How do you value board members ?

[The Healer]

I was allways intrested in this..how do you judge or decide who to befriend ?
I am being a little personal here , I must admit. I am a member here since may 2009 and I was signed under a different name. ( zpredra5 )
For some unknown reason , after a longer time of not being able to come here I could not register and I had to make a new name.
Do you , guys , really read other ppl"s posts on the subjects of your interest ? Do you care at what date someone joined here ? Do you care about number of posts ? Or you value someone by what that person says ?
Of course , it is quite normal and understandable that a long time members mean more - they are loyal and really great people. It is lovely and easy to be friends with those sweet people.
I am quite sad that I had to register again...it may sound childish or even selfish , but I did love the staus and friends I had here.
On some boards - it does not matter what you say , if you don"t have a certain number of posts , it seems like no one cares.:no:
What are your thoughts about this ?

 

[Rudolf]

Well, you get the posts somehow Maybe at first when you're new, it is like you're a needle in sea and no one sees you. I remember how it was for me when I joined. But I have to admit, I care what people say and what are their thoughts. Doesn't always have to be thousands of posts to know the person. But you can't also know the junior member tho. This forum is huge and there are thousands of members, but after some time you you see who are those who are really active there. I think I've noticed majority of active users here since I registered. I've made some good friends thanks to MJJC

 

[Daryll748]

I know it's tough at first when you're NEW or you had to change your name... We're all quite nice though :cheeky:

Anyway, I do NOT "act" on age, years of fandom, number of posts, etc... That's :bs

I ACT on how people 'treat' you and how kind and 'Michael like' they are... :tease:
It's just a GUT feeling though... You 'learn' to read between the lines when you've been that long part of the 'fan world'...

 

[The Healer]

This is important to me because it is about Michael , you know.
Because Michael is a part of my life for so long....if it was not for him , I would not be me.
It is very nice to have virtual friends , to have so much in common with nice people.
There was a time when I thought about giving up..all that happened to Michael , I never thought that would or could happen.
But I found comfort here because I saw how much ppl were hurting.I was not alone in my pain. I could not explain my feelings to ppl around me.
I guess we all need some kind of comfirmation.

 

[MIST]

You can be a member here for years and have spent most time and written posts in random thoughts and picture threads.You can have many posts and still haven´t listened to Michael´s messages ,don´t know about vitiligo or Michael´s charity work.
You can be new here and could have worked with charities for years because of Michael.

It´s what you write that matters.
There are members I don´t agree with in some posts, but in other threads I like what they write.
I don´t read posts because a certain member has written them, I read them because I´m interested in the subject.

 

[The Healer]

^^^^
I absolutely agree.
As for me...I have internet only for 4 years now. Before that...I had to look what I can find about Michael , and the main stream media is s***. But of course ; I knew the truth about Michael a long time ago ; a person with a brain and a heart does not need internet for that.
But...are you allways telling the truth about yourself on line ? You can say whatever you want and no one knows if you are lying or not.
I do....I never lie..no matter what is it about.

 

[Ben]

Personally, the number of posts has no importance whatsoever, and I have no idea who's been a member here long or not. What I value I guess is the respect with which you talk to others. I dont care if people share my opinions, I actually like discussions and am very interested in discovering and understanding different points of view. As long as people express themselves respectfully and politely, its all that matters to me.
@Mist, couldnt agree more.
In the end, what matters the most is not your presence on a board, but how you act in life.

 

[Arklove]

I don't care about how long someone has been a fan, or how many posts, or when they joined...I actually never notice those things...I befriend those people who have a great outlook on life, on Michael, or have generally the same insights as I do when it comes to certain topics....If I seem to connect with them on a certain level, I request friendship

 

[Ashtanga]

 

[qbee]

I am a member here since may 2009 and I was signed under a different name. ( zpredra5 )For some unknown reason , after a longer time of not being able to come here I could not register and I had to make a new name.

I am quite sad that I had to register again...it may sound childish or even selfish , but I did love the staus and friends I had here.

I just saw you post and I sorry you had problems logging back in after our database corruption. I have merged your other account so you have your post count back and I corrected your join date. If members ever have problems loggin in just contact memberservice@mjjcommunity.com and we can help you get your password reset to log in.

 

[thrillerchild]

I'll reiterate whats already been said. Postcount don't count. Long time membership doesn't count. What counts is what's inside a persons heart and the quality of what they say :yes:

 

[DarlinMichael]

Yeah, probably should be my case lol.
I mean, I have a few posts but maybe it's because I feel very little in a big big board like this ldsmile: and English it's not my first language so, I'm embarassed and scared.
But, usually, it's normal to not know at the first time who is that new person but after a few time, you will know it but it requests time.
Basically, I'm just reading some of your posts to know what you think in the general ^^
Now, as MJJLatvia said, I'm "a needle in sea" ç_ç

 

[Daryll748]

Yeah, probably should be my case lol.
I mean, I have a few posts but maybe it's because I feel very little in a big big board like this ldsmile: and English it's not my first language so, I'm embarassed and scared.
But, usually, it's normal to not know at the first time who is that new person but after a few time, you will know it but it requests time.
Basically, I'm just reading some of your posts to know what you think in the general ^^
Now, as MJJLatvia said, I'm "a needle in sea" ç_ç

Sounds 'funny' but I know how it feels to be NEW somewhere... It's a threshold you have to "dare" to cross...
I mean I was of the 'trial chat' :blush: thought it would be too 'emotional' and once I dared to pop in a few times... I met some of the nicest people there and I ended up staying longer and longer and now I 'talk' to them on other networks...

My point with this 'revelation' is...
You gotta DARE and put your :heart: on the line in a community then only will you encounter NEW and exciting friends...

 

[The Healer]

For me..it feels great to be connected with ppl in one thing - loving this beautiful man.
Sharing simmilar wievs about life. Maybe even arguing a little...it is great to be a part of MJJC.