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I'm not popular in here and I don't care, because I have very specific and rare times and ways in which I use this site. I blog on a lot of sites, this one least of all.
 
But once in awhile something strikes my eye and makes me jump in, and the fact that I've been around SoulCast for a long time gives me a perspective to relate from.
 
Popularity is important to SoulCast in general. Without interaction and hits, no revenue is generated for advertising and SoulCast will cease to exist.
 
Popular people like, say, destinydiva and evil_twin, who say that popularity doesn't matter to them is kind of like a guy with a full head of hair saying he wouldn't mind if he started going bald. Without individual popularity - people attracting readers to the site for more than a couple of hits - SoulCast goes kaput. Would CreativeWoman or silverwhisper keep writing and posting here if they had interaction with only two or three regulars? That's what happens to most newcomers to SoulCast.
 
Look through the names of SoulCast subscribers, and when you get in about 6 or 7 pages deep there are more abandoned IDs than land mines left in Europe.
 
 


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  • StoneMaster said on Jan 07, 2008....
    You're popular with me, red...
  • Kilgore_V_Trout said on Jan 07, 2008....
    I'll second that emotion, particularly if that is really you in the notorious TNP scandal post...
  • anonymous said on Jan 07, 2008....
    kaboom! oops, i just stepped on a land mine. you are very right, of course. even if your take on this popularity thing is not too popular with the popular ones. duh.

  • sweetnessorange said on Jan 07, 2008....
    i'm popular where it counts baby LOOOOL
  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jan 07, 2008....
    It appears that this post has the potential to become very popular. Please write in here more often, celestial one.
     
     - Hole
     
  • trebleclef said on Jan 07, 2008....
    It's true
    Abandoned identities strewn about
    Shed skins, empty shells
     
    Who knew
    Recyclable people coming out
    Old waves, ocean swells
     
     
  • somethingunUSual said on Jan 07, 2008....
    I must agree it seems like pure bullshit for the most popular writers to claim disinterest in their readership numbers...that's like an actor being content to perform for empty seats. People don't write for nothing. What's wrong with our egos that we can't admit having them?? Answer: fear of being UNpopular.
  • Dreamknightx said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Then it's low-grade, under-the-counter bullshit for unpopular people like me to claim disinterest? Actually, are we "un" popular or simple "unrecognized?"
     
  • destinydiva said on Jan 07, 2008....
    I disagree something unusual... yes it is pretty cool that I have a lot of readers, I said that, and i appreciate all of them... and your right, now I have that readership I would hate to lose it....  but it still isnt my purpose for being here...  the point i was trying to make was that to all those sat whining about it and bitching about it....  what is the big deal? who cares? I didnt care when I had 10 readers that silver and creative had hundreds... as my readers grew...yes I was very happy about it...  but what is the deal? doesnt make me any better than anyone else here, i still seek out newcomers and welcome them here, I comment on every post that interests me. I try and cheer up people that are feeling down..
    circusdoll worded it perfectly on another post....
    popular is an exclusive club.... and this club isnt exclusive...which is why it pisses me off when people who cant get past others having more readers... i dont have an issue with readers..you lot who moan are the ones with the issues!!!!!   get out there and interact, make friends, appreciate and enjoy every reader you have wether its 5 or 500 !!
    I dont claim disinterest....  my readership is a cool bonus to the joy I get from being here, and i had that joy when i had 5 readers,25 readers.
    But you know the difference between being popular and unpopular? when your unnoticed...  you dont get assholes giving you shit because your popular!


    god this is sooo like high school.... 

    space~ I am trying to do something about those that go unnoticed, so are a lot of people here, I think a newbie page as crybaby suggested would be a good way of ensuring people dont go unnoticed.




  • Kilgore_V_Trout said on Jan 07, 2008....
    I would call someone like that cops fellow who used to haunt the place "unpopular." You, dreamknightx, I would call "below the radar."
  • Mamie said on Jan 07, 2008....
    hi Celestial, nice to meet you! I have never seen you here before and I have been here a year! How funny is that!! Pls drop by anytime you can, Mamie
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Thanks Mamie!! BTW everyone, see how CreativeWoman is starting her own blog now? What made her think it might even be possible? "POPULARITY."
    Case closed!!!
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Yes, there should be somebody giving feedback to newbies beside the usual housewarming committee....
  • destinydiva said on Jan 07, 2008....
    cw is creating her own blogg???  wow i will defo join up...she is a really really nice lady!! (not suprising she has popularity)  all credit to her!!!! :-) xx
  • evil_twin said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Interesting. Well, if me being popular and having readers is keeping Soulcast in business, then I'm pretty excited by that notion! But I seriously doubt I have that much importance here. Being popular doesn't suck, but it's definitely not why I came here.

