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Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / April 2004Help with acceptance!!!!
I never wanted kids and now zI have 2. Does it get better and does one change their mind after awhile? >I never wanted kids and now zI have 2. Does it get better and does one >change their mind after awhile? Just out of curiosity, are you new to Usenet? ~~Geri~~ Throw Big Red! In a previous article, gplenexa@aol.comGOBIGRED (Geri and sometimes Brian) said: >>I never wanted kids and now zI have 2. Does it get better and does one >>change their mind after awhile? > >Just out of curiosity, are you new to Usenet? She doesn't know she's on Usenet. She's coming through talkaboutparenting.com (if I remember correctly), one of those webboards that makes you register and ostentatiously hides your email address and makes you think they're really giving you something when all they're doing is archiving Usenet. (This is not Hanah's fault, by the way; I strongly fault these web boards that try to fool people into thinking they're getting something unique.) Vicki  SignatureJust to think I used to worry about things like that. Used to worry 'bout rich and skinny 'til I wound up poor and fat. -Delbert McClinton > In a previous article, gplenexa@aol.comGOBIGRED (Geri and sometimes > Brian) said: > >>> I never wanted kids and now zI have 2. Does it get better and does >>> one change their mind after awhile? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Vicki I wonder if these people know that everything they say is archived and found through google with a simple keyword search? I doubt it. Cal~ In a previous article, "_calinda_" <calindasinclair@hotmail.com> said: >I wonder if these people know that everything they say is archived >and found through google with a simple keyword search? I doubt it. Particularly that their email addresses are out there and harvestable. Like I said though, I think that's the fault of the web board, not the people who use it. I've found posts of mine archived in the **strangest** places. Vicki SignatureJust to think I used to worry about things like that. Used to worry 'bout rich and skinny 'til I wound up poor and fat. -Delbert McClinton > In a previous article, "_calinda_" <calindasinclair@hotmail.com> said: > >> I wonder if these people know that everything they say is archived >> and found through google with a simple keyword search? I doubt it. > Particularly that their email addresses are out there and harvestable. > > Like I said though, I think that's the fault of the web board, not the > people who use it. No, I also don't fault the users. I certainly think what talk about parenting and others like them are taking advantage of the lack of knowledge about the internet and how it works. When I first got online I posted in a website about some *very* personal things (read- 'female problems' here) using my real name not even thinking. Until this issue came up, I actually didn'tworry about it too much. When posters from this website started showing up in this group and a few others that I post to, I became quite concerned. I was able to check and thankfully it's not a screen for Usenet and privacy has been confirmed. Cal~ > I've found posts of mine archived in the **strangest** places. > > Vicki > > In a previous article, "_calinda_" <calindasinclair@hotmail.com> > said: [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > Vicki I don't know what all of this means. Talk about parenting is doing something crappy to people how? Wanda P.S. Should someone answer her question or will she get to see replies? > I don't know what all of this means. Talk about parenting is doing > something crappy to people how? > Wanda Talkaboutparenting is a website. People go there and register and the people think they are conversing on a 'board' with other people who have also registered in that board. From what I recall the last time this issue came up is that talkaboutparenting is just one of many of the 'boards' they offer. I've seen people on ASD and ASM that post from 'talkaboutsupport' groups as well. And the biggest problem I see is that because they've registered they believe they are only talking to people that also register. IIR, from the last time this discussing came up, it doesn't appear that this website isn't telling these people that they are posting to Usenet, which is public and open to anyone in the world, without need of registering and that google will archive anything they say, forever. > P.S. > Should someone answer her question or will she get to see replies? Judging from the reply from my aggravated post, they're seeing it ;-) Cal~ In a previous article, "Wanda" <Divrana@charter.net> said: >I don't know what all of this means. Talk about parenting is doing something >crappy to people how? They make you register. (Many of these web boards sell their address files to spammers.) They carry advertising. They provide no content at all, all they do is archive Usenet posts (which are free and do not require registration and do not come with advertising) but they don't tell you that. They make you think that they're actually performing a service. They're not. It's as if I took your town's phonebook, which you ordinarily get free from the phone company, put my own ads on it, made you sign up with me so that I could sell your address and then tried to tell you that I had this great service for you. If you didn't know that you could get a free phonebook without advertising you might think it's a good deal. But it's not. Here's there heading: "Welcome to Talk About Parenting. Sit back, relax we are here to help you find the answers about kids, homework, adoption, child support, pregnancy, family vacations and more. We have a comprehensive bulletin board style discussion going on now. Feel free to join in." *WE* have a comprehensive bulletin board style discussion going on now? Who's this "we"? They're not doing anything except putting a front end on Usenet. >Should someone answer her question or will she get to see replies? ??? Huh? People have been replying to her all day and she's been replying to the replies. Vicki SignatureJust to think I used to worry about things like that. Used to worry 'bout rich and skinny 'til I wound up poor and fat. -Delbert McClinton >??? Huh? People have been replying to her all day and she's been >replying to the replies. I haven't seen any since she said she was done posting here. ~~Geri~~ Throw Big Red! >> ??? Huh? People have been replying to her all day and she's been >> replying to the replies. > > I haven't seen any since she said she was done posting here. There were quite a few, but not in this particular thread. She started a few threads today and also added to the newbie thread with her own newbie info. But she has posted a few times since she said she wasn't, and there have been replies to her since that time as well. I know I pissed her off, but then- her attitude pissed me off so I guess it's a wash. It happens. Cal~ > In a previous article, "Wanda" <Divrana@charter.net> said: > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > ??? Huh? People have been replying to her all day and she's been > replying to the replies. Something must be going on with the posts I'm seeing, or rather not seeing. Wanda > Vicki > -- > Just to think I used to worry about things like that. > Used to worry 'bout rich and skinny > 'til I wound up poor and fat. > -Delbert McClinton |
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