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paulie
Superfrink

Location: KC North
Posts: 212

Posted: September 25, 2008 8:44:18 am

I would have thought the 20 - 30 something people would have been more outgoing and open than the generation I grew up in, but not so much. I've been around ya'll for the last many years while out and about and on websites like this and for the most part you don't share your thoughts and feelings much. At least, not to the point of having to write it down. Mabe ya'll just lazy. I do see you being all open and talkitave when out hanging together...there IS no subject you don't discuss...and you are quite "free" with yourselves. But to take a moment and share your thoughts online for others to learn about you or what your generation is all about...NOT. What's up with that???

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SeeKatyWrite
New Frink

Location: Kansas City
Posts: 9

Posted: September 25, 2008 11:15:46 pm

It almost pains me to reply to this, because I feel like all you do is sit around and make lists of the top things you can blog or "chatter" about that will piss people off. Perhaps some of us don't want to share our innermost thoughts and feelings on a public Web site that's meant to function as a means of disseminating, expanding upon and celebrating a print publication, not to become the secret diary of every frink who joins. Besides, with how much information people can collect (online or elsewhere) about one another, I think that keeping some things sacred, even (gasp!) private, is not a bad thing--in fact, it's just the opposite. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to write in my diary about how annoying it is when people of different generations assume (and publicize) sweepingly incorrect generalizations about large masses of people.

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paulie
Superfrink

Location: KC North
Posts: 212

Posted: September 25, 2008 11:52:13 pm

You do realize I'm only one of many who asks inquisitive questions, shares personal experiences, and provokes stimulating posts and conversations...and I'm not even on the payroll. I'll pay attention in the future to see if you "come down" on any of the others...who are ALSO asking for readership participation for their blogs, posts, and "chatter." In any case, I seriously doubt you know any more than 1% of those who follow this website, to which you have no idea who is "pissed off" other than yourself. I have, on the other hand been congratulated by some of the INK staff personally for the input I've given to their publication...tyvm.

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SeeKatyWrite
New Frink

Location: Kansas City
Posts: 9

Posted: September 26, 2008 12:04:54 am

I'm happy that you use this site to express yourself so freely. I use the Ink site for a different purpose, but to each his (or her) own. I don't make it a practice to "come down" on others; only to refute those posts that I find deserve some sort of response, especially because I am a member of the generation that you singled out in your initial post. I can assure you that my ties to Ink and The Star are much deeper than what you've assumed, but I choose not to reveal more than that. It is, after all, a common practice of my generation to remain tight-lipped. Another one for the diary, I guess.

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p-arch
Frink

Posts: 15

Posted: September 26, 2008 1:54:33 pm

I'm not 20-30, (or even 20-39), but I would imagine that the general lack of critical mass around here disuades people from commenting.

I can post a bulletin on myspace and only my "friends" see it. Here, ANY pic I post or ANY comment means WHAMMO it's right up on the home page for the whole planet to see-- and on top of that, everyone who sees it is hypothetically in the KC metro, not a bunch of anonomous folks who live in Cleveland or San Antonio.

As far as being tight-lipped, it is a fact that 20-30 year olds are the most well documented, photographed, blogged people in the history of the world. myspace and facebook just offer you a little shield between you and the entire world as opposed to feeling like everything you say is on the front page of the paper.

Greg Moore
New Frink

Location: KC
Posts: 7

Posted: September 26, 2008 6:16:31 pm

Good points. It's a personal decision about how much of your thinking -- and yourself -- you want to share with the world.
And one of the reasons there's so much chatter on the Web is its anonymity. This site is just about the opposite of anonymous -- which I like. (Great point, p-arch.) The lack of anonymity here might make some people self-conscious. Maybe they're worried about their grammar or spelling. (I don't like that. Just get your thoughts out there, let us pros worry about the technical stuff.) Maybe it's something else.
And also, a lot of times we hit on subjects here that are close to the edges. Not a lot of safe topics. And I like that, too.
But when that's what comes up, not everybody will feel comfortable contributing.
I, for one, have seen a gang of threads on here and thought: "No way, I'm not touching any part of that."

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