    Yes, interaction is awesome, and a definite reason to keep writing. But I'd feel that way if I only had two readers who commented to everything I wrote too. So I still stand by my statement before and say popularity isn't really my reason to stay here. It's nice to have readers, but the number doesn't matter. Most of my readers probably aren't even here anymore anyway. I don't know who most of them are.

    I just write because I want to write. That's why I came here. Not with the intention of taking over the Soulcast world and being the king and keeping the place alive. I think that's where there was a misunderstanding before. Destiny and I never said we didn't care about our readers, but that we didn't come here for the intention of taking over the place and becoming popular. That doesn't mean we don't care.

    -evil_twin LA
  • destinydiva said on Jan 07, 2008....
    well said evil...and hey celest...you should thank me....  being popular does have its perks....i actually got people to read you!!  well...this post anyway :-)
  • destinydiva said on Jan 07, 2008....
    that was really bitchy.. i take that last comment back. 
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Not bitchy Destiny...... I don't see a lot of those wingers making comments on many posts so ahhh dah! you don't get out there and comment and make yourself known by interacting how in hell are you going to get a bigger reader base IF THATS what you want...

    Man I'm here cause I met some great people last year, I still don't have a lot of comments because some people don't want to read my shit or comment on it SO WHAT! I wanted to write it and get it out....

    Then I like to have fun! I go to newbies as well, as Destiny said a newbies page would be fabulous (if we could cut the fucking ads out) then you may find more people interested...

    Just don't sit there and complain though that you don't get replies... maybe people don't want to read what you write, don't take offense man its an adult free site that you can say what you like...
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 07, 2008....
    there should be somebody giving feedback to newbies beside the usual housewarming committee....

    WHY! Do I have to read you? do I have to read every newby post? even if it doesn't attract me? Do I have to hold the hands of those that come by and take them step by step on how to make friends here?

    Man grow up, figure out why your here first, if its to get readers then maybe you oughta comment on a lot posts and interact.


  • lfbno7 said on Jan 07, 2008....
    All I do, about my subscriber lists, is subscribe to anyone who subscribed to me. Simple as that. The only way I get to know anyone is if they comment on a post I wrote or commented on. If you never wrote to me, I have no way of knowing you. I have certain interests, notably mixed martial arts, and I have nobody at work or at home to talk about it with, so I write about it here. Then I have lots of political ideas, and ideas about the afterlife. Who am I going to share all that with? I'm glad if I run into someone here who is also interested.
  • rupert7 said on Jan 07, 2008....
    I have been here 8 months, I have 63 readers and I don't think that puts me in the popular bracket. I have made a number of friends and that is why I came.On this post there are 7 names I have never seen before! Why is that? I have never seen any of them comment on anyone at all!, why do you skulk around in the shadows?

    Are you saying that certain people could post the telephone directory here and they would get hundreds of "hits" simply because they are popular? Well these people interact! they don't skulk in the shadows! Come on! I don't even know some of you! Never heard of you! The blame for that belongs to you alone!
  • hottips4u said on Jan 07, 2008....

    The infamous popularity of recognition in SC is simple..

    Be there.

    Jessi.

  • tbs230 said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Well, since I haven't even looked at the popular list in months, I'm shocked to see it has grown...for all those like me who hasn't looked at it, here's the list:

    • - SoulCast
    • - silverwhisper
    • - CreativeWoman
    • - secretlife
    • - Zayda
    • - hunter_boyce_cha...
    • - gingersoul
    • - JadeLondon
    • - ALIENated
    • - allaroundgirl
    • - TheNakedProfesso...
    • - MissMimi
    • - moonriver
    • - GrapeKoolaid
    • - destinydiva

    When I started on SC alot of these people weren't on here. And I think I've been her longer than one or two of them...but I've read them all, and interacted with more than half. So, if they can do it, why not you?

    Plus, I'm not on the list...but I still love writing on here. Popularity is only important, if other people make a group seem important...so if you don't really care, don't make a big deal out of it...
  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 07, 2008....
    "god this is sooo like high school.... "

    exactly..

    which is why I'm not convinced..

    and why I am leaving..

    I suppose my name would be in one of those bins they were talking about here..

    it's nothing against soulcast, or high school..

    just that I already graduated one..

    and ..the in crowds were never fun, or easy, at any age..

    plus, my experience has been mixed re. some 'popular' folks here..

    these things are only as big as one makes them..

