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Any posts I make in this thread were to try to point out the any negative vibes towards members, longstanding or not. . The OP asked why lurkers don't post here. They don't post here for the same reason that a variety of veterans have told me personally why they don't post publicly anymore: It's the negativity. Nobody wants to wade into a pool that's full of floating turds that you need to avoid or worse, have to pick it up to move it out of the way. I'd just go to another pool.

I've noticed another change in the software. I'm getting email notifications come through in batches and patches over the last day or two. No notifications for a while and then a bunch just ram through at once - ding, ding, ding, ding. Not sure if this is intended or not. @CGC Mike

Genius!

What if you take the URL from the grading forum and use that in the search bar along with key words? https://boards.cgccomics.com/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/ I think that the key is using as much relevant into as possible so the URL for every separate forum would focus on that specific forum whereas the boards URL is a very general search. Anyway, just a thought.

Doesn't using boards.cgccomics.com + the topic or key words work well for you? I thought that's what BUTM told us to do?

What I do when a reoccuring question comes up is I say "You may not be aware but we discussed this in detail a few years ago and what we sort of concluded was..." and then explain it. Or even better, posting a LINK TO THE RELEVANT THREAD gets the job done neatly and efficiently. Maybe @BlowUpTheMoon needs to be paid as the family archivist? Or some free grading credits for all the effort he does in searching out old threads for people?

Since absolutely NOBODY posts more than I do (yet - Kav and Bosco are ballin' lately, though) I'll reply. My posts in this thread were myriad, but they were ALL directed at trying to draw lurkers out or protecting lurkers from other people telling them what / when / where / how to post. So ttfitz's statistics are like a news article with poor journalism creating a misinformation narrative. They don't tell the whole story. But I like ttfitz and I took at as just good fun. For the record, to help ttfitz' statistics, I actually hid a few of my posts after G.G. and I kissed and made up so as not to distract from the thread anymore. Damn, I just posted again in here.

I also just noticed the art in the indicia box in the top left was different between those two issues. I wonder why Marvel decided to even GO with an indicia box on it's comics. They didn't have them before and other companies didn't use them. I'd love to know what was in Stan's head at the time when he decided to go that route....ironically, those early to mid 1960's indicia boxes give me goosebumps and chills because I associate them with my childhood love of Marvels. Anybody else?

Yup. I've seen people discuss it here before. What else is interesting is that the left bottom corner of the X in X-men is missing in the logo of X-men #3. Whoever was clipping those logos for the next cover may have been hitting the bottle while doing their chores in 1963! Maybe they were partying with Wally Wood?

Yes. Not only PM replies but also board discussion replies. This editor box, once in a while does not send the message once you hit reply. Today with the PM I was fortunate that the editor had it saved in this editing box so when I went to reply a 2nd time it had my old message saved. But yesterday in the lurker thread I lost a message, was unable to recover it and had to retype it again.

So, which lurker noob wants to wade in now?

Kav, I missed this post. It's not a red-herring. I have first hand experience in this and am probably a bit better versed than the average Joe on the topic because of it. There is a correlation and a lot of material that links the rise of social media and certain features of social media with self harm in kids and young adults. There can be some very large differences in the ways that people and more specifically men and women deal with trauma. There are also differences between physical and emotional trauma and they often can manifest differently. We can discuss it via PM in detail if you want.

And it also mentions "Spidey 1," a clear snub of AF 15! I think that's a very interesting observation and phenomenon. Talking to some new collectors and surprisingly, I found out that they feel the same way about #1 issues. There's something about that #1 on the cover that draws people, as opposed to #15 or #83 or #110, especially noobs or less mature collectors. That's exactly why comic companies continue to reboot titles with a new #1 and have been doing it since the 70's or so. Fascinating.

Is it just me or are there two accounts by the same person posting things here? I thought I was just imagining it.

These threads were started to post acquisitions. Then the thread evolved into almost purely a financial thread. I don't understand. Is there some need to make sure this thread (or any thread) stays near the top of a forum?

It actually happens. Dena turned the buttons off for a few weeks to stop it. What happens, is if a boardie gets a group of followers that don't like them, those followers just start clicking the buttons in unison that send a message to the targeted boardie to send a negative message. It's high school behavior but it has happened on here.

So because they're adults they don't get addicted or make bad decisions that ruin their lives? Social media engineers use teams of dozens, 100s or even 1000's of engineers and psychologists whose SOLE PURPOSE is to keep you addicted. They spend millions and billions solely to overpower your will in some way without you even realizing it. Why? Because I'm not sure if you realize it but these engineers are using the same brain pathways that are used by drug addiction to keep you on social media. As AC/DC said: "We are the dealers. We'll give you everything you need" But don't take my word for it, just spend 20 minutes Googling how much destruction social media has done in the last 20 years to humans. I've seen the damage 1st hand in my children and in adults. Adults or not, it affects everyone to some degree. Not everyone that smokes crack becomes a crack addict. I have friends who can take it or leave it but not everyone can. I actually agree that alcohol may be one of the most destructive things we use in every day life. But not everyone drinks alcohol. MOST use social media. Social media is possibly the most pervasive drug ever created because like a blanket it literally covers all of society in every region of the world. This is a great point. But you also don't need to incite a group that already may be ready to start a riot, right? --------------------------------- Anyway, I enjoy convos like this but this isn't the time or the place so I'll stop replying to this off-topic string. --------------------------------- In keeping with the spirit of this thread, I've never met COI but we've always had a great rapport and I've met Chrisco several times in real life, even though we started out as noobs meeting on this forum.

