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Scaramouche 01:17 pm UTC 08/05/07 |
| In reply to: | re: The Natives Are Restless Tonight ?!? - pidunk 11:22 am UTC 08/05/07 |
| Hmmm...'interesting'!? LOL >> Here is a thing that I have been thinking of when someone > says something like this but I have not actually come up > with the analogy that could fit it. However, now that I > have, it is "playroom". When I was in nursery (pre-school) > school especially, and also kindergarten, the children > were left ostensibly to themselves with the various toys > and craft supplies, to make a day of play and interaction > amongst themselves. The children had to be there, and > there was the level of discipline that came when a child > acted out or did not behave socially. If a child was > bored, of course behaviors were associated with that as > well. The reason why this seems like a playroom is because > some people seem to think like they have to be here, even > when they state indirectly or directly that there isn't > any reason to be here. Children in pre-school and > kindergarten don't usually have social avenues after > school, or between school days with the children they are > in school with, so if they were to be able to choose, on > the criteria of their friendships, to be in the playroom > on a rainy sunday, then they may do that if only because > their friends are there, and bored out of their minds, > they would have those irritable behaviors. But, on the > internet, there are numerous avenues for outside > communications to be in touch with friends. There is > email, telephone, instant messaging, group chats, and all > that exists, either in text mode, in rich-text mode, html, > and even in multimedia collaboration sites. So, if one is > attached to having interaction with a friend, one can > check in with their friend and see about the news or > shares of the day, while they wait for a reason to come > back to the fan site. If they come back to the fan site > and there is nothing of interest for them there while they > are there, and they say that they act out because there is > nothing of interest for them while they are there, why > blame the artist of whom they are a fan? Why blame the > site administrator? Why blame anyone, including someone > like me, at all? Why not find the interests that also > comprise your life and include them in the interests while > interacting with friends. In any land-based community, > there is more than only one place where people meet. They > don't meet at the church when there isn't a function going > on at the church but they want to see each other. When > they want to see each other and there is nothing going on > at the church they go some other place, like the coffee > shop, scrabble tournament, or they see a show playing > nearby. They don't call up the reverend and say, hey > reverend, you give us nothing to do today, so we are going > to see what colors to paint your fence! > > I have not seen enough fan sites to really know what is > different from them to this one, but he ones I have seen > do appear to be much different. I see that people post > when there is something to post, and when there is not, > they are not posting. They seem to have diverse enough > interests and sufficiency in their internet activities to > go where they want to go when there is a reason for going > there, and not to be there when there is not. > > All I am saying is, that just because there is no new news > from Jim, or any of the array of activities of his own > children, being his songs, does not mean that the fans > need to act like children themselves and be where they > have no reason to be, if they will be blameful and > disruptive when they personally themselves don't feel > there is a reason for being there. If your land-based life > is boredom filled, does that mean that you perform > mischief on it, or do you try to find ways to occupy > yourself in an interesting way? > > The natives are not locked into this vessel, this port. > They can move about, they can investigate the landscapes > and then come back with refreshed minds for their > activities here, instead of being pre-occupied with what > trivialities exist that they have no interest in. In other > words, if the natives are restless, what are they stuck on > being on this page for? > > And for that, how much of the page is to blame? > > > I don't really know, because the site for a songwriter is > definitely a different kind of dynamic than the site of a > band like KISS, where there are songs and boxed sets and > tours to go around, and I don't know because I don't > regularly go to fan sites, not even Meatloaf's, and yet, > fans could in themselves have a sociological phenomenon > that creates a certain kind of beast quality in a group > mind. The thing that seems to be the most disruptive in a > fan board or any group is when some members find > favoritism in face-to-face experiences with the other > members, and so the internet is a vehicle for those to > manifest those friendships they don't otherwise have the > courage to pursue off of the fan board, and so they > mingle, they linger, they even feel like because they are > friends, they have a reason for being here. And then they > blame the board for its not providing the forum of > entertainment. It seems to me like there is the friendship > hungry participants who use the board for their > un-threatening place to stay with their friends they meet > on trips, and there is the friendship hungry participants > who do not meet the others on trips but who find that the > others are so much like friends that they find their > social outlet here. A fan community is not really able to > fulfill all of those requirements without some major > understandings that there must be peace amongst those who > are dwelling, and that it is not the responsibility of the > board host to entertain them. Some boards have fans who > start NJC threads that go on and on, with games and > activities. I don't know what I think of those per se, but > I do know that these fans take their playroom, and make a > happy playroom of part of it, and don't feel restless. > > As I am saying, it is for Rink and/or Jim to do what they > must do for their projects, and not worry so much about > whether or not this board is entertained in between their > readiness to present them. > > Respectfully to all, > > Susan > > | |
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