*Important* If you''re on the LIW List.....

[Bia]

That sounds fair.

I think as long as people aren''t discouraged from adding themselves just because they may not be regular posters, it''s fine. The reason I say that is because I lurked for awhile before I was ready to be added...I''m sure others did the same.

But I''m not a LIW anymore

so whatever you guys want to do is cool with me

 

[FrekeChild]

Lol Cosmo, no hard feelings, I was up way too late and grumpy as well apparently.

So basically it''s staying the same?

So here is what I found in my experience:
Most ladies who have posted over 100 times have either been around for a while, or are somewhat regular posters. I had the same experience as LP in that ladies would randomly pop up when they were getting close to getting kicked off of the list, and remind us that they were still kicking. If you notice, at the beginning of my list, I had a disclaimer asking those who joined to stick around and keep posting because I did do housecleanings from time to time.

Yes I think too much thought is being put into this.

But the 500 post limit doesn''t deal with those under 20 (or even less than 5 sometimes!) in a very timely fashion.

It was frustrating to watch LiveLaughLove sit on the list for getting close to 6 months when I felt she wasn''t coming back AND she had 300+ posts because of the 100 post limit.

 

[Bia]

LiveLaughLove was a special case though, wasn''t she? She sort of broke out for a reason, it seemed anyway. I might be totally wrong.

 

[Italiahaircolor]

What if you all started a "shout out" thread? Once a month, you have to simply "check in" say hi--nothing more nothing less...similar to the birthday thing...if you miss more than two months of "check in''s" you''re off the list?

 

[idreamofcushions]

Lol! I like the idea of the shout-out thread! I think it gives those of us who don''t post a lot the chance to reconnect. If I go a few days without checking PS I feel like I missed a years worth of conversations! So a thread that is catered to irregular posters seems like a nice idea.

But whatever you ladies decide will be fine. Thank you list keepers for all the hard work! You are much appreciated!

 

[dragonfly411]

what if you don''t know how long you''ll be on ?

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 1/8/2009 3:27:58 PM
Author: Bia
LiveLaughLove was a special case though, wasn''t she? She sort of broke out for a reason, it seemed anyway. I might be totally wrong.

I was wondering what happened to her. She had some sort of vacation that she was going on, and never came back. I know she had a lot of issues with other posters at the beginning, and a lot of apology threads, but I thought everything was worked out? I guess she was just one of those people who didn''t end up falling in love with PS.

Either way, she was on the list WAY too long, IMO.

 

[audball]

I'm okay with either the 2/4 month for -/+ 500 or the 3/6 months same way.

I did like the idea of having to obtain a certain number of posts to sign up for the list, not a ton, something like 20. For most working people, that would give them a few weeks to feel out the community and decide if it's somewhere they'll love to be and want to stay for awhile instead of drop in, sign up, and leave. At 20 posts you could ask to be added to the list and then you would have to check in every 2/4 or 3/6 depending on your status of ideal or less. Does this make sense???

A shout out thread could be good too I guess, but it really isn't hard to just post somewhere quickly once every month or two. I understand not having feedback with content sometimes while lurking, but it's pretty easy to go to SMTR and go, "Ooooo, PRETTY

...."

Whatever you guys decide, I'll abide by the rules, I love PS! Thanks to Alexis and LP for the current list keeping, and to sunnyd and Freke and all the others who came before you, you all rock.

ETA: Of the two options, I agree with Alexis. The 2/4 month schedule would help the list move along a bit better. I still think it's fair, it's easy to just pop in every 2-4 months and let everyone know you're still alive.

 

[sunnyd]

It does take A LOT of work to maintain and houseclean. I had to search for a half hour for Namaste because it was in all the yoga and workout threads! LOL...

Maybe 1 month grace for under 20 posts (flybys) then something like this?

1-20 = 1 month
21-99 = 3 months
100+ = 6 months
1000+ = 1 year

Even that is a lot of categories to keep up with though. Yikes...

 

[FrekeChild]

LMAO sunnyd! I had the same problem! I''m just glad no one has signed up with the username "diamond". OMG, can you even imagine the mess it would take to find any posts by her?!

 

[ladypirate]

LOL--I finally resorted to going through the previous LIW List threads and just looking at their original joining-the-list post. For some people (Halo for example--do you know how many times the word Halo appears on this site?!?!?!) it's the only way to find them!

 

[sunnyd]

Date: 1/8/2009 7:09:48 PM
Author: FrekeChild
LMAO sunnyd! I had the same problem! I''m just glad no one has signed up with the username ''diamond''. OMG, can you even imagine the mess it would take to find any posts by her?!

Eff that!!!!

I used to find it easier to find the first LIW list they posted on, whether it was CR''s or EM1''s, etc and CTRL-F every freaking page until I found the first post.

 

[sunnyd]

Date: 1/8/2009 8:40:36 PM
Author: ladypirate
LOL--I finally resorted to going through the previous LIW List threads and just looking at their original joining-the-list post. For some people, it''s the only way to find them!

There you go!

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 1/8/2009 8:40:44 PM
Author: sunnyd

Date: 1/8/2009 7:09:48 PM
Author: FrekeChild
LMAO sunnyd! I had the same problem! I''m just glad no one has signed up with the username ''diamond''. OMG, can you even imagine the mess it would take to find any posts by her?!

Eff that!!!!

I used to find it easier to find the first LIW list they posted on, whether it was CR''s or EM1''s, etc and CTRL-F every freaking page until I found the first post.

LOL, Sunny--guess we had the same idea!

