Just how many cliques threads do we need?

[MosMom]

I was waiting for a Hitchhiker's Guide fan to get the "inside" joke, but alas, no luck.

I got it Steve. I try not to let anyone know what a nerd I am though. This will all end in tears I just know it.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Forgive me for not being able to find an answer with the current search function. Could you find the answer for me using the search? I didn't know it had been answered previously.

People repost questions all the time on the DIS because you can't find anything anymore. LOL Now you have me going off topic.

You've been on the DIS since 2000 and have over 8000 posts and you've never seen this topic before? Interesting. Very interesting.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Well, in that case they should just stop letting people post on the DIS. Since there is a search function, every answer to almost every topic has been answered over the past 10 years.

Put that request in writing and make it triplicate please. Then forward to Disney and Dreams Unlimited...we'll see what we can do for ya.

 

[SplshMtn99]

You've been on the DIS since 2000 and have over 8000 posts and you've never seen this topic before? Interesting. Very interesting.

That's not what I said. I said I never saw it answered. But now we have an answer. Its 42. Next time someone asks, we can all point to Bob's answer.

 

[snowwhitesmom]

MosMom, I LOVE your siggy pic!
Hi Fuzzy!
I like the number 42 - I just had to give that age up!

 

[lillielil]

I was waiting for a Hitchhiker's Guide fan to get the "inside" joke, but alas, no luck.

I'll bite: What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

 

[lyzziesmom]

I don't like when I open a thread looking for information or entertainment, and then I find out that a bunch of people who already know each other have started posting inside jokes or talking about stuff that leaves me scratching my head.

That being said, it's usually pretty easy to tell which threads are the "clique" threads due to their sheer size. I never seem to get into them early on, except for one... oddly enough it's the not-a-clique thread. That one started out a lot like this one, actually! A few of us stuck around and just started using that thread as a place to connect with each other. I guess some people might think it's a clique, but if it is then it's one of the weirdest ones I've ever seen. Unlike the cliquey groups from when I was in school, the "membership" changes all the time. New people stop in and sometimes even stay! I have been pretty intimidated to go into other clique threads though, I feel like I'm barging in uninvited.

Oh heck, I forgot what my point here was going to be. I guess just to say that I don't think most people mind the clique threads themselves, but don't like when the groups migrate to other threads and take over with their "in" jokes. With the exception of the one thread I already mentioned, I pretty much just post wherever I feel I have something to say. I do see the same people over and over again and there are some of you that I would like to get to know better but don't really know how.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

MosMom, I LOVE your siggy pic!
Hi Fuzzy!
I like the number 42 - I just had to give that age up!

I'm sorry, but I am going to have to ask you not to speak to me here as it may be seen as a clique and not just a friendly "hello". I met you on another thread and well.....we can't be friends here. Sorry.

Hey SWM....how are you?

 

[SplshMtn99]

Could you provide an example of a thread you are talking about?

I know that if I see a thread with over 1000 posts, it probably is a "clique" thread.

And by the way.......clique is defined as "a group of people who are friendly with each other but exclude others" I bet if you introduced yourself in some of these threads....you would not be excluded.... Just my opinion.

This afternoons toenail thread is what me start this thread. I posted but then noticed it was turning clique-ish. I didn't turn quite as bad as I thought it was heading, but possibly this thread distracted. I don't know. It could have just guessed wrong. But its happened many times. I come in late, there's only maybe 50 posts or so & I don't think its cliquey, then find out it is. Obviously I don't open the big threads. Those are obvious to me.

I'm not going to debate this with people. I don't debate. Its just annoyance of mine & I just wanted to voice it. Others feel the same way too apparently.

 

[Doesney]

I'm sorry, but I am going to have to ask you not to speak to me here as it may be seen as a clique and not just a friendly "hello". I met you on another thread and well.....we can't be friends here. Sorry.

Hey SWM....how are you?

That sounds like snarkiness to me

 

[snowwhitesmom]

BTW - almost forgot what I was gonna post - over a year ago, I popped into a big thread, said hello , was welcomed with open arms, and made some of the best friends I have ever had. They have helped me through a very rough time in my life. There have been times during the past year that one or more of these friends have called, sent flowers or cards or letters or gifts, just to let me know they cared about me. They have never criticized or judged, simply been my friends - true friends. What you may call a "clique" thread has been my lifeline to sanity for many months. If any of you would like to come chat with us, laugh with us, or if you need an ear or a hand to hold, a shoulder to cry on, PM me and I would be happy to introduce you. I am very proud to be considered my friends' friend, and when I say "love ya" to them - I mean it Come on over - the door's always open and the wisecracks are flowing - but behind them is the magic that makes the DIS so special.

