On September 14th, kos issued his site moderation edict "Participating in someone else's diary". There was an immediate hue and cry for Miss Mayta to weigh in on the new rules. (Well, perhaps not a real cry ... that was reserved for those on low bandwidth trying to open a diary with 987 comments.)
Miss Mayta said: "Too soon, my dears".
And indeed it was too soon, because four days later, kos issued another edict "Recap, new community behavior guidelines" (which only had 533 comments ... many of them eerily familiar.) "Now, Miss Mayta???", literally no one the multitudes implored.
Miss Mayta said: "Too soon, my dears".
Through our long autumn of discontent, with the ebb and flow of blogging on the Great Orange Satan™, the cries for EtiKos advice became weaker and weaker until, finally, Miss Mayta said "What? After all that ... now you don't care?!!??" "Okay, the time is right, my dears".
We have certainly come a long way since August 5th when all seemed lost.
Then
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Now
(Wow, I think those are ponies!)
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So how on earth did we get from Then to Now?
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Whether for love, fear, or simply an eye for a bargain ("I plan to live forever"), the site came together ... setting aside pie fights and acrimony to build community!
(Pardon me while I compose myself).
For the record, Miss Mayta very much approves of love, always has an eye for a bargain but is not too keen on the fear.
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So as we ring out the old and ring in the new, let's wring that last bit out of our 2011 mailbag:
Dear Miss Mayta:
I find the current options to rate a comment (Recommend and Hide Rate) limiting. Sometimes I want people to know I have read their comment but I would hardly want to recommend it (as if!). Sometimes I just want them to know I am in the general area of their comments. Can anything be done about this?
Signed,
Rec or Hide
Dear ROH,
I agree most emphatically! I would like to see a whole range of rating options for comments. For example:
- LMAO (with subset: Laughing Only One Cheek Off)
- I agree with the first paragraph but not the second
- Will you marry me? (with subset/addendum: Will you bear my children?)
- Indubitably
In fact, if we made the comment space smaller (perhaps 4 or 5 characters) in order to accommodate the list of possible ratings, one benefit would be eliminating quite a few of the problems that make a rating system necessary.
Dear Miss Mayta:
Just yesterday I found an error in someone's comment. This was not a small error like a typo ... this error was not including what I wanted to see in the comment! I was outraged so I replied that the comment should have included what I cared about! The commenter took exception to my helpfulness and got very angry. Isn't it important to correct every error and omission?
Signed,
Don't I Correct Kossacks?
Dear, er, Don't,
No. And let me repeat: No. In case that was not clear: No. You are suffering from Asymptomatic Blogging Derangement Syndrome (aka "It Is All About Me"), which, while not necessarily fatal, can lead to a somewhat lonely, friend-free existence. A more appropriate response is to make a positive reply to the comment or, trust me ... this works, don't reply at all.
Dear Miss Mayta:
What is all this talk of lifetime subscriptions? As though I have a life!!
Signed,
Who am I and why are all these people here?
Dear Who,
You are actually a perfect candidate for a lifetime subscription. This could be your life! And the good news is that with a Lifetime Subscription ... you never have to leave! By the way, those people are your new online BFFs ... I believe they are part of the Subscription Package. And they will all be over for dinner Sunday (gluten-free, please, and no anchovies).
Confidential to GTP: n/t!
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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)