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 The Reason I'm Posting on Adequacy Despite Being Unwelcome

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Nov 24, 2001
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Is that k5 has been offline for a few days now. I'd rather post there, but they are blotto.
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Duh. (none / 0) (#1)
by Anonymous Reader on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 02:57:16 AM PST
We couldn't have guessed. As always, we welcome your insight.


 
Just curious (none / 0) (#2)
by osm on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 03:17:30 AM PST
I understand they are charging a monthly subscription/donation setup of some sort. So, does everyone who has paid for this month get a refund?


 
Inden (none / 0) (#3)
by bc on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 10:04:03 AM PST
I've removed diary posting ability from your account for the meantime. I will restore it tommorrow sometime, it is just that our readers don't seem to appreciate floods of 3-4 diaries at once by you.

Why not try doing only one diary at a time?


♥, bc.

Also: (none / 0) (#6)
by Anonymous Reader on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 12:24:26 PM PST
K5 readers don't appreciate it, either. Inden sucks.

-- K5 reader with a hostname


Perhaps a Meta article is in order. (5.00 / 1) (#7)
by elenchos on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 02:40:15 PM PST
You write one like this:
  1. Anecdote about incident that gave you the idea (i.e. Inden's unending diarring).
  2. Speculate about possible solutions (e.g. killfiles, diary ratings, new Federal agency).
  3. Propose your preferred solution (institute Adequacy-style No Trolling Policy).
  4. Anticpate objections (Point: Adequacy's No Trolling policy is un-Democratic. Editors abuse their power and are not held accountable for their arbitrary decisions).
  5. Refute anticpated objections with counter-arguments. (Counterpoint: Adequacy's No Trolling policy is un-Democratic. Editors abuse their power and are not held accountable for their arbitrary decisions).
  6. Invite discussion. ("Discuss".)
Let me know if you need any help writing it. You could post a draft here and maybe we could bash it into the proper form.

I have an idea for a Meta article of my own for here at Adequacy. We should send Kuro5hin.org a Cease and Desist letter demanding that they remove all links from their site to ours due to the exessive number of Kurobots wandering over here where they don't belong.


I do, I do, I do
--Bikini Kill


I hate subjects (none / 0) (#8)
by bc on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 02:54:47 PM PST
We should send Kuro5hin.org a Cease and Desist letter demanding that they remove all links from their site to ours due to the exessive number of Kurobots wandering over here where they don't belong.


That's a bit on the nasty side, don't you think? I am of the opinion that many of our friends from blabbering-baboons.org have much to contribute. Certainly, there is a vocal minority there who profess to dislike this site, and a vocal minority here with a passionate hatred for kuro5hin. Why these camps feel the way they do is anybodies guess, but I for one like both (though if I were forced to choose a side in any final scrumdown it would of course be the adequate one).

We shouldn't be dragged down into the children's little competitive games. We editors should be like Monarchs, second only to God, and we should not sully ourselves by taking coherent positions on matters of policy such as this.

So I say again: I like k5! And I also, even, like some k5ers, although most of them seem to be rather robotic, it has to be said, and humourless. We should have a welcoming attitude, and not reject everyone wholesale.

They only annoy me when they crapflood (as some of them have in the past), or make long and windy suggestions about how 'Adequacy can only be saved if we open up the queue and allow everyone to vote on articles and submit them', if only because it becomes tiresome.

Instead let us recognise the great differences between our Empires, and let things rest in Utopian peace.


♥, bc.

Here, here. (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by RobotSlave on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 03:22:09 PM PST
Refugees from gibbering-gibbons.org ought to be treated with respect, offered food and blankets, and given an opportunity to apply for asylum. I fled that address when I began to fear for my sanity, and after a brief period of adjustment, I am quite happy here, and don't know how I ever survived under that brutal democratic regime. Once I get my papers in order, I plan to apply for full citizenship.


© 2002, RobotSlave. You may not reproduce this material, in whole or in part, without written permission of the owner.

 
proud to be a k5er (none / 0) (#11)
by alprazolam on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 08:38:57 PM PST
indeed while the differences between adequacy and k5 are blindingly obvious, the fact that i can spend an entire workday reading crap people post on k5 (as opposed to the 1 article a day i see here) makes it a necessity to my daily life. i say both are important, just like you have to take a break from reading 19th century french novels to read sports illustrated every once in a while.


 
what's really funny... (none / 0) (#13)
by Anonymous Reader on Sun Nov 25th, 2001 at 02:10:05 PM PST
Most of elenchos' post at kiro5hin include links to adequacy.org

He wants to fade from that site maybe he'll fade from this one too. :)


 
Ugh. (none / 0) (#4)
by RobotSlave on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 11:25:05 AM PST
Not even 50 words. It even mentions arguing-aye-ayes.org by name. Nap time.


© 2002, RobotSlave. You may not reproduce this material, in whole or in part, without written permission of the owner.

 
Are you (none / 0) (#5)
by jin wicked on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 12:18:58 PM PST
or have you ever been a Libertarian?


"Ars longa, vita brevis...Art is long, life is short."

 
A word or two of advice... (none / 0) (#10)
by hauntedattics on Sat Nov 24th, 2001 at 07:08:57 PM PST
Hi, dear. Welcome back to adequacy. Why don't you have a seat and read what a few others are writing for a change? Then you can comment on what they write and engage in a nice, stimulating dialogue. Faux inferiority complexes and multiple whiny diary entries (especially in a short time period) aren't likely to help you win friends and influence people. You're even beginning to annoy me...and I'm a pretty tolerant chick.



 
Question and Explanation (none / 0) (#12)
by Inden on Sun Nov 25th, 2001 at 03:04:46 AM PST
I didn't realize the extent to which "Diary" in this neck of cyberculture was viewed as a low bandwidth commodity to be sparingly employed. I had been using my k5 diary as a working tool for my writing. Part of its function was archival in a pretty format. Some of my entries on k5 I didn't care if anyone saw or responded to. I was thinking "diary" as in my own journal where I can write and save whatever I want. I am new to this.

QUESTION:
Will k5 ever come back online and if not is there any way I can retrieve the diary entries I posted there and didn't save for myself anywhere else?


 
the reason... (none / 0) (#14)
by nathan on Mon Nov 26th, 2001 at 09:09:07 AM PST
is because his genitals are absolutely microscopic. Don't ask me how I know this.

Nathan
--
Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

 

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