    I am grateful for those who have read my words..

    but I will not draw a public scene about me..

    it's cool if you want to..



  • anonymous said on Jan 07, 2008....
    maybe I just bristle at the group thing..
    unless I actual kinder to all the group..
    *shrugs* :^)
    I would not shy away though from being paid...
    Write me and tell me how to do this..
    maybe i'll rethink that and give..
  • hotaka said on Jan 07, 2008....
    I'd love to be more popular meaning I'd love it if more people read my posts because usually I have something I want to share with as many people as possible. I think most of us want to share our stories and ideas with others because we love the feedback and intercourse that is often generated. But being popular means not only writing interesting or amusing posts be spending a lot of time involving yourself in the community. I find if I visit ten people and comment on their posts only one or two are likely to comment on my most recent post. There's a lot of ground work to be done to become popular. I don't have the time to spend here for that usually so I don't really care too much about becoming popular. If I really wanted it, I'd do the ground work. I'm just happy if someone says they like my post or comment.

    The popular people who say they don't care about popularity would probably feel pretty lonely if suddenly their posts only attracted two or three comments.
  • hotaka said on Jan 07, 2008....
    Well, I added to my last comment but there was an error and now the additional sentences are lost. And I have forgotten what I wrote. Computers... grrrr.
  • RollingC said on Jan 08, 2008....
    I don't really care....although yes it would be nice....if I was very popular and lots of people were reading me.  I enjoy commenting on different posts and voicing my own little opinion and I'm ok with doing just that for now.  I did put up some posts and verbalized some personal experiences that I had and wanted to share and I'm happy with the response that I got, although I realize that many probably read it and didn't write any comment at all. 
    To me it's more like a personal way of expressing myself and sort of keeping an online journal...although I haven't posted in awhile....and in the process I got to meet a community of bloggers that I didn't know before.  And that's all right with me also.  :>)
    Rc
  • anonymous said on Jan 08, 2008....
    oh bullshit destiny.  if popularity weren't important to you, you wouldn't have pm'd some members of soulcast begging to know why they unsubscribed to you.  and you wouldn't have stomped your foot like a child when trav came back to sc after an absence and was getting more attention than you. 

  • sheltercrow said on Jan 08, 2008....
    Hippie Skull


    You know... this popularity thing you speak of... I know this is apocryphal but I have a mental block when it comes to the size and weight of other peoples warts.
  • destinydiva said on Jan 08, 2008....
    anon~ I pm'd 1 member of soulcast. Not begging to know why they had unsubscribed. Simply Asking had I upset them because they seemed off with me..if thats a crime I am guilty.

    yes I did stomp my feet when trav came back, not because he was getting more attention than me...  because of personal reasons that have fuck all to do with you.

    you dont even have the balls to post under your name. popularity is obviously an issue for you.


  • hottips4u said on Jan 08, 2008....

    Des: Wow...your starting to sound like me. . .lol

    Cheer up and go take a peek at Carterbabe3 (Hi Everyone) I am sure you'll find it amusing and enlightening.

    Oh and by the way, not that its any of my business, but I do not think Anon has a popularity problem at all, otherwise he/she would have used thier own name...don't ya think ?  Anon is actually pretty popular here, hell Anon might well be up there with the lofty ones such as yourself.

    Smile and the world smiles with you, in fact I am really smiling right now. : -)

    Jessi.

     

