Nutural ground
I blog to get my feelings out. I blog when I am frustrated, angry, happy bored.....you get the picture. As anyone who has/had a blog at efx2 knows, there where issues with the place. I'm not even going to pretend I understand enough about computers to use the proper words...the on again off again, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't thing. I don't think I'm the only one that said bad things about the place and even used a swear word or two about it. Some directed at Kieth (since he was the maker)
Frustration from lack of information as to if/when Keith might be around to fix something....grumblings about a mystery man named Martin holding keys to the castle......You bet I was frustrated and angry about being left in the dark and I blogged about it....I even said a few times I'm going to quit blogging and may have even said "this is the last time!" I felt dupped...grant you I only pitched in a few bucks...it's all I could afford, but when Keith dissapeared with no explanation, I felt like I was taken advantage of.....My feelings right or wrong.
At the time I wrote the blog, those were my feelings....and I am entitled to them!
Now at Efx3. The new place. I understand that it is underconstruction. The people involved in making the place have done more work then I ever could....heck I couldn't even figure out where to go in my e-mail spam folder to go look for the e-mail reply that was sent but some how never made it in my actual e-mail in box (efx3 is'n't the only e-mail I've lost, I never get the ones from my employer either) But some how after a very public flogging over a blog written critisizing the place......I'm not real sure if that is the environment I want to be in. I would like to think my blog is where I can write whatever I want to...leave comments on it if you don't agree, but don't drag it on to the front page.
I'm writing this post in nutural territory because I don't want what I write to get deleted..... But I do have a few concerns about the new place that keeps me from going "all in".
first...like Kieth. this new efx is hobby, now for two people, what happens when real life gets in the way or the pressure gets to be to much? I know it is free...quit bitchin' seems to be the war cry as of late, But I'm getting tired of making/breaking ties to people I grow fond of thru blogs.
second.....Other attempts failed or fell to the wayside....efx2.info comes to mind. It started as a gung-ho, lets get this place up and running in no time place too...But stuff happens and the progress came to a stop. I understand........but I still can't find my way around there, I'm still frustrated as hell with the place I still don't know how to make it look pretty.......and won't be going back.....doesn't mean I didn't apreciate all the hard work everyone over there did.......it means I got mad. I blogged about it and I moved on. I think I wrote pretty much the same rant when I tried to move to Blogger the first time efx crashed...I even referred to the template as looking like I was visitning my Grandmother's house and the service as being about as freindly as a visit to the DMV...I think I said a few more harsh things about them too.
I almost feel like my blog will be monotored and if a speak badly about the wrong thing I might be in the target too. I'm starting to think it's time to take a break and let the dust settle...........................
Comments
Sure it's a free service and sure WP and RB are doing a PHENOMENAL amount of work on the place(for free) but it should be kept professional, and dragging a persons private(as in theirs to say what they want on, not a blog with private settings per say) blog onto the very public front page isn't very professional.
I read that post on the front page and was quite unimpressed. I thought that it's been there less than a week and there's public squabbling already. I also thought that any new person coming upon this blog and seeing that would likely think twice about signing up. Whatever problems that had occurred with the person in question should have either been ignored or handled privately through email or PM.
I'm also rather unimpressed with the mob mentality that tolerates no dissent. One person in particular got quite emotional about it and went on at length about how he/she feels about dissent.
I've started a blog there and it's ok, but I'm not putting all my eggs in that basket. If they get it going, fine. If they don't, I've got three other blogs to post at.
So, like I said before, chin up and keep blogging!!!!!!
I can't believe someone did that. And why? Dang, I feel you should be able to say whatever you want on your own blog. With the exception of anything criminal or hateful to the point of slandering someone. To me that's not acceptable, but not to be able to rant or complain? This is the USA , it's our right to complain, LOL!
Keith has promised he is going to keep the place going, so I'll be there until it dies, haha. I'm keeping the one on efx3 open because of the ones that left and won't come back.
That's the only reason I am keeping efx3 open too. I will only go back too visit the bloggers who left. I get the feeling they want a more "exclusive" club over there. I got the impresion you can rant about things all you want as long as it isn't about the actual blog site. Apperantly even this posting was found upsetting.
I'm pretty sure I know who it was that felt they needed to share this post. Apparently they must feel it is OK to copy/paste/send things from other peoples blog.....I find that kind of funny since this person most times has their blog set to private and I'm sure they wouldn't be too happy if it was done to them.
Just another reason to go back to 2 and hope Keith sticks around this time.
That said I don't love efx3 yet either, it's too new, they should have had everything up, running and in place before they opened their doors, I know..I know they wanted to let people in asap so there was a place to go if/when efx2 wasn't renewed, but there should have been at least a week of "beta" testing before the masses were let in.
My thoughts exactly! I know the whole mess with Katya was over her not so glamourus and yes, insulting way she posted it, but it does give the feel of "don't comment about a work in progress"
if I were to have made this same same comment you just made on another blog I would be getting a toungue lashing!
Sadly I don't trust either site, but like efx2 too much to leave. I was going to keep the efx3 one as a place to keep up with bloggers that have moved over their, but I am getting the feeling I am not welcome over their!
After commenting on someone's blog regarding being able to voice my frusterations with efx2 and not fear Keith getting angry for them...I was told to "go to the local 7-11 and buy some cucumbers and go fuck myself"....then that person quickly edited thier comment, but not before I saw it...too bad...maybe then others would see that my feelings have merit.
And, another positive... I was able to find out that you are still blogging at efx2. For some reason, my Google RSS Reader wasn't updating for you and didn't show anything new for ages... I thought you dropped out of blogging.
Knowing you're still around, I tweaked my reader, and now have it updating again.
So... huzzah!!!