Will do. I didn't realize it was a no-no when the posts occurred far enough apart.
Honestly not trying to annoy people. I'm just enthusiastic that I found a place with a lot of like-minded people. I also have a lot of free time on my hands.
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I used to own a music forum until I sold it several years ago. One of the first members of that forum after me was a good friend from another, more broad music forum. He was, well, enthusiastic, to say the least. He used more exclamation points in his writing than letters or numbers. Besides this obvious flaw, I took him on as my first moderator (probably another reason I don't have a forum now). He was loyal to my vision for the forum, so I overlooked his shortcomings in that respect. As it turned out, my main advertiser soon began to post less and less until he finally didn't post anymore, and he was backing off on advertising. Of course, I was concerned about that, so I contacted him by PM and found out that he was annoyed by my moderators' annoying posting habits and style. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do to another person (one of), but I had to let him know that he needed to cool it, tone it down. He was angry with me and drastically reduced his posting for a while, but eventually saw the reasoning and came back to normal (without all the exclamation points). I appreciated his enthusiasm, but I could also understand that my users found his style to be off-putting.
I hadn't planned on it, but it turns out that I do the equivalent of using too many exclamation points here on the TrekBBS. Essentially three warnings from various users (not mods) in the same day. I need to take that hint.
I have a strange sense of humor. A lot of people don't get it. That's okay because I don't get a lot of "normal" humor.
Because of my odd humor, I've seemingly seriously offended someone that I would like to consider an ally for social reasons. That person ignored an apology PM that I sent (or at least has not replied to it), and I fear I've done irreparable damage to that potential friendship. I've never wanted enemies, and I certainly don't set out to gain them.
I've decided to tone down my attempts at humor, I'll avoid multiple posts and spreading misinformation (I'll just not post hearsay, only what I've personally seen or read from official sources).
I do feel like I've found a place I can (mostly) be myself, where I can talk about the geeky things that I love, and feel accepted by the majority of members (given time and effort), or, at least a place that I won't be hated for what I am.
I have no idea what my password may have been at the time, but I actually first joined this site in 2004. I made 101 posts that are now gone (before the move(s)). I chickened out back then before revealing my true nature and disappeared. I got married, stayed in a restrictive marriage with an overbearing spouse that essentially told me how to think and act and, whether directly or not, told me that what I thought and how I acted was not good enough, and I lived under judgemental eyes. We were hermits in those nearly 11 years. I didn't have any real-life friends because we always stayed home and "didn't have enough time" for friends.
So, yeah, I got a little happy and enthusiastic.
I'm not looking for pity. I'd just like another chance at a first impression. Might be impossible.
Anyway,
@auntiehill , please do post in the Action Figure thread again. I enjoyed your girls' adventures.
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God. I just keep stepping in it, don't I?
