true pleasure for me. If the blogs are being posted in the wrong place – fine, we’ll change that. But, really, please don’t bail on the site just because of some functionality issues. And, please don’t suppose that you know anything about me simply because you’ve read three or four posts. Attack what I say, if you have a major problem, but not who you think I am.