  • destinydiva said on Jan 08, 2008....
    really happy for you hottips :-) 
  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 08, 2008....
    well..fwiw, I am not *that* anon..
    apparently, there are a few 'anons' here..
    I am the one that posted right after the one where I posted my name..Though it is possible at another time someone named 'anon' could post after my post and not be me..The other 'anon' that just addressed destiny is not me..
    I have no gripes with anyone here..'popular' or not..
    I had one with two guys here a few days ago..
    One a 'popular' blogger here, who was name calling me..indirectly..at another thread...But I am not going to go further into that..and take this thread out of context..
    I have forgiven these men..
    (I am assuming they were both boys..by their info.)
    I realize some folks will be 'popular' and still be unkind, rude or ignorant..It does not seem to be the norm for most here..But for these guys, in that moment, it was true..
    I have had at least one moment here I regret, where I spoke out of turn to a person, and later realized..ugh no delete..I must have hurt or embarassed them..Ironic, I meant well..but had not used the most gently chosen words..
    Most of the time, I do..
    But I am not perfect..
    If this part sees this..you may know who you are..again I am sorry..
    Though I actually apologized at that thread too..
    As for the other guys, I forgive them ..
    Harboring such prejudice as they do..
    I see they have much more hardship to struggle with than just whether or not they are liked, or popular..
    I *do* not like blogs that seem salacious, or lewd..I won't lie..
    On this you can count on me to not like them..
    I just think such techniques are kind of a personal low, and stifles the purity of creating to have to use this kind of swindeling in writing, and pretense..if you see what I mean..Most great art and writing never needs this..Unless it's in a certain kind of magazine..
    I understand some think coarse jokes are funny and get a laugh, and readers, by being crude..I have always felt humorists, and writers are much funnier -and interesting-when they don't do those kinds of things..
    Anyway, nothing against them..
    it's just not a thing I would do..I don't think I am better or less than any of them..I just don't agree with using it..it's not the highest or best use of a gift, or skill
    btw, destiny, I am not sure who that reply was for..the other 'anon'?
    I don't think you have caused any offense to me..
    As for those guys, yes, I have forgiven the name callers..
    They're stuck with the burden of their behavior..
    Sadly, like bad driving, unless that is addressed, that can follow someone forever..until, unless someone meaner and less understanding steps in their way..
    hem..
    *shivers*
    As for 'popular'..:^) I stand by what I said..
    Respectfully to all..
    Whatevers..
  • sheltercrow said on Jan 08, 2008....
    Hippie Skull

    Clair what are you trying to say?
  • StoneMaster said on Jan 09, 2008....
    I have the illusion of popularity - it will suffice...and yeah, Clair, I thought that I was the King of stream-of-consciousness babble... YOU WIN! What are YOU smoking and can I get some???
  • desdemona said on Jan 09, 2008....
    popular comes in so many categories -
     
    getting attention....
     
    getting readership....
     
    getting naked....
     
    brown-nosing your way up....
     
    when we are children we all want you to "look at me!" There's no point in crying if no one's watching, or in showing off, for that matter. If you're just here to keep a diary,  that's odd. Why do it online for a potential audience?
     
    Oh yeah. "Look at me!"
     
  • sheltercrow said on Jan 09, 2008....

    Hippie Skull

    Truth alone is eternal, everything else is momentary. It is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth. ... Gandhi 1869-1948

    Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go... William Feather



    chat


    A Popular Mine is an entertainment device designed to be placed on or in a blog to entertain when triggered by a subscriber or the link of a blog, person, or animal. The name originates from the practice of popularity, where approval is sought within enemy clique fortifications or forces. These devices ("mines") were first inserted into blogs to destroy enemy popularity, and later used with videos and pictures. Popular mines generally refer to devices specifically written for this purpose, as distinguished from improvised random blather ("IRBs").

    Popular mines are used to secure disputed popularity or to restrict enemy popularity in other blogs. Tactically they serve a purpose similar to cute talk or dinner mints, slowing or channelling the popularity of enemy blogs to the advantage of your popularity. From a popularity perspective, popular mines serve as force multipliers, because they increase the efficacy or potency of a blog without requiring more blogging.

  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 10, 2008....
     
    Gosh darned if I ain't startin' to feel more popular!
     
  • hottips4u said on Jan 10, 2008....

    Oh its the "in crowd" for sure and has been for over the year I have been in and out of this collection of ego maniacs.  Its suppost to be uncensored and for the public, but the readership has faltered due to the "in crowds" either unwillingness or inability to allow others to hold any opinion----outside of thiers...kinda like " A Dozen Soulcasters To Watch Over The Ring".  But hey celes....I am not on "thier list" unless its a shit list ....lol  Obviously I cut cross grain to thier own popularity, or atleast in thier tiny lil worlds...plus, its a paycheck, thiers, otherwise, no one but a mental case would spend 12-14 18 hours a day in here...lol...being Popular, myself, I prefer infamous :-).

    Jessi.

  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 10, 2008....
    when we are children we all want you to "look at me!"

    speak for yourself, Toots..


  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 10, 2008....
    and shelter crow..let's talk when you can address me as a human being would..

    at the moment, it looks like you are past that point..sounds that way..

    maybe you can come back around after you've thrown some skin on ya face ;^)
  • hottips4u said on Jan 10, 2008....

    Good luck w/ that, twit .  lol

    Jessi.

  • sheltercrow said on Jan 10, 2008....


    chat
    Hot tips for you. What is the purpose of your mental leakage here? Have you something interesting to say or are you pissed or what? I am perplexed. I personally look for a zero comment count in my posts and am not in the money pool ad sense thing.

