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Articles: what is going on here? |
Posted by
feralucce on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 04:11 AM PST
I am on shmeng daily... if I don't post, I try to read almost everything... but has anyone noticed that the number of visitors has sky rocketed since taht smegging article was posted?
I mean, the government tries to set us up for harrassment of a legal kind and suddenly everyone is interested in us. The same thing happened to many "gothic" sites after the columbine "incident." The number of hits was phenomenal.
Sooo... the question on my mind is this... why? These people can't have come here to assess teh "threat" that the gothic culture poses... can they? *worried look*I mean, at this moment, there is one member and 35 visitors... are people that morbidly curious that they would just stop by and stare at us like a bunch of zoo animals?
Not that I mind if they are... but do they truly understand what it is that they are seeing? Do they honestly understand that they are seeing the white crested weirdo in his natural habitat? Do they understand that they have the privilege of seeing the only Vampcourt known to be in captivity? We are a managerie... and odd one at that... I mean... Where else can you go and see a Devin, Ickgirl, Callei, Rae, Vampcourt, bettie x, feralucce, Dolorosa, Ironboots, Fergschmuck, and many others too numerous to be named all in one place? No where....
How... how do we do it? How do we make people understand who and what we are?
Feralucce
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Re: what is going on here?
by Rogue (Rogue@skew.org)
on Apr 18, 2002 - 07:03 AM
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I, for one, do not want people to understand who and what I am. There will likely always be xenophobia, and although it is a scarlet badge of ignorance, it has its uses if you are the source of the phobia.
Muhahahahaaa....
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You are a good example
by Arthegarn on Apr 18, 2002 - 02:09 PM
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Well, who knows. At least we are a very nice bunch aren't we? I have even changed my mind about all USA nationals being a bunch of under-educated, rude barbarians after meeting all of you, soif you are good ambassadors for your country sure you are good ambassadors for the sub-culture. So let them think all goths are as clever and sensible as you are...
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Re: what is going on here?
by ickgirl on Apr 18, 2002 - 02:40 PM
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This almost sounds like I'm being sarcastic, but I'm not.
I think the reason why you see so many visitors listed is because since the recent upgrade, the site prompts you to log in more frequently. my guess is that members are forgetting their passwords (change it to something you can remember!), or are too lazy to log in.
therefore, my guess is that many of the "visitors" are really members. why? take a notice on how few members are shown logged in at any given time.
just an idea
-ick
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Re: what is going on here?
by nocta on Apr 19, 2002 - 03:11 AM
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I found a neat song that's relevant to the whole misunderstood goth problem. It's pretty illustrative of the general American view of goth-ness. It's a remix of a pre-existing Cruxshadows song with samples added in. It's called Leave Me Alone (Shaft 2020). You can find it on mp3.com on the Dancing Ferret Discs page. :)
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Re: what is going on here?
by necromancer (raina_dillon@hotmail.com)
on Apr 19, 2002 - 06:22 AM
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When I logged on Monday, there were over 50 visitors here and only 2 members. I was astounded. I've never seen that many people here at one time. I also wondered what was going on to have that many people here.
In my humble opinion, I don't think people will understand. There is too much negative attention directed toward 'gothic culture' already. Too much bias already exists. Whatever people hear or read to contradict their opinions, they will always want to believe the outrageous and immoral over the truth.
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I wanna be tha' geek!
by Dolorosa on Apr 20, 2002 - 12:03 AM
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Hey...If I'm the only Dolorosa in captivity...can I bite stuff and scratch myself?
Maybe it is morbid curiosity, maybe it's just the pretty pictures and funny little white twisty things that fill up the screen like magical little faeries...whatever...I for one, don't care. Let them watch, whoever they are...and I will exult in any attention I can get. LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME!! Heh...
But seriously folks...
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Re: what is going on here?
by Sardonic-Pain (Lilgothicchicka@yahoo.com)
on Apr 21, 2002 - 09:42 AM
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right now its 188 quests and 4 members and that freaky YET AGAIN I AM THE MINORITY! hehe cool! Thats freeky ::pulls down her pants and moons them all::
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Re: what is going on here?
by feralucce on Apr 22, 2002 - 10:51 AM
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last eve... it was amusing... 1 member... 200 guests... *grins* I know we have a lot of active people... but I don't think we have THAT many active people...
Feral
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Re: what is going on here?
by darkness_of_shadows on Jul 03, 2002 - 08:27 PM
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right now the numbers are much more sencible.. 15 guests and 8 members (i dont know WHO they are since i am kind of new here but still its a start to normality
if you ask me its because you have shmeng listed in a search engine :D!! alot of fucked up wanna bees go into search engines and type in goth or something and BAM shmeng scomes up after i read this i tried it and it was like 2 pages in..
that might be the problem i dunno
or perhaps word of mout has become overwhelming? (i doubt it but still..) but think about it.. is it better to have guests who are fake and go away or members who are fake and wont?
food for thaught..
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