MittensInSummertime's reply history at Help.com

It appears everyone is missing the point.

It was:
If we want to get help for help.com, then we need to do the helping. The problems aren’t going to magically fix themselves. So instead of complaining, let’s try to make the site the best we can possibly make it. By helping mods out, completely ignoring trolls, and helping anyone who needs help that comes here.

We shouldn’t have to wait around for the site to change. It’s only up to us at this point, and I think we should stop whining about it and instead do something about it.

I’m leaving now. I won’t be back for a while. Life’s getting busy and this site is too much of a distraction. Feel free to discuss anything here. But up there is my opinion. Take it or leave it.

I stand by my point, and I agree with yours all the same.
Goodnight.
Goodbye.

[quote Taringail]SHUT UP AND BE NICE AND HELP PEOPLEThat may not have been your intentional message..but that’s just the thing. People are trying to help without considering their own messages, thusly hurting not just their point, but the feelings and perceptions of others, which leads to our current problems.You want a solution, but this post isn’t it. I commend you for the effort, but hope you’ll be a little more thoughtful in the future. No one’s perfect, I know this especially well, but this could have been drastically better.[/quote]

Of course this post isn’t the solution. It was never to start a revolution. All I wanted was it to be out there. Whatever everyone else does with it is up to them. And thankfully, all you’ve done is reinforced my point.

I think the talk and communication is quickly moving on to desperation and uselessness. There have been repetitive requests and it’s starting to feel as if some of the magic is gone from what used to be a fantastic and beautiful place. The “shut up about the ___” wasn’t to be taken so literally, it was more in a joking manner. I’m not placing blame, or intending to hurt people. I’m trying to make the point that even if there are millions of things going wrong, we still have the power to work through them and come out better than before. I’m definitely not telling everyone to shut up and appreciate what they have, I’m asking everyone to help each other out. I think we can work together and create a place that was better than it was before all the problems came up. But to do that, I think we need to take a step back and look at what a great opportunity we have here. There is an entire site that can be molded by the users. We want a legacy and a feel of a site that can fix itself, rather than a feel of helplessness on a site that’s called help.com. Right now, if we want a change, we need to initiate it. There is no magical cure. There is no admin flying to the rescue, and there are no self-solving problems.

I hate feeling like this site is going downhill, so let’s start pushing.

[quote Chameleon]I think we all do appreciate what we have - otherwise we wouldn’t be here. No one is saying they don’t love this site - we all do. But I see a problem with telling everyone to shut up. I think user suggestions are essential input in any forum. The Internet and technology change and grow with the times and so should any healthy site.[/quote]

Of course a site should grow and change, but my suggestion is simple: instead of complaining, let’s do something to help ourselves out. Complaining has proven to get us no where. Very little progress has been made. All I want is for us to see what’s right in front of us instead of lamenting on what’s wrong. User suggestions are all well and good, but they’ve gotten us no where so far. I don’t want to sit around and whine. I want to make this site into something amazing.

I like Paul McGann but I accidentally didn’t vote for him… oops!

Ah. That’s cool. So you’ve got four years to wait :P
What style are you?

JAMES!! *superflyingtacklehugs*
I haven’t talked to you much at all lately, so I get this post. Moving is so hectic, and you seem wicked busy! Jeez. Besides, who needs help when you’ve got a beautiful girl? The internet is old news to you now! :P
I still love ya, and hopefully I’ll catch you on MSN sometime! And we’ve got each others’ numbers so we probably won’t completely lose touch :D
Good luck with it all!

Holy **** it’s back and better than ever!

How old are you?

Of course it’s normal As long as these are girls your own age and hopefully not related to you. It’s because you look at their body parts and you think “ooh sex yay!”

I’m more attracted to girls with their clothes on, but you know. I’m not a guy. I’m made different. Haha

*is late to post*
What about Sara, or Lacey, or Jaimie or Jessi? Or Hok, or Danny, or Dominic, or Jesús? Pasha? Anya? Faina, Ashlee, Ricky, Cedric? Shauna? Kameron? Jimmy?
I just had to prove my skillz and obsession with the show.
Out of those three, I couldn’t chose between Lauren and Sabra.
Okay, Lauren, but Sabra was gorgeous and amazing and the best dancer.
But… you got to meet Lauren?! Awesome!
You should totally try out for the show, btw. Twelve years is a long time!

Mittens
Female
(please say everyone knew that)

I hate that song with a burning, fiery passion.
However, keep listening! It does have a tendency to get stuck in your head.
It’s also probably not the best for lesbians, considering I have kissed girls and I have liked it, but the difference is, I liked them too. ¬¬

No, what she said she was doing was changing her phone number. A smart and easy thing to do, especially since she noted that it was new and she wasn’t well-established by her old number yet.

He’d called her more than once, until she picked up, and he called her early in the morning. He asked questions that would make her tell him about her age, and he kept talking after she said she wanted to go. He also asked if he could call back.

It’s probably nothing at all. She should be fine as it is, but it’s better safe than sorry. From what she described, it doesn’t sound like a normal prank call.