 

[emeraldlover1]

Ladies, ladies, ladies...so...here is something to make it a little easier for you. I should have passed this on when I turned over the list but I thought you knew... See that Search thing next to the personal section link at the top. Not the one with the box. The one that is like an advanced search tool. If you type in the name there it will bring up almost every post that the author has every posted in if you search under author. Don''t search anything else but the name in author. That should help slove the time consuming problem.

I also know there is a another way to search for the name you are looking for but give me a few minutes to remember what it is. Its been you know, 4 months since I got engaged...

 

[ladypirate]

LOL--thanks EmeraldLover! I knew there had to be an easier way, but I didn''t know what it was!

 

[emeraldlover1]

Oh, and just to test it out...there is a user that signed up in 01 with the user name "diamond" go figure they only posted once.

 

[emeraldlover1]

LP...no prob! That is why I thought is was weird about the time consuming update. Just make sure non of the boxes are checked except author and you have to search in the author search box.

PS...I also thought Freke knew cause she would often tell me who to delete before I even got to a clean up.

 

[FrekeChild]

Hahahaha!!! I would find the List thread they were in when they first joined and follow it from there. That''s how I came to the realization that almost all of the posters coming off of the list through cleaning were the ones who would post and then never come back. There would be like 5 LsIW who post less than 5 times, who would join in a row, and never come back.

And Emeraldlover1--I''d go through the list while I was bored in class. So you have my 2.5 hour classes to thank for my promptness in list cleaning!

 

[hisdiamondgirl]

I have nothing to add just want to make sure I don''t get kicked off the list after I made it all the way up to...what...13?!?!?

 

[Amanda.Rx]

If people don''t post for months, I doubt they care where they are on "the list." Sometimes, priorities change for people... if they''re not spending much time online, I doubt they care which # they are.

For those who post reguarly, it''s just for fun, anyways. It''s not like you can''t be engaged until you get to the top 10. If I didn''t check this site regularly, I wouldn''t care if I got booted.

I''d say clean the list- the guidelines I''ve seen posted above should suffice. There''s my $0.02.

 

[ckrickett]

Date: 1/8/2009 1:29:07 PM
Author: ladypirate
So how about this:

3 months if you have 1-499 posts
6 months if you have 500+ posts (aka ideal rock status)

Sound good to everyone?

here here!

 

[~*Alexis*~]

Date: 1/9/2009 7:57:53 PM
Author: ckrickett

Date: 1/8/2009 1:29:07 PM

Author: ladypirate

So how about this:


3 months if you have 1-499 posts

6 months if you have 500+ posts (aka ideal rock status)


Sound good to everyone?

here here!

Ok we will be cleaning the list throughout the week. I will post the updated thread this week sometime.

LP- you want to take the first 52 and I will take the remaining 52?

As a courtesy, I will post those the names of the people who are going to be kicked off in a list and give them a week or so to post to see if they are still interested, mainly for those that are lurking and do not post.


*****I will add a disclaimer to the restrictions. If you do not post for over 6 months and you have enough posts to stay on I will alert that person in a separate thread, if you don''t respond, then I will take you off the list since you have not posted in a while.*****


THANKS to everyone for being understanding!!!

 

[ladypirate]

Alexis--the list I posted is still applicable--it''s in this thread and the LIW thread. If you want to go ahead and double check and remove those people (minus avogueidea, since she posted), then we should be good until next month!

 

[bee*]

Date: 1/8/2009 6:59:50 AM
Author: FrekeChild

And thats to not even mention bee* who is a rockstar for keeping up with the BIW list, which is incredibly long.

Thank you Freke! Glad to see you posting lots again-yay to getting computers back!!! I think that having a time limit is a great idea as so many people post and then are never seen again. I don''t think that it''s too much to ask to post once a month.

 

[mariewest]

I have to give the girls who have done such a good job keeping up the list my up utmost credit. Being that I don''t post as much as I would like to, I do check in from time to time and read what everyone has to say. I enjoy being on the list and think it is perfectly acceptable to have a rule in place to make it easier to maintain the list with people who are active. I think a month of no posts is acceptable to be taken off, but I think it is only appropriate to give a warning first just in case, and if you don''t hear anything in a certain amount of time, then kick them off. I don''t know if there should be a quota of how many posts one needs to have though.

Anyways, I will leave it up to you. Please post the rules, maybe at the top of the board for the list. I will try to post more in order to meet those requirements. I''m sure anyone else will be able to do the same.

Again, thanks for all your great effort!

 

[jcarlylew82]

i like the idea of a warning too -
as of late i have had no time to go to PS

with my work schedule..

but now that i get 3 hours by myself in the morning... i could be back a lot more! Plus for those of us who go through the initial ring search (very exciting to share, of course!) to the ..."so when is he going to ask.." phase (with not much to report)... Or at least right now i know i don''t have much to share as i used to!

sorry if the post is a bit jumbled - i havent had coffee yet

 

[~*Alexis*~]

thats ok dear...I am still on my first can of pepsi......and its Monday.

Date: 1/12/2009 8:02:01 AM
Author: jcarlylew82
i like the idea of a warning too -
as of late i have had no time to go to PS

with my work schedule..

but now that i get 3 hours by myself in the morning... i could be back a lot more! Plus for those of us who go through the initial ring search (very exciting to share, of course!) to the ...''so when is he going to ask..'' phase (with not much to report)... Or at least right now i know i don''t have much to share as i used to!

sorry if the post is a bit jumbled - i havent had coffee yet