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Honeypickle

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Thankful for E-Hell
« on: October 27, 2011, 04:37:07 PM »
I have just read through some of the very bitter and nasty threads.

I would like to say that I have posted here on and off in the last few years. I will never forget the comments I received after posting in the "Hugs" folder about not being pregnant. I received the kindest and most supportive messages I couldn't even begin to imagine recieving from people I didn't even know.

I luckily did get pregnant and now have a 9 month old daughter - again the support and even "love" I have received has meant more than I can say.

I enoy posting my opinion on a variety of equiette threads now and like others, would not like this to end. I myself have been suspicious of some threads but choose to ignore them. For those genuine posters like myself, without being sychophantic, I would like to thank Ehell for the forum you provide. It means a lot to us.

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 04:42:05 PM »
I agree.   :)

eHell is awesome.  There are lots of awesome people here.   Personally I'd hate the job of trying to moderate such a big site - I've been a site moderator before and it's a nightmare.  I think overall an amazing job is done here, and I'm very happy about the many years (off and on) I've spent at eHell and the advice that I've been given.  It's helped me avoid a lot of stupid mistakes.

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 04:50:34 PM »
I've learned a lot here.  I still have my moments, when I am particularly riled, but for the most part, I'm much more polite than I used to be.

I have reported a few threads/posts in the past but not very many.  I'm one of those who, if I don't like a particular thread or poster, I just ignore it/them.  But I'm going to do my best to be more active with reporting, to assist the mods as much as I can.
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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 05:41:47 PM »
I can honestly say that EHell has helped me be a better person (well, at least a more polite one).  I have a bad temper and can be quite impatient and I think I've gotten to be nicer to people because EHell keeps that standard in front of me.
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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 07:34:12 PM »
While I'm more a lurker than a poster, it was a shock to read such nastiness was going down. As a forum administrator, I know just how hard it is to keep everyone happy with moderation decisions. The mods and admin team, I feel, do such a good job that I feel that the board is better off with the way the mods moderate. So, thank you to the mods and admins.

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2011, 07:50:50 PM »
While I'm more a lurker than a poster, it was a shock to read such nastiness was going down. As a forum administrator, I know just how hard it is to keep everyone happy with moderation decisions. The mods and admin team, I feel, do such a good job that I feel that the board is better off with the way the mods moderate. So, thank you to the mods and admins.

<3

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OMGoodness! ! ! ! I have not seen you here in a loooong time! Your screen name always was one of my favorites.

Yay for the positivity. Group hug, y'all  :)

I have learned a lot here ... maybe i am a slow learner because i still do, too  :) So many times something comes up and i think, "Let me ask EHell about that..." I love having a group of people to ask "Am I overreacting? If i am please tell me to apologize; if not please help me on how to handle this." So many times I have gotten really excellent advice. And hugs :) And smiles and laughs and happy puppies and baby unicorns  :-*

Lots of other stuff, too; but i don't want to gush. I hope our newer members stick around. It really is a great forum.
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blue2000

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2011, 08:01:16 PM »
Hugs back, Hobish! And some for everyone else too. :)

Yeah, I like asking Ehell about life. Even if the answer is "You blew it. Try something else." At least I know. Although I have never gotten a baby unicorn in response...
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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2011, 08:47:30 PM »
Hugs back, Hobish! And some for everyone else too. :)

Although I have never gotten a baby unicorn in response...

You mean like this?



 ;D

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2011, 08:54:14 PM »
Add me to those who are grateful for eHell. I lurked for 3 years before becoming a member and have always appreciated the way posters deal with each other here. Even when things get messy, I like to think that the good intentions of the majority shine through.

So, Pod to all PPs, and baby unicorns where appropriate.
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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2011, 09:02:18 PM »
I was a reading eHell when I was 18 years old. I'm certain of the timing, because I was still living at home with my parents, so it can't have been later than that. I joined the very first forum when it started. I'm now nearly 27.   Thinking back to my early approach to things and some of the opinions I had, I'm amazed at how far I've come and the role eHell has played in that (fortunately a lot of my earlier posts were on various earlier incarnations of the forum, so are lost in the passage of time!)   I've left eHell repeatedly over the years - not publicly, just walked away and taken a break for awhile when perhaps certain posters were bothering me or I felt it was distracting from real life.  But I always come back and I'm glad of it, because it's a positive part of my life.  I've made some horrific mistakes and said/done things that cause me to curl up in shame, but overall I think I'm a better person for being here. 

But it's not just opinion and behaviour. eHell taught me a great deal about communication skills - I've practised wording posts in a way that will avoid offence, thinking out what I'm saying and how it will come across.  I make mistakes, but nowhere near as many as I once did! It's also changed the way I write emails and approach all text-based communication.  I think that's a skill worth practising!!  (And I wonder sometimes whether posters care how they come across, or if they just blame the others for not understanding them).   But that's just another wonderful influence eHell has had on me.
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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2011, 09:48:41 PM »
Count me in too - I think the mods have a pretty thankless job and generally do it very well.  Not that I've always agreed with them, but it's their (well, Ehell Dame's anyway) turf.

I guess I kind of liken-it to a neighbourhood coffee bar.  If someone kept coming in every day, but always loudly complained about a lot of the other customers, how slow the service was, how some customers were always served faster than others etc. etc. - well, the owners could hardly be blamed for being less than welcoming to her after a while.  And wouldn't everyone wonder "then why does she still keep coming here?"  (And in that case, the owners are at least profiting from her presence...unlike here).

blue2000

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2011, 10:41:57 PM »
Hugs back, Hobish! And some for everyone else too. :)

Although I have never gotten a baby unicorn in response...

You mean like this?



 ;D



Awwwwww!! Look at the widdle snoogums!! Such a cutie!

*ahem* Yes. Thank you! ;D
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DoubleTrouble

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2011, 11:43:59 PM »
I just stayed up way past my bedtime to read some of these threads and all I can say is that I was very upset to find out all this had been going on. I find E-Hell to be very informative & while I don't always agree with every poster, I do enjoy hearing different viewpoints. To the Mods & Dame, you guys are doing what may seem like a thankless job at times but for every bad PM you get just remember that there are many of us who are grateful for the work you do!

TheBardess, that is some excellent photoshop work, it truly looks real! Wish I could do that in photoshop :)

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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2011, 12:57:43 AM »
Hugs back, Hobish! And some for everyone else too. :)

Although I have never gotten a baby unicorn in response...

You mean like this?



 ;D

My daughter loved that - "That looks real. It can't be real. *sigh* I wish unicorns were real." Ah, the world weariness of a nine-year-old.

Thank you for starting this thread, Honeypickle. Ehell helps me to stay civilised in a very uncivilised work environment and has always felt like a haven to me on difficult days. It is disappointing that there has been so much bitterness lately. I'm sure there are more civilised ways of resolving differences.
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Re: Thankful for E-Hell
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2011, 02:25:47 AM »
I too am grateful for EHell. It has helped give a different perspective when I was bogged down in the "I have to be right" mindset. I have learnt some wonderful new phrases that I use in every day life, and I still giggle when I see the word Scrabbble.
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