How Did You Get To The SKMB?

[AnnaMarie]

Profile says I joined in Feb 2012.

I had been on a different forum. It was called horrorking, and it was run by a fan of Stephen King. He had a decent site with a forum. But people stopped going, and most posts were just spam. Sad really, because although it was a small group it was a lot of fun. I wanted to talk to other King fans....don't remember what book, but I must have just finished a book...and so I googled. I found three forums. I spent a bit of time reading at all three, and eventually decided this was the one I wanted to join.

Now you're stuck with me.

 

[Grandpa]

Now you're stuck with me.

And along with a number of others, quite happily so.

I was pondering why this forum works so well in comparison to others. Yeah, I ponder such things.

I hit up on this, weirdly enough: While our gracious host has no problems whatsoever peppering his writings with profanities and vulgarities, they're pretty much verboten on this forum. Which turns out to be a good thing. Not because we're not exposed to the naughty words, but because it conveys verbal discipline.

You look at other forums and comment columns out there, and they're not ... well, so disciplined. And what is common courtesy and social grace anyway but a form of discipline? Discipline means you don't say what's on your mind as soon as your neurons produce it. You ponder its acceptance, its effect on the audience, the bearing it has to the message you're trying to convey. All that discipline leads to a certain amount of civility and recognized mutual respect. Whether you actually feel that respect or not, you're impelled to recognize it. And it results in mutually respectful communication.

Two other major factors: 1) The wait time to get unmoderated. While I chafed under it, did it really matter in the long run? It did not. But it sure helped weed out the players and scammers, I'm sure. And 2) the dedication of the mods. Without the energy of first-line leadership, whether it's sergeants on the line, or ward nurses, or line foremen, whatever, the structure falls apart. The mods make it happen. Blessings and kudos to you all.

/tangent. Please return to your normal programming.

 

[not_nadine]

And along with a number of others, quite happily so.

I was pondering why this forum works so well in comparison to others. Yeah, I ponder such things.

I hit up on this, weirdly enough: While our gracious host has no problems whatsoever peppering his writings with profanities and vulgarities, they're pretty much verboten on this forum. Which turns out to be a good thing. Not because we're not exposed to the naughty words, but because it conveys verbal discipline.

You look at other forums and comment columns out there, and they're not ... well, so disciplined. And what is common courtesy and social grace anyway but a form of discipline? Discipline means you don't say what's on your mind as soon as your neurons produce it. You ponder its acceptance, its effect on the audience, the bearing it has to the message you're trying to convey. All that discipline leads to a certain amount of civility and recognized mutual respect. Whether you actually feel that respect or not, you're impelled to recognize it. And it results in mutually respectful communication.

Two other major factors: 1) The wait time to get unmoderated. While I chafed under it, did it really matter in the long run? It did not. But it sure helped weed out the players and scammers, I'm sure. And 2) the dedication of the mods. Without the energy of first-line leadership, whether it's sergeants on the line, or ward nurses, or line foremen, whatever, the structure falls apart. The mods make it happen. Blessings and kudos to you all.

/tangent. Please return to your normal programming.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

On-Star brought me here..........

 

[no bounce no play]

I used to chat on CJ's Stephen King board (and her King/Koontz board which I'm not sure I should mention here lol) in the AOL chatrooms back in the late '90's. When she came here to the SKMB, she kept telling me to join but I kept putting it off until I read the DT books. I never did read all the DT books - it was UTD that finally brought me here... and it's y'all who keep me here. Thank you everyone for being so kind

 

[Spideyman]

And along with a number of others, quite happily so.

I was pondering why this forum works so well in comparison to others. Yeah, I ponder such things.

I hit up on this, weirdly enough: While our gracious host has no problems whatsoever peppering his writings with profanities and vulgarities, they're pretty much verboten on this forum. Which turns out to be a good thing. Not because we're not exposed to the naughty words, but because it conveys verbal discipline.

