Is Anyone Here Also A Member Of All That Chat?- Page 3

[jv92]

Posted: 8/4/12 at 10:28pm

I read All That Chat because sometimes it's a bit informative, and sometimes the posters have some interesting things to contribute. Note the word sometimes. I don't post. I joined for a little while, but found BWW a much more pleasant environment to discuss the theater.

I find the whole thing too controlling, far too fussy and old, and yes, very difficult to navigate through. Time to change the layout, Ann. In defense of some ATC posters, at least a bunch of them like Sondheim, therefore they're not ALL as bad as After Eight.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/4/12 at 10:44pm

Now I remember. It got to the point where ANN was bitchy to me and that's when I told her to delete my account.

[Becky]

Posted: 8/4/12 at 11:05pm

Both boards are useful (depending on what your purpose is). Broadway World seems to attract a younger group - probably because of the more leniant moderation, but both seem to serve a pupose in their own way.

I've been a member of ATC forever now, and if you've followed the board for any length of time - you come to realize the posting "parameters". Straight up theater discussions in a mature fashion are not going to get you banned. A lot of industry people, media outlets, etc... read the board, so I've always understood why it was more heavily moderated. Cuts down on the immature postings, but the elitist attitude of a lot of posters there (well, and here!) is a topic for a whole other discussion

As far as the ATC layout, if you choose the "flat board" option at the top, it's not much different than the Broadway World layout. Threads are bundled. The regular view can drive me crazy though.

However, I'll take ATC's dinosaur-age format all day to the format here that allows page-long ridiculous signatures that take up so much room in threads.

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/4/12 at 11:14pm

I haven't seen overly long signatures on here in a long time.

[Becky]

Posted: 8/4/12 at 11:21pm

True, it's gotten a little better.


***Edited to say I just came across this one (wasn't even looking for an example actually). Now is this necessary to read everytime someone posts? This is what I was talking about above:

2012 Noises Off** Swallows and Amazons*** Rock Of Ages*** The Lady killers**** Pippin*** Crazy For You* We Will Rock You** Masterclass**** The Wizard Of Oz*** Giggin4Good***** Pippin*** Absent Friends*** Collaborators** Travelling Light**** Lucky Stiff*** After The Turn*** Singin' In The Rain**** Juno And The Paycock*** Chicago* Hay Fever* The Recruitment Officer* Sweeney Todd**** She Stoops To conquer* Ghost**** Matilda***** Mamma Mia***** The Glorious Ones** Floyd Collins* Shrek** The Duchess Of Malfi* Sweeney Todd**** The Kings Speech**** Legally Blonde (Final Performance)***** Rock Of Ages** Gypsy (The Curve, Leicester)*** The Mystery Of Edwin Drood**** A Tale Of Two Cities*** Avenue Q (The Marlowe, Canterbury)**** Chess***** (Amateur, Bob Hope Theatre, Eltham) Chess***** (Amateur, Bob Hope Theatre, Eltham) Babes In Arms*** Educating Rita*** What The Butler Saw**** Long Days Journey Into Night**** The Sunshine Boys*** Top Hat** Detroit**** Jersey Boys*** South Downs/The Browning Version*** Thriller*** Singin' In The Rain**** Abigail's Party*** Starlight Express*** (Tour, Wimbledon) Moon On A Rainbow Shawl** Sweeney Todd**** Ragtime*** Posh**** Jekyll and Hyde*** Sister Act*** (UK Tour, Wimbledon) Torch Song Trilogy*** Gatz*** Ghost**** Kiss Me Kate*** (Chichester) (New York: Peter and the Starcatcher*** The Lyons**** Evita**** Jesus Christ Superstar***** Rock of Ages*** Cirque Du Soleil - Zarkana** Spiderman Version 2*** Newsies** Porgy and Bess***** Once**** Best Man**** One Man, Two Guvnors**** Nice Work, If You Can Get It*** Anything Goes**** Ghost**** Mary Poppins**** The Columist*** A Streetcar Named Desire**** The Phantom of the Opera****) A Midsummer's Night Dream** A Doll's House*** Ragtime**** Soho Cinders***** The Last of the Haussmans****
Updated On: 8/5/12 at 11:21 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/4/12 at 11:23pm

I've been banned from ATC even though I have never posted there!

[choitoy]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 3:00am

I was merrily posting here and there for a few months on ATC, when I off-handedly mentioned a "bootleg" (I think I mentioned something about a Gypsy video), and next thing I knew, I was off.

There are some informed people on there, but they run it like a Cheerleader clique over there. They'll tolerate you for a little bit, but as soon as you cross anything in their "charter club rulebook", they'll cut you!

The BWW boards, no matter how juvenile and bitchy it can be, is a lot more fun than the other board.

[jv92]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 5:24am

Yes, I think I was booted for mentioning the name "Miles Kreuger." I guess Ann isn't interested in seeing home movie footage from the original FINNIAN'S RAINBOW (among others).

[After Eight]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 7:16am

"That site is like 100 After Eights."

There's only one After Eight.

[After Eight]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 7:32am

"Can not let anything GO (someting even I can be guilty of at times, but it's one of the many thing about myself that I'm constantly working on)"

I'd say you've got a long road to hoe.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 8:08am

After Eight---I'll be one of those "correcting posters" now (violation #105B-C7) and tell you that you don't hoe a road.

It's a farm term, to do with crops.

You hoe a row ... of corn, beans, carrots, etc.

... as in a "tough row to hoe," "hard row to hoe," or "long row to hoe."

Updated On: 8/5/12 at 08:08 AM

[artscallion]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 8:15am

Bestie is a hoe master!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 8:18am

LOL

Oh, I know my hoes, artscallion, believe me.

Steering back on topic, I've visited the ATC board probably three times total. Their format sucks so bad. It's one step away from ASCII DOS text.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 11:12am

I can never decide if I should be flattered or creeped out that After Eight will always take the time to quote me and make some weird comment in response.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 1:40pm

Both?

[After Eight]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 2:53pm

" Know-it-all sour pusses ready to jump down your throat. "

What is it that's bugging you, really?

Resentful that others may possess knowledge that you lack? Jealous of those who saw shows you didn't?

How petty. How dispiriting.

Try to quash such sentiments. They're not becoming.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 5:28pm

Posters who are extremely unhappy in life and vent their issues here instead of springing for a shrink.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 5:46pm

LOL

Oh, the list ...

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 5:55pm

LEAVE AFTER EIGHT ALONE!!!!!!!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 6:20pm

Exactly.

The bullies are the worst. Especially the older bullies who denounce bullying and act like it's a fad or a joke or a lie or a "myth" ...

Those are the worst offenders of all. The truly stupid ones.

Updated On: 8/5/12 at 06:20 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 6:27pm

Imagine if After Eight was a real person and not a character created for the board!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 6:32pm

I don't want to imagine anything as sad as that.

[Jane2]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 6:44pm

I gave up

Updated On: 8/5/12 at 06:44 PM

[Huss417]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 10:02pm

And I always thought After Eight was one of those refreshing chocolate mint squares in the noisy wrappers.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 8/5/12 at 11:51pm

I still don't get how they approve people... based on your name, email, and potential username? There's no application.