Buck Jones
Well-Known Member
In light of present events and circumstances andbecause it is so difficult to deal with rumor and innuendo, I thoughtI'd present a little short course in Rabbits Only Forumhistory from my limited viewpoint in order clarify some points andissues.
For several years I frequented a forum named Rabbits Only at aweb host site called Delphi Forums. It dealt with rabbits,but often got wild and woolly because there was no moderator and trollsfrequently appeared. Apparently it had been initiated byDanielle as an adjunct to her then hard copy Rabbits Onlymagazine, but received little attention from her for one reason oranother. Perhaps, it was due to her conversion of themagazine into an on-line site, but I cannot speak for her on that point.
In any case, on that original Rabbits Only Forum I came to meetour current moderator, Carolyn, and renewed communications withindividuals I had communicated with on other forums, like Gabby and PamNock. The Missus and I went on meet Carolyn personally, aswell as a couple of other individuals from that forum who lived in CA,CT, GA, NY and MA.
We became and remain fast friends with Carolyn, who has bunny-sat ourherd at Tucker Town on the many occasions we traveled to CA and TN tovisit our children and their families. Carolyn warmlyaccepted Fauna into her heart, bailing us out of anunfortunate circumstance where we ill-advisedly placed the bun with anundeserving family who let the rabbit fall into a catatonic-like statedue to lack of attention. We retrieved the bun fromthe situation, but Carolyn's concern and love for Fauna is whateventually truly "rescued" her and brought her back to a normal state.
So, if Carolyn and I seem "chummy" and friendly, it is because we wereso before this forum and will remain so regardless of the forum'spresence or not. By no meansthoughisthere an intentto be exclusionary or cliquish with respect toother forum members. We are simply friends in "real" life, aswell as Cyberland.
A little over a year ago, Danielle appeared at the old Rabbits OnlyForum and indicated she was disassociating herself from there andopening this forum at her on-line magazine site. I wasreluctant to move, rather enjoying the anarchical atmosphere thatprevailed at the old site, and said so.
Carolyn, on the other hand, moved over to the new site and becamemoderator. As is her wont, the new site, the one we are allon now, took off by leaps and bounds, much of it due to her warmth andgenuineness. I became intrigued with theinternational quality and breadth of the membership'sdiversehomelands and soon succumbed to becoming a membermyself. I was pleased to seeformer Internetacquaintances like Gabby and Pam Nock here, too.
Over the ensuing months I have grown to appreciate thepersonal qualities of many of the the people who post here and l viewthem as my "friends," as well. I look forward to personallymeeting as many of them as I can at the Boathouse Bunny Party in Julyand/or during some of our cross country trips.
Carolyn has done asuperlative job of rooting out andeliminating trolls and keeping the forum on track, which has becomeincreasingly difficult as membership rolls have climbed soquickly. I, for one, am appreciative of herefforts. If trolls and petulant people have difficulty withit, much is their deserved loss!
Iam cognizant that Danielle is running abusiness. Her business, in the case of the forum, I presume,is to attract hits in numbers that enable her advertising rates toreflect her site's popularity. If the forum were to becomeless rabbit oriented, I would imagine that would affect its expressedpurpose. If posting an exorbitant number of pictures cutsinto her profit margin, I would refrain from posting in redundantnumbers. Even the old forum at Delphi Forumscosta fee if one wanted to avail one's self of "all" theirservices and options. Danielle is providing this service, and now achat as well, at no cost to us.I, for one, wouldlike to keep it that way.
Mymost favoritemessage board, ever, wentdefunct because the web host who provided it to us for free passedaway. The replacement never filled the void. I suredon't want to lose thisforum because of unfounded gossip,rumor, nit picking, and immaturity upon the partof some ofthe newer members. Sometimes you don't recognize when you areright in the middle of, "the good old days!"Takestock of our situation, please.
Hope I don't seem as boring as I've suggested others are with their dramatic diva "goodbyes." LOL
Buck
For several years I frequented a forum named Rabbits Only at aweb host site called Delphi Forums. It dealt with rabbits,but often got wild and woolly because there was no moderator and trollsfrequently appeared. Apparently it had been initiated byDanielle as an adjunct to her then hard copy Rabbits Onlymagazine, but received little attention from her for one reason oranother. Perhaps, it was due to her conversion of themagazine into an on-line site, but I cannot speak for her on that point.
In any case, on that original Rabbits Only Forum I came to meetour current moderator, Carolyn, and renewed communications withindividuals I had communicated with on other forums, like Gabby and PamNock. The Missus and I went on meet Carolyn personally, aswell as a couple of other individuals from that forum who lived in CA,CT, GA, NY and MA.
We became and remain fast friends with Carolyn, who has bunny-sat ourherd at Tucker Town on the many occasions we traveled to CA and TN tovisit our children and their families. Carolyn warmlyaccepted Fauna into her heart, bailing us out of anunfortunate circumstance where we ill-advisedly placed the bun with anundeserving family who let the rabbit fall into a catatonic-like statedue to lack of attention. We retrieved the bun fromthe situation, but Carolyn's concern and love for Fauna is whateventually truly "rescued" her and brought her back to a normal state.
So, if Carolyn and I seem "chummy" and friendly, it is because we wereso before this forum and will remain so regardless of the forum'spresence or not. By no meansthoughisthere an intentto be exclusionary or cliquish with respect toother forum members. We are simply friends in "real" life, aswell as Cyberland.
A little over a year ago, Danielle appeared at the old Rabbits OnlyForum and indicated she was disassociating herself from there andopening this forum at her on-line magazine site. I wasreluctant to move, rather enjoying the anarchical atmosphere thatprevailed at the old site, and said so.
Carolyn, on the other hand, moved over to the new site and becamemoderator. As is her wont, the new site, the one we are allon now, took off by leaps and bounds, much of it due to her warmth andgenuineness. I became intrigued with theinternational quality and breadth of the membership'sdiversehomelands and soon succumbed to becoming a membermyself. I was pleased to seeformer Internetacquaintances like Gabby and Pam Nock here, too.
Over the ensuing months I have grown to appreciate thepersonal qualities of many of the the people who post here and l viewthem as my "friends," as well. I look forward to personallymeeting as many of them as I can at the Boathouse Bunny Party in Julyand/or during some of our cross country trips.
Carolyn has done asuperlative job of rooting out andeliminating trolls and keeping the forum on track, which has becomeincreasingly difficult as membership rolls have climbed soquickly. I, for one, am appreciative of herefforts. If trolls and petulant people have difficulty withit, much is their deserved loss!
Iam cognizant that Danielle is running abusiness. Her business, in the case of the forum, I presume,is to attract hits in numbers that enable her advertising rates toreflect her site's popularity. If the forum were to becomeless rabbit oriented, I would imagine that would affect its expressedpurpose. If posting an exorbitant number of pictures cutsinto her profit margin, I would refrain from posting in redundantnumbers. Even the old forum at Delphi Forumscosta fee if one wanted to avail one's self of "all" theirservices and options. Danielle is providing this service, and now achat as well, at no cost to us.I, for one, wouldlike to keep it that way.
Mymost favoritemessage board, ever, wentdefunct because the web host who provided it to us for free passedaway. The replacement never filled the void. I suredon't want to lose thisforum because of unfounded gossip,rumor, nit picking, and immaturity upon the partof some ofthe newer members. Sometimes you don't recognize when you areright in the middle of, "the good old days!"Takestock of our situation, please.
Hope I don't seem as boring as I've suggested others are with their dramatic diva "goodbyes." LOL
Buck