    My first act as a poster was to mention to one of the bigots masquerading as a conservative that he was indeed a bigot. I am not very popular with the masses here and care not if they care at all.

  • hottips4u said on Jan 10, 2008....

    Aww the 420 advocate him/herself (hard to tell w/ no skin).  I hear marijuana eventually takes ones memory, which means you have a clear consious atleast.

    Want an answer smoothy, take a little effort to read my post, I've only been here over a year, it will save us both the time of redundancy.

    Mental linkage...lol...my Father uses that late sixties 70's lingo...glad to see its alive and well.  My linkage is bent to the course required for the terrain.  I have no need monetarily, nor an interest in gleaning cash from the pockets of those that do.  I too, careless for a following, in fact I depise sheep, even two legged ones.

    None of the above was in any fashion whatsoever directed at you or to you bonehead (nice nic), thus my intent or purpose should be of no circumstance to you, respectfully.

    Jessi.

     

     

  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 10, 2008....
    sheltercrow said

    "You know... this popularity thing you speak of... I know this is apocryphal but I have a mental block when it comes to the size and weight of other peoples warts."

    OH my GOSH..Did this guy/gal sheltercrow just say this above????

    Is he/she for REAL???

    That's hysterical..

    And he's calling ME crazy???

    lol

    Look around you bub..

    You've got strangers kissin' other strangers buns, just to shift weight, and get readers around a place where half the folks are out the door, and the other half will be..

    You have folks using public forums for apologies they may not even mean..

    You have people who have not even MET making BROAD and negative generalizations about each other CONSTANTLY-and this based on mainly just due to a few typos they may make..Or whether or not their comments are particularly cogent that day..

    And ones-like you-who imagine they can read my SOUL from a bunch of words on a screen over a few days..

    And you think *I* have a problem???

    When YOU act this way and you have others here behaving like THAT?

    I understand, some are lonely, hurting for company, maybe they need to kiss bums, the couple of dozen of them, to fit in and feel included..

    It's hard on the ones feeling invisible, who don't feel they fit in..I kinder to them..I do..

    I even can resonate with the 'popular' ones, because I get their deal..

    But what is with YOU man???

    You are just plain nasty for nasty's sake..

    Maybe some women here are young and dumb..so they're arrogant or green..People say things out of turn to start trouble or be competitive..
    Maybe they have NO idea who they are talking to..We have ALL done it..

    Yea, it's stupid..

    But- So far, for you, I see none of these reasons..

    So what is YOUR excuse??



    Answer me at my blog please..my finger is itching for a reply to these things..


  • sheltercrow said on Jan 10, 2008....
    ron
    Whatever you say Slick.
  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 10, 2008....
    and now you all know why popularity is SO popular..

    and dontchya feel kind of keen?

    you'll have a crowd here to tell you you're great..

    stick around

    they'll find you.....


    or maybe crybaby said it best on an earlier post..

    sorry to digress and post it here..but it was just so on..




    "
    That is the only way "true love" is measured.  By how one treats others.

     

    love, dee"



    yes indeed..

    so true..



  • sheltercrow said on Jan 10, 2008....
    Your paranoid Clair...

    You are in my power...
  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 10, 2008....
    no I am not..

    you're silly shelter..n mean..



    I am trying to leave this place.



    leave me alone..

    skull boy

    :^/
  • sheltercrow said on Jan 10, 2008....
    You are in my power...
  • hottips4u said on Jan 10, 2008....

    Hey Celes :  I wrote this way back in August of last year surrounding "Popularity" and the handful of regs it touched upon.  I was just being naughty, but boy did I put some panties in a twirl, just thought it was fitting to your post, by the way,  

    Here....check this out 

    ________________________________

    " gang mentality " that is regularly exhibited here in Soulcast by particular usernames, moreso than others.

    This is not a fluke recognition by any means.  The fact that I have spoken upon this very circumstance via personal experiences myself here in Soulcast also did not come upon the winds of whim. It happens more often than many may wish to accept or admit.  There does tend to be a pack or group of individuals that tend to navigate Soulcast in a fashion not unlike the Bloods and Crips mentality, and make inflammatory remarks geared to achieve an intended response and, moreover attack w/ apparent impunity upon those who join or visit but unfortunately may not enjoy a shared opinion.  Conflicts obviously sometimes engineered to entrap or provoke defensive responses come in forms of poorly camouflaged insults, or sniping sharp retorts, and this by some of the more grounded members, especially while in gang formation.   Some people fold up and leave.  Some peek and leave knowing they will never be accepted by the " group(s) " of veteran Soulcasters that ridicule every punctuation mark, attack educational levels, ect.  

