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The threads that we choose to follow on Pricescope have a lot of influence on which pieces of information we will have and when we have them. Because I did not read Rocky Talky regularly, I did not know of rockdoc's death until weeks after he had died. Because I did not read certain threads I have not known about the illness of a friend's mother or the death of a friend's dog until weeks later. Not knowing what everyone else knows and is supporting a friend through makes me feel bad. In reality, it is easy not to open a thread and to miss references to an event.
An example of what can be missed: I had seen the "ragdoll" thread in Hangout for ages. It is 18 pages long with 522 entries. I assumed it was about ragdolls. I had bought ragdolls for my daughter, but we disposed of them, beautiful as they were, because she didn't use them or her stuffed animals. I couldn't imagine why people had so much to say about ragdolls. I finally decided that the thread must have turned into a discussion of something else, as threads do and that I should see what was actually being discussed now. I went to the end of the thread and saw a kitten. I wasn't sure how ragdolls had turned into kittens, but I went back to the beginning. To my amazement, the "ragdolls" of this thread were a kind of cat!
I had never heard of a ragdoll cat! To me a ragdoll was one of those dolls made out of cloth with eyes made of black buttons and red hair. That thread has been there for a very long time and I had had never had a clue as to what was in it.
My point is that one person's Pricescope is not the same as another person's. We can each spend hours here every day and still not cross each others' paths or know all the same things or the same people. And yet it is still a community. A community, but one in which we have to remember that sometimes other people don't know what has been going on in our lives, haven't been able to keep up with our purchases and our news.
Off my soapbox
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Deb
An example of what can be missed: I had seen the "ragdoll" thread in Hangout for ages. It is 18 pages long with 522 entries. I assumed it was about ragdolls. I had bought ragdolls for my daughter, but we disposed of them, beautiful as they were, because she didn't use them or her stuffed animals. I couldn't imagine why people had so much to say about ragdolls. I finally decided that the thread must have turned into a discussion of something else, as threads do and that I should see what was actually being discussed now. I went to the end of the thread and saw a kitten. I wasn't sure how ragdolls had turned into kittens, but I went back to the beginning. To my amazement, the "ragdolls" of this thread were a kind of cat!
I had never heard of a ragdoll cat! To me a ragdoll was one of those dolls made out of cloth with eyes made of black buttons and red hair. That thread has been there for a very long time and I had had never had a clue as to what was in it.
My point is that one person's Pricescope is not the same as another person's. We can each spend hours here every day and still not cross each others' paths or know all the same things or the same people. And yet it is still a community. A community, but one in which we have to remember that sometimes other people don't know what has been going on in our lives, haven't been able to keep up with our purchases and our news.
Off my soapbox
.Deb
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