When I'm not here I'm usually having too good of a time in real life to log in, so stuff it! I was here for the debate. In fact, I was one of the ones who brought attention to it. EDIT: I may have missed that thread but I did discuss it with moderators in detail. It's an accepted fact that these sorts of features are only here because they help engage users on the host's site and greater engagement = greater revenue from advertisers etc. It's also an accepted that these things have a negative effect on society over all. For example, the 'like' feature on Facebook has been attributed to the 2011/2012 spike of children self mutilating because it affected their perception of popularity to the outside world. My own children were in that demographic and experienced this. There are many other things we can talk about within the scope of this discussion but they're not really for this thread. Yes, it's a nice feature but it DOES have it's drawbacks. They are primarily around because they increase revenue.

I am 100% on board with posting a 'LIKE' to be able to acknowledge a post rather than respond to it. It saves time, doesn't clog the thread and keeps things flowing. The problem is that those 'LIKE' buttons have been shown and proven to have a negative effect on society over all through social media. Why? Because of ill intent. There's more people who may want to disrupt someone's posts with bad intent than there with the 1 or 2 people that may agree with ta post and this swings it's value into the negative. I think an ideal solution would actually be to JUST have a 'LIKE' button - maybe the But then do away with the others, which can be abused. Kind of hard to abuse just one button which can be used for acknowledgement or liking and nothing else. The problem is all the other buttons (including the laughing one) which can be used for negative replies and ill intent. I actually just thought of this as I was typing this post and I think just the one button is a great idea.

Mods notified.

It's no big deal. Someone's post content is much more important to me than a post count.

This is good advice for a strong community👍‼️😷🎶🎶 Personally, I abhor the 'LIKE' feature. I think it's divisive in many ways and IMO it's psychologically bad for society because it attributes success or failure to a post through the meaningless recognition of strangers on the internet (something social media is aware of but does it because it makes them more money). I use it but only started recently. For years I avoided it. I might start doing so again. In the case of this thread, I'm doing it just for fun but I'd personally prefer it was gone....but that will never happen. We're just trying to help. This is a great example of someone with few posts but is a constructive member of the community. I've done lots of business with you, your posts are generally well thought out and informative to me and you're comfortable with just having a few post counts!

C’mon now. The front page is full of riveting threads.... Toronto, Canada clique inna hizzouse! I've known Beyonder for something like 15 years. He's actually much smarter than his avatar would lead you to believe. I've never met COI but I converted him from blondes to brunettes many years ago and he's been thankful ever since. See how easy this is?

Are you saying it would have been more interesting if I posted a pic of me in my tighty whiteys? *for those that don't know our history, CAHokie and I used to argue on here and dislike each other. Now he keeps bothering me and we play basketball when we see each other. Frankly, I should have just put him on ignore.

I can't believe I'm doing this. This is a retype (my previous post was way better but now I'm annoyed) but I do genuinely care about this place. I've been here for 17 years. I've seen most of what there is to see. I've made friends, lost friends, I've had conflicts and I've also made some lifelong friends from this place. In fact, one boardie literally calls me every day to tease me about my tighty whiteys but I refuse to report him to moderation. This place runs the gamut with a huge variety of people. There's no easy answer or solution for everyone because a public discussion dynamic is very nuanced and everyone is different. Some are more low key and don't like to push the envelope much. It might be because it's your personality or you just don't feel comfortable among strangers. But here's the deal, we were all strangers and noobs at one point. If you feel someone is ignoring you, it's probably not personal. There's always a lot going on here. I'd encourage you to try again, or more than once. Nobody is going to remember your posts (I mean that in the best possible way - promise! ) and that's actually not a bad thing. It's hard to keep track of a conversation when there are many posts happening. I miss posts all the time. Some are stronger personalities. I'm one of those. I originally started timid but once I got my foot in the water I became much more comfortable and dove right in. Others, maybe most, fall in between these two polar opposites and are here for various reasons. I'll tell you, there isn't a better site in the world to discuss comic collecting and issues that are centered around this hobby. So I'd encourage you to post if you feel the urge and not worry too much about what people think, say or do on here. And if you feel out of place because of cliques, just remember that everyone was new here once. Putting in an effort overcomes being a noob quickly You might join several groups of friends one day or even start your own clique one day. Just keep it respectful towards others and you have nothing to worry about.