    The remarks/comments I make (sometimes before responses arrive) are after thoughts I want included in the previous remark ; or to clarify what I read as to ambiguous when I wanted it more direct ; sometimes to change course and/or impact.  I care not whether a feature results in any given post I make and I do not blog for pay. 

    My opinion of Soulcast is based upon personal experiences and having witnessed numerous conflicts, insults, snide remarks and unwarranted attacks.  Many days all I do is read watching the interchanges.  I have a mixed bag of emotions that tend to
    lend a hand in how I feel about Soulcast at any given time, and it truely does vary.
    There are days I love it here and there are days I wonder why I am here, probably not unlike many others here I am sure.

    In answer to whether I am awaiting the fall of Soulcast, absolutely not.  As a small business owner myself, I fully support your efforts to grow.  But not unlike others, I am unwilling to surrender my self esteem to another member simply to placate
    an otherwise unfounded ego.  Self sacrifice is not an option for me, and should not have to be even a consideration.

    Sinking Ship.  Yes, my words.  But they are not hallow words spat recklessly into the crowd.  I see the repetition in post commentary.  As long as you allow groups to form into gangs who opinions are the only ones put forth or allowed, content will suffer and decline. 

    Why should people join to blog if they are to be considered idiots by the "regs" and thereby unacceptable to the group or click  they loudly proclaim as their way or the highway from the onset or immediately subsequent to their first post ?

    Unless your experimenting in social engineering, this alleged community needs to diversify in opinions and content, and get rid of the gang like mentality that is so practiced here, unfortunately ; IMO.

    Jessi.

  • Clair_de_Lune said on Jan 11, 2008....
    well I just wanted to close in saying..I by NO means was attacking or attempting to knock the people who post here, blog, or are seeking friendship or companionship here by writing their posts.. most of *my* comments came on the heels on some bad behavior and little mistreatments i had had from some of the bloggers here.. were they 'popular'? i think so..not all but some..maybe, it boiled down to 2 or 3 people..not this whole forum at all..by far.. anyway, personally speaking..I have been dealing with much bigger issues than the seemingly pressing issues of whether or not one is 'popular' here.. as for politics..while I may be misjudged because of my political and religious beliefs I've posted on here..and anyone doing that would display their own narrow approach to people and ignorance..I would not dream of name calling or disrespecting others because of how they behave nor their views.. for one nano second shelter crow here has been the exception..and that was more in a joke..and for obvious reasons.. other than that, my posts have been pretty cogent and explanatory.. i have shared what I do and don't agee on, when it comes to how we treat one another..who has value and how we should act around here..simply imho..thanks, cu
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 11, 2008....
    It's just too ironic that my lil ol post on popularity got so popular, since it wasn't supposed to (me being non-popular). Just like politics, it seems that eventually popularity comes down to competition and all of its complications.
     
    As Destiny points out, even the most benign of the popular become targets for cynical underminers. And those desperate for popularity can't seem to help but resent the rise of the popular. Even those who are here for their own small cliques can't seem to help but get caught up in the debate.
     
    But I don't think any clique can control a free range like this one.
     
    And the attendance isn't simply confined to SoulCast members. People link in from other sites as well, and you can get your blog featured on those even from here. I think that's what's happening with mOOn platOOn for instance, who gets a lot of hits but isn't on the popular top 30.
     
    -Thanks you guys for a fascinating post!!!!
     
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 11, 2008....
    hey maybe there should be some kind of auto-delete of inactive IDs, after, say three months. What do you guys think about that?
     
    Hey SoulCast, can that be done?
     
  • hottips4u said on Jan 11, 2008....

    Hey Celes :  Great Post by the way, Congrats !  You go You ! :-)

    Check this link out, take a moment to read it, especially the part about the elderly man......go   ------   <<<<<<  HERE >>>>>>

    There is a another link near the bottom of the post linked above showing ole No.1 Mr Ed himself (silverwhisper) handling someone outside the circle of "Populars", just take a moment to read it yourself, ......if you really want to know.

    Again, Congrats on a great post.

    Best wishes,

    Jessi.

     

  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 11, 2008....
    Thanks!! And to you too!!
  • destinydiva said on Jan 11, 2008....
    is it hard work signing in and out from one name to another all this time?
  • destinydiva said on Jan 11, 2008....
    I was wrong, your so easy to figure out.
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 12, 2008....
    so what is this sorted out now... can we all just be here and get a long???? can we??? can we???

