Okay, Kossacks and Kogs.
We have seen the New Orange. We have read all the meta diaries about DKos 4.0 (and DKos 6.0!). Most of us have been on the beta site ... many of us shielding our eyes from the gleaming brilliance of the new design (once we got past the fact that it did not incorporate our brilliant designs. Hmmph!)
Our technical questions have been answered but, lo, no one has answered the blogging etiquette questions on the minds of literally no one all of us as we ponder the New World Order.
So let's shine a white hot light on DKos 4.0 and get all you alls ready for the Big Changeover ... or as it is known here on DKos 3.0 ... The End of the World as We Know It.
Yikes ... that is a little too bright. Let's move a metaphorical cloud in front of it to tone it down a bit.
Now on to those white hot questions:
Dear Miss Mayta,
The new web site is DIFFERENT.
Signed,
(Name Withheld To Avoid Your Total Embarrassment)
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Dear (Name Withheld),
Why yes, dear, it is! But some of these differences are quite nice. For example, my favorite is the DK4 whorl:
Oh, my. It sets my heart aflutter to see the old fashioned whorls just like people added to their signatures on paper letters years ago. Once I saw the whorl, I was hooked and, quite frankly, any complaints now go in one ear and out the other. In fact ... something about the DK4 Whorl and ears...hmmm.
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Dear Miss Mayta,
All this social networking stuff has me very nervous. Will I need to have "friends" to blog with? What if no one invites me to their Group? What if everyone invites me to their Group and I have to choose?? What is a Group??? And this "following" stuff --- I thought Meteor Blades said we couldn't do that. Is it okay in DK4?
Signed,
Just Plain Skeered
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Dear Skeered,
Don't be alarmed. You can continue to have no friends at all and, in fact, for some groups you might find that to your advantage. For example, the "Does Not Bathe" group and the "Hoards Cheetos" groups should be perfect for the friendless.
As far as the "following", I think it is less like "stalking", the banned activity, because you do not even have to move off your "Streams" page to know what the object of your strange obsession interest is doing. (Btw, may I make a suggestion about the word "streams", powers that be? Something about it seems a little too, how you say, medical). I believe you can't get in trouble unless you actually "follow" them instead of metaphorically "follow" them. Although the little heart you click to "Follow" someone did make me pause.
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Miss Mayta Confidential to s.c.:
Try using more lubricant!
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About Miss Mayta: Born a perfect blogger in an imperfect Internet society, Miss Mayta is the pioneer mother of today’s EtiKos movement. Her tireless efforts to expand the understanding and exercise of EtiKos beyond the stereotypical terror of not having enough Cheetos will probably not only escape official notice but may result in cries of "NOT A DIARY!!". As a manners-free existence can lead to frequent HRination, dysfunctional online communities and keyboard rage we call out for, nay!, demand a return to common courtesy...and the fork on the left side of the plate (even though that makes no sense at all).
(with apologies to Judith Martin)