Is it an impression I have which is false, or is it true? And if it is true....why?
there seem to be a lot of people who used to post here who don't now from the UK, but US posters seem to have stuck around more. This is presumably in spite of the fact that other online distractions are equally available no matter where you are in the developed world.
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"Exodus - Movement Of Jah Poptimists."
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i.e. they all deserted the sinking ship and went to LJ for lots of polls and marketing surveys.
US posters also seem to have a thicker skin regarding trolling and zinging, and personal insults, so maybe that's the answer?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:11 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah Dingbod, LiveJournal. It is so shite!!! Why on earth do people want to go on it??? It's just a blog with a few more bells and whistles. Big deal.
Tuomas, maybe you're right. There may be cultural differences involved. Maybe I should have extended it to UK vs non-UK. You've stuck around. So has Trayce. are the New Zealanders still here?
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:14 (sixteen years ago) link
The biggest arseholes on this board, the ones who delight in driving people away, post during British working hours.
― Ed, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm still here but am definitely posting less probably because there seem to be more US-centric threads at the moment and the UK ones I'm not really interested in.
― Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I'm quite sensitive to trolling and personal insults, but since I don't really know any of you personally, I've never gotten so pissed off about it as to leave the board.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:17 (sixteen years ago) link
most people stick around but just read and post a lot less. i'm surprised some of the 6-7 (COUNT 'EM) people who constitute the supposed livejournal exodus have managed to stay away so long tho.
― blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link
The LJ/Poptimists thing is always overstated, as most of the ILXers who post there had pretty much stopped posting a year or so before that community ever appeared, and a lot of others post or posted to both. Personally I think LJ is teh lame but still find myself looking at it.
Bigger factors really were offsite mailing lists, the widening of subject matter on FreakyTrigger, UK posters generally being a bit older and getting tougher jobs, and the common perception that ILX is full of nutters.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Also there are just shitloads more US posters than UK ones, so when a load of US posters disappear no one really notices.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Can't get into LJ at all - I tend to find it unreadable. I don't mean that the writing is unreadable but the format to an extent defies me to read it.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:21 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Ed, Thursday, 17 April 2008 10:16 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
OTM, and I for one am sick of it.
― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:22 (sixteen years ago) link
take the fucking hint, no-mark. you'll be happier, we'll be happier.
― banriquit, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Yo, we're not here to preach because we're not ministers We're tellin like it is cause Ren and Dre is like sinister Reality speaks for itself when it's spoken A basehead cluck can't blame nobody for smokin Yo, bullets flyin, mothers cryin, brothers dyin Lyin in the streets, that's why we're tryin To stop it from fallin apart and goin to waste And keepin a smile off a white face N.W.A never preachin, just teachin The knowledge of the streets to each and All that don't understand, that's why we came To let you know that we're all in the same gang
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"I for one" - surely the most overused example of tautology ever?
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
So says the split personality dude.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
So upset I'm gonna miss this clusterfuck thread.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:27 (sixteen years ago) link
(I don't really mean that, it was just one of those instinctive open goals)
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:28 (sixteen years ago) link
^^ Hardman posturing ----> irrelevant cut and pasted nonsense -----> pedantry -----> "zing"
Perfect example of how ILX has gone to the dog's because of what Ive termed the DWSRCC, or "Dripping With Self-Regard and Contempt Crew"
― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Thank god Spencer left. -- A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:19 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link
― banriquit, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:34 (sixteen years ago) link
At least you knew where you were with Becky Lucas.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:35 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf is people's problem with spencer? LOOSERS
― blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:38 (sixteen years ago) link
what's this LJ exodus you speak of?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:41 (sixteen years ago) link
can't get into LJ at all - i tend to find him unreadable
― blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd wager the US contingent doesn't include many refugees from a Belle & Sebastian mailing list
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:51 (sixteen years ago) link
These threads always amuse me because I keep forgetting that there's an entire other layer of people who dislike each other standing right behind the layer of people who dislike each other that I always notice.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 17 April 2008 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link
way more than i expected tho
― blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 12:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I think that part of the UK olde ILX exodus is based around their being the original ILX people, and they do not like that their child has grown legs and turned into a Frankenstein's monster where people mix metaphors a lot.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 17 April 2008 12:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I always forget that Sinister is responsible for Laurel and rrrobyn, both of whom have told me, after I've brought up Belle & Sebastian, "Oh, I don't really listen to them anymore."
― jaymc, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
never forget, never forgive
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
HAI, have we met?
― Laurel, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
hope not
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i thougt DG was ex-sinister
― blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link
ha
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't actually know who DG is but I would have pegged him for ex-sinister, too -- or at least assumed he was one of the crew incl, roughly, Ptee and Popkins and those Londoners.
― Laurel, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not taking any betting tips from you guys
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought DG was garu G's brother.
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Well that's good to know, I was wondering why a friend of Tim's would be so rude.
― Laurel, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
;_;
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
DG started ILE right? much to answer for
― blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
tell me about it
ITS NOT ONE OF MINE HE NVER EVEN SEEN ME FLANGE
― Garu G's Gran, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
garu g is the pinefox without his ritalin, everyone knows that
― DG, Thursday, 17 April 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
WAIT - maybe the american contingent are more loyal because, being more geographically dispersed, they never have to meet each other?
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
How many of the top posters have you met?