  • Lucytorial said on Jan 12, 2008....
    hey that link doesn't work!
  • hottips4u said on Jan 14, 2008....

    Here...spread the Lov just as a ruler if you will....of what it takes to be number

    No 1  in Popularity, the Man himself, Silverwhisper, Played by Silverwhisper himself, in a little show of :

    <<<<<<<<   To Abuse The Elderly  ---  And, Be Popular At It  >>>>>>>>>>>

    Hope this fixes the link, I just tried it and it seems to work fine.

    Jessi.

  • sheltercrow said on Jan 14, 2008....
    Hot you must know that copsunited is an a******e.
  • hottips4u said on Jan 14, 2008....

    I know that he was an elderly man in his very late 70's or early 80's, I do know that for sure.

    I know that it could have been anyones grandfather or father, or he could be the last human on earth of his genetic code. the bottom line, Silverwhisper did not consider the multitude of infimities that can and do unfortunately make the eldely an easy host, and apparently for Silverwhisper, an easy target.

    Now, what were you saying about assholes ?

    Jessi.

  • sheltercrow said on Jan 14, 2008....
    I am not a fan of age bias an a******e is an a******e.
  • hottips4u said on Jan 14, 2008....

    Glad we can agree.

    Jessi.  ;-)....hehe

  • RollingC said on Jan 14, 2008....
    Everyone breathe deeply and relax....relax....relax....
    Rc
  • hottips4u said on Jan 14, 2008....

    ease off the triggers boi's.....hehe..

    ah..thanx rc

    Jessi.

  • silverwhisper said on Jan 14, 2008....
    i knew i was ignoring this for a good reason.

    sheltercrow, if you'd been here when copsunited was active (IOW, before he got himself banned for being an asshole), you'd have seen the way he regularly posted vulgarity-filled tirades which he would then delete after a week or two. much as "hottips" has herself done.

    there are whole scores of soulcasters you could ask to verify that. don't take my word for it. ask bloc. or lioneljay. or seanrenaud. all people that i know you read.

    go ahead, ask 'em. i'm patient.

    "hottips": that's not age discrimination. it's ripping an asshole a new one and it was in many people's estimation way overdue when i posted it. or are you conveniently forgetting the way you very nearly drove away artemis, in the mistaken belief she was an alt for me?

    really, your obsession with talking about me is most unseemly.

    ed
  • Kickingcrow said on Jan 14, 2008....

    ed - I have never questioned your veracity and respect your opinion. I responded to one of those tirades of his and had an unpleasant experience.

    Bully for you. ...with respect.

  • silverwhisper said on Jan 14, 2008....
    i appreciate that. my thanks. :>

    ed
  • hottips4u said on Jan 14, 2008....
    Ed, and Sean ?  or lickingcow ...is it..?  {looking at monitor from the side.......... kinda sorta, maybe}.
     
    WE HAVE A TIE !  Congratulations, you have each won tickets to the deadest game in town.....Hey ---You Killed Hottips ! 
     
    Just click here to redeem your prize.
     
    Remember, you have to play to win !!...enter as often as you wish, ; hint : quick kills get less points..
     
    Have at me guys....be inventive...revenge...apply directly to this... POST !!!
     
    Jessi.
     
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 14, 2008....
    ooo, silver ... now you've done it. Is my blog to become yet another battlefield???? I'm not mad at you for showing up silver but why so LATE in the game? I know what kind of vendettas you attract (lol) and now here you are! Anyway guys, i haven't started exercising the old delete and block options on here yet, so don't tempt me!!!! cause it would be more fun if we could all just get along without the personal attacks that are equal to schoolyard name-calling. But it's good to be popular, at least having a post that's popular, so thanks for my 15 minutes of fame. NOW BEHAVE, EVERYONE.
     
    luv, celestial
     
  • hottips4u said on Jan 14, 2008....

    My best effort was put forth to re-direct such traffic...

    Peace...

    Jessi.

  • sheltercrow said on Jan 14, 2008....

    Hottip4u - Man... you are a paranoid.

  • Dreamknightx said on Jan 14, 2008....
    oh boy! Food fight!!!
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 14, 2008....
    celestial: well, i tagged it when i had a spate of activity a few days ago and meant to come back to it, but all the major points had already been made, so there didn't seem any point, you know? :>

    ed
  • StoneMaster said on Jan 14, 2008....
    Here, people, pass the joint...everyone take a toke....here....
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 14, 2008....
    pffffffffffffftt ---- ssssssyyyppp ---- "hack" - whoa.  PHHHEEWWWW... dang, not bad. Hereya go, hottips --- pass it to silver when you're done...
     
