If you had the power to change barf what would you do??
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asthmodeus
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Eldritch
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Above all I like to play.
I'm only half-way caught up with the tread, but ... if I had the power, what would I change?
For the *management* of BARF, I would not change much, really. IMO the system works as well as I think it can for the size of the memberships (members? *ahem*). More especially so given the large variety of people we have here in the BA, *and* our tendency to be more independent than the average.
For the *members*? If I had the power? I would magically make us *just a bit* more considerate and respectful. For many of us, BARF is our living room, back porch, garage, bar, etc. We like to come home and kick our boots off and flap our gums, be entertained, and whatnot. For some of us it serves as our office, for some others it's at least *in* our office. There's a *lot* of variety about how we use it.
But, for *all* of us, it is *shared*. It's fine for me to come home and put my feet up however I like. It's not fine for me to come to your home and put my stinky feet up on your coffee table that you may even eat off of. Because it's all shared, my coffee table *is* your coffee table and, just like me, you deserve a certain level of respect simply as another human in the same space.
BUT, I *don't* have the power. I only have the power to choose my own actions. We can really only model better behavior, not engage the bad behavior -- most of it online is just to get attention -- and hope that the others around will learn to be better.
(And, honestly, if I were to have the power, I prolly wouldn't use it: I would be making my BARF-world into what *I* want and that's not what BARF is. It's a mostly-cooperative conglomerate.)
For the *management* of BARF, I would not change much, really. IMO the system works as well as I think it can for the size of the memberships (members? *ahem*). More especially so given the large variety of people we have here in the BA, *and* our tendency to be more independent than the average.
For the *members*? If I had the power? I would magically make us *just a bit* more considerate and respectful. For many of us, BARF is our living room, back porch, garage, bar, etc. We like to come home and kick our boots off and flap our gums, be entertained, and whatnot. For some of us it serves as our office, for some others it's at least *in* our office. There's a *lot* of variety about how we use it.
But, for *all* of us, it is *shared*. It's fine for me to come home and put my feet up however I like. It's not fine for me to come to your home and put my stinky feet up on your coffee table that you may even eat off of. Because it's all shared, my coffee table *is* your coffee table and, just like me, you deserve a certain level of respect simply as another human in the same space.
BUT, I *don't* have the power. I only have the power to choose my own actions. We can really only model better behavior, not engage the bad behavior -- most of it online is just to get attention -- and hope that the others around will learn to be better.
(And, honestly, if I were to have the power, I prolly wouldn't use it: I would be making my BARF-world into what *I* want and that's not what BARF is. It's a mostly-cooperative conglomerate.)