 

[OctoberNinth]

That sounds like snarkiness to me

WD2 is a wonderful individual. She would never act snarky towards a fellow DISer.

 

[Shugardrawers]

Awww you had us at hello Snowy. Well, ok, it was your hooters too

BTW - almost forgot what I was gonna post - over a year ago, I popped into a big thread, said hello , was welcomed with open arms, and made some of the best friends I have ever had. They have helped me through a teenaged daughter moving in with her father, the death of my brother, and now, the "loss" of my Mother to dementia. There have been times during the past year that one or more of these friends have called, sent flowers or cards or letters or gifts, just to let me know they cared about me. They have never criticized or judged, simply been my friends - true friends. What you may call a "clique" thread has been my lifeline to sanity for many months. If any of you would like to come chat with us, laugh with us, or if you need an ear or a hand to hold, a shoulder to cry on, PM me and I would be happy to introduce you. I am very proud to be considered my friends' friend, and when I say "love ya" to them - I mean it Come on over - the door's always open and the wisecracks are flowing - but behind them is the magic that makes the DIS so special.

 

[SplshMtn99]

That sounds like snarkiness to me

More than snarky. I took that as pretty rude & its wasn't even posted at me. Again, I don't have a problem with anyone here, but I can see some people have a problem with me. I can read.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

That sounds like snarkiness to me

You are very perceptive today. Buy this.....man/woman (I don't know what gender anyone here is anymore) a drink.

 

[LaraK]

I try to post everywhere. I have one thread I post on most often, but only began posting there after the thread had been around for a year and had tens of thousands of posts. I was not only welcomed, but I've found some great cyber friends there (some of whom have even turned into corporial friends after we met IRL).

I think that the "hijacking" thing may also be related to the fact that some of the people who post on the big threads are also heavy posters (yes, I just called you blabber mouths my friends). Because of that, you see them a lot around the boards. I hope that the conversations circle back on topic, but let's face it---when it's a funny tanget that everyone is enjoying, is it really that harmful? I don't see this on "serious" threads, only on ones meant to be toung in cheek anyway.

Anyhow, that's how I see it. I am very thankful that I met some great people here. I hope that no one sees me as petty or exclusive. If I have offended you by knowing other people, I am certainly sorry. If you ever want to jump in to one of my conversations, feel free.

 

[CheshireVal]

And by the way.......clique is defined as "a group of people who are friendly with each other but exclude others" I bet if you introduced yourself in some of these threads....you would not be excluded.... Just my opinion.

But some of us don't *want* to have to keep up with a mindless chit chat thread. I don't *want* to pop into one of those massive threads and say hi. I don't have that kind of time.

I honestly don't mind those threads in and of themselves, but they need to stay on their own thread and not take over other threads that were never intended to be "cliquey."

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

WD2 is a wonderful individual. She would never act snarky towards a fellow DISer.

You either don't know me, or know me too well and are here in disguise because I have no idea who you are.
Oh wait, you were being snarky too weren't you?

 

[phorsenuf]

This afternoons toenail thread is what me start this thread. I posted but then noticed it was turning clique-ish. I didn't turn quite as bad as I thought it was heading, but possibly this thread distracted. I don't know. It could have just guessed wrong. But its happened many times. I come in late, there's only maybe 50 posts or so & I don't think its cliquey, then find out it is. Obviously I don't open the big threads. Those are obvious to me.

I'm not going to debate this with people. I don't debate. Its just annoyance of mine & I just wanted to voice it. Others feel the same way too apparently.

Color me confused with the toenail thread. I saw no "clique" evidence there at all. If you are referring to the cake references that had to do with a closed thread. I see that alot. If you missed the original thread then your are lost. It happens often and has nothing to do at all with the cliques, which I find to be a childish word. The threads that are large that exist are nothing more than a central place where friends can gather instead of hijacking threads by chit-chatting. Wouldn't most peole prefer it that way?

And really, stop by any of them sometime. You will find everyone friendly and very welcoming. Well, unless you show up with the intent of causing problems. And I mean you in a general sense to anyone reading here.

 

[RobInBigKC]

What exactly bothers you about it ? If you want to join in join in - if you don't ignore them. Frankly, if I never see another thread about Harry Potter again I'll live a full and happy life. But if I want to hang out on the boards I'll have to put up with it.

Right now, there are 16 cliques threads on page 1. I think its time for their own board.

Right now, it's down to 10. I think this means we need at least six new clique threads.

-- Rob