In which she boggles happily

[zeborah]

rasfc is actually behaving like its old self. There are thriving discussions of writing going on. Even aside from those of us in the create-a-thread-to-save-the-group pseudo-conspiracy, there are now regulars who'd fallen quiet coming back and creating their own new threads. There are other chatty discussions going on all friendly-like. (And somewhere behind my killfiles I think That Thread continues, and also we have a new pet troll, but, y'know, I didn't say it was perfect, I said it was like its old self.) I'm knocking on wood that this will last.

Comments

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

You're making me think that me not being around is a good thing.

[zeborah]

Pff, no, it'd be even better with you there!

(It's possible that I'm saying that my killfiles are a good thing, though.)

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

But it just coincidentally gets heaps better when I lose newsaccess? I hope it is just coincidence...

[zeborah]

I think it's more that you coincidentally lost news access when it got heaps better. Its getting better was no coincidence; various of us explicitly put effort into making it better. And at least part of the reason at least some of us put that effort in was as a result of various discussions on LJ-space in which you took part before losing access. Having a safe space to talk about what's going on makes a big difference.

[oneironaut.livejournal.com]

You're fine. This is just delayed improvement from my departure. It takes ... a couple of weeks ... to propagate to all the news servers.

[zeborah]

<grump> How come the people who *really* make a place worse never suffer these moments of self-doubt?

(Anyone reading: if you wonder whether I mean you, then I don't.)

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Did you read the thing about narcissists recently linked on Making Light? It made the same point, that people interacting with narcissists may start to doubt their sanity, but that's actually evidence they're sane - they have the capacity to question their own contribution to the situation.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Are we about to have one of those "It's my fault!" "No, I insist it's my fault!" arguments? :-)

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

It's better because plenty of people are making An Effort, also DF has latched onto the current troll and is actually - when faced with a threat from the outside - defending views he used to violently oppose when they were directed at him.

[slrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was pleased by the renewed (good) activity.

It's the only newsgroup that I still try to read most of.

[When there are lots of posts, if I mark DDF and JAD read it becomes more reasonable. And it's unlikely I'll miss anything important.]