― Laurel, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm also ex-sinister
― homosexual II, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
little known fact about mandee
― homosexual II, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
-- blueski, Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:38 (7 hours ago) Link
Yeah, I'm not sure. I mean, Jon seems to hate me for reasons I'm not really sure about, and it's probably just people going along with him. Or something about me is generally offensive to the more recent kind of posters. I guess I'll just try and ignore the name calling and hostility, but at some point it's just not worth it. I should probably have just played along early on, but I didn't really understand it and wondered why I should anyway.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I could probably think of as many US as UK posters who don't post any more. Perhaps Grandpont Genie is noticing it more because he knows more of the missing British posters personally?
― ailsa, Thursday, 17 April 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Why do you think I'd want to be your friend on here?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
NB is definitely used in school in the US, etc, like what you'd write in the margins by an important passage or something. I've never seen it used in the US in business or formal emails, etc., but I've never seen "note:" used, either (usually it's "Please note, <///#~~~". People in the US are hyper-formal with communications, moreso than the UK, from my own experience at least.
― bart_stanberg, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
the real answer to the thread question is OUR INDOMITABLE PIONEER SPIRIT
― John Justen, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
In a business context, "please note:" usually means "this is f***ed up, tag you're it."
― felicity, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i think we should all fucking relax, smoke some weed and giggle.
― stevienixed, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Ok, but I won't inhale.
― felicity, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
or listen to some crappy 80s music (KOKOMO by the BEACH BOYS or was that the nineties???) and giggle
― stevienixed, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
1988.
― jaymc, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Close enough.
― stevienixed, Friday, 18 April 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought NB meant "Note By"
― jel --, Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
RIP
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:17 (nine years ago) link
UK ILX: too zingy to live, too bored to live again
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
Isn't doglatin and crew coming to Londan this weekend? Sure you will ilx people to hang out with.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:32 (nine years ago) link
that doesn't change the fact that UK ILX is more or less dead
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:50 (nine years ago) link
my question is 'what happened?'
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
squirrels chewed through my broadband
― ogmor, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:57 (nine years ago) link
I am still here indeed me ol' chum.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:58 (nine years ago) link
although it feels like a lot of UK posters who used to post a lot have very recently decided to up sticks to social media. that kind of annoys me because even though i like chatting to ilxors on FB, I still see my ILX life and my IR life as separate.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
if zappa were alive he'd have def released an album with ignor's post as title
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:04 (nine years ago) link
Autocorrect Insulted My Posting Comrade
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:05 (nine years ago) link
I like the total randomness of this place.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
Good revive btw. Great thread with a few hilarious moments.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
the cable has been replaced, though it took hours. I had not appreciated that my internet was coming through a tree before
― ogmor, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
FACT: US posters are more loyal because more of us own dogs. dogs are loyal to their owners, and owners are more loyal to messageboards.
36.5% of U.S. households own a dog, vs. 31% in the UK.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
i should see if Vox is hiring
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
People got bored. Covered this in another thread but I particularly dislike or, in some cases, have grown to dislike the contributions of certain of the more prominent (and in many cases celebrated) posters on ILX. I think I called them humourless but that wasn't what I meant at all, what I meant was joyless as well supercilious and just plain cold. I recommend hanging out with the ILB Crew, they're cool!
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link
I maintain steadfast and unwavering loyalty to the ILX brand. Bloomps be praised.
― Horrible Health (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
hopefully all of these emigre uk ilx posters have found a new place to discuss new bbc2 panel shows, today's daily express frontpage, ben goldacre and the hypocrisy of the liberal democrats
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:27 (nine years ago) link
A pub would be a good place
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
Human contact though, wow
it does feel like a rather quick exit on behalf of the Brits.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
seen that new cassetteboy conference rap dog latin?
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
i saw a Cassetteboy thing the other day, but i think it was just Osborne or some other Tory figurehead. Hadn't seen/heard anything else by him since about 2002 though.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
how many brits post regularly these days? a baker's monkey?
― nashwan, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link
Don't know but the number of Yanks is yea big.
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0eVkrDIgAEGxi-.jpg:large
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
I recommend hanging out with the ILB Crew, they're cool!
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:19 (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what it is. in fact we're due an autumn FAP I reckon.
as for me, i'm working too much to contribute regularly, which frankly disgusts me (the work bit, though it'd be good to be contributing more - or at all really - as well.)
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I *did* hang out with the ILB cru after that Pynchon talk recently, was ace
but there's a reticence to post I've noticed, not sure why. The level of discourse is quite good, when it does happen
― joie de marsh (imago), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
would hang quietly in background of an ilb cru meet i think
― local eire man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
I endorse the observation that ILB's UK contingent is top notch. If I were nearer London, I'd gladly FAP with them and be all the better for it.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
not at all, you'd be dancing on the tables in no time (xp)
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
would you fuck deems, that behaviour would only be an indication that you were in need of strong liquor and a contrarywise kick up the arse.
xp!
aimless, should you ever have the luxury of a UK visit - there's some very good walking as I'm sure you know tho i realise circumstances may not be expedient - you just need to send up the signal.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
would you fuck deems
pls dont start sentences like this pls
― local eire man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
now you put it like that.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
poll?
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
by all means don't let's
― local eire man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
the british left
― keep the meat alive: pampas grass (wins), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
A thread connection if ever there was one
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
loool wins
― pecker shrivellage (imago), Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
I blame our less extensive cinematic comic universe
― DG, Thursday, 30 October 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link