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allie0

01-07-2010, 11:56 AM

I'm not going to name names.. But I've been on this place almost a year and its been one of the most SUPPORTIVE, FRIENDLY and SECURE places.

I recently joined a different forum for a creep-about. I do not like it.. at all :/ Lets just say I'm too scared to post on it haha.

You guys have always been amazing and wonderful and kind, thankyou so much for a great year and all the advice and feedback, I'm sorry if I've annoyed anyone with pointless rants/threads.. but thankyou. Really.

WashingtonBay

01-07-2010, 12:09 PM

A 'creep-out' is what, exactly... is it like a walk-about, just lower slower? :p

And allie..... YOU ARE WELCOME :)

SedonaThunder

01-07-2010, 12:18 PM

I'm with you Allie0 - I belong to a few other forums too but "there's no place like home" at Baywind!;)

Equine_Woman

01-07-2010, 12:18 PM

Anytime. And I agree this place is my favorite spot next to Facebook and that's saying A LOT! lol If the WB's got a penny for every time I clicked on this site they'd be wealthy!

oursarge

01-07-2010, 12:46 PM

I only go here and Facebook as places I check alot when on line. You want to see mean check out the FarmVille Forum on Facebook, those people are NUTS. If some new person comes on and asks a ? they will blast them telling them to check the search box, problem is the search box doesn't work right. They are downright nasty to people though.

So anyway I pretty much stick to here and Facebook to check in with my friends and relatives and I will go to the FarmVille Forum to see if anyone has info on why things aren't working but other than that those people scare me so I don't ask anything just check to see if someone else has asked! Nobody here scares me but then nobody here is nuts!!!!

BlaiseGlaze

01-07-2010, 01:11 PM

i too have been on several other forums, horse, mule whatever. this one has less arguing, because there is more understanding, this one feels more like "it's ok, we'll all get through this" than any other forum i have been on.
Here & facebook for me too.

gabhainn

01-07-2010, 01:30 PM

I will say the one thing I have because of this place and that is pictures of my horse, and dog come to think of it...I am not a picture guy and there are past horses (and dogs) that I have no pictures of, but with Emmy and Leggs gone I at least have pics, and thats nice....Kevin

Bessie13

01-07-2010, 01:43 PM

I am among you all. I enjoy coming here too. I do more reading than posting, but I learn lots, about horses, attitudes, new and old ways. Just enjoy the company most of all. Thanks Baywindfarm forum. :)

WashingtonBay

01-07-2010, 01:43 PM

i too have been on several other forums, horse, mule whatever. this one has less arguing.

That's not true! We argue a lot! But only in our spare time ;) :p

YouTube- Monty Python - Argument Clinic

BlaiseGlaze

01-07-2010, 02:29 PM

omg i love the argument clinic!

Gypsy Rose

01-07-2010, 02:33 PM

Yep! This place is the best place to be!:)

Fjords <3

01-07-2010, 03:04 PM

I'm with everyone else, this place is home! I've known most of you for almost three years (from h.com) and after we moved from there, no other forum ever could be like this one. When I'm home sick, I'm on here and Facebook alll day lol. I never get sick of it.

shewasmyshadow

01-07-2010, 03:05 PM

Well, I loved horse.com before the craziness happened and that is actually where I met my BEST FRIEND and where my son got his ultrasound pictures posted boy parts included. Of course, you all ooohed and awwwed as if it was perfectly normal. :D I migrated with all my friends over here and this forum has been better then it ever was on horse.com. I love the layout. I love the extra features. I love seeing pictures of everyone's horses!! ;) ;) I love meeting new friends and socializing with old ones. Most of all THANK YOU Wbay and Wboy for all your hard work. We love you guys and appreciate all your hard work. We even appreciate when you tell us to SETTLE DOWN!! Don't we?? :p

GrungeEquestrian

01-07-2010, 04:31 PM

I love love this place, I spend so much time here. I totally agree it's not like other forums, it's one big family. I hope to meet some of the forumers someday. Thanks you so much WB and Wboy! :D

Hopefully I'm get to meet prissy this summer at the Illinois 4-h State Fair.

peace_baby

01-07-2010, 06:47 PM

WashingtonBay

01-07-2010, 06:57 PM

I have to say that I'm really thankful for this forum too. I won't say how, but my life really wouldn't be the same if I had never joined (though a couple of people may already have figured it out). That aside, I don't invite anybody that I know in person to join because this is my 'safe place' and I don't want anyone taking it away from me.

I 'get' this sentiment. It's kindof how I feel about facebook. There's too many mingled groups there and I don't like that aspect. I don't post very much on Facebook. Because it's forum and personal friends, coworkers, old schoolmates, and my husband's family, all in the same place. It's not that I'm not true to who I am online, I think I am, but there's a lot of things I'd vent or say to friends, and a lot of jokes I might tell, that I wouldn't tell to my hubby's mother ;). With employers increasingly able to find things you've said on facebook, it'd be a good idea for a lot of people to say a lot less than they do.

peace_baby

01-07-2010, 07:00 PM

I 'get' this sentiment. It's kindof how I feel about facebook. There's too many mingled groups there and I don't like that aspect. I don't post very much on Facebook. Because it's forum and personal friends, coworkers, old schoolmates, and my husband's family, all in the same place. It's not that I'm not true to who I am online, I think I am, but there's a lot of things I'd vent or say to friends, and a lot of jokes I might tell, that I wouldn't tell to my hubby's mother ;). With employers increasingly able to find things you've said on facebook, it'd be a good idea for a lot of people to say a lot less than they do.

Exactly. :)

Ragnar Danneskjold

01-07-2010, 10:26 PM

I 'get' this sentiment. It's kindof how I feel about facebook. There's too many mingled groups there and I don't like that aspect. [...]

I completely agree. I don't have a facebook account, or myspace, or twitter, or LinkedIn... any of those things for basically that reason.

I kindof enjoy being hard to find. If there are people out there that I want to keep in touch with, then I'm already keeping in touch with them. The folks I'm not keeping in touch with... well... chances are pretty good that I'd just as soon prefer that they stay that way.

I don't think I'm full-on paranoid... but I don't see the upside to being easy for old acquaintences to locate me. If I still wanted to talk to them or know what's going on in their lives... I already would be.

As an IT Director, I make it a special point of pride that I am virtually impossible to actually talk to if you are a vendor or salesman of any sort. I get voicemails from vendors telling me how legendary my lack of access is, and that they're glad that they even got my voicemail box. :-) It's taken years to cultivate that. My take is that if I wanted to talk to you, I would have called you. If I didn't, then I don't.

Add to that your observation that there's stuff you'd share with one subset of friends/relatives that you might not want to share with other subsets.... that's just normal. Not everybody has the same sense of humor. Things that some of our friends find hysterical might be offensive to others. For example, I enjoy South Park but I know that Dad and D definitely would not. A facebook page where I share my favorite SP episodes would lead to conversations with my Dad that I just don't need to have and he doesn't need to deal with.

doc_western

01-08-2010, 07:10 AM

I've known alot of you guys for... over three years now, I guess. :) This really is "home" for me. I've joined a few other forums, but I never really posted much. I seriously don't know what I'd do if the WB's hadn't set this place up... other than fb this is pretty much the only place I go on the interwebs. XD Thanks for being such awesome people, everyone. :)

allie0

01-08-2010, 11:48 AM

I've invited a few people to the forum, but only people I trust 110%. Finn never posted cause he's lazy haha, HyperHaffie says she's too busy! But this place is my safe haven and I love it :) I'm glad everyone feels the same :D

Gypsy Rose

01-08-2010, 12:15 PM

I'm trying to recruit some good standing HGSers here, too, but it's hard when you can't speak of another forum, even in PM.

WashingtonBay

01-08-2010, 12:23 PM

I'm trying to recruit some good standing HGSers here, too, but it's hard when you can't speak of another forum, even in PM.

LOL - I know... I'd like to let people there know about this forum, but without stepping on any toes. I appreciate your effort. :)

I have no such rules here, I think it's a little silly, really. Online communities are not boyfriends... we can have more than one! Most do!

rocknK

01-08-2010, 01:11 PM

LOL - I know... I'd like to let people there know about this forum, but without stepping on any toes. I appreciate your effort. :)

I have no such rules here, I think it's a little silly, really. Online communities are not boyfriends... we can have more than one! Most do!
My wife frowns on multilpe girlfriends!!!! ;)

Gypsy Rose

01-08-2010, 01:31 PM

Fork

01-08-2010, 01:41 PM

Gypsy Rose

01-08-2010, 02:10 PM

This forum always sucks me back in. :D It's fantastic because there aren't thousands of members who sign up, post once and leave forever. Most people who come in are here to stay.

Whatever happened to h.com? Is it still even alive? :p

I wouldn't have a clue!:)The only times I've been back there is if someone here has posted a link to there, which is usually when something bad happens, and we haven't had that happen in quite some time.

Fork

01-08-2010, 03:21 PM

I wouldn't have a clue!:)The only times I've been back there is if someone here has posted a link to there, which is usually when something bad happens, and we haven't had that happen in quite some time.Haha. Very true. :p

I just went and took a look. It's certainly more dead than here but not by much. I don't recognize anyone really. Is there a chance they got busy again? I know it was extremely dead for a while there.

ETA: I do recognize a few people. Wow!

Gypsy Rose

01-08-2010, 03:26 PM

Haha. Very true. :p

I just went and took a look. It's certainly more dead than here but not by much. I don't recognize anyone really. Is there a chance they got busy again? I know it was extremely dead for a while there.

ETA: I do recognize a few people. Wow!

Wonder how long before it crashes again, though?

WashingtonBay

01-08-2010, 03:27 PM

"More dead than here?" Are we dead? I don't feel dead! :D

http://www.searchviews.com/wp-content/themes/clean-copy-full-3-column-1/images/bring-out-your-dead-small1.jpg

Fork

01-08-2010, 03:31 PM

"More dead than here?" Are we dead? I don't feel dead! :D

http://www.searchviews.com/wp-content/themes/clean-copy-full-3-column-1/images/bring-out-your-dead-small1.jpgLOL. This place is never dead, I mean. :innocent: :)

WashingtonBay

01-08-2010, 03:33 PM

Wonder how long before it crashes again, though?

That's the thing... the admins and moderators still rarely make an appearance or answer questions. They have waaaaay too many subforums for a forum that size... i.e... The size they now are. I'm not crazy about the new format there, and the picture scroll that starts with the same pictures every time is just a sad attempt to copy what we and HGS do. We do ours different than HGS and I think it works for us. I don't think they've given it any thought.

They still have a good domain name, and that gets them a few new members, but with so little activity and marketing, they just kinda dwindle. I'd love to go invite them over again but you know how welcome that would be :D

Gypsy Rose

01-08-2010, 03:38 PM

"More dead than here?" Are we dead? I don't feel dead! :D

http://www.searchviews.com/wp-content/themes/clean-copy-full-3-column-1/images/bring-out-your-dead-small1.jpg

The place seems pretty much alive to me! Heck- I just recruited a new member! Sheesh!:D

KanoasDestiny

01-08-2010, 03:40 PM

I've only been a member here since August and I come here everyday. I usually just lurk because I hardly ever feel like I have something beneficial to add (I'm kind of shy, lol). But I can honestly say that you guys are the most supportive and friendly forum I've ever been to. You guys constantly make me laugh! Even if I don't contribute much, in a small way, I feel like a part of the family.

You all are a great bunch!!!

WashingtonBay

01-08-2010, 03:43 PM

LOL. This place is never dead, I mean. :innocent: :)

Ahhhh... well that's good to know..... :p

Cuz I don't think Kanoas thinks we're dead either :) We're just small. ;)

KittySawrus

01-08-2010, 04:02 PM

Small and welcoming and lovely, like a Northumbrian village :)
LONG LIVE BWF
Hip hip
HOORAY :D
(repeat x3)

WashingtonBay

01-08-2010, 04:04 PM

Small and welcoming and lovely, like a Northumbrian village

I like how that makes us sound...:cheers:

dame_wolf

01-08-2010, 04:08 PM

I love this place! Like the majority of those posting before me I come here every day and other then Facebook it's about the only place I frequent (although I do check in on MySpace once or twice a month or so). This place is home.

KanoasDestiny

01-08-2010, 05:17 PM

We're just small. ;)

You know, sometimes the best things come in small packages! :)

Gypsy Rose

01-08-2010, 05:21 PM

That's the thing... the admins and moderators still rarely make an appearance or answer questions. They have waaaaay too many subforums for a forum that size... i.e... The size they now are. I'm not crazy about the new format there, and the picture scroll that starts with the same pictures every time is just a sad attempt to copy what we and HGS do. We do ours different than HGS and I think it works for us. I don't think they've given it any thought.

They still have a good domain name, and that gets them a few new members, but with so little activity and marketing, they just kinda dwindle. I'd love to go invite them over again but you know how welcome that would be :D

Don't I know it!:D That alone is one of the reasons I don't even bother to check in there anymore. Even HGS was more tolerant when horse.com crashed, and a lot of us migrated over there until you and WB started this place.