What do YOU consider to be a clique thread?

[Miss Jasmine]

Miss Jasmine -

Perhaps you were ignored cause you're a member of the "Gator Nation!"

hee hee!

Blessings!
Mark
GO NOLES!

Just couldn't help yourself could ya? And the correct way to quote it would be "The Gator Nation."

Good luck this season, you are going to need it.

Uh oh, did I just do a cliquey thing by addressing this one poster with friendly banter?

 

[Nutsy]

Cliques aren't bad, you just have to realize there is a life outside of the DIS after being ignored and ignored and ignored.

It's hard to get "into" a thread that has been established, especially if you're in a different time zone, and also if the "clique" goes further than just the CB (especially if you ask what the heck the other place is and get ignored again )
But then there is the moment you say: oh well, there's more in the world than being part of a thread. And you go look for another one, where you get a reaction, and you start having fun again

I'm with you there Sandra... often times by the time I can get on to chat on those kind of threads..everyone is headed to bed. So,it does make it quite difficult not being in the same time zone to be able to keep abreast of what the happenings are.

 

[Missy1961]

You know, the number of game and club threads doesn't really bother me because there is nothing forcing me to look in the threads if I have no interest in the subject. And there is nothing stopping me from looking at page 2 or 3 to catch up either. Seriously, when you pick up your newspaper do you only read what's on page 1? Or do you go through and catch up on news you missed?

Think of the CB like a mall with 100 stores. You more than likely are not going to be interested in shopping in every single store in that mall. In some cases, maybe only 10% of them contain stuff you like. Are you going to call the mall management and tell them that the mall is too full of stuff you have no interest in and it's making you have to walk all throughout the mall just to go to the 10 stores you like? No, because even though YOU do not like those stores, there are just as many people that DO like those stores.

I consider the CB the same way. One person may not like the game threads, but based on their popularity, there are plenty of people that do.

Oh my goodness, that is so spooky. I thought about the way the CB is like a mall, and was going to post that here! Thank goodness I read your post first!

 

[Kitty 34]

You know, the number of game and club threads doesn't really bother me because there is nothing forcing me to look in the threads if I have no interest in the subject. And there is nothing stopping me from looking at page 2 or 3 to catch up either. Seriously, when you pick up your newspaper do you only read what's on page 1? Or do you go through and catch up on news you missed?

Think of the CB like a mall with 100 stores. You more than likely are not going to be interested in shopping in every single store in that mall. In some cases, maybe only 10% of them contain stuff you like. Are you going to call the mall management and tell them that the mall is too full of stuff you have no interest in and it's making you have to walk all throughout the mall just to go to the 10 stores you like? No, because even though YOU do not like those stores, there are just as many people that DO like those stores.

I consider the CB the same way. One person may not like the game threads, but based on their popularity, there are plenty of people that do.

Well said!! Reminds me of when I was little and would get the Christmas catalog from a store and have to "weed" thru some of the boring clothes and home appliance parts before I would finally get to the toys!! It was well worth the search, tho!!

 

[rigs32]

As previous posters said, I've often posted lengthy responses that get totally ignored, but someone else says the same thing and THEN the idea gets a response - positive or negative.

I wonder if the number of tags is related to the level of cliquishness... I realize that some are just eloquent posters, but there are often newbies with several tags and veterans with none.

 

[auntpolly]

As previous posters said, I've often posted lengthy responses that get totally ignored, but someone else says the same thing and THEN the idea gets a response - positive or negative.

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You obviously didn't say it right -- try a funny voice or a prop next time .

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

When you post to a thread and end up feeling like you are being shunned and they are saying...who are you and what are you doing here? I have felt like that a time or two here. All in all, I really enjoy the majority of the posters on the CB.

 

[phorsenuf]

You know, the number of game and club threads doesn't really bother me because there is nothing forcing me to look in the threads if I have no interest in the subject. And there is nothing stopping me from looking at page 2 or 3 to catch up either. Seriously, when you pick up your newspaper do you only read what's on page 1? Or do you go through and catch up on news you missed?

Think of the CB like a mall with 100 stores. You more than likely are not going to be interested in shopping in every single store in that mall. In some cases, maybe only 10% of them contain stuff you like. Are you going to call the mall management and tell them that the mall is too full of stuff you have no interest in and it's making you have to walk all throughout the mall just to go to the 10 stores you like? No, because even though YOU do not like those stores, there are just as many people that DO like those stores.

I consider the CB the same way. One person may not like the game threads, but based on their popularity, there are plenty of people that do.

My local mall is that way and I hate going there because I hate walking through the whole darn place to get to the couple of stores I do like. So I go grudginly or go somewhere else.
Do I complain to management? No, why would they listen to me? But if alot of the city started complaining then ya, I would too because maybe they will listen to numbers.
I spend alot of time here, mostly lurking these days because any posts of value just don't seem to matter anymore. I still post and I'll try to get in conversations but like others have said, if you aren't a regular poster of some of these places then you tend to get overlooked.

I guess it just boils down to I'm tired of walking! LOL

 

[GoofyDad869]

As previous posters said, I've often posted lengthy responses that get totally ignored, but someone else says the same thing and THEN the idea gets a response - positive or negative.

I wonder if the number of tags is related to the level of cliquishness... I realize that some are just eloquent posters, but there are often newbies with several tags and veterans with none.