  • RollingC said on Jan 14, 2008....
    Ok everyone....again...breathe deeply...errr...I mean inhale deeply.....hold....exhale.... inhale deeply....hold....exhale.... there... then pass the bong to your right....
    Rc
  • somethingunUSual said on Jan 14, 2008....
    PARDON MY REACH ----
     
    PFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT!!!
     
    Yea baby.....
     
     
  • TheUndergroundEagle said on Jan 14, 2008....
    (sings)all we are saying is give peace a chance
    all we are saying is give peace a chanceall we are saying is give peace a chanceall we are saying is give peace a chanceall we are saying is give peace a chanceall we are saying is give peace a chanceall we are saying is give peace a chanceall we are saying is give peace a chance
  • TheNakedProfessor said on Jan 14, 2008....
    na na na nananahhhhh na na na nahhhhhhh, hey jude ...
    na na na nananahhhhh na na na nahhhhhhh, hey jude ...
    na na na nananahhhhh na na na nahhhhhhh, hey jude ...
    na na na nananahhhhh na na na nahhhhhhh, hey jude ...
    na na na nananahhhhh na na na nahhhhhhh, hey jude ...
    na na na nananahhhhh na na na nahhhhhhh, hey jude ...
    etc
  • hottips4u said on Jan 15, 2008....

    Some of Sc best battlers....nice ta see ya...in a good way, awww...I do recall the post with instant gratification !  Hundreds of hits..folks from all around coming to peer thru the fence....pinics and parties after a good battle...hell those were the days ! I personally tip my hat to those that were there and lived !  To the fallen..not all is lost and the battlefield is always just a keyboard and memory away.

    Yea...when in the days of old and writers bold....

    Jessi.

  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 15, 2008....
    cool...things have mellowed out....thanks StoneMaster!
     
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 15, 2008....
    it was nakeds rendition of hey jude.... I swear it!
  • TheNakedProfessor said on Jan 15, 2008....

     

    Thankyou, and I hope I passed the audition.

     

  • Lucytorial said on Jan 15, 2008....
    well there is one more thing you need to do... seriously the role is quite a good one TNP

    First you need to take your clothes off, turn around and the jump up and down..... legs ahem apart!

    Do you think you can do that? Stone master has also applied for the role!
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 15, 2008....

    I believe you can check out the professor's own blog for such shannannigans - gosh that can't be how yuou spell shannannanna..shennanah... sheesh!!!!

    ...stil high

     
     
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 15, 2008....
    oh I've seen TNP's assets.... naughty naughty boy... *grin*

    got the munchies yet?
  • somethingunUSual said on Jan 15, 2008....
    yes, I wanted to thank that academic perv for hosting the bevy of beauties that so many of you are -! And don't we all know who those "anonymous" babes are??
     
    BTW celestial - niiiiiice ass!
     
    No, really.
     
    REALLY.
     
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 15, 2008....
    not really.... I kind of lost track of the whole thing... didn't see too much....


    **blink**

    **Blink**
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 15, 2008....
    wanna get YOUR ass deleted. unUSual?
     
    stick to the subject bub.
     
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 15, 2008....
    hey celestial.... is this whole popular thing going to your head?? like this has got to be your most popular post! not even I have managed this many before...

    Oh and you didn't answer any of the questions I posed but hey! I'm fine about it.. seems as this post is running out of steam!!

    *smile*
  • somethingunUSual said on Jan 15, 2008....
    EXCUSE ME???? - !!! The subject is popularity and... I'm a "butt" man, and your butt is popular with me. Where have I gone astray?????
  • celestialspace2001 said on Jan 15, 2008....
    lol Lucy - I"M SORRRRY... (what questions? you mean the munchies? YES!) there are so many comment on this post I might have missed a questions or two - I will review WIHTT (acronym) ... er ...yeah, wow, going for 700 hits ... well, a post about popularity might as well be popular, tho it takes away from the irony...
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 15, 2008....
    it highlights the irony for me....
  • desdemona said on Jan 15, 2008....
    If you don't mind, I'm going to borrow the joint for a minute...taking it o ver to another blog....Be right back....
  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jan 18, 2008....
    Hey des, don't Bogart that joint.
  • RollingC said on Jan 18, 2008....
    100th comment is mine !
    Rc
  • sweetnessorange said on Jan 18, 2008....
    damn i thought this was a no-smokin room LOL!!!!!!

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