STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

honey · Gucci

this is interesting

audmhawk · Nine West

So I am curious...if you are not 'advocating a particular viewpoint' what was your point of posting?

lindsayp · Kenneth Cole

um, for general interest maybe???

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

audmhawk wrote:

So I am curious...if you are not 'advocating a particular viewpoint' what was your point of posting?

ok, i realize that it is often times difficult to decipher tone via typed out messages, so I'm going to give this post the benefit of the doubt and assume you weren't in fact directing a veiled derogatory challenge toward a fellow st'er. honey specifically stated she was sharing the link because she thought it was interesting. it's the same way a newspaper publishes editorials, the paper may not agree or disagree with the views professed but nevertheless finds the commentary to be newsworthy, entertaining, educational, thought-provoking, etc.

cc · Marc Jacobs

esquiress, you are way too sweet. I don't think I can give someone who decided to make a potentially snotty and definitely dim remark in her very first post the benefit of the doubt and I don't think I can consider someone who joined the board a mere minute before posting that remark to be a fellow ST'er. But your analogy was excellent.

Unfortunately I don't have the proper plug-in and can't get the clip to work so I can't comment on the song.

honey · Gucci

audmhawk wrote:

So I am curious...if you are not 'advocating a particular viewpoint' what was your point of posting?

my point in posting was purely informational. i've never seen your tag b/f so i'm not sure if you're a brand new member or just someone who has not posted until now.

anyway in this thread

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&subForumID=102173&action=viewTopic&commentID=4009002&topicPage=

we discussed kanye's statement re george bush. so i thought the post was relevant in light of our prior discussion. i'm very opinionated so if i have a viewpoint you'll know.

JoceyBaby23 · Gucci

audmhawk wrote:

So I am curious...if you are not 'advocating a particular viewpoint' what was your point of posting?

And what exactly was YOUR point by posting this?

(I am such an instigator!)

-- Edited by JoceyBaby23 at 09:56, 2005-09-15

Cricket · Gucci

honey wrote:

audmhawk wrote: So I am curious...if you are not 'advocating a particular viewpoint' what was your point of posting? my point in posting was purely informational. i've never seen your tag b/f so i'm not sure if you're a brand new member or just someone who has not posted until now. anyway in this thread http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&subForumID=102173&action=viewTopic&commentID=4009002&topicPage= we discussed kanye's statement re george bush. so i thought the post was relevant in light of our prior discussion. i'm very opinionated so if i have a viewpoint you'll know.

Appears to me like audmhawk is a "regular" who created a new nickname to post anonymously. The account was created right before they posted.

cc · Marc Jacobs

Cricket wrote:

Appears to me like audmhawk is a "regular" who created a new nickname to post anonymously. The account was created right before they posted.

I suspected that as well but I didn't want to come out and accuse someone here of being a spineless pinhead.

Oops.

-- Edited by cc at 09:59, 2005-09-15

ejc423 · Coach

Cricket wrote:

Appears to me like audmhawk is a "regular" who created a new nickname to post anonymously. The account was created right before they posted.

This sucks. I love that ST doesn't have or need a lot of rules/ censoring, but one of the few is this:

To maintain an atmosphere of integrity, do not register under more than one username. If it is determined that a user has registered with multiple identities, they may be banned or suspended.

Maybe we're jumping to conclusions, but if it looks like a duck. . .

kenzie · Chanel

ejc423 wrote:

Cricket wrote: Appears to me like audmhawk is a "regular" who created a new nickname to post anonymously. The account was created right before they posted. This sucks. I love that ST doesn't have or need a lot of rules/ censoring, but one of the few is this: To maintain an atmosphere of integrity, do not register under more than one username. If it is determined that a user has registered with multiple identities, they may be banned or suspended. Maybe we're jumping to conclusions, but if it looks like a duck. . .

I think it may be time for a ban! Sorry, I just like our nice forum and trolls are not invited! Paging dc or detroit!!! Is it ban time? Is it? Is it?!!! Pretty please!

Cricket · Gucci

NylaBelle wrote:
I think it may be time for a ban! Sorry, I just like our nice forum and trolls are not invited! Paging dc or detroit!!! Is it ban time? Is it? Is it?!!! Pretty please!

Oh, I don't think it's that bad! There have just been a couple of posters, right? Or am I missing something?

(sorry 'bout the hijack, Honey) I heard the song. Can't say I'll listen more than once, but the person who wrote it is very creative and it's a great way to get his message across. Should be heard by a lot of people.

kenzie · Chanel

Cricket wrote:

NylaBelle wrote:I think it may be time for a ban! Sorry, I just like our nice forum and trolls are not invited! Paging dc or detroit!!! Is it ban time? Is it? Is it?!!! Pretty please! Oh, I don't think it's that bad! There have just been a couple of posters, right? Or am I missing something?

The problem is when someone posts under multiple names that opens the door for lots of trolling. If that policy has been broken, then it is grounds for banning. And there has been some very trollish behavior on a certain person's part from the get-go.

blubirde · Chanel

honey wrote:

preface this by saying i'm not advocating a particular viewpoint. this artist, the legendary k.o, took kanye west's statements from the other today & used it in a song based on kanye's goldigger song. anyway i thought it was interesting so i'm posting the link (fyi it's an unedited versioni so put headphones on). http://www.ourmedia.org/node/53964

I love it!! This is what the artistic process and expression is all about. More artists should look to k.o. for inspiration. It's a very powerful piece, no matter your viewpoint.

Artists are supposed to be controversial and provoke discussion. Kanye did it outside his medium but this song put it right back where it's supposed to be: in the art itself.

And I'd also like to say that I don't know if Bush "hates black people" but I totally respect k.o. for turning something like this into art. Excellent work.

NCshopper · Hermes

Now I want to hear the song! I'm at work though, so I'm going to have to listen later.

As for the anonymous poster, I REALLY hope its not someone ducking under a different username. If you don't have the balls to say it under your regular username, then consider not saying it at all. Or at least watch the tone of voice.

JoceyBaby23 · Gucci

I think we may be jumping to conclusions.. Let's give this person some time and see if they post again. After all this hoop-la, maybe the new-bee will explain.

On another note, if this person is posting to be a jerk, then we are giving them exactly what they want.. ATTENTION. We can't encourage this behavior by focusing on it and commenting. They may want a rise out of us, and they are getting it!

I think some of us were suspicious of Hello Kittie when she was new, because we didnt understand her first couple of posts. Now we know she's cool! This could be the case here.. just misunderstanding. Let's see how it goes.

Cricket · Gucci

JoceyBaby23 wrote:

I think we may be jumping to conclusions.. Let's give this person some time and see if they post again. After all this hoop-la, maybe the new-bee will explain. On another note, if this person is posting to be a jerk, then we are giving them exactly what they want.. ATTENTION. We can't encourage this behavior by focusing on it and commenting. They may want a rise out of us, and they are getting it! I think some of us were suspicious of Hello Kittie when she was new, because we didnt understand her first couple of posts. Now we know she's cool! This could be the case here.. just misunderstanding. Let's see how it goes.

True...

kenzie · Chanel

Cricket wrote:

JoceyBaby23 wrote: I think we may be jumping to conclusions.. Let's give this person some time and see if they post again. After all this hoop-la, maybe the new-bee will explain. On another note, if this person is posting to be a jerk, then we are giving them exactly what they want.. ATTENTION. We can't encourage this behavior by focusing on it and commenting. They may want a rise out of us, and they are getting it! I think some of us were suspicious of Hello Kittie when she was new, because we didnt understand her first couple of posts. Now we know she's cool! This could be the case here.. just misunderstanding. Let's see how it goes. True...

Yes, but at the same time, most people have the courtesy to post an brief introduction in their first post. It's kind of rude to just jump on in and say something obnoxious. And as for Hello Kittie, I never thought she was trollish (I don't think anyone else did either), but we just didn't get what she was saying.

-- Edited by NylaBelle at 12:01, 2005-09-15

alb · Marc Jacobs

NCshopper wrote:

As for the anonymous poster, I REALLY hope its not someone ducking under a different username. If you don't have the balls to say it under your regular username, then consider not saying it at all. Or at least watch the tone of voice.

I *so* don't want to think that any of us would do something like that. Couldn't it be just a new person who just now registered and was previously a lurker?? I'm starting to notice a few new posters getting a little catty, so maybe they just aren't familiar with the ST vibe at all. On the other hand, if it is a regular posing as someone new, they are doing so in violation of the ST rules (as Cricket pointed out), and IMO should be banned for that reason. This might be pushing it a little (or adding fuel to the fire) but I would love it if Kris or Taru "outed" the regular by disclosing to us who it is (if they can find out)!

kenzie · Chanel

alb wrote:

I *so* don't want to think that any of us would do something like that. Couldn't it be just a new person who just now registered and was previously a lurker?? I'm starting to notice a few new posters getting a little catty, so maybe they just aren't familiar with the ST vibe at all. On the other hand, if it is a regular posing as someone new, they are doing so in violation of the ST rules (as Cricket pointed out), and IMO should be banned for that reason. This might be pushing it a little (or adding fuel to the fire) but I would love it if Kris or Taru "outed" the regular by disclosing to us who it is (if they can find out)!

I don't think it's one of the 'regular' regulars, if that makes sense. There's been a cattiness from one individual in particular and I assumed that this was who Cricket was originally referring to. Correct me if I'm wrong, Cricket.

honey, sorry to hijack your thread.