You look at other forums and comment columns out there, and they're not ... well, so disciplined. And what is common courtesy and social grace anyway but a form of discipline? Discipline means you don't say what's on your mind as soon as your neurons produce it. You ponder its acceptance, its effect on the audience, the bearing it has to the message you're trying to convey. All that discipline leads to a certain amount of civility and recognized mutual respect. Whether you actually feel that respect or not, you're impelled to recognize it. And it results in mutually respectful communication.

Two other major factors: 1) The wait time to get unmoderated. While I chafed under it, did it really matter in the long run? It did not. But it sure helped weed out the players and scammers, I'm sure. And 2) the dedication of the mods. Without the energy of first-line leadership, whether it's sergeants on the line, or ward nurses, or line foremen, whatever, the structure falls apart. The mods make it happen. Blessings and kudos to you all.

/tangent. Please return to your normal programming.

Your words speak true, Grandpa.

 

[blunthead]

I'm a movie fan so I like some movie makers, an art fan so I like some painters, a book fan so I like some authors. I like some celebrities, so I like to visit some of their sites, look around, sign a guestbook, feel I've maybe touched a little glory.

I've been a fan of numerous authors, one of whom is William Goldman (not Golding), and being of a mind to read a good book, perhaps find a new author to get excited about, decided to read the only Goldman book I'd not read. It was non-fiction about Goldman's work as a screenwriter, and it included an entire chapter devoted to Stephen King, an author I'd yet to try out. What Goldman had to say about sK impressed me with the conviction that I'd probably found my new author. After reading a few books I decided to see what kind of fansites sK surely had. I think the word "Official" appealed to me so I dropped in here. This was in 2006, and since I've played WUSLM and TPBM approximately 80,000 times each. I've posted some other things, too.

 

[Out of Order]

Followed the Free Beer sign.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Followed the Free Beer sign.

Ahhh, but you didn't read the fine print, did you?

"Free beer Nuts...
...in return for your soul."

 

[arista]

I had been a constant reader for years. I joined the board and really did not post right away. I felt welcomed by John right away.

 

[Out of Order]

Ahhh, but you didn't read the fine print, did you?

"Free beer Nuts...
...in return for your soul."

Seemed like a fair trade at the time........

 

[FlakeNoir]

Seemed like a fair trade at the time........

Yar?
And.... now?

 

[Out of Order]

Yar?
And.... now?

To be determined......

 

[FlakeNoir]

To be determined......

 

[niro]

My first SK was Lisey's story back in 2006/2007 back then I googled Stephen King and lurked around here sometimes for a couple of years. Finally i joind this board April 2013 just because I could not talk about SK with my friends. So here I am still not talking much about SK works but enjoying the company.

 

[SusanNorton]

That's a very cute new picture on your avatar!

I thought the same thing! If we were able to choose our own hair, I would be like, "That. I want everything about that hair!"

 

[SusanNorton]

I came here before there were threads. I've been a fan since the late '70s, and one day figured that in this new age of mayonnaise having it's own website, perhaps my favorite author would, too. It was maybe 2004, or early 2005? I know it was before Katrina. The site was confusing to me, and everyone seemed to know each other very well and there was a lot of inside joking going on (the only person I remember was Cola, and wow, I miss her!). So I felt intimidated and didn't participate, until one day I came back and there were threads and I lurked for a while and then dove in.

 

[Spideyman]

I came here before there were threads. I've been a fan since the late '70s, and one day figured that in this new age of mayonnaise having it's own website, perhaps my favorite author would, too. It was maybe 2004, or early 2005? I know it was before Katrina. The site was confusing to me, and everyone seemed to know each other very well and there was a lot of inside joking going on (the only person I remember was Cola, and wow, I miss her!). So I felt intimidated and didn't participate, until one day I came back and there were threads and I lurked for a while and then dove in.

Yes, before Katrina- I remember when you MIA.

 

[blunthead]

I came here before there were threads. I've been a fan since the late '70s, and one day figured that in this new age of mayonnaise having it's own website, perhaps my favorite author would, too. It was maybe 2004, or early 2005? I know it was before Katrina...

Katrina's real good on baloney.

 

[ghost19]

The mods rock.....not really thread, related but thanks to all of you for doing such a great job. I appreciate you one and all.