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On Jan 16, 2:52*pm, Melba's Jammin' >
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> *ImStillMags > wrote:
> > I've been reading a bit and trying to find out how the people who post
> > here regularly act with each other and what the main dynamic of the
> > board is. * *I'm still trying to figure it out.

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> > As with other boards, there are antagonists and friends and cliques.

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> > I don't want to make enemies *or friends yet, I just want to have some
> > interaction about food and cooking
> > with people who also find cooking pleasurable and interesting and who
> > are foodies like me.

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> > So, Hi. * *I'm hoping this board will become a favorite and a place
> > where I can have conversations with like minded foodies.

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> > -Mags

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> Don't hold your breath, but if you want to be regarded as an improvement
> to the group, don't start any off-topic threads and try not to get
> hooked into them. * That can be difficult, I know.
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> If you want to talk about your dead pet, your sick pet, politics,
> computer problems, or the latest Ole and Lena joke, there are
> appropriate groups for that.


Wait just a goshdarned minute. You know of a group that features "the
latest Ole and Lena joke[s]"?

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--Bryan wrote:
>>> So, Hi. I'm hoping this board will become a favorite and a place
>>> where I can have conversations with like minded foodies.

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>>> -Mags


It's not a board. It's a usenet usergroup. You may be reading it through a
board, but if so they are just pretending that it is their content.



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> --Bryan wrote:
> >>> So, Hi. I'm hoping this board will become a favorite and a place
> >>> where I can have conversations with like minded foodies.
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> >>> -Mags

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> It's not a board. It's a usenet usergroup. You may be reading it through a
> board, but if so they are just pretending that it is their content.


That happens. I've seen it and it ticks me off.
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