Yes. And I think post count has something to do with it too. I had all my tags within my first 800 posts. I don't know how that happened. Neither tag was bestowed from a 'clique' thread, though.

 

[Kitty 34]

My two cents:

I think the only thing rather sad about some of the threads we're calling cliques is how there are some wonderful DISers on those threads, ones I've known from years back, even some I'm met in RL that NEVER come out of those threads anymore. I miss them.

 

[auntpolly]

All I know is the best clique thread going right now is the "knee high corn thread". It's quite exclusive -- don't be offended if we ignore you!

 

[crazee4mickey]

i think they can be identified wherein a non "member of the clique" makes an insightful and thoughtful post (generaly responding to the op concept). the post is not commented on, agreed to, cited in any way. however a "member of the clique" posts a subsequent posting that says basicly the same thing, same points and HAZAAAA-that post is lauded for pages by the other "members" as being the most insigtful and original posting know to man with accolades to the poster by personal vs user name-and implorings that justice call for the person to be "rewarded" with a tag fairy visit to memorialize this monumentous moment in dis board history.

ITA...This is exactly what I see "clique" threads as being.

 

[Planogirl]

My two cents:

I think the only thing rather sad about some of the threads we're calling cliques is how there are some wonderful DISers on those threads, ones I've known from years back, even some I'm met in RL that NEVER come out of those threads anymore. I miss them.

ITA. I wonder if they feel safer on those threads or if the CB in general is just too much trouble to wade through nowadays?

 

[Southern4sure]

I got my tags because I'm blond (dyed... ) and say stupid things..... But hey, my hair color has nothing to do with the things I say.

Can't we all just get along.....

 

[gina2000]

You know, the number of game and club threads doesn't really bother me because there is nothing forcing me to look in the threads if I have no interest in the subject. And there is nothing stopping me from looking at page 2 or 3 to catch up either. Seriously, when you pick up your newspaper do you only read what's on page 1? Or do you go through and catch up on news you missed?

Think of the CB like a mall with 100 stores. You more than likely are not going to be interested in shopping in every single store in that mall. In some cases, maybe only 10% of them contain stuff you like. Are you going to call the mall management and tell them that the mall is too full of stuff you have no interest in and it's making you have to walk all throughout the mall just to go to the 10 stores you like? No, because even though YOU do not like those stores, there are just as many people that DO like those stores.

I consider the CB the same way. One person may not like the game threads, but based on their popularity, there are plenty of people that do.

It's a great analogy except for the ending of the tale. If I go to a mall and don't like 90% of the stores, I probably won't come back. Ultimately, every store suffers. The most popular stores could be perceived as muscling out the others because it's so busy in that mall that I won't bother to find parking and will spend my dollars elsewhere.

Moral of the tale? Balance. In order to attract people of all types who all have discretionary income to spend, a mall is wise not to cater to one type of store because that fad may soon be left by the wayside and people move on to something new somewhere else. And I'm spending my dollars elsewhere and won't be back because I don't know or don't care that it has changed.

What's a clique? To me (and I know it will insult more than a few people), it's a set of people that only truly feel comfortable within their own group. They don't venture out beyond that group except in numbers because that group validates them and lends support to their opinions.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Neither, I guess. If you're comfy living that way, great. Just don't drag the entire entourage out everytime you go to the mall. It gets a bit overcrowded and people like me won't shop there anymore.

 

[fabumouse]

ITA. I wonder if they feel safer on those threads or if the CB in general is just too much trouble to wade through nowadays?

Mostly it's the former. Who in the heck cares on the general CB that I'm pregnant? I don't expect anyone to. But if I post in an area where I've known people for awhile, they ask how the baby is, how I'm feeling, and so forth. And that makes me feel good.

And, there are those who believe "friendly debate" belongs on every thread. Sometimes that's just exhausting.

 

[JulyGirl]

If I look at the last page of a thread and can't figure out what the heck anybody is talking about, it is a clique to me. To me, most of the clique threads are just blah blah blah. People love to see their words in print.

 

[Jeanny]

Mostly it's the former. Who in the heck cares on the general CB that I'm pregnant? I don't expect anyone to. But if I post in an area where I've known people for awhile, they ask how the baby is, how I'm feeling, and so forth. And that makes me feel good.

Shouldn't the CB do exactly that? Make people feel good and show concern about our "friends"? If I hadn't been "talking" with you for so long, I would probably never had realized that you're pregnant with your second daughter and what a great "friend" you are.

 

[robinb]

I wonder if the number of tags is related to the level of cliquishness... I realize that some are just eloquent posters, but there are often newbies with several tags and veterans with none.

I think you are absoluetly right. I have been on the DIS since early 1999 (my post count was reset twice due to system failures back in the "olde days") but I have never been tagged. I rarely post on the CB and almost never to the clique-y fun-fun-fun mega threads. Either the tag fairy thinks I am boring or I just don't post to the "right" threads ... and certainly not the TF "clapping and begging" threads! At this point I am proud of my tagless status, LOL! I don't want a tag and I don't need a tag. I'm just fine the way I am. Boring and under the tag fairy's radar .

 

[CheshireVal]

I feel like almost every thread on the CB these days is a clique thread.

To me, a clique thread is when I click on the last page of a thread and find the posts there have absolutely NOTHING to do with the subject heading. Instead, it's just silly banter and you'd feel stupid if you tried to comment on the original subject even if you really want to.