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29 October 2008

What happened to bunnyfire's thread? Am I the only one who opens it and sees no comments and no comment box? Mods?

post by: Specklet at: 18:25 | 29 comments

I get that too...

posted by jonathanstrange 29 October | 18:27

I'm just guessing, but when I peeked at it this morning, there was some unpleasantness inside, so maybe they'd just like to let her leave a goodbye and not a flameout. I think that's best for all concerned.

posted by jonmc 29 October | 18:28

In response to: This is goodbye.
taz: Please come cause havoc at my place next, TPS. I'm waiting, with dangerous cocktails. (You, too, Flo)

And... I think we've all had our say and then some, so let's close this.

posted by Wolfdog 29 October | 18:33

I think the mods (taz?) deleted all the comments because it got ugly.

This closing comment by taz appears in the recent comments link (for now at least):

taz: Please come cause havoc at my place next, TPS. I'm waiting, with dangerous cocktails. (You, too, Flo)

And... I think we've all had our say and then some, so let's close this.

go here, instead

posted by special-k 29 October | 18:33

I've been invited to wreck havoc at taz's home. I'm satisfied.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 October | 18:34

Wolfdog, where do you see that? I don't mind the thread being closed, but it seems weird to delete all the comments.

posted by Specklet 29 October | 18:34

i think closing and blinding it for now is not at all a bad thing, but i hope it's not wiped for good into non existence.
i never save stuff i write here because i think it's safe to retrieve.

posted by ethylene 29 October | 18:35

Meanwhile, I read the whole thing, and it wasn't ugly at all, and I thought taz even said in the thread that we rarely delete comments, so why a whole thread would be deleted is beyond me.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 October | 18:35

If anyone's got a copy, can i have my words?

posted by ethylene 29 October | 18:37

Maybe the comments are still in the database but hidden (for now)?

posted by special-k 29 October | 18:37

They appear to still be listed on folks' profile pages.

posted by box 29 October | 18:38

I think that if the comments were deleted, or hidden (as seems to be the case), the mods need to put some sort of explanation. Like I said, I don't mind at a the thread being closed, but deleting the comments seems an odd thing to do.

posted by Specklet 29 October | 18:41

Yah, what's the dealio, y'all?

posted by Stewriffic 29 October | 18:43

It's late in Greece, we don't know what's up there. The end of a long day calls for rest, so let's let it rest for now.
Me, i've had along day and i'm not near done.
i'm hoping some food will help.
i said what i wanted to say. i think some other people did, too.
So let's see how it sorts out and let it nap, k?

posted by ethylene 29 October | 18:47

I agree. I was surprised at the headline, but even more surprised to find nothing inside. I am sorry that bunnyfire felt the way she did. But we're really like any other family - we have our spats, occasional bad feelings, and space. I hope we can mend any bad feelings, get over it, and move on.

posted by redvixen 29 October | 18:47

Yah, what's the dealio, y'all?

Cocktails at taz's place apparently!

*gets into cocktail dress*

posted by gomichild 29 October | 18:48

*zzzzzz*

posted by Specklet 29 October | 18:48

That was an AWFUL thing to do.

I have been trying to purge myself of the destructive effect of manipulative bitches like bunnyfire and my Crazy Ex (the connection between whom I explained clearly in my comment in that thread) and this mass deletion robs me of any form of closure. Leaving her dishonest, self-serving words unchallenged gives the manipulator an undeserved moral victory.

I think I've decided what I'm going to do with metacats.com.

posted by wendell 29 October | 18:49

Oh, man, this is so not the place.
You never answered my mail about metacats either.

AND my beets overroasted so now they are odd onion tops with suspicious insides.
How am i suppose to turn my urine into pink champagne now?

posted by ethylene 29 October | 18:52

Partial Google cache

posted by DarkForest 29 October | 18:53

Yes I did, and you never followed up on what you had to do to acquire it. Too late.

posted by wendell 29 October | 18:54

Chill, Wendell. Bunnyfire is not your ex, and anything you have to say to or about her isn't going to give you closure with the ex thing. Two separate people. Two separate issues. Keep them that way. Also, calling her a manipulative bitch is really out of line.

And chalk me up as one who thinks that it's weird for the thread to stay but for the comments to disappear. All or nothing, is how I feel about it.

posted by mudpuppie 29 October | 18:54

Thank you, taz.

posted by danostuporstar 29 October | 18:56

The Previous Post || Next Post navigation got nuked too, making bunnyfire's boardicide a dead end.

I'm new about these here parts so apologies for my forwardness in advance but I thought many of the comments in that thread were very useful, not just to the person to which they were directed but to other readers who value advice on how one's behavior online can be perceived (and a whole host of other path to self-awareness issues which I've tried to frame but cannot without it coming off condescending and as that's the furthest thing I want to do here, I've given up and erased a paragraph).

posted by jamaro 29 October | 18:57

Though, yeah, simple closure might have been better.

posted by danostuporstar 29 October | 18:58

First off, wendell, you never answered my first and only response about metacats, in which i asked about which method worked best for you.

Second, your bit came off as self serving rantiness. While i see a point you were trying to make buried in there, it was so self serving as to send it off the rails with a prominent WTF is this now? dumping all that in there.
That was one weird ass hijack that didn't do anything for anyone or any thing.

posted by ethylene 29 October | 18:59

Yes, i agree with most of you and knowing things weren't gone (then) was all i wanted. i'd be better with removing the google cache link if we are going to let it lie down right now so we can have a breather and end the pot shots.

If there's an issue people want to discuss, let's reframe it in a new post.

posted by ethylene 29 October | 19:03

Groundhog Day

posted by matteo 29 October | 19:25

ethylene - please email me if you want a HTML copy of the thread.

everyone else - please see the post I've made on the mysterious disappearance of the thread.

posted by seanyboy